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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	595.2
2	Don Sutton	594.69
3	Bob Gibson	566.7
4	Nolan Ryan	559.19
5	Bert Blyleven	558.57
6	Gaylord Perry	548.26
7	Catfish Hunter	533.99
8	Wilbur Wood	532.83
9	Mickey Lolich	532.21
10	Jim Palmer	531.14
11	Steve Carlton	526.17
12	Don Wilson	522.75
13	Fergie Jenkins	518.68
14	Ken Holtzman	517.0
15	Rick Wise	508.71
16	Andy Messersmith	503.68
17	Joe Coleman	501.49
18	Jack Billingham	498.35
19	Mike Cuellar	495.8
20	Dave McNally	494.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Singer	490.76
22	Mel Stottlemyre	490.2
23	Phil Niekro	487.73
24	Marty Pattin	482.84
25	Claude Osteen	482.76
26	Dock Ellis	481.42
27	Tom Bradley	479.4
28	Luis Tiant	479.18
29	Vida Blue	478.57
30	Jon Matlack	478.43
31	Nelson Briles	476.41
32	Rudy May	469.98
33	Dick Drago	469.8
34	Stan Bahnsen	469.47
35	Al Downing	464.35
36	Tommy John	464.26
37	Pat Dobson	463.33
38	Jim Perry	462.43
39	Milt Pappas	462.06
40	Clyde Wright	460.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Reuss	460.1
42	Jerry Koosman	458.79
43	Paul Splittorff	458.61
44	Clay Kirby	458.07
45	Ron Bryant	455.89
46	Fred Norman	454.62
47	Rick Reuschel	452.03
48	Reggie Cleveland	451.63
49	Dave Roberts	450.65
50	Ross Grimsley	449.83
51	Ken Forsch	448.48
52	Dick Woodson	446.96
53	Fritz Peterson	445.41
54	Bob Moose	443.98
55	Bill Hands	441.81
56	Juan Marichal	440.53
57	Carl Morton	438.62
58	Jim Kaat	434.8
59	Sam McDowell	434.75
60	Dick Tidrow	433.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Gary Gentry	432.07
62	Sonny Siebert	430.77
63	Burt Hooton	430.73
64	Steve Arlin	430.35
65	Jim Barr	428.69
66	Jim Colborn	425.71
67	Ron Reed	425.04
68	Steve Renko	422.83
69	Ernie McAnally	422.62
70	Steve Kline	421.98
71	Bill Stoneman	421.12
72	Steve Blass	420.76
73	Wayne Twitchell	417.43
74	Balor Moore	416.66
75	Jim Lonborg	415.86
76	Bill Lee	415.52
77	Dick Bosman	413.93
78	Don Gullett	412.79
79	Bill Parsons	411.34
80	John Curtis	410.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mike Torrez	410.38
82	Blue Moon Odom	409.5
83	Roger Nelson	406.14
84	Woodie Fryman	405.7
85	Gary Nolan	401.05
86	Doc Medich	401.01
87	Steve Busby	385.83
88	Jim Slaton	385.12
89	Bill Greif	384.19
90	Skip Lockwood	380.97
91	Ken Brett	373.21
92	Larry Dierker	372.75
93	Alan Foster	371.83
94	Dick Ruthven	369.9
95	Jim McAndrew	369.15
96	Luke Walker	368.41
97	Roric Harrison	365.36
98	Jim McGlothlin	364.26
99	Steve Stone	361.98
100	Pete Broberg	361.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Bibby	359.76
102	Doyle Alexander	358.25
103	Jim Willoughby	357.93
104	Jerry Bell	356.71
105	Mike Paul	352.69
106	Ken Wright	349.93
107	Rich Hand	348.54
108	Jim Merritt	347.98
109	Dave Hamilton	347.73
110	Mike Caldwell	346.97
111	Ron Schueler	346.74
112	Tom Murphy	346.24
113	George Stone	345.96
114	Joe Decker	343.07
115	Wayne Simpson	342.76
116	Milt Wilcox	342.51
117	Ray Culp	341.42
118	Randy Jones	339.27
119	Eddie Fisher	336.14
120	Brent Strom	334.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Hall	333.74
122	Ray Corbin	333.34
123	Mike Strahler	332.97
124	Lynn McGlothen	331.33
125	Jesse Jefferson	330.38
126	Rich Folkers	329.56
127	Rich Troedson	328.99
128	Steve Dunning	328.59
129	Harry Parker	328.02
130	Clay Carroll	325.76
131	Bart Johnson	324.87
132	Eddie Bane	321.84
133	David Clyde	321.31
134	J.R. Richard	318.05
135	Jim Rooker	317.23
136	Gene Garber	317.22
137	Mike Corkins	316.3
138	Scipio Spinks	316.16
139	Larry Gura	316.04
140	Mark Littell	313.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Lindy McDaniel	312.92
142	Chris Short	312.8
143	Roger Moret	310.86
144	Ray Sadecki	310.84
145	Steve Rogers	310.08
146	Mike Wallace	310.06
147	Don Carrithers	307.18
148	Dave Goltz	306.63
149	Fred Beene	305.85
150	Larry Christenson	305.43
151	Bill Bonham	305.21
152	Jim Geddes	305.1
153	Bruce Dal Canton	304.84
154	Jimmy Freeman	304.71
155	Tom Timmermann	304.27
156	Doug Rau	304.01
157	Bob Johnson	303.5
158	Al Fitzmorris	303.35
159	Dick Lange	303.26
160	Don Stanhouse	302.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bob Reynolds	302.57
162	Charlie Williams	301.83
163	Mike Kekich	301.48
164	Lloyd Allen	300.64
165	Andy Hassler	300.35

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