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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	580.85
2	Tom Seaver	578.13
3	Gaylord Perry	574.25
4	Don Sutton	561.53
5	Mickey Lolich	556.44
6	Bob Gibson	553.9
7	Jim Palmer	552.53
8	Wilbur Wood	547.01
9	Joe Coleman	532.54
10	Catfish Hunter	527.3
11	Steve Carlton	519.06
12	Clay Kirby	516.01
13	Bert Blyleven	515.23
14	Gary Nolan	514.4
15	Dave McNally	511.93
16	Pat Dobson	508.67
17	Phil Niekro	508.04
18	Don Wilson	508.04
19	Mike Cuellar	507.38
20	Steve Blass	497.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dick Drago	495.76
22	Bill Stoneman	494.94
23	Mel Stottlemyre	493.43
24	Juan Marichal	490.87
25	Bill Hands	482.25
26	Rick Wise	480.16
27	Jim Kaat	479.86
28	Tom Bradley	479.67
29	Ken Holtzman	478.7
30	Clyde Wright	478.13
31	Fritz Peterson	477.68
32	Ray Culp	477.21
33	Sam McDowell	477.21
34	Vida Blue	477.04
35	Claude Osteen	473.43
36	Dock Ellis	471.28
37	Sonny Siebert	469.03
38	Al Downing	466.49
39	Andy Messersmith	463.7
40	Gary Gentry	463.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bill Singer	459.66
42	Stan Bahnsen	456.0
43	Marty Pattin	454.75
44	Tommy John	454.3
45	Milt Pappas	452.28
46	Dave Roberts	450.35
47	Dick Bosman	447.91
48	Jim Perry	445.76
49	Larry Dierker	445.58
50	Ron Reed	440.18
51	Jack Billingham	433.48
52	Ken Forsch	432.22
53	Bob Johnson	431.39
54	Rudy May	426.01
55	Steve Kline	425.85
56	Reggie Cleveland	425.65
57	Steve Arlin	424.84
58	Jim McGlothlin	416.78
59	Bob Moose	416.68
60	Pete Broberg	416.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jerry Koosman	414.75
62	Bill Parsons	414.74
63	Paul Splittorff	414.04
64	Nolan Ryan	409.78
65	Jerry Reuss	406.13
66	Skip Lockwood	403.52
67	Ernie McAnally	402.09
68	Mike Hedlund	401.79
69	Luke Walker	400.23
70	Steve Renko	398.35
71	Fred Norman	391.65
72	Milt Wilcox	390.75
73	Steve Stone	389.57
74	Burt Hooton	388.45
75	Scipio Spinks	387.66
76	Mike Kekich	385.74
77	Carl Morton	385.72
78	Don Gullett	385.2
79	Pat Jarvis	380.61
80	Tom Kelley	379.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Tom Timmermann	378.89
82	Woodie Fryman	378.68
83	Jim Lonborg	373.86
84	Gary Peters	373.26
85	Tom Murphy	372.26
86	Ross Grimsley	370.91
87	Barry Lersch	370.67
88	Mike Torrez	370.37
89	George Stone	369.93
90	Lew Krausse	369.13
91	Les Cain	367.15
92	Blue Moon Odom	366.64
93	Bill Gogolewski	364.96
94	Jon Matlack	364.43
95	Dick Woodson	364.19
96	Dick Tidrow	362.97
97	Ray Sadecki	362.05
98	Jim McAndrew	360.99
99	Ron Bryant	358.26
100	Denny McLain	357.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Rickey Clark	353.99
102	Ken Brett	351.36
103	Chuck Dobson	351.19
104	Bill Champion	350.84
105	John Cumberland	350.7
106	Bill Greif	350.23
107	Nelson Briles	347.88
108	Jim Slaton	347.05
109	Juan Pizarro	345.11
110	Diego Segui	342.83
111	Jim Rooker	335.29
112	Wayne Simpson	335.2
113	Rich Hand	331.4
114	Vince Colbert	330.52
115	Dick Selma	330.45
116	Buzz Capra	328.96
117	Ron Schueler	325.17
118	Jim Shellenback	324.56
119	Dave Hamilton	323.74
120	Bruce Kison	319.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Joe Niekro	318.93
122	Jim Merritt	317.43
123	Bruce Dal Canton	317.3
124	John Curtis	316.72
125	Jim Nash	316.01
126	Al Santorini	315.9
127	Ken Reynolds	313.99
128	Dave Lemonds	313.61
129	Tom Hall	312.91
130	Mike Paul	311.71
131	Tom Griffin	310.15
132	Don Rose	307.88
133	Don Carrithers	306.73
134	Rich Hinton	306.4
135	Luis Tiant	305.99
136	Don Stanhouse	305.38
137	Doyle Alexander	305.0
138	Alan Foster	304.21
139	Mike Caldwell	303.71
140	Monty Montgomery	303.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jerry Janeski	303.02
142	Tom Phoebus	302.67
143	Eddie Fisher	300.81
144	Charlie Williams	300.57

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