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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Fergie Jenkins	579.8
2	Tom Seaver	576.14
3	Bob Gibson	552.24
4	Gaylord Perry	541.78
5	Larry Dierker	530.73
6	Sam McDowell	530.27
7	Jim Palmer	529.52
8	Juan Marichal	525.53
9	Mickey Lolich	520.7
10	Mike Cuellar	516.24
11	Dave McNally	514.0
12	Steve Carlton	510.15
13	Jerry Koosman	502.89
14	Gary Nolan	501.43
15	Dock Ellis	500.0
16	Mel Stottlemyre	495.72
17	Sonny Siebert	494.7
18	Ken Holtzman	493.01
19	Ray Culp	487.87
20	Marty Pattin	485.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Catfish Hunter	480.85
22	Bill Hands	479.71
23	Claude Osteen	477.35
24	Bill Stoneman	477.18
25	Fritz Peterson	475.35
26	Phil Niekro	473.42
27	Don Sutton	472.69
28	Bert Blyleven	469.52
29	Gary Gentry	469.45
30	Clyde Wright	465.71
31	Jim Perry	464.89
32	Don Wilson	462.59
33	Dick Bosman	457.53
34	Joe Coleman	453.96
35	Tommy John	451.93
36	Dick Drago	451.44
37	Bill Singer	451.06
38	Pat Jarvis	449.16
39	Jim Kaat	448.82
40	Milt Pappas	448.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Vida Blue	447.11
42	Steve Blass	444.33
43	Gary Peters	440.68
44	Bob Johnson	440.32
45	Chuck Dobson	438.84
46	Bob Moose	438.33
47	Stan Bahnsen	436.6
48	Carl Morton	434.74
49	Clay Kirby	432.8
50	Steve Renko	431.52
51	Pat Dobson	430.97
52	Rick Wise	430.47
53	Rudy May	428.74
54	Luke Walker	428.15
55	Tom Phoebus	427.88
56	Andy Messersmith	427.08
57	Jim Bunning	426.97
58	Jim McGlothlin	423.28
59	Jim Nash	422.92
60	Jim Merritt	421.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Chris Short	420.04
62	Denny McLain	419.47
63	Ron Reed	418.8
64	Al Downing	415.91
65	Tom Bradley	413.82
66	Dean Chance	412.11
67	George Stone	411.4
68	Jim McAndrew	411.32
69	Jack Billingham	410.42
70	Lew Krausse	405.11
71	Bob Veale	402.34
72	Nolan Ryan	399.23
73	Blue Moon Odom	394.03
74	Steve Kline	393.71
75	Skip Lockwood	392.54
76	Tom Murphy	391.01
77	Dave Roberts	390.73
78	Alan Foster	390.57
79	Bill Parsons	386.61
80	Barry Lersch	384.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Wally Bunker	383.44
82	Jerry Reuss	382.05
83	Diego Segui	379.66
84	Wilbur Wood	378.8
85	Wade Blasingame	377.94
86	Joe Niekro	377.65
87	Steve Hargan	375.87
88	Tom Hall	373.59
89	Jim Rooker	372.81
90	Reggie Cleveland	372.5
91	Tony Cloninger	370.56
92	Ray Sadecki	369.72
93	Bart Johnson	366.41
94	Wayne Simpson	366.17
95	Mike Hedlund	365.11
96	Casey Cox	365.04
97	Luis Tiant	363.82
98	Bruce Dal Canton	360.26
99	Steve Stone	358.63
100	Steve Arlin	357.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Nagy	355.74
102	Ron Bryant	355.45
103	Steve Dunning	354.68
104	Rollie Fingers	353.98
105	Les Cain	353.78
106	Jerry Janeski	353.77
107	Mike Torrez	353.47
108	Don Gullett	353.09
109	Danny Coombs	352.7
110	Ray Lamb	346.26
111	Jim Maloney	342.38
112	Ken Wright	342.07
113	Jim Hardin	341.11
114	Ernie McAnally	338.76
115	Joe Horlen	338.16
116	Ross Grimsley	337.17
117	Woodie Fryman	333.84
118	Rich Robertson	332.95
119	Mike Kilkenny	331.17
120	Rich Hand	326.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Griffin	326.59
122	Ken Reynolds	324.05
123	Nelson Briles	323.64
124	Ken Forsch	322.62
125	George Brunet	320.78
126	Bill Butler	319.48
127	Jim Lonborg	318.85
128	Chris Zachary	318.2
129	Earl Wilson	318.13
130	Tom Kelley	317.0
131	Frank Reberger	316.27
132	Pete Hamm	315.64
133	Sandy Vance	315.11
134	Bill Zepp	314.6
135	Mike Thompson	314.32
136	Al Santorini	313.14
137	Mike Kekich	312.29
138	Mike McQueen	311.39
139	Joe Decker	307.06
140	Milt Wilcox	305.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bill Lee	304.8
142	Bill Gogolewski	304.06
143	Jim Shellenback	303.73
144	John Strohmayer	301.51
145	John Morris	301.44
146	Andy Hassler	301.43
147	Mike McCormick	300.29
148	Steve Barber	300.2

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