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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	590.65
2	Tom Seaver	570.31
3	Bob Gibson	548.49
4	Sam McDowell	544.72
5	Larry Dierker	539.01
6	Mike Cuellar	529.85
7	Jim Palmer	528.01
8	Gaylord Perry	526.05
9	Juan Marichal	522.19
10	Mickey Lolich	520.08
11	Dave McNally	517.49
12	Gary Nolan	512.84
13	Ken Holtzman	510.7
14	Ray Culp	509.95
15	Bill Hands	505.62
16	Dock Ellis	500.38
17	Bill Stoneman	498.12
18	Jerry Koosman	496.89
19	Steve Carlton	495.4
20	Mel Stottlemyre	490.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Phil Niekro	489.6
22	Catfish Hunter	488.28
23	Marty Pattin	487.81
24	Sonny Siebert	481.83
25	Don Sutton	481.14
26	Fritz Peterson	480.47
27	Claude Osteen	478.94
28	Clyde Wright	478.02
29	Gary Gentry	477.95
30	Bert Blyleven	474.59
31	Jim Perry	474.49
32	Vida Blue	471.74
33	Don Wilson	463.25
34	Steve Blass	462.65
35	Dick Bosman	461.82
36	Dick Drago	461.21
37	Joe Coleman	460.08
38	Pat Jarvis	458.8
39	Clay Kirby	458.73
40	Stan Bahnsen	456.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tommy John	455.2
42	Chuck Dobson	454.81
43	Rick Wise	453.6
44	Bill Singer	453.37
45	Carl Morton	451.32
46	Jim Kaat	448.83
47	Steve Renko	448.56
48	Pat Dobson	444.83
49	Milt Pappas	441.77
50	Al Downing	440.8
51	Bob Moose	438.61
52	Bob Johnson	437.82
53	Jim Bunning	435.91
54	Andy Messersmith	435.19
55	Gary Peters	434.92
56	Jim McGlothlin	428.72
57	Tom Phoebus	426.37
58	Ron Reed	422.89
59	Rudy May	421.76
60	Luke Walker	421.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Chris Short	421.34
62	Jim Merritt	419.61
63	Jack Billingham	419.13
64	Jim Nash	417.46
65	George Stone	415.5
66	Dave Roberts	414.08
67	Tom Bradley	413.78
68	Nolan Ryan	413.11
69	Denny McLain	412.14
70	Alan Foster	409.33
71	Jim McAndrew	408.57
72	Dean Chance	406.4
73	Steve Kline	402.72
74	Tom Murphy	402.17
75	Lew Krausse	399.85
76	Wilbur Wood	398.38
77	Blue Moon Odom	397.43
78	Barry Lersch	397.09
79	Skip Lockwood	396.21
80	Jerry Reuss	391.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bob Veale	387.34
82	Bill Parsons	387.17
83	Reggie Cleveland	382.99
84	Les Cain	381.57
85	Don Gullett	380.9
86	Wally Bunker	379.69
87	Wade Blasingame	378.49
88	Ron Bryant	376.24
89	Diego Segui	375.91
90	Mike Hedlund	375.85
91	Ray Sadecki	374.21
92	Joe Niekro	373.9
93	Ray Lamb	373.75
94	Steve Hargan	372.12
95	Steve Stone	371.23
96	Tom Hall	369.84
97	Bruce Dal Canton	369.51
98	Jim Rooker	369.06
99	Steve Dunning	368.26
100	Tony Cloninger	367.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Casey Cox	364.37
102	Bart Johnson	362.66
103	Steve Arlin	362.65
104	Wayne Simpson	362.42
105	Luis Tiant	353.16
106	Mike Nagy	351.99
107	Mike Torrez	351.86
108	Jerry Janeski	351.54
109	Joe Horlen	351.3
110	Rollie Fingers	350.23
111	Danny Coombs	348.95
112	Ken Wright	348.72
113	Ross Grimsley	345.35
114	Ken Reynolds	343.29
115	Mike Kilkenny	342.19
116	Jim Maloney	340.54
117	Ernie McAnally	335.51
118	Rich Hand	335.37
119	Tom Kelley	334.96
120	Jim Lonborg	333.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Frank Reberger	333.14
122	Ken Forsch	333.04
123	Woodie Fryman	330.09
124	Rich Robertson	329.45
125	Jim Hardin	326.11
126	Paul Splittorff	323.56
127	Nelson Briles	323.3
128	Tom Griffin	322.84
129	Al Santorini	321.22
130	Charlie Williams	317.46
131	Mike Kekich	316.08
132	Chris Zachary	314.72
133	Jackie Brown	313.49
134	Pete Hamm	312.89
135	Sandy Vance	311.36
136	Fred Norman	311.08
137	Mike Thompson	311.07
138	Bill Zepp	310.85
139	Jim Nelson	310.23
140	Jim Britton	309.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Andy Hassler	309.06
142	Phil Regan	308.6
143	Mike McQueen	307.64
144	George Brunet	305.78
145	Ray Corbin	305.72
146	Bill Butler	304.48
147	Joe Decker	304.31
148	Dick Kelley	303.84
149	Stan Williams	303.64
150	Burt Hooton	303.43
151	Earl Wilson	303.13
152	Milt Wilcox	303.11
153	Jim Slaton	302.65
154	Bill Bonham	302.04
155	Bill Lee	301.05
156	John Strohmayer	300.8
157	Terry Forster	300.79
158	Bill Gogolewski	300.31

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