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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	588.84
2	Don Sutton	587.93
3	Bob Gibson	564.84
4	Bert Blyleven	561.8
5	Gaylord Perry	553.95
6	Nolan Ryan	546.16
7	Catfish Hunter	541.08
8	Mickey Lolich	534.08
9	Wilbur Wood	533.87
10	Don Wilson	528.19
11	Jim Palmer	526.38
12	Ken Holtzman	522.31
13	Fergie Jenkins	520.39
14	Steve Carlton	518.04
15	Rick Wise	516.51
16	Andy Messersmith	500.32
17	Jack Billingham	497.85
18	Bill Singer	496.0
19	Joe Coleman	495.26
20	Phil Niekro	492.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave McNally	491.96
22	Mike Cuellar	489.25
23	Mel Stottlemyre	488.3
24	Marty Pattin	488.21
25	Claude Osteen	480.3
26	Tom Bradley	477.94
27	Dock Ellis	477.94
28	Luis Tiant	476.35
29	Jon Matlack	475.42
30	Rudy May	474.31
31	Vida Blue	470.91
32	Nelson Briles	469.39
33	Stan Bahnsen	467.41
34	Dick Drago	464.84
35	Jerry Koosman	464.42
36	Tommy John	463.03
37	Al Downing	461.05
38	Jerry Reuss	460.86
39	Jim Perry	460.33
40	Ron Bryant	460.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Paul Splittorff	459.36
42	Clay Kirby	458.84
43	Pat Dobson	458.42
44	Rick Reuschel	457.28
45	Milt Pappas	456.71
46	Clyde Wright	453.77
47	Reggie Cleveland	452.88
48	Fritz Peterson	449.55
49	Ken Forsch	448.81
50	Dave Roberts	446.88
51	Bob Moose	446.06
52	Fred Norman	445.63
53	Bill Hands	443.06
54	Ross Grimsley	440.98
55	Dick Woodson	440.33
56	Burt Hooton	439.69
57	Carl Morton	437.07
58	Dick Tidrow	435.24
59	Gary Gentry	433.32
60	Sonny Siebert	432.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Juan Marichal	428.51
62	Sam McDowell	426.11
63	Ron Reed	425.79
64	Jim Barr	425.65
65	Steve Renko	423.29
66	Steve Kline	423.23
67	Steve Blass	422.01
68	Bill Stoneman	421.12
69	Jim Kaat	420.35
70	Ernie McAnally	418.16
71	Steve Arlin	418.14
72	Wayne Twitchell	417.43
73	Balor Moore	416.95
74	Blue Moon Odom	416.42
75	John Curtis	415.4
76	Mike Torrez	415.17
77	Don Gullett	414.04
78	Bill Parsons	412.59
79	Dick Bosman	410.55
80	Jim Lonborg	410.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Roger Nelson	407.39
82	Woodie Fryman	406.95
83	Gary Nolan	406.05
84	Bill Lee	405.7
85	Jim Colborn	404.58
86	Doc Medich	399.74
87	Steve Busby	388.46
88	Bill Greif	384.19
89	Skip Lockwood	380.97
90	Jim Slaton	380.74
91	Luke Walker	375.4
92	Larry Dierker	374.0
93	Jim McAndrew	370.4
94	Dick Ruthven	365.48
95	Jim McGlothlin	364.26
96	Ken Brett	364.06
97	Pete Broberg	362.63
98	Steve Stone	362.05
99	Alan Foster	361.95
100	Doyle Alexander	359.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Willoughby	359.18
102	Jerry Bell	358.6
103	Roric Harrison	357.09
104	Mike Paul	353.94
105	Dave Hamilton	349.95
106	Rich Hand	349.79
107	Jim Bibby	349.62
108	Mike Caldwell	348.22
109	Jim Merritt	345.74
110	Wayne Simpson	344.01
111	Ray Culp	343.34
112	Joe Decker	343.07
113	Ken Wright	342.74
114	Tom Murphy	340.48
115	Milt Wilcox	339.77
116	George Stone	338.18
117	Eddie Fisher	337.39
118	Randy Jones	335.5
119	Ray Corbin	334.59
120	Brent Strom	334.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Strahler	333.06
122	Lynn McGlothen	332.58
123	Ron Schueler	332.24
124	Jesse Jefferson	329.93
125	Steve Dunning	329.38
126	Harry Parker	329.27
127	Clay Carroll	327.01
128	Rich Troedson	325.47
129	Bart Johnson	324.72
130	David Clyde	321.14
131	Tom Hall	320.69
132	J.R. Richard	319.3
133	Rich Folkers	318.52
134	Mike Corkins	317.55
135	Scipio Spinks	317.41
136	Larry Gura	317.29
137	Gene Garber	317.22
138	Eddie Bane	317.2
139	Mark Littell	314.3
140	Chris Short	313.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Lindy McDaniel	313.42
142	Roger Moret	312.11
143	Ray Sadecki	310.84
144	Mike Wallace	310.31
145	Don Carrithers	308.43
146	Dave Goltz	307.88
147	Fred Beene	307.1
148	Larry Christenson	306.68
149	Bill Bonham	306.46
150	Jim Geddes	306.35
151	Bruce Dal Canton	306.09
152	Jimmy Freeman	305.96
153	Tom Timmermann	305.52
154	Doug Rau	305.26
155	Jim Rooker	305.16
156	Bob Johnson	304.75
157	Dick Lange	304.26
158	Don Stanhouse	304.14
159	Bob Reynolds	303.82
160	Charlie Williams	303.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mike Kekich	302.73
162	Andy Hassler	301.6
163	Tom Griffin	301.0
164	Lloyd Allen	300.89
165	John Strohmayer	300.89
166	Tom Hilgendorf	300.59

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