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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	594.49
2	Luis Tiant	543.51
3	Jim Bunning	540.67
4	Sam McDowell	539.16
5	Juan Marichal	536.51
6	Don Drysdale	533.98
7	Dean Chance	533.21
8	Fergie Jenkins	527.92
9	Gaylord Perry	525.31
10	Denny McLain	523.16
11	Chris Short	521.2
12	Sonny Siebert	518.26
13	Mickey Lolich	507.19
14	Gary Peters	507.15
15	Joe Horlen	506.74
16	Earl Wilson	506.42
17	Mel Stottlemyre	504.59
18	Bob Veale	504.17
19	Jim Maloney	503.93
20	Jim Kaat	499.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	493.23
22	Tom Seaver	490.94
23	Jim Nash	486.37
24	Bill Singer	486.27
25	George Brunet	482.17
26	Catfish Hunter	482.12
27	Larry Jackson	481.98
28	Ken Johnson	481.25
29	Dave Boswell	477.45
30	Pat Jarvis	476.13
31	Mike McCormick	473.82
32	Gary Bell	473.61
33	Jim Merritt	470.98
34	Steve Carlton	470.79
35	Claude Osteen	465.88
36	Dave Giusti	465.33
37	Steve Hargan	463.63
38	Dave McNally	462.65
39	Ray Sadecki	458.87
40	Denny Lemaster	458.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Cuellar	453.45
42	Tom Phoebus	448.88
43	Woodie Fryman	443.56
44	Don Wilson	440.38
45	Don Sutton	440.27
46	Phil Ortega	436.6
47	Chuck Dobson	436.43
48	Milt Pappas	436.28
49	Joe Sparma	434.73
50	Jim Lonborg	434.17
51	Al Downing	433.59
52	Jim Hardin	430.66
53	Rich Nye	428.16
54	Nelson Briles	427.45
55	Sammy Ellis	426.46
56	Jim McGlothlin	425.77
57	Phil Niekro	423.96
58	Camilo Pascual	419.01
59	Gary Nolan	417.4
60	Fritz Peterson	415.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Hughes	415.67
62	Jose Santiago	413.96
63	Ken Holtzman	413.12
64	Jerry Koosman	412.54
65	Larry Dierker	405.36
66	Jim Perry	404.64
67	Rickey Clark	402.71
68	Ray Washburn	401.57
69	Dick Ellsworth	394.69
70	Tommie Sisk	393.87
71	Rick Wise	392.04
72	Bill Hands	391.84
73	Nolan Ryan	387.02
74	Gerry Arrigo	385.12
75	Mel Queen	383.38
76	Joe Niekro	381.11
77	Blue Moon Odom	380.71
78	Al McBean	379.79
79	Joe Coleman	379.27
80	Larry Jaster	378.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Stan Bahnsen	374.8
82	Jack Fisher	374.38
83	Steve Barber	371.93
84	Ray Culp	371.47
85	Stan Williams	370.89
86	Ron Reed	366.7
87	Pete Richert	365.35
88	Lew Krausse	363.63
89	Frank Bertaina	360.33
90	Fred Talbot	360.12
91	George Culver	358.61
92	Gene Brabender	355.83
93	Lee Stange	353.09
94	Tony Cloninger	351.7
95	Dick Kelley	351.16
96	Dick Selma	350.68
97	Mudcat Grant	348.22
98	Barry Moore	346.79
99	Gary Waslewski	346.14
100	Steve Blass	345.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dave Leonhard	345.36
102	Don Cardwell	345.09
103	Cisco Carlos	344.55
104	Bill Monbouquette	342.29
105	Jack Hamilton	333.65
106	Al Jackson	325.99
107	Clyde Wright	325.62
108	Pat Dobson	325.46
109	Mike Kekich	324.82
110	Jim Hannan	324.33
111	Bruce Howard	322.0
112	Bob Moose	317.06
113	John Hiller	314.34
114	Jim Bouton	312.88
115	Bob Priddy	311.89
116	Billy McCool	310.54
117	Les Cain	310.4
118	Dick Bosman	309.79
119	Jim Roland	309.52
120	Bobby Bolin	308.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Murphy	308.65
122	Jerry Stephenson	308.63
123	Tony Pierce	308.36
124	Marty Pattin	305.9
125	Frank Reberger	301.73

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