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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	588.55
2	Don Sutton	583.18
3	Bob Gibson	565.57
4	Gaylord Perry	564.85
5	Bert Blyleven	555.33
6	Nolan Ryan	552.83
7	Catfish Hunter	535.5
8	Wilbur Wood	532.5
9	Jim Palmer	531.58
10	Mickey Lolich	530.44
11	Don Wilson	529.62
12	Fergie Jenkins	528.09
13	Ken Holtzman	524.42
14	Steve Carlton	518.04
15	Rick Wise	513.52
16	Bill Singer	502.68
17	Joe Coleman	496.39
18	Phil Niekro	496.39
19	Andy Messersmith	492.26
20	Jack Billingham	488.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave McNally	487.14
22	Mike Cuellar	484.57
23	Claude Osteen	482.45
24	Marty Pattin	481.52
25	Mel Stottlemyre	480.78
26	Dock Ellis	480.43
27	Vida Blue	475.17
28	Dick Drago	473.63
29	Rudy May	473.26
30	Jerry Koosman	471.11
31	Tom Bradley	469.29
32	Luis Tiant	465.39
33	Jon Matlack	463.5
34	Nelson Briles	462.48
35	Al Downing	461.8
36	Stan Bahnsen	459.99
37	Paul Splittorff	459.36
38	Jim Perry	459.11
39	Ron Bryant	458.86
40	Clyde Wright	458.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Reuss	456.84
42	Clay Kirby	456.54
43	Tommy John	455.05
44	Pat Dobson	454.95
45	Milt Pappas	454.84
46	Reggie Cleveland	452.88
47	Bob Moose	451.13
48	Rick Reuschel	450.46
49	Ken Forsch	449.71
50	Fred Norman	447.14
51	Bill Hands	444.06
52	Dick Woodson	443.42
53	Fritz Peterson	442.81
54	Dave Roberts	441.58
55	Burt Hooton	439.69
56	Ross Grimsley	435.88
57	Carl Morton	434.66
58	Dick Tidrow	434.41
59	Gary Gentry	434.32
60	Sonny Siebert	432.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Juan Marichal	429.51
62	Sam McDowell	427.11
63	Ron Reed	425.79
64	Bill Stoneman	425.68
65	Steve Kline	424.23
66	Steve Arlin	424.18
67	Ernie McAnally	424.13
68	Steve Blass	423.01
69	Jim Barr	419.73
70	Mike Torrez	418.54
71	John Curtis	418.33
72	Balor Moore	417.7
73	Steve Renko	415.77
74	Don Gullett	415.04
75	Bill Parsons	413.59
76	Jim Lonborg	412.83
77	Blue Moon Odom	411.93
78	Jim Kaat	410.75
79	Gary Nolan	410.05
80	Wayne Twitchell	409.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Roger Nelson	408.39
82	Woodie Fryman	407.95
83	Bill Lee	405.7
84	Dick Bosman	403.34
85	Jim Colborn	401.51
86	Doc Medich	399.74
87	Steve Busby	380.24
88	Skip Lockwood	380.08
89	Bill Greif	378.97
90	Jim Slaton	378.81
91	Larry Dierker	375.0
92	Jim McAndrew	371.4
93	Jim McGlothlin	368.19
94	Ken Brett	365.06
95	Pete Broberg	363.63
96	Luke Walker	362.48
97	Alan Foster	362.45
98	Doyle Alexander	360.5
99	Jim Willoughby	360.18
100	Jerry Bell	358.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Ruthven	357.9
102	Mike Paul	354.94
103	Steve Stone	352.91
104	Roric Harrison	350.8
105	Rich Hand	350.79
106	Dave Hamilton	349.95
107	Mike Caldwell	349.22
108	Ken Wright	347.96
109	Joe Decker	346.76
110	Wayne Simpson	345.01
111	Milt Wilcox	342.52
112	Jim Merritt	341.63
113	Ray Culp	339.28
114	Eddie Fisher	338.39
115	George Stone	338.18
116	Tom Murphy	336.76
117	Ray Corbin	335.59
118	Randy Jones	335.5
119	Jim Bibby	334.62
120	Lynn McGlothen	333.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Harry Parker	330.27
122	Brent Strom	329.63
123	Steve Dunning	329.38
124	Ron Schueler	329.22
125	Mike Strahler	329.13
126	Clay Carroll	328.01
127	Jesse Jefferson	322.89
128	Bart Johnson	321.54
129	Rich Troedson	321.25
130	Tom Hall	320.69
131	J.R. Richard	320.05
132	Mike Corkins	318.55
133	Scipio Spinks	318.41
134	Larry Gura	318.29
135	Mark Littell	315.3
136	Rich Folkers	314.61
137	Gene Garber	314.44
138	Chris Short	313.8
139	David Clyde	313.31
140	Mike Wallace	313.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Roger Moret	312.86
142	Eddie Bane	310.24
143	Dave Goltz	308.88
144	Don Carrithers	308.43
145	Larry Christenson	307.68
146	Bill Bonham	307.46
147	Fred Beene	307.35
148	Jim Geddes	307.1
149	Bruce Dal Canton	307.09
150	Jimmy Freeman	306.96
151	Ray Sadecki	306.63
152	Tom Timmermann	306.52
153	Doug Rau	306.26
154	Bob Johnson	305.75
155	Jim Rooker	305.16
156	Don Stanhouse	305.14
157	Bob Reynolds	304.82
158	Dick Lange	304.26
159	Charlie Williams	304.08
160	Mike Kekich	303.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Andy Hassler	302.6
162	Tom Hilgendorf	301.59
163	Tom Griffin	301.25
164	John Strohmayer	301.14

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