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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 | 588.92 |
| 2 | Tom Seaver | 584.35 |
| 3 | Sam McDowell | 562.86 |
| 4 | Bob Gibson | 552.99 |
| 5 | Mickey Lolich | 544.17 |
| 6 | Jim Palmer | 532.2 |
| 7 | Larry Dierker | 529.78 |
| 8 | Gaylord Perry | 526.54 |
| 9 | Mike Cuellar | 526.24 |
| 10 | Gary Nolan | 524.25 |
| 11 | Ray Culp | 524.14 |
| 12 | Dave McNally | 523.44 |
| 13 | Juan Marichal | 520.61 |
| 14 | Ken Holtzman | 518.57 |
| 15 | Bill Hands | 509.49 |
| 16 | Dock Ellis | 506.36 |
| 17 | Don Sutton | 506.24 |
| 18 | Mel Stottlemyre | 502.72 |
| 19 | Jerry Koosman | 498.19 |
| 20 | Vida Blue | 496.88 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 21 | Phil Niekro | 496.0 |
| 22 | Sonny Siebert | 491.53 |
| 23 | Fritz Peterson | 490.75 |
| 24 | Marty Pattin | 489.27 |
| 25 | Steve Carlton | 487.05 |
| 26 | Bill Stoneman | 484.0 |
| 27 | Tommy John | 482.28 |
| 28 | Catfish Hunter | 477.9 |
| 29 | Stan Bahnsen | 477.44 |
| 30 | Jim Perry | 476.0 |
| 31 | Joe Coleman | 475.65 |
| 32 | Don Wilson | 474.76 |
| 33 | Rick Wise | 474.44 |
| 34 | Steve Blass | 474.11 |
| 35 | Gary Gentry | 473.71 |
| 36 | Bert Blyleven | 472.46 |
| 37 | Claude Osteen | 469.3 |
| 38 | Clay Kirby | 464.27 |
| 39 | Clyde Wright | 463.78 |
| 40 | Pat Dobson | 463.23 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 41 | Jim Kaat | 462.53 |
| 42 | Dick Bosman | 459.51 |
| 43 | Pat Jarvis | 457.99 |
| 44 | Dick Drago | 456.83 |
| 45 | Carl Morton | 451.17 |
| 46 | Steve Renko | 450.62 |
| 47 | Bill Singer | 450.37 |
| 48 | Chuck Dobson | 449.87 |
| 49 | Jim McGlothlin | 447.93 |
| 50 | Al Downing | 447.45 |
| 51 | Bob Moose | 446.05 |
| 52 | Milt Pappas | 445.0 |
| 53 | Gary Peters | 444.74 |
| 54 | Bob Johnson | 439.74 |
| 55 | Ron Reed | 438.73 |
| 56 | Andy Messersmith | 436.11 |
| 57 | Rudy May | 435.76 |
| 58 | Wilbur Wood | 431.21 |
| 59 | George Stone | 429.37 |
| 60 | Dave Roberts | 427.48 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 61 | Nolan Ryan | 426.24 |
| 62 | Jim Nash | 425.69 |
| 63 | Jim Bunning | 423.03 |
| 64 | Tom Phoebus | 422.84 |
| 65 | Blue Moon Odom | 419.69 |
| 66 | Jim Merritt | 416.36 |
| 67 | Tom Bradley | 416.24 |
| 68 | Luke Walker | 415.93 |
| 69 | Jack Billingham | 415.66 |
| 70 | Barry Lersch | 414.08 |
| 71 | Tom Murphy | 413.36 |
| 72 | Steve Kline | 413.1 |
| 73 | Chris Short | 412.75 |
| 74 | Denny McLain | 412.26 |
| 75 | Bill Parsons | 406.27 |
| 76 | Alan Foster | 405.36 |
| 77 | Jim McAndrew | 404.82 |
| 78 | Dean Chance | 404.15 |
| 79 | Skip Lockwood | 402.98 |
| 80 | Don Gullett | 400.67 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 81 | Lew Krausse | 393.7 |
| 82 | Mike Hedlund | 391.91 |
| 83 | Jerry Reuss | 390.75 |
| 84 | Steve Arlin | 388.12 |
| 85 | Ron Bryant | 386.76 |
| 86 | Reggie Cleveland | 386.13 |
| 87 | Steve Hargan | 384.96 |
| 88 | Ray Lamb | 384.31 |
| 89 | Bruce Dal Canton | 384.08 |
| 90 | Steve Stone | 383.51 |
| 91 | Wade Blasingame | 383.17 |
| 92 | Diego Segui | 378.77 |
| 93 | Les Cain | 378.39 |
| 94 | Wally Bunker | 375.94 |
| 95 | Steve Dunning | 374.28 |
| 96 | Ray Sadecki | 373.73 |
| 97 | Bob Veale | 372.34 |
| 98 | Wayne Simpson | 371.49 |
| 99 | Jim Rooker | 370.83 |
| 100 | Joe Niekro | 370.15 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 101 | Tony Cloninger | 368.95 |
| 102 | Tom Hall | 366.09 |
| 103 | Ken Forsch | 363.16 |
| 104 | Luis Tiant | 362.88 |
| 105 | Casey Cox | 360.62 |
| 106 | Bart Johnson | 358.91 |
| 107 | Joe Horlen | 357.03 |
| 108 | Ross Grimsley | 351.47 |
| 109 | Jerry Janeski | 349.8 |
| 110 | Mike Kilkenny | 349.72 |
| 111 | Rich Hand | 349.19 |
| 112 | Mike Nagy | 348.24 |
| 113 | Mike Torrez | 348.11 |
| 114 | Jim Lonborg | 347.73 |
| 115 | Rollie Fingers | 346.48 |
| 116 | Tom Kelley | 346.21 |
| 117 | Ken Wright | 345.47 |
| 118 | Danny Coombs | 345.2 |
| 119 | Paul Splittorff | 341.19 |
| 120 | Ken Reynolds | 340.2 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 121 | Jim Maloney | 336.79 |
| 122 | Ernie McAnally | 336.3 |
| 123 | Jim Slaton | 334.33 |
| 124 | Woodie Fryman | 331.98 |
| 125 | Jim Shellenback | 331.19 |
| 126 | Frank Reberger | 330.64 |
| 127 | John Cumberland | 330.26 |
| 128 | Fred Norman | 329.23 |
| 129 | Al Santorini | 329.03 |
| 130 | Nelson Briles | 328.5 |
| 131 | Mike Kekich | 327.49 |
| 132 | Charlie Williams | 326.46 |
| 133 | Rich Robertson | 325.7 |
| 134 | John Strohmayer | 325.07 |
| 135 | Ray Corbin | 324.21 |
| 136 | Jackie Brown | 323.18 |
| 137 | Rickey Clark | 322.74 |
| 138 | Jim Hardin | 322.61 |
| 139 | Bob O'Brien | 319.63 |
| 140 | Tom Griffin | 319.09 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 141 | Grant Jackson | 319.01 |
| 142 | Dan McGinn | 318.24 |
| 143 | Marcelino Lopez | 317.58 |
| 144 | Jim Britton | 317.22 |
| 145 | Pete Broberg | 317.14 |
| 146 | Doyle Alexander | 316.87 |
| 147 | Bill Gilbreth | 314.3 |
| 148 | Bill Butler | 314.27 |
| 149 | Jim Nelson | 312.41 |
| 150 | Chris Zachary | 310.97 |
| 151 | Pete Hamm | 309.14 |
| 152 | Sandy Vance | 307.61 |
| 153 | Mike Thompson | 307.32 |
| 154 | Jim Magnuson | 306.89 |
| 155 | Andy Hassler | 306.56 |
| 156 | Steve Barber | 306.28 |
| 157 | Bill Zepp | 305.7 |
| 158 | Bruce Kison | 305.22 |
| 159 | Phil Regan | 305.1 |
| 160 | Jim Hannan | 304.61 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 161 | Mike McQueen | 303.89 |
| 162 | Lowell Palmer | 303.68 |
| 163 | Steve Luebber | 302.97 |
| 164 | Archie Reynolds | 302.12 |
| 165 | Bill Lee | 302.06 |
| 166 | Burt Hooton | 300.68 |
| 167 | Joe Decker | 300.56 |
| 168 | Dick Kelley | 300.09 |
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