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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	604.68
2	Tom Seaver	585.69
3	Bob Gibson	565.54
4	Sam McDowell	560.5
5	Mickey Lolich	543.77
6	Ray Culp	530.9
7	Vida Blue	529.69
8	Dave McNally	525.89
9	Jim Palmer	525.8
10	Gary Nolan	522.17
11	Larry Dierker	520.86
12	Juan Marichal	517.61
13	Gaylord Perry	516.19
14	Mike Cuellar	515.46
15	Ken Holtzman	513.09
16	Dock Ellis	510.65
17	Tommy John	510.29
18	Bill Hands	502.66
19	Phil Niekro	502.64
20	Sonny Siebert	501.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Sutton	500.81
22	Fritz Peterson	500.74
23	Mel Stottlemyre	500.32
24	Bill Stoneman	498.76
25	Joe Coleman	498.76
26	Steve Carlton	498.04
27	Marty Pattin	495.79
28	Jerry Koosman	491.51
29	Pat Dobson	490.3
30	Steve Blass	486.69
31	Catfish Hunter	484.27
32	Don Wilson	483.92
33	Jim Perry	481.18
34	Claude Osteen	480.44
35	Clay Kirby	477.1
36	Dick Drago	475.43
37	Rick Wise	475.29
38	Dick Bosman	465.99
39	Gary Gentry	465.37
40	Pat Jarvis	465.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rudy May	465.04
42	Clyde Wright	464.28
43	Bert Blyleven	463.7
44	Stan Bahnsen	463.2
45	Jim Kaat	462.48
46	Ron Reed	459.64
47	Chuck Dobson	458.96
48	Al Downing	458.41
49	Jim McGlothlin	457.65
50	Andy Messersmith	457.56
51	Bob Johnson	457.32
52	Steve Renko	455.34
53	Dave Roberts	449.91
54	Milt Pappas	448.63
55	George Stone	448.25
56	Bill Singer	448.01
57	Wilbur Wood	447.37
58	Bob Moose	442.55
59	Gary Peters	441.19
60	Carl Morton	440.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tom Phoebus	433.43
62	Steve Kline	427.28
63	Luke Walker	426.24
64	Jack Billingham	424.77
65	Nolan Ryan	424.69
66	Chris Short	423.94
67	Bill Parsons	418.85
68	Alan Foster	418.11
69	Reggie Cleveland	417.85
70	Blue Moon Odom	417.62
71	Jim Nash	416.14
72	Tom Murphy	413.91
73	Jim Bunning	413.81
74	Tom Bradley	413.1
75	Don Gullett	412.31
76	Skip Lockwood	412.26
77	Jim Merritt	411.86
78	Barry Lersch	410.97
79	Denny McLain	409.07
80	Jim McAndrew	400.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ray Sadecki	399.61
82	Steve Arlin	399.07
83	Dean Chance	398.55
84	Diego Segui	398.03
85	Mike Hedlund	393.81
86	Lew Krausse	389.2
87	Jerry Reuss	389.01
88	Wade Blasingame	388.95
89	Steve Dunning	388.38
90	Ron Bryant	385.46
91	Bruce Dal Canton	384.13
92	Les Cain	383.99
93	Steve Hargan	383.29
94	Steve Stone	380.44
95	Wayne Simpson	380.39
96	Jim Rooker	378.82
97	Luis Tiant	378.21
98	Ray Lamb	378.12
99	Joe Horlen	376.83
100	Wally Bunker	371.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Joe Niekro	370.05
102	Ken Forsch	366.02
103	Tony Cloninger	364.7
104	Ross Grimsley	364.36
105	Tom Kelley	362.0
106	Tom Hall	361.59
107	Casey Cox	356.12
108	Bart Johnson	354.41
109	Bob Veale	354.34
110	Woodie Fryman	353.56
111	Paul Splittorff	352.68
112	John Strohmayer	351.98
113	Jim Lonborg	349.57
114	Ken Reynolds	348.98
115	Pete Broberg	348.53
116	John Cumberland	348.3
117	Rich Hand	347.19
118	Ernie McAnally	346.65
119	Mike Kilkenny	345.71
120	Jerry Janeski	345.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Fred Norman	344.53
122	Mike Nagy	343.74
123	Mike Torrez	343.61
124	Rollie Fingers	341.98
125	Ken Wright	340.97
126	Danny Coombs	340.7
127	Mike Kekich	339.86
128	Rickey Clark	339.5
129	Jim Shellenback	338.06
130	Marcelino Lopez	337.52
131	Jim Slaton	337.05
132	Nelson Briles	335.23
133	Jim Maloney	332.29
134	Grant Jackson	332.23
135	Ray Corbin	331.44
136	Jackie Brown	326.27
137	Frank Reberger	326.14
138	Al Santorini	326.05
139	Bruce Kison	323.54
140	Bill Gilbreth	322.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Hardin	321.91
142	Rich Robertson	321.2
143	Bob O'Brien	318.64
144	Bill Gogolewski	318.62
145	Charlie Williams	317.26
146	Bill Butler	316.85
147	Doyle Alexander	316.7
148	Dan McGinn	315.24
149	Tom Griffin	314.59
150	Dave Leonhard	313.57
151	Jon Matlack	313.52
152	Jim Britton	312.72
153	Steve Luebber	310.22
154	Jim Nelson	307.91
155	Jim Magnuson	307.01
156	Bill Greif	306.88
157	Mike Paul	306.86
158	Ed Farmer	306.48
159	Chris Zachary	306.47
160	Juan Pizarro	305.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Steve Kealey	305.64
162	Pete Hamm	304.64
163	Dave Boswell	304.16
164	Joe Moeller	303.74
165	Sandy Vance	303.11
166	Mike Thompson	302.82
167	Al Fitzmorris	302.47
168	Don Carrithers	302.19
169	Andy Hassler	302.06
170	Steve Barber	301.83
171	Bill Zepp	301.2
172	Phil Regan	300.6
173	Jim Hannan	300.11

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