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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	574.15
2	Tom Seaver	572.34
3	Gaylord Perry	571.82
4	Mickey Lolich	570.72
5	Jim Palmer	566.17
6	Don Sutton	562.77
7	Bob Gibson	561.5
8	Catfish Hunter	551.86
9	Joe Coleman	549.76
10	Wilbur Wood	534.91
11	Steve Carlton	531.73
12	Gary Nolan	522.4
13	Phil Niekro	520.05
14	Pat Dobson	518.13
15	Dave McNally	516.39
16	Bert Blyleven	516.22
17	Mike Cuellar	514.27
18	Steve Blass	510.41
19	Bill Stoneman	505.26
20	Clay Kirby	504.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Wilson	500.42
22	Ken Holtzman	495.79
23	Mel Stottlemyre	492.48
24	Jim Kaat	491.84
25	Sam McDowell	491.58
26	Dick Drago	489.65
27	Clyde Wright	488.9
28	Juan Marichal	488.12
29	Rick Wise	486.01
30	Fritz Peterson	485.42
31	Vida Blue	484.33
32	Dock Ellis	477.47
33	Bill Hands	477.33
34	Tom Bradley	475.12
35	Sonny Siebert	471.04
36	Al Downing	470.37
37	Claude Osteen	466.39
38	Larry Dierker	464.12
39	Gary Gentry	461.49
40	Bill Singer	460.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Andy Messersmith	459.95
42	Ray Culp	459.91
43	Milt Pappas	459.82
44	Tommy John	459.58
45	Marty Pattin	456.05
46	Dave Roberts	451.97
47	Jim Perry	451.47
48	Stan Bahnsen	450.01
49	Dick Bosman	447.96
50	Ron Reed	447.0
51	Reggie Cleveland	444.55
52	Jack Billingham	443.33
53	Nolan Ryan	441.66
54	Steve Arlin	440.54
55	Ken Forsch	435.35
56	Steve Kline	434.22
57	Paul Splittorff	433.66
58	Jerry Koosman	431.57
59	Rudy May	431.24
60	Bob Johnson	427.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Skip Lockwood	425.39
62	Bob Moose	423.75
63	Jerry Reuss	420.64
64	Pete Broberg	419.51
65	Ernie McAnally	411.64
66	Jim McGlothlin	410.94
67	Bill Parsons	409.8
68	Jim Lonborg	404.15
69	Scipio Spinks	402.77
70	Tom Timmermann	398.52
71	Mike Hedlund	398.04
72	Luke Walker	397.84
73	Mike Kekich	397.72
74	Burt Hooton	397.39
75	Steve Renko	395.63
76	Fred Norman	394.32
77	Mike Torrez	393.07
78	Ross Grimsley	392.04
79	Steve Stone	390.77
80	Tom Kelley	390.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Carl Morton	389.79
82	Don Gullett	389.09
83	Ron Bryant	387.1
84	Pat Jarvis	384.48
85	Milt Wilcox	382.46
86	Blue Moon Odom	379.11
87	Dick Woodson	377.37
88	Jon Matlack	375.76
89	Woodie Fryman	374.02
90	Barry Lersch	371.42
91	Gary Peters	369.51
92	George Stone	369.39
93	Bill Gogolewski	369.32
94	Nelson Briles	369.05
95	Tom Murphy	366.93
96	Lew Krausse	365.38
97	Les Cain	363.4
98	Ken Brett	361.34
99	Dick Tidrow	359.0
100	Rickey Clark	358.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ray Sadecki	358.3
102	Jim McAndrew	358.09
103	Denny McLain	354.22
104	Rich Hand	350.56
105	Dave Hamilton	348.65
106	Bill Greif	347.78
107	Ron Schueler	345.76
108	John Cumberland	344.93
109	Jim Slaton	344.3
110	Bill Champion	343.44
111	Juan Pizarro	341.61
112	Diego Segui	339.08
113	Jim Rooker	337.95
114	Chuck Dobson	336.19
115	Wayne Simpson	335.88
116	Bruce Kison	333.11
117	Vince Colbert	332.98
118	John Curtis	330.02
119	Jim Nash	327.49
120	Dick Selma	326.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bruce Dal Canton	325.91
122	Buzz Capra	325.21
123	Dave Lemonds	322.53
124	Jim Shellenback	320.81
125	Joe Niekro	320.48
126	Al Santorini	318.2
127	Don Carrithers	313.94
128	Rick Reuschel	313.93
129	Jim Merritt	313.68
130	Ken Reynolds	313.53
131	Tom Griffin	313.23
132	Mike Kilkenny	311.82
133	Ray Lamb	311.12
134	Mike Paul	310.45
135	Gary Ryerson	310.45
136	Bill Slayback	310.25
137	Earl Stephenson	309.58
138	Lynn McGlothen	309.28
139	Tom Hall	309.16
140	Don Rose	308.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Corbin	307.42
142	Jim Hardin	306.5
143	Gary Neibauer	306.05
144	Balor Moore	305.82
145	Mike Corkins	305.3
146	Doyle Alexander	304.97
147	Jim Barr	303.37
148	Rich Hinton	302.65
149	Luis Tiant	302.24
150	Don Stanhouse	301.63
151	Mike Caldwell	300.71

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