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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	586.43
2	Gaylord Perry	568.89
3	Don Sutton	564.82
4	Bob Gibson	562.58
5	Nolan Ryan	552.76
6	Steve Carlton	549.46
7	Mickey Lolich	548.78
8	Jim Palmer	540.46
9	Catfish Hunter	539.15
10	Bert Blyleven	537.92
11	Wilbur Wood	533.46
12	Don Wilson	529.1
13	Ken Holtzman	526.13
14	Fergie Jenkins	524.73
15	Joe Coleman	513.0
16	Rick Wise	503.38
17	Phil Niekro	491.43
18	Jack Billingham	489.97
19	Andy Messersmith	488.0
20	Marty Pattin	485.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave McNally	484.8
22	Bill Singer	482.31
23	Mike Cuellar	478.32
24	Tom Bradley	476.56
25	Paul Splittorff	472.87
26	Jim Perry	471.82
27	Dock Ellis	466.67
28	Claude Osteen	465.9
29	Pat Dobson	465.72
30	Rudy May	464.76
31	Al Downing	459.41
32	Bill Hands	459.22
33	Mel Stottlemyre	458.3
34	Vida Blue	458.09
35	Stan Bahnsen	457.34
36	Ron Bryant	454.61
37	Clay Kirby	454.43
38	Dick Drago	454.3
39	Milt Pappas	453.7
40	Jerry Koosman	450.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Fritz Peterson	449.87
42	Bob Moose	449.34
43	Bill Stoneman	447.47
44	Luis Tiant	445.34
45	Steve Blass	445.12
46	Jerry Reuss	443.35
47	Tommy John	443.17
48	Gary Nolan	441.05
49	Juan Marichal	439.87
50	Ron Reed	438.84
51	Gary Gentry	438.42
52	Clyde Wright	437.61
53	Nelson Briles	435.99
54	Dave Roberts	435.91
55	Ken Forsch	434.93
56	Steve Kline	434.21
57	Dick Tidrow	433.85
58	Rick Reuschel	433.41
59	Jon Matlack	432.39
60	Don Gullett	431.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Reggie Cleveland	431.05
62	Ross Grimsley	429.29
63	Carl Morton	426.37
64	Dick Woodson	424.53
65	Ernie McAnally	420.36
66	Burt Hooton	417.57
67	Balor Moore	416.97
68	Roger Nelson	416.14
69	Sam McDowell	415.23
70	Bill Parsons	415.16
71	Woodie Fryman	414.18
72	Fred Norman	413.06
73	Blue Moon Odom	411.28
74	Dick Bosman	410.51
75	Mike Torrez	405.55
76	Sonny Siebert	402.92
77	Jim Lonborg	400.53
78	Jim Kaat	397.18
79	Steve Arlin	391.7
80	Jim Barr	388.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Skip Lockwood	387.83
82	John Curtis	385.23
83	Larry Dierker	381.75
84	Jim Colborn	380.28
85	Jim McAndrew	377.14
86	Bill Greif	375.39
87	Steve Renko	374.03
88	Jim McGlothlin	372.86
89	Bill Lee	372.19
90	Jim Willoughby	371.07
91	Jerry Bell	367.51
92	Mike Paul	362.69
93	Doc Medich	361.78
94	Rich Hand	361.05
95	Mike Caldwell	360.43
96	Wayne Twitchell	359.83
97	Alan Foster	354.99
98	Pete Broberg	353.87
99	Wayne Simpson	352.76
100	Jim Slaton	350.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doyle Alexander	345.7
102	Milt Wilcox	345.0
103	Dick Ruthven	343.38
104	Ray Corbin	343.34
105	Lynn McGlothen	341.33
106	Ken Brett	339.2
107	Steve Busby	336.72
108	Eddie Fisher	336.53
109	Luke Walker	335.35
110	Clay Carroll	334.26
111	Mike Corkins	326.3
112	Brent Strom	325.7
113	Harry Parker	324.86
114	Scipio Spinks	324.45
115	Steve Dunning	323.88
116	Gene Garber	320.69
117	Ken Wright	317.85
118	Larry Christenson	314.93
119	Bruce Dal Canton	314.84
120	Tom Timmermann	314.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Kekich	313.57
122	Steve Stone	313.0
123	Don Stanhouse	312.89
124	Bob Johnson	311.5
125	Jim Merritt	308.97
126	Joe Decker	308.91
127	Tom Griffin	308.42
128	Chris Short	307.34
129	Rich Gossage	307.12
130	Fred Beene	306.48
131	Roric Harrison	306.27
132	Dave Hamilton	306.07
133	George Stone	305.8
134	Bill Bonham	303.73
135	Orlando Pena	303.32
136	Larry Gura	302.87
137	Gary Ryerson	302.23
138	Rollie Fingers	301.13
139	Bill Champion	300.65
140	John Strohmayer	300.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Bibby	300.31

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