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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Nolan Ryan	582.27
2	Tom Seaver	580.19
3	Andy Messersmith	570.54
4	Don Sutton	570.34
5	Catfish Hunter	561.89
6	Jim Palmer	550.95
7	Phil Niekro	548.56
8	Bert Blyleven	537.27
9	Steve Busby	533.95
10	Fergie Jenkins	528.51
11	Steve Carlton	522.81
12	Don Gullett	520.03
13	Luis Tiant	515.53
14	Gaylord Perry	514.38
15	Vida Blue	509.0
16	Jon Matlack	505.81
17	Jim Kaat	501.24
18	Ken Holtzman	491.22
19	Mike Cuellar	486.83
20	Jim Lonborg	485.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pat Dobson	484.38
22	Jerry Reuss	484.1
23	Jerry Koosman	481.53
24	Jim Barr	475.21
25	Steve Rogers	469.26
26	Frank Tanana	467.74
27	Doc Medich	467.73
28	Ross Grimsley	467.32
29	Jim Rooker	465.28
30	Randy Jones	464.07
31	Mickey Lolich	463.22
32	Rick Reuschel	462.43
33	Bill Lee	461.29
34	Carl Morton	460.78
35	Lynn McGlothen	459.71
36	Jack Billingham	452.58
37	Bob Gibson	451.53
38	Rudy May	448.44
39	Larry Dierker	446.08
40	Dock Ellis	444.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Wilbur Wood	441.95
42	Bill Bonham	440.57
43	Mike Torrez	439.55
44	Doug Rau	438.99
45	Clay Kirby	437.24
46	Dave McNally	436.03
47	Dave Roberts	434.48
48	Buzz Capra	431.43
49	Woodie Fryman	430.2
50	Fred Norman	429.76
51	Jim Slaton	427.63
52	Al Fitzmorris	427.56
53	Ron Reed	426.16
54	Jim Perry	423.78
55	Nelson Briles	422.41
56	Bob Forsch	422.36
57	Steve Renko	420.08
58	Dave Goltz	418.94
59	Joe Coleman	416.33
60	Burt Hooton	416.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Brett	415.64
62	Jim Bibby	414.88
63	Dennis Blair	411.68
64	Reggie Cleveland	410.08
65	Don Wilson	408.97
66	Claude Osteen	408.17
67	Jim Colborn	406.67
68	Joe Decker	404.53
69	Andy Hassler	404.4
70	Dave Freisleben	403.75
71	Mike Caldwell	398.9
72	Stan Bahnsen	395.62
73	Bill Singer	394.97
74	Bruce Kison	394.89
75	Steve Hargan	394.48
76	John Curtis	394.25
77	Gary Nolan	393.65
78	Tom Underwood	393.15
79	Ed Figueroa	391.77
80	Tom Griffin	390.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rick Wise	389.19
82	Paul Splittorff	388.8
83	Fritz Peterson	388.53
84	Steve Stone	387.12
85	John Montefusco	385.71
86	Wayne Twitchell	383.63
87	Bill Hands	383.4
88	Jackie Brown	382.1
89	Ray Burris	381.37
90	Sonny Siebert	380.56
91	Pete Falcone	379.72
92	Clyde Wright	378.14
93	Lerrin LaGrow	376.27
94	Dan Spillner	376.17
95	Al Downing	373.23
96	Bill Champion	371.0
97	John D'Acquisto	370.9
98	Joe McIntosh	366.81
99	Doug Konieczny	362.79
100	Vic Albury	362.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Alan Foster	359.11
102	Dennis Leonard	356.77
103	Pete Broberg	355.38
104	Randy Tate	355.12
105	Dick Bosman	355.12
106	Vern Ruhle	354.52
107	Jim Hughes	353.41
108	Dennis Eckersley	349.89
109	J.R. Richard	349.01
110	Brent Strom	340.67
111	Ed Halicki	340.26
112	Glenn Abbott	340.24
113	Larry Christenson	338.86
114	Bill Travers	337.53
115	Roric Harrison	336.25
116	Eric Raich	335.8
117	Marty Pattin	334.04
118	Rich Folkers	334.02
119	Ron Schueler	330.27
120	Dick Pole	329.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Kern	329.79
122	Bruce Dal Canton	328.71
123	John Denny	328.11
124	Pat Darcy	327.94
125	Tom Bradley	326.57
126	Juan Marichal	322.46
127	George Stone	322.13
128	Larry Gura	321.85
129	John Candelaria	321.63
130	Dick Ruthven	318.94
131	Ed Sprague	318.59
132	Ray Corbin	318.28
133	Bill Campbell	317.49
134	Tom Carroll	317.44
135	Bill Greif	317.2
136	Tom Walker	316.82
137	Bill Castro	315.15
138	Ray Bare	315.14
139	Mike Norris	314.83
140	Jim Burton	314.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Fred Scherman	313.38
142	Dave Hamilton	312.31
143	Hank Webb	311.47
144	Doyle Alexander	310.02
145	Jesse Jefferson	309.79
146	Don Stanhouse	309.67
147	Blue Moon Odom	308.56
148	Mike Thompson	307.7
149	Don Hood	307.61
150	Jim Umbarger	307.43
151	Geoff Zahn	306.32
152	Tommy John	305.01
153	Clay Carroll	304.94
154	Mike Bacsik	303.85
155	Larry Demery	303.74
156	Dick Lange	303.25
157	Charlie Williams	302.54
158	Dick Tidrow	302.46
159	Dick Drago	302.19
160	Sam McDowell	302.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Tom Hall	301.83
162	Bill Butler	301.76
163	Ken Forsch	301.68
164	Bob Moose	300.3
165	Jamie Easterly	300.02

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