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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Bob Gibson	571.51
2	Jim Bunning	550.74
3	Gaylord Perry	533.53
4	Luis Tiant	532.52
5	Sam McDowell	528.09
6	Don Drysdale	527.48
7	Dean Chance	523.2
8	Juan Marichal	519.94
9	Fergie Jenkins	516.29
10	Sonny Siebert	515.88
11	Joe Horlen	512.65
12	Earl Wilson	511.62
13	Denny McLain	511.61
14	Chris Short	508.62
15	Bob Veale	502.78
16	Gary Peters	497.54
17	Tommy John	495.95
18	Jim Kaat	495.55
19	Mel Stottlemyre	494.56
20	Jim Maloney	494.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Seaver	489.97
22	Mickey Lolich	486.42
23	Catfish Hunter	483.53
24	George Brunet	481.42
25	Larry Jackson	479.22
26	Jim Merritt	471.13
27	Pat Jarvis	471.12
28	Steve Carlton	470.69
29	Mike McCormick	470.31
30	Bill Singer	469.84
31	Steve Hargan	469.11
32	Dave Boswell	468.64
33	Ken Johnson	468.0
34	Jim Nash	464.32
35	Dave Giusti	460.71
36	Denny Lemaster	459.88
37	Gary Bell	459.71
38	Ray Sadecki	458.94
39	Mike Cuellar	453.98
40	Tom Phoebus	449.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Lonborg	449.17
42	Claude Osteen	449.16
43	Don Wilson	442.69
44	Phil Ortega	441.8
45	Dave McNally	439.96
46	Chuck Dobson	439.36
47	Milt Pappas	439.21
48	Al Downing	437.34
49	Joe Sparma	434.35
50	Phil Niekro	433.8
51	Don Sutton	427.14
52	Nelson Briles	423.49
53	Rich Nye	423.31
54	Camilo Pascual	418.85
55	Jim McGlothlin	418.39
56	Sammy Ellis	414.82
57	Woodie Fryman	412.25
58	Dick Hughes	411.44
59	Jim Hardin	410.4
60	Ray Washburn	407.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Fritz Peterson	404.7
62	Rick Wise	404.52
63	Jim Perry	403.67
64	Ken Holtzman	401.84
65	Jose Santiago	400.53
66	Tommie Sisk	399.97
67	Rickey Clark	399.63
68	Gary Nolan	395.77
69	Jerry Koosman	390.86
70	Larry Dierker	390.27
71	Dick Ellsworth	387.65
72	Mel Queen	386.88
73	Bill Hands	386.42
74	Joe Niekro	382.35
75	Gerry Arrigo	381.03
76	Pete Richert	380.35
77	Al McBean	372.98
78	Nolan Ryan	369.94
79	Frank Bertaina	366.26
80	Jack Fisher	365.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Larry Jaster	363.49
82	Stan Bahnsen	363.34
83	Steve Barber	362.65
84	Ron Reed	358.8
85	Fred Talbot	358.6
86	George Culver	357.74
87	Lew Krausse	357.12
88	Tony Cloninger	356.99
89	Stan Williams	356.17
90	Gene Brabender	355.48
91	Joe Coleman	352.57
92	Dick Kelley	352.24
93	Mudcat Grant	351.97
94	Lee Stange	351.7
95	Barry Moore	350.54
96	Ray Culp	350.26
97	Bill Monbouquette	349.96
98	Blue Moon Odom	345.26
99	Dave Leonhard	343.74
100	Don Cardwell	343.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Gary Waslewski	341.13
102	Jack Hamilton	337.4
103	Dick Selma	335.65
104	Cisco Carlos	330.08
105	Clyde Wright	327.81
106	Al Jackson	326.84
107	Bruce Howard	324.73
108	Steve Blass	324.24
109	Mike Kekich	315.18
110	Les Cain	315.14
111	Jerry Stephenson	312.38
112	Jim Bouton	310.74
113	Dick Bosman	308.11
114	Tony Pierce	306.96
115	Jim Hannan	306.28
116	Jeff James	304.71
117	Jim Palmer	303.83
118	Bob Moose	303.79
119	Marty Pattin	303.25
120	Bobby Bolin	302.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Britton	302.41
122	Bob Priddy	301.66

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