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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	631.17
2	Denny McLain	560.54
3	Fergie Jenkins	553.47
4	Gaylord Perry	549.52
5	Sam McDowell	543.82
6	Juan Marichal	533.91
7	Tom Seaver	531.68
8	Phil Niekro	519.55
9	Luis Tiant	519.04
10	Mickey Lolich	513.81
11	Dave McNally	510.74
12	Mel Stottlemyre	508.94
13	Dean Chance	508.63
14	Bill Singer	504.81
15	Don Sutton	493.78
16	Jim Kaat	491.38
17	Fritz Peterson	490.33
18	Mike Cuellar	489.72
19	Earl Wilson	489.4
20	Jim Maloney	488.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bob Veale	485.86
22	Ray Culp	484.93
23	Jim Bunning	484.47
24	Steve Carlton	484.13
25	Jerry Koosman	477.85
26	Jim Nash	477.54
27	Catfish Hunter	466.53
28	Bill Hands	464.33
29	Ken Holtzman	461.96
30	Dave Boswell	461.53
31	Claude Osteen	461.45
32	Joe Horlen	460.15
33	Chuck Dobson	457.47
34	Blue Moon Odom	457.09
35	Don Wilson	456.33
36	Jim Merritt	455.41
37	George Brunet	454.85
38	Dave Giusti	454.05
39	Larry Dierker	453.57
40	Tom Phoebus	453.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Denny Lemaster	452.84
42	Sonny Siebert	450.9
43	Chris Short	447.19
44	Ray Washburn	447.0
45	Ray Sadecki	446.61
46	Tommy John	446.3
47	Gary Peters	444.85
48	Milt Pappas	444.81
49	Stan Bahnsen	439.89
50	Jim Lonborg	434.53
51	Pat Jarvis	434.38
52	Jim McGlothlin	430.84
53	Jim Hardin	429.26
54	Woodie Fryman	429.04
55	Don Drysdale	427.8
56	Nelson Briles	425.11
57	Gary Nolan	422.91
58	Steve Blass	422.45
59	Rick Wise	418.03
60	Camilo Pascual	417.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Joe Sparma	415.51
62	Joe Coleman	413.43
63	Gary Bell	408.81
64	Mike McCormick	407.01
65	Dick Ellsworth	402.09
66	Joe Niekro	401.4
67	Dick Selma	401.35
68	Ron Reed	400.8
69	Jim Palmer	395.17
70	Barry Moore	394.1
71	Larry Jackson	392.91
72	Bob Moose	391.21
73	Jim Perry	390.24
74	Bobby Bolin	388.28
75	Jack Fisher	385.43
76	Don Cardwell	381.42
77	Tony Cloninger	379.3
78	Jim Hannan	376.07
79	Stan Williams	376.01
80	Marty Pattin	373.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Grant Jackson	372.22
82	Bill Burbach	368.06
83	Roger Nelson	367.57
84	George Culver	366.03
85	Tom Griffin	360.75
86	Gary Gentry	359.1
87	Steve Hargan	356.44
88	Al Downing	356.16
89	Mike Nagy	355.45
90	Mike Wegener	354.5
91	Dick Drago	352.85
92	Tom Murphy	352.78
93	Dock Ellis	352.62
94	Al Santorini	351.92
95	Andy Messersmith	349.35
96	Dick Kelley	349.2
97	Mike Marshall	348.4
98	Steve Barber	348.31
99	Clay Kirby	347.58
100	Rich Nye	346.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bill Stoneman	344.3
102	Bill Butler	343.67
103	Larry Jaster	339.28
104	Frank Bertaina	337.97
105	Al McBean	335.23
106	Lew Krausse	335.13
107	Gene Brabender	334.91
108	Ken Johnson	334.2
109	Wally Bunker	332.99
110	Mudcat Grant	332.8
111	Jerry Robertson	332.79
112	Jerry Johnson	330.96
113	Johnny Podres	330.04
114	Jim McAndrew	329.56
115	Rudy May	329.47
116	Mike Hedlund	328.8
117	Sammy Ellis	328.6
118	Alan Foster	327.24
119	Dick Woodson	327.13
120	Mike Paul	326.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Hall	326.27
122	Jerry Nyman	325.93
123	George Stone	323.55
124	Bill Champion	323.46
125	Dick Bosman	321.72
126	George Lauzerique	318.79
127	Jim Ray	316.87
128	Jack Dilauro	314.25
129	Tommie Sisk	312.03
130	Mike Torrez	311.5
131	Pat Dobson	311.3
132	Jim Shellenback	310.13
133	Gary Ross	310.05
134	Mel Queen	310.03
135	Carl Morton	309.5
136	Gerry Arrigo	309.33
137	Rollie Fingers	308.97
138	Horacio Pina	308.32
139	Fred Talbot	307.57
140	Tug McGraw	307.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Diego Segui	307.13
142	Rich Robertson	306.97
143	Lee Stange	306.67
144	Steve Jones	306.25
145	Dan McGinn	304.78
146	John Hiller	303.31
147	Mike Kekich	303.17
148	Don Shaw	303.0
149	Gary Wagner	302.35
150	Ray Jarvis	301.53
151	Nolan Ryan	301.19

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