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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	558.0
3	Fergie Jenkins	549.14
4	Dean Chance	546.09
5	Juan Marichal	544.89
6	Sam McDowell	540.76
7	Don Drysdale	539.45
8	Jim Bunning	538.36
9	Denny McLain	537.55
10	Sonny Siebert	527.86
11	Chris Short	521.73
12	Gaylord Perry	518.83
13	Bob Veale	513.45
14	Earl Wilson	513.39
15	Jim Maloney	510.93
16	Tom Seaver	503.72
17	Mickey Lolich	503.23
18	Jim Kaat	502.39
19	Mel Stottlemyre	501.55
20	Jim Nash	497.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gary Peters	496.68
22	Tommy John	495.13
23	Joe Horlen	494.51
24	Steve Carlton	486.4
25	Ray Sadecki	484.7
26	Bill Singer	483.2
27	Catfish Hunter	479.82
28	Pat Jarvis	479.65
29	Jim Merritt	479.23
30	George Brunet	478.75
31	Ken Johnson	477.23
32	Dave Boswell	477.07
33	Mike Cuellar	476.91
34	Steve Hargan	474.16
35	Gary Bell	473.6
36	Larry Jackson	472.18
37	Dave McNally	468.22
38	Dave Giusti	465.8
39	Mike McCormick	464.73
40	Denny Lemaster	464.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Claude Osteen	463.42
42	Tom Phoebus	459.34
43	Woodie Fryman	449.27
44	Chuck Dobson	444.5
45	Milt Pappas	438.44
46	Jim McGlothlin	437.82
47	Joe Sparma	437.72
48	Phil Niekro	434.86
49	Jim Lonborg	434.84
50	Don Sutton	434.78
51	Don Wilson	434.23
52	Al Downing	433.39
53	Phil Ortega	432.48
54	Sammy Ellis	432.39
55	Jim Hardin	431.79
56	Nelson Briles	429.64
57	Rich Nye	427.37
58	Fritz Peterson	425.74
59	Jose Santiago	425.03
60	Gary Nolan	424.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Camilo Pascual	423.65
62	Jerry Koosman	419.07
63	Dick Hughes	413.17
64	Ray Washburn	412.1
65	Rickey Clark	411.52
66	Ken Holtzman	410.45
67	Larry Dierker	408.39
68	Rick Wise	405.8
69	Jim Perry	402.14
70	Stan Bahnsen	398.68
71	Dick Ellsworth	398.17
72	Nolan Ryan	398.09
73	Tommie Sisk	397.64
74	Bill Hands	395.66
75	Blue Moon Odom	394.41
76	Ron Reed	390.76
77	Al McBean	390.05
78	Joe Niekro	386.61
79	Larry Jaster	383.91
80	Lew Krausse	383.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Gerry Arrigo	382.62
82	Mel Queen	380.88
83	Steve Barber	380.18
84	Jack Fisher	377.69
85	Joe Coleman	376.03
86	Stan Williams	374.06
87	Ray Culp	372.79
88	George Culver	366.36
89	Steve Blass	364.78
90	Dick Selma	364.29
91	Gene Brabender	360.42
92	Frank Bertaina	358.33
93	Fred Talbot	358.12
94	Pete Richert	355.35
95	Cisco Carlos	352.33
96	Dick Kelley	352.21
97	Barry Moore	352.01
98	Lee Stange	350.59
99	Tony Cloninger	348.25
100	Don Cardwell	346.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mudcat Grant	345.72
102	Gary Waslewski	343.64
103	Dave Leonhard	340.11
104	Bill Monbouquette	339.79
105	Mike Kekich	332.99
106	Jack Hamilton	331.15
107	Tom Murphy	326.61
108	Bob Priddy	324.56
109	Bob Moose	324.34
110	Al Jackson	323.49
111	Pat Dobson	323.46
112	Clyde Wright	323.12
113	Bobby Bolin	322.24
114	Jim Hannan	320.02
115	Wally Bunker	317.14
116	John Hiller	311.59
117	Mel Nelson	311.29
118	Bruce Howard	311.04
119	Billy McCool	310.93
120	Jim Bouton	310.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Danny Frisella	310.26
122	Jeff James	308.56
123	Jim Roland	308.27
124	Wilbur Wood	307.93
125	Les Cain	307.9
126	Tony Pierce	307.36
127	Dick Bosman	307.29
128	Jerry Stephenson	303.57
129	Marty Pattin	303.4
130	Bill Henry	302.69
131	Mike Paul	302.05
132	Frank Reberger	300.23
133	Wade Blasingame	300.17

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