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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	583.75
2	Tom Seaver	582.34
3	Gaylord Perry	577.6
4	Mickey Lolich	568.23
5	Bob Gibson	567.05
6	Catfish Hunter	560.32
7	Don Sutton	558.96
8	Jim Palmer	550.47
9	Joe Coleman	546.8
10	Steve Carlton	542.28
11	Pat Dobson	537.56
12	Wilbur Wood	536.17
13	Dave McNally	525.1
14	Mike Cuellar	524.06
15	Bert Blyleven	523.67
16	Gary Nolan	522.88
17	Phil Niekro	522.41
18	Clay Kirby	515.28
19	Bill Stoneman	513.98
20	Steve Blass	513.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Wilson	506.58
22	Mel Stottlemyre	500.09
23	Dick Drago	497.98
24	Jim Kaat	493.62
25	Tom Bradley	490.55
26	Juan Marichal	489.51
27	Rick Wise	488.72
28	Fritz Peterson	486.86
29	Vida Blue	483.87
30	Ken Holtzman	482.99
31	Clyde Wright	482.74
32	Sam McDowell	480.05
33	Claude Osteen	474.52
34	Nolan Ryan	474.27
35	Sonny Siebert	473.41
36	Bill Hands	471.02
37	Dock Ellis	470.47
38	Marty Pattin	468.36
39	Ron Reed	463.7
40	Ray Culp	463.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Al Downing	462.0
42	Larry Dierker	461.71
43	Jim Perry	459.62
44	Milt Pappas	459.1
45	Steve Arlin	458.34
46	Dave Roberts	457.95
47	Bill Singer	457.78
48	Reggie Cleveland	457.6
49	Andy Messersmith	457.2
50	Jerry Koosman	456.73
51	Gary Gentry	455.94
52	Tommy John	454.66
53	Paul Splittorff	450.82
54	Stan Bahnsen	450.68
55	Steve Kline	448.64
56	Jack Billingham	445.28
57	Dick Bosman	444.22
58	Ken Forsch	434.06
59	Bob Moose	432.41
60	Rudy May	432.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Johnson	424.89
62	Jerry Reuss	423.38
63	Burt Hooton	416.13
64	Jim Lonborg	414.75
65	Skip Lockwood	414.34
66	Pete Broberg	409.76
67	Jim McGlothlin	408.94
68	Scipio Spinks	407.89
69	Mike Kekich	407.81
70	Bill Parsons	404.7
71	Blue Moon Odom	403.73
72	Luke Walker	402.93
73	Mike Torrez	402.07
74	Ernie McAnally	399.93
75	Mike Hedlund	399.21
76	Tom Timmermann	398.1
77	Fred Norman	393.07
78	Steve Stone	392.91
79	Steve Renko	392.88
80	Ross Grimsley	391.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Carl Morton	390.74
82	Ron Bryant	390.2
83	Don Gullett	388.96
84	Nelson Briles	387.17
85	Tom Kelley	383.96
86	Milt Wilcox	383.26
87	Dick Woodson	383.1
88	Pat Jarvis	381.73
89	Jon Matlack	377.68
90	Bill Gogolewski	376.04
91	George Stone	372.86
92	Woodie Fryman	371.77
93	Rich Hand	371.29
94	Jim McAndrew	370.3
95	Barry Lersch	368.67
96	Gary Peters	366.76
97	Tom Murphy	364.93
98	Ken Brett	363.43
99	Lew Krausse	362.63
100	Les Cain	360.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bill Champion	359.63
102	Dick Tidrow	357.75
103	Ron Schueler	357.1
104	Rickey Clark	356.72
105	Ray Sadecki	355.55
106	Wayne Simpson	355.1
107	Denny McLain	353.8
108	Bill Greif	351.39
109	John Curtis	349.47
110	Dave Hamilton	346.31
111	Bruce Kison	344.86
112	John Cumberland	343.43
113	Juan Pizarro	342.64
114	Jim Rooker	341.58
115	Jim Slaton	341.55
116	Dave Lemonds	337.78
117	Diego Segui	336.33
118	Lynn McGlothen	334.43
119	Vince Colbert	333.88
120	Roger Nelson	333.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rick Reuschel	330.49
122	Ken Reynolds	328.95
123	Mike Kilkenny	328.68
124	Bill Slayback	328.65
125	Earl Stephenson	328.54
126	Jim Nash	328.34
127	Al Santorini	327.73
128	Jim Barr	326.34
129	Chuck Dobson	325.19
130	Mike Paul	325.07
131	Ray Corbin	324.67
132	Bruce Dal Canton	324.58
133	Dick Selma	323.95
134	Buzz Capra	322.46
135	Ray Lamb	322.17
136	Gary Ryerson	322.01
137	Jim Shellenback	318.06
138	Mike Corkins	317.99
139	Joe Niekro	317.73
140	Mike Caldwell	317.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Hardin	313.81
142	Doyle Alexander	312.5
143	Luis Tiant	311.99
144	Balor Moore	311.71
145	Don Carrithers	311.21
146	Jim Merritt	310.93
147	Lloyd Allen	310.92
148	Tom Griffin	310.48
149	Casey Cox	308.95
150	Gary Neibauer	308.69
151	Don Rose	306.51
152	Tom Hall	306.41
153	Ed Sprague	305.48
154	Rob Gardner	305.06
155	Tom Phoebus	304.02
156	Fred Scherman	302.9
157	Bucky Brandon	302.79

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