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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Bob Gibson	616.29
2	Luis Tiant	574.45
3	Denny McLain	557.77
4	Juan Marichal	555.71
5	Sam McDowell	554.52
6	Fergie Jenkins	552.06
7	Don Drysdale	538.32
8	Dean Chance	536.72
9	Sonny Siebert	534.23
10	Jim Bunning	533.16
11	Gaylord Perry	532.69
12	Chris Short	531.63
13	Bob Veale	523.49
14	Tom Seaver	522.21
15	Earl Wilson	512.02
16	Mickey Lolich	509.9
17	Mel Stottlemyre	508.54
18	Jim Maloney	506.18
19	Jim Kaat	505.88
20	Tommy John	500.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gary Peters	496.2
22	George Brunet	493.33
23	Larry Jackson	489.81
24	Dave McNally	486.62
25	Joe Horlen	486.24
26	Steve Carlton	486.06
27	Tom Phoebus	486.03
28	Jim Nash	483.94
29	Pat Jarvis	480.75
30	Denny Lemaster	480.04
31	Gary Bell	477.06
32	Dave Giusti	476.82
33	Jim Merritt	476.69
34	Mike Cuellar	475.99
35	Bill Singer	474.46
36	Ray Sadecki	472.76
37	Dave Boswell	471.76
38	Claude Osteen	471.09
39	Catfish Hunter	469.62
40	Chuck Dobson	469.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ken Johnson	466.39
42	Phil Niekro	464.09
43	Mike McCormick	462.47
44	Steve Hargan	451.51
45	Jim Hardin	450.68
46	Milt Pappas	446.88
47	Don Wilson	445.69
48	Camilo Pascual	445.52
49	Woodie Fryman	440.48
50	Jim McGlothlin	440.01
51	Fritz Peterson	439.91
52	Nelson Briles	437.55
53	Gary Nolan	436.32
54	Phil Ortega	433.83
55	Joe Sparma	433.44
56	Jerry Koosman	432.25
57	Al Downing	431.6
58	Jim Lonborg	431.34
59	Don Sutton	430.53
60	Jose Santiago	430.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rich Nye	428.49
62	Sammy Ellis	424.79
63	Bill Hands	423.38
64	Ken Holtzman	418.79
65	Rickey Clark	414.51
66	Larry Dierker	412.34
67	Rick Wise	411.49
68	Ray Washburn	410.1
69	Dick Ellsworth	410.01
70	Dick Hughes	408.67
71	Stan Bahnsen	405.98
72	Al McBean	405.79
73	Lew Krausse	399.59
74	Steve Barber	397.87
75	Larry Jaster	397.74
76	Jim Perry	396.63
77	Blue Moon Odom	392.61
78	Tommie Sisk	392.5
79	Ray Culp	391.01
80	Nolan Ryan	390.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ron Reed	388.36
82	Joe Niekro	383.16
83	Gerry Arrigo	382.93
84	Joe Coleman	382.71
85	George Culver	381.91
86	Dick Selma	381.86
87	Steve Blass	380.1
88	Mel Queen	376.38
89	Jack Fisher	372.16
90	Stan Williams	369.81
91	Don Cardwell	366.94
92	Gene Brabender	355.92
93	Bob Moose	354.15
94	Frank Bertaina	353.83
95	Fred Talbot	353.62
96	Dave Leonhard	353.24
97	Gary Waslewski	352.39
98	Mudcat Grant	351.0
99	Tom Murphy	349.71
100	Dick Kelley	348.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Barry Moore	348.26
102	Cisco Carlos	347.65
103	Tony Cloninger	346.2
104	Lee Stange	346.09
105	Mike Kekich	340.48
106	Pete Richert	337.35
107	Bill Monbouquette	335.29
108	Jim Hannan	334.58
109	Bob Priddy	333.92
110	Jeff James	332.27
111	Jack Hamilton	326.65
112	Wally Bunker	326.54
113	Bobby Bolin	325.61
114	Bruce Howard	324.09
115	Al Jackson	323.05
116	Gary Ross	319.73
117	Pat Dobson	318.96
118	Clyde Wright	318.62
119	Danny Frisella	318.25
120	Jim Britton	317.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mel Nelson	308.66
122	John Hiller	308.09
123	Billy McCool	307.43
124	Jim Bouton	305.88
125	Wilbur Wood	304.43
126	Jim Roland	303.77
127	Les Cain	303.4
128	Tony Pierce	302.86
129	Dick Bosman	302.79
130	Luke Walker	302.68
131	Wade Blasingame	302.46
132	Grant Jackson	302.24
133	Joe Verbanic	302.2
134	Bill Landis	301.44
135	Mike Paul	301.1

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