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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	583.54
2	Andy Messersmith	572.52
3	Nolan Ryan	567.84
4	Don Sutton	564.14
5	Catfish Hunter	558.04
6	Phil Niekro	555.38
7	Jim Palmer	545.49
8	Bert Blyleven	539.95
9	Steve Busby	525.45
10	Fergie Jenkins	522.78
11	Steve Carlton	519.25
12	Jon Matlack	518.31
13	Don Gullett	517.78
14	Luis Tiant	516.01
15	Vida Blue	515.83
16	Jim Kaat	508.13
17	Gaylord Perry	507.46
18	Ken Holtzman	502.98
19	Jerry Reuss	497.49
20	Jim Lonborg	481.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Cuellar	479.58
22	Jerry Koosman	478.98
23	Mickey Lolich	477.2
24	Randy Jones	476.06
25	Frank Tanana	474.35
26	Jim Barr	474.21
27	Pat Dobson	473.84
28	Ross Grimsley	473.36
29	Jim Rooker	472.28
30	Steve Rogers	469.56
31	Doc Medich	468.83
32	Carl Morton	463.93
33	Rick Reuschel	463.08
34	Lynn McGlothen	462.81
35	Dock Ellis	460.73
36	Bill Lee	456.14
37	Rudy May	454.4
38	Wilbur Wood	453.65
39	Jack Billingham	453.16
40	Bob Gibson	448.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Larry Dierker	444.83
42	Bill Bonham	443.46
43	Doug Rau	441.47
44	Mike Torrez	436.61
45	Clay Kirby	434.99
46	Dave McNally	433.78
47	Al Fitzmorris	431.8
48	Dave Roberts	431.76
49	Steve Renko	429.94
50	Ron Reed	429.93
51	Buzz Capra	429.18
52	Nelson Briles	427.09
53	Jim Slaton	426.73
54	Fred Norman	426.56
55	Jim Bibby	426.14
56	Bob Forsch	426.01
57	Jim Perry	423.42
58	Woodie Fryman	423.11
59	Dave Goltz	422.84
60	Joe Coleman	415.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dennis Blair	415.38
62	Ken Brett	415.26
63	Claude Osteen	413.38
64	Steve Hargan	413.09
65	Rick Wise	410.08
66	Jim Colborn	409.07
67	Steve Stone	408.77
68	Mike Caldwell	408.34
69	Gary Nolan	407.95
70	Reggie Cleveland	407.83
71	Burt Hooton	407.69
72	John Montefusco	405.98
73	Dave Freisleben	405.82
74	Bruce Kison	403.87
75	Joe Decker	403.53
76	Don Wilson	399.97
77	Tom Underwood	399.62
78	Andy Hassler	398.31
79	Ed Figueroa	394.29
80	John Curtis	394.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Stan Bahnsen	393.89
82	Paul Splittorff	391.69
83	Tom Griffin	389.4
84	Bill Singer	388.82
85	Ray Burris	386.89
86	Fritz Peterson	386.28
87	Bill Hands	381.77
88	Lerrin LaGrow	381.49
89	Dan Spillner	380.17
90	Jackie Brown	379.85
91	Wayne Twitchell	378.62
92	Sonny Siebert	378.31
93	Pete Falcone	376.42
94	Clyde Wright	376.39
95	Joe McIntosh	372.31
96	Al Downing	371.73
97	Dennis Eckersley	370.08
98	Bill Champion	368.75
99	John D'Acquisto	368.65
100	Randy Tate	366.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doug Konieczny	362.45
102	Vern Ruhle	361.91
103	Vic Albury	360.6
104	Pete Broberg	359.61
105	J.R. Richard	359.4
106	Jim Hughes	356.89
107	Alan Foster	356.86
108	Dick Bosman	356.51
109	Dennis Leonard	354.73
110	Ed Halicki	353.95
111	Eric Raich	352.57
112	Brent Strom	349.69
113	Roric Harrison	347.78
114	Marty Pattin	346.99
115	Bill Travers	343.26
116	John Candelaria	340.66
117	Larry Christenson	340.6
118	Dick Pole	339.22
119	Glenn Abbott	337.99
120	John Denny	336.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rich Folkers	335.73
122	Tom Bradley	334.3
123	George Stone	333.12
124	Ray Bare	331.81
125	Pat Darcy	331.34
126	Don Hood	330.03
127	Jim Kern	328.79
128	Ron Schueler	328.77
129	Bill Campbell	328.0
130	Larry Gura	327.12
131	Bruce Dal Canton	326.46
132	Geoff Zahn	326.28
133	Roger Moret	321.39
134	Tom Walker	320.96
135	Juan Marichal	320.21
136	Fred Scherman	319.11
137	Tom Carroll	318.44
138	Ed Sprague	316.79
139	Ray Corbin	316.36
140	Doyle Alexander	315.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bill Castro	315.3
142	Jesse Jefferson	314.4
143	Larry Demery	313.3
144	Jim Burton	313.29
145	Mike Norris	312.58
146	Hank Webb	312.37
147	Clay Carroll	310.84
148	Dave Hamilton	310.31
149	Dick Ruthven	309.94
150	Don Stanhouse	309.89
151	Mark Wiley	309.83
152	Bill Greif	308.2
153	Tom Dettore	307.16
154	Blue Moon Odom	307.06
155	Tom Hausman	306.79
156	Mike Bacsik	306.51
157	Mike Thompson	306.31
158	Jim Umbarger	305.68
159	Ken Forsch	303.91
160	Dick Lange	302.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jamie Easterly	301.79
162	Dick Drago	301.13
163	Charlie Williams	300.29
164	Paul Mitchell	300.23

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