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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	599.99
2	Luis Tiant	549.29
3	Dean Chance	543.76
4	Fergie Jenkins	543.38
5	Sam McDowell	542.09
6	Juan Marichal	540.52
7	Jim Bunning	540.17
8	Don Drysdale	539.25
9	Denny McLain	535.36
10	Chris Short	523.49
11	Sonny Siebert	521.29
12	Gaylord Perry	519.08
13	Earl Wilson	512.56
14	Bob Veale	511.21
15	Joe Horlen	505.51
16	Jim Kaat	505.39
17	Mickey Lolich	505.35
18	Mel Stottlemyre	504.59
19	Jim Maloney	504.07
20	Gary Peters	500.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	495.13
22	Tom Seaver	495.0
23	Bill Singer	490.24
24	Jim Nash	489.02
25	Catfish Hunter	486.98
26	Dave Boswell	484.3
27	Steve Carlton	483.63
28	Larry Jackson	482.53
29	George Brunet	482.17
30	Pat Jarvis	481.61
31	Ken Johnson	477.26
32	Jim Merritt	473.77
33	Ray Sadecki	472.61
34	Gary Bell	469.59
35	Steve Hargan	468.11
36	Claude Osteen	467.72
37	Denny Lemaster	465.38
38	Dave Giusti	464.29
39	Mike McCormick	464.08
40	Dave McNally	462.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Cuellar	458.17
42	Tom Phoebus	455.06
43	Woodie Fryman	451.53
44	Chuck Dobson	444.52
45	Milt Pappas	438.44
46	Jim Lonborg	437.02
47	Jim Hardin	435.92
48	Nelson Briles	435.62
49	Don Sutton	434.78
50	Don Wilson	434.23
51	Al Downing	433.64
52	Joe Sparma	433.38
53	Jim McGlothlin	433.17
54	Sammy Ellis	433.13
55	Phil Niekro	432.92
56	Phil Ortega	432.73
57	Rich Nye	423.67
58	Fritz Peterson	423.56
59	Jerry Koosman	421.33
60	Jose Santiago	420.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Gary Nolan	419.82
62	Camilo Pascual	419.01
63	Dick Hughes	414.42
64	Ken Holtzman	412.12
65	Rickey Clark	406.0
66	Rick Wise	405.8
67	Ray Washburn	403.62
68	Jim Perry	403.39
69	Larry Dierker	398.54
70	Dick Ellsworth	398.17
71	Tommie Sisk	397.64
72	Bill Hands	396.99
73	Nolan Ryan	393.84
74	Stan Bahnsen	388.89
75	Blue Moon Odom	386.26
76	Al McBean	385.22
77	Gerry Arrigo	383.87
78	Jack Fisher	383.1
79	Mel Queen	382.13
80	Joe Niekro	381.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Joe Coleman	379.15
82	Larry Jaster	378.54
83	Ron Reed	377.57
84	Steve Barber	377.24
85	Stan Williams	374.06
86	Ray Culp	371.47
87	Lew Krausse	370.88
88	Steve Blass	364.78
89	Gene Brabender	360.92
90	Pete Richert	360.35
91	George Culver	360.14
92	Frank Bertaina	359.58
93	Fred Talbot	359.37
94	Dick Selma	357.1
95	Tony Cloninger	354.0
96	Cisco Carlos	352.39
97	Lee Stange	351.84
98	Barry Moore	350.71
99	Dick Kelley	350.41
100	Mudcat Grant	346.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Don Cardwell	346.68
102	Gary Waslewski	344.89
103	Bill Monbouquette	341.04
104	Dave Leonhard	340.86
105	Mike Kekich	332.99
106	Jack Hamilton	332.4
107	Bob Moose	325.53
108	Al Jackson	324.74
109	Pat Dobson	324.71
110	Clyde Wright	324.37
111	Tom Murphy	321.62
112	Jim Hannan	320.77
113	Bruce Howard	320.75
114	Bob Priddy	317.24
115	John Hiller	313.09
116	Jim Bouton	311.63
117	Billy McCool	310.49
118	Jim Roland	309.52
119	Les Cain	309.15
120	Danny Frisella	308.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dick Bosman	308.54
122	Tony Pierce	308.36
123	Bobby Bolin	308.2
124	Jerry Stephenson	307.38
125	Marty Pattin	304.65
126	Bill Henry	303.44
127	Wally Bunker	302.52
128	Frank Reberger	301.48
129	Wade Blasingame	300.42

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