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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	597.27
2	Tom Seaver	574.27
3	Bob Gibson	557.9
4	Sam McDowell	552.88
5	Mickey Lolich	545.72
6	Jim Palmer	539.63
7	Ray Culp	531.62
8	Mike Cuellar	529.88
9	Dave McNally	528.39
10	Larry Dierker	523.85
11	Gaylord Perry	522.89
12	Ken Holtzman	521.23
13	Gary Nolan	519.36
14	Juan Marichal	517.31
15	Bill Hands	512.16
16	Vida Blue	511.15
17	Dock Ellis	509.41
18	Don Sutton	507.25
19	Marty Pattin	505.72
20	Mel Stottlemyre	500.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Fritz Peterson	495.16
22	Steve Carlton	495.06
23	Phil Niekro	494.58
24	Tommy John	494.12
25	Jerry Koosman	494.01
26	Bill Stoneman	493.9
27	Sonny Siebert	492.29
28	Joe Coleman	487.04
29	Pat Dobson	481.81
30	Steve Blass	480.14
31	Catfish Hunter	480.07
32	Rick Wise	478.19
33	Don Wilson	477.48
34	Gary Gentry	474.16
35	Jim Perry	474.08
36	Clay Kirby	473.11
37	Claude Osteen	470.54
38	Stan Bahnsen	470.52
39	Bert Blyleven	468.77
40	Clyde Wright	464.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dick Drago	461.81
42	Dick Bosman	460.07
43	Chuck Dobson	457.86
44	Jim Kaat	457.83
45	Jim McGlothlin	457.74
46	Rudy May	456.38
47	Pat Jarvis	456.24
48	Milt Pappas	455.93
49	Steve Renko	451.47
50	Al Downing	449.79
51	Ron Reed	448.79
52	Bill Singer	448.62
53	Bob Johnson	447.48
54	Andy Messersmith	446.22
55	Bob Moose	445.3
56	Wilbur Wood	443.99
57	Carl Morton	442.07
58	Gary Peters	438.99
59	Dave Roberts	438.0
60	George Stone	437.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Nolan Ryan	428.3
62	Tom Phoebus	425.09
63	Jim Bunning	422.03
64	Blue Moon Odom	420.97
65	Bill Parsons	420.12
66	Jack Billingham	419.47
67	Jim Nash	417.35
68	Tom Murphy	415.34
69	Steve Kline	415.31
70	Barry Lersch	415.19
71	Chris Short	414.73
72	Jim Merritt	414.61
73	Luke Walker	414.43
74	Alan Foster	413.75
75	Skip Lockwood	413.56
76	Tom Bradley	411.88
77	Denny McLain	410.57
78	Jim McAndrew	403.07
79	Dean Chance	402.96
80	Steve Arlin	398.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Don Gullett	396.7
82	Mike Hedlund	394.22
83	Diego Segui	393.57
84	Reggie Cleveland	392.84
85	Lew Krausse	391.95
86	Bruce Dal Canton	390.12
87	Jerry Reuss	388.7
88	Ray Sadecki	387.7
89	Ray Lamb	386.8
90	Wade Blasingame	385.86
91	Steve Hargan	385.29
92	Jim Rooker	383.24
93	Wayne Simpson	382.32
94	Ron Bryant	381.14
95	Steve Stone	381.06
96	Les Cain	377.89
97	Joe Horlen	377.32
98	Steve Dunning	376.18
99	Wally Bunker	374.19
100	Joe Niekro	368.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tony Cloninger	367.45
102	Ken Forsch	366.18
103	Luis Tiant	365.91
104	Bob Veale	365.34
105	Tom Hall	364.34
106	Casey Cox	358.87
107	Bart Johnson	357.16
108	Ross Grimsley	356.48
109	Paul Splittorff	349.76
110	Jim Lonborg	349.72
111	Rich Hand	349.44
112	Jerry Janeski	348.05
113	Mike Kilkenny	347.96
114	Tom Kelley	347.06
115	Mike Nagy	346.49
116	Mike Torrez	346.36
117	John Strohmayer	346.21
118	Woodie Fryman	345.94
119	Rollie Fingers	344.73
120	Ken Wright	343.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Danny Coombs	343.45
122	John Cumberland	341.51
123	Fred Norman	339.2
124	Ken Reynolds	337.44
125	Ernie McAnally	336.05
126	Nelson Briles	335.32
127	Jim Maloney	335.04
128	Rickey Clark	333.51
129	Ray Corbin	333.05
130	Jim Slaton	331.94
131	Jim Shellenback	331.12
132	Pete Broberg	330.58
133	Marcelino Lopez	329.56
134	Frank Reberger	328.89
135	Al Santorini	328.03
136	Bill Gilbreth	327.87
137	Mike Kekich	326.49
138	Rich Robertson	323.95
139	Grant Jackson	323.29
140	Charlie Williams	323.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Doyle Alexander	322.39
142	Jackie Brown	321.52
143	Bob O'Brien	321.14
144	Jim Hardin	320.86
145	Dan McGinn	319.14
146	Tom Griffin	317.34
147	Bill Gogolewski	316.32
148	Bill Butler	315.53
149	Bruce Kison	315.51
150	Jim Britton	315.47
151	Jim Nelson	310.66
152	Chris Zachary	309.22
153	Jim Magnuson	309.01
154	Mike Paul	308.36
155	Jon Matlack	307.74
156	Ed Farmer	307.73
157	Pete Hamm	307.39
158	Juan Pizarro	307.14
159	Sandy Vance	305.86
160	Joe Moeller	305.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Boswell	305.66
162	Mike Thompson	305.57
163	Andy Hassler	304.81
164	Steve Barber	304.53
165	Bill Zepp	303.95
166	Phil Regan	303.35
167	Steve Luebber	303.15
168	Jim Hannan	302.86
169	Mike McQueen	302.14
170	Lowell Palmer	301.93
171	Bill Champion	301.64
172	Archie Reynolds	300.37
173	Bill Lee	300.31
174	Joe Decker	300.2

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