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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	580.42
2	Fergie Jenkins	576.7
3	Don Sutton	565.18
4	Gaylord Perry	562.84
5	Mickey Lolich	560.93
6	Bob Gibson	549.24
7	Jim Palmer	546.69
8	Wilbur Wood	536.82
9	Catfish Hunter	531.84
10	Joe Coleman	527.93
11	Bert Blyleven	519.48
12	Don Wilson	515.72
13	Steve Carlton	513.4
14	Clay Kirby	513.07
15	Phil Niekro	507.58
16	Gary Nolan	506.45
17	Dave McNally	506.37
18	Pat Dobson	498.67
19	Mike Cuellar	495.81
20	Bill Stoneman	494.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Juan Marichal	493.55
22	Mel Stottlemyre	490.55
23	Steve Blass	490.08
24	Dick Drago	487.82
25	Rick Wise	478.53
26	Ray Culp	477.96
27	Clyde Wright	477.88
28	Fritz Peterson	477.85
29	Sam McDowell	477.21
30	Jim Kaat	476.38
31	Ken Holtzman	475.21
32	Bill Hands	473.54
33	Dock Ellis	471.28
34	Sonny Siebert	470.97
35	Vida Blue	470.4
36	Tom Bradley	470.39
37	Al Downing	467.85
38	Claude Osteen	467.84
39	Andy Messersmith	464.95
40	Gary Gentry	460.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Stan Bahnsen	457.41
42	Bill Singer	457.01
43	Milt Pappas	453.06
44	Tommy John	449.68
45	Marty Pattin	449.51
46	Larry Dierker	449.03
47	Dave Roberts	448.19
48	Jim Perry	440.6
49	Dick Bosman	440.07
50	Ron Reed	438.26
51	Jack Billingham	434.23
52	Bob Johnson	432.64
53	Ken Forsch	427.98
54	Steve Arlin	424.84
55	Rudy May	423.48
56	Bill Parsons	421.68
57	Jim McGlothlin	421.53
58	Steve Kline	421.01
59	Bob Moose	416.68
60	Reggie Cleveland	416.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Nolan Ryan	412.36
62	Jerry Koosman	410.51
63	Paul Splittorff	408.06
64	Pete Broberg	403.26
65	Steve Renko	402.77
66	Mike Hedlund	402.54
67	Ernie McAnally	399.51
68	Skip Lockwood	399.4
69	Jerry Reuss	395.64
70	Luke Walker	395.47
71	Carl Morton	391.11
72	Fred Norman	391.0
73	Don Gullett	386.45
74	Steve Stone	384.15
75	Woodie Fryman	383.27
76	Burt Hooton	383.02
77	Pat Jarvis	381.86
78	Milt Wilcox	381.7
79	Scipio Spinks	379.43
80	Mike Kekich	378.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Tom Murphy	378.14
82	Tom Timmermann	377.48
83	Jim Lonborg	377.06
84	Gary Peters	374.51
85	Barry Lersch	371.92
86	George Stone	371.18
87	Lew Krausse	370.38
88	Tom Kelley	370.2
89	Blue Moon Odom	369.54
90	Les Cain	368.4
91	Bill Gogolewski	363.76
92	Ross Grimsley	363.72
93	Ray Sadecki	363.3
94	Dick Tidrow	362.97
95	Denny McLain	359.22
96	Mike Torrez	359.11
97	Jim McAndrew	358.85
98	Jon Matlack	358.41
99	Dick Woodson	358.33
100	Chuck Dobson	356.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Brett	354.49
102	John Cumberland	351.95
103	Bill Champion	351.39
104	Rickey Clark	350.26
105	Nelson Briles	347.88
106	Jim Slaton	346.51
107	Ron Bryant	346.34
108	Juan Pizarro	345.11
109	Diego Segui	344.08
110	Bill Greif	342.67
111	Dick Selma	331.7
112	Wayne Simpson	331.3
113	Rich Hand	330.77
114	Buzz Capra	330.21
115	Vince Colbert	328.91
116	Jim Shellenback	324.56
117	Ron Schueler	322.11
118	Jim Rooker	321.72
119	Jim Merritt	318.68
120	Bruce Dal Canton	318.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dave Hamilton	316.39
122	Bruce Kison	314.79
123	Jim Nash	314.33
124	Tom Hall	314.16
125	John Curtis	312.71
126	Joe Niekro	311.86
127	Tom Griffin	311.4
128	Dave Lemonds	310.91
129	Al Santorini	309.72
130	Alan Foster	309.21
131	Don Rose	308.13
132	Don Carrithers	307.98
133	Rich Hinton	307.65
134	Don Stanhouse	306.63
135	Ken Reynolds	306.61
136	Luis Tiant	305.99
137	Doyle Alexander	305.75
138	Monty Montgomery	304.92
139	Jerry Janeski	304.27
140	Chris Short	304.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Phoebus	303.92
142	Eddie Fisher	302.06
143	Charlie Williams	301.32
144	Fred Beene	300.46

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