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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	572.81
2	Jim Bunning	547.01
3	Luis Tiant	537.91
4	Don Drysdale	536.14
5	Gaylord Perry	535.59
6	Sam McDowell	529.78
7	Juan Marichal	527.12
8	Dean Chance	521.09
9	Fergie Jenkins	519.12
10	Chris Short	516.68
11	Joe Horlen	512.07
12	Denny McLain	511.18
13	Sonny Siebert	511.02
14	Earl Wilson	510.37
15	Bob Veale	502.34
16	Gary Peters	499.49
17	Mel Stottlemyre	499.13
18	Jim Maloney	497.39
19	Tommy John	495.45
20	Jim Kaat	494.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mickey Lolich	490.77
22	Tom Seaver	490.3
23	Larry Jackson	486.02
24	Jim Merritt	480.93
25	Catfish Hunter	480.68
26	Bill Singer	480.44
27	George Brunet	475.02
28	Steve Carlton	474.21
29	Mike McCormick	474.07
30	Jim Nash	472.51
31	Pat Jarvis	471.12
32	Ken Johnson	470.21
33	Gary Bell	469.06
34	Dave Boswell	468.78
35	Steve Hargan	467.07
36	Dave Giusti	464.82
37	Ray Sadecki	464.28
38	Claude Osteen	456.63
39	Denny Lemaster	454.81
40	Mike Cuellar	454.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave McNally	451.38
42	Tom Phoebus	449.99
43	Don Wilson	446.47
44	Jim Lonborg	444.17
45	Phil Ortega	441.8
46	Chuck Dobson	439.36
47	Al Downing	436.09
48	Milt Pappas	432.59
49	Woodie Fryman	432.58
50	Joe Sparma	430.62
51	Nelson Briles	429.3
52	Phil Niekro	428.23
53	Don Sutton	423.61
54	Rich Nye	422.64
55	Camilo Pascual	421.49
56	Sammy Ellis	420.97
57	Jim Hardin	420.9
58	Dick Hughes	417.01
59	Jim McGlothlin	415.96
60	Ken Holtzman	411.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Gary Nolan	408.73
62	Fritz Peterson	408.0
63	Jim Perry	406.39
64	Rickey Clark	404.46
65	Ray Washburn	403.03
66	Jose Santiago	402.61
67	Jerry Koosman	400.46
68	Rick Wise	399.27
69	Tommie Sisk	397.06
70	Larry Dierker	394.1
71	Bill Hands	393.69
72	Gerry Arrigo	389.63
73	Dick Ellsworth	387.65
74	Mel Queen	385.88
75	Al McBean	381.47
76	Joe Niekro	381.1
77	Pete Richert	375.35
78	Larry Jaster	372.63
79	Nolan Ryan	372.15
80	Ray Culp	370.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jack Fisher	369.73
82	Stan Bahnsen	368.27
83	Stan Williams	366.33
84	Joe Coleman	363.54
85	George Culver	363.26
86	Lew Krausse	362.81
87	Steve Barber	360.78
88	Ron Reed	360.27
89	Frank Bertaina	359.51
90	Blue Moon Odom	359.15
91	Fred Talbot	358.6
92	Tony Cloninger	355.74
93	Dick Kelley	354.36
94	Lee Stange	353.16
95	Gene Brabender	352.98
96	Mudcat Grant	350.72
97	Barry Moore	349.29
98	Don Cardwell	348.85
99	Bill Monbouquette	348.29
100	Gary Waslewski	347.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dave Leonhard	346.61
102	Cisco Carlos	345.55
103	Jack Hamilton	336.15
104	Dick Selma	335.65
105	Steve Blass	329.01
106	Al Jackson	327.74
107	Clyde Wright	326.62
108	Bruce Howard	323.48
109	Jim Hannan	317.66
110	Mike Kekich	314.93
111	Pat Dobson	314.69
112	Jim Bouton	314.38
113	Les Cain	312.4
114	Dick Bosman	311.79
115	John Hiller	311.18
116	Jerry Stephenson	311.13
117	Bob Priddy	307.14
118	Tony Pierce	305.71
119	Jeff James	303.46
120	Bob Moose	302.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Marty Pattin	302.25
122	Bobby Bolin	301.69
123	Jim Britton	301.16

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