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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	598.24
2	Don Sutton	588.15
3	Bob Gibson	572.4
4	Nolan Ryan	566.86
5	Bert Blyleven	551.29
6	Gaylord Perry	541.55
7	Jim Palmer	532.78
8	Mickey Lolich	531.44
9	Fergie Jenkins	531.42
10	Catfish Hunter	530.71
11	Steve Carlton	523.67
12	Don Wilson	522.75
13	Ken Holtzman	517.26
14	Wilbur Wood	513.96
15	Rick Wise	508.71
16	Andy Messersmith	506.77
17	Mike Cuellar	504.77
18	Jack Billingham	504.24
19	Joe Coleman	496.84
20	Dave McNally	494.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Singer	491.17
22	Tom Bradley	488.22
23	Phil Niekro	486.62
24	Vida Blue	486.28
25	Mel Stottlemyre	484.0
26	Marty Pattin	483.81
27	Claude Osteen	483.79
28	Dock Ellis	481.42
29	Nelson Briles	480.82
30	Jon Matlack	479.27
31	Luis Tiant	478.54
32	Dick Drago	474.49
33	Stan Bahnsen	473.5
34	Al Downing	470.14
35	Jerry Koosman	464.42
36	Tommy John	464.26
37	Pat Dobson	463.33
38	Jerry Reuss	462.99
39	Rudy May	462.36
40	Milt Pappas	462.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Fred Norman	461.78
42	Clay Kirby	458.23
43	Paul Splittorff	457.61
44	Clyde Wright	457.2
45	Ron Bryant	455.89
46	Ross Grimsley	454.46
47	Dave Roberts	454.42
48	Reggie Cleveland	454.05
49	Fritz Peterson	453.15
50	Jim Perry	452.65
51	Rick Reuschel	451.18
52	Dick Woodson	447.81
53	Ken Forsch	447.22
54	Juan Marichal	443.92
55	Bob Moose	443.73
56	Sam McDowell	443.12
57	Carl Morton	440.87
58	Bill Hands	440.81
59	Jim Barr	437.83
60	Dick Tidrow	433.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Steve Arlin	433.14
62	Jim Kaat	431.47
63	Gary Gentry	431.07
64	Burt Hooton	430.24
65	Sonny Siebert	429.77
66	Jim Colborn	424.51
67	Ron Reed	424.04
68	Steve Renko	423.46
69	Jim Lonborg	422.7
70	Wayne Twitchell	421.42
71	John Curtis	421.39
72	Steve Kline	420.98
73	Steve Blass	419.76
74	Ernie McAnally	418.48
75	Bill Stoneman	418.2
76	Balor Moore	416.16
77	Don Gullett	411.79
78	Dick Bosman	411.28
79	Mike Torrez	411.08
80	Bill Parsons	410.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Blue Moon Odom	409.25
82	Bill Lee	408.87
83	Woodie Fryman	404.7
84	Roger Nelson	403.19
85	Doc Medich	400.44
86	Gary Nolan	397.05
87	Skip Lockwood	389.56
88	Steve Busby	388.22
89	Jim Slaton	386.34
90	Bill Greif	383.61
91	Ken Brett	376.45
92	Luke Walker	374.26
93	Alan Foster	374.1
94	Larry Dierker	371.75
95	Dick Ruthven	369.65
96	Jim McAndrew	368.15
97	Steve Stone	366.23
98	Roric Harrison	365.36
99	Jim Bibby	363.86
100	Jim McGlothlin	363.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Pete Broberg	360.38
102	Doyle Alexander	357.25
103	Jim Willoughby	356.93
104	Jerry Bell	356.46
105	Ken Wright	356.1
106	Joe Decker	353.71
107	Mike Paul	351.69
108	Tom Murphy	349.87
109	Ron Schueler	349.28
110	Rich Hand	347.54
111	Dave Hamilton	347.23
112	Mike Caldwell	345.97
113	George Stone	345.46
114	Jim Merritt	344.63
115	Randy Jones	343.61
116	Milt Wilcox	342.6
117	Wayne Simpson	341.76
118	Ray Culp	341.42
119	Steve Dunning	335.44
120	Eddie Fisher	335.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Hall	333.74
122	Brent Strom	333.2
123	Mike Strahler	332.97
124	Ray Corbin	332.34
125	Jim Rooker	330.89
126	Lynn McGlothen	330.33
127	Rich Folkers	329.56
128	Rich Troedson	328.2
129	Jesse Jefferson	327.8
130	Harry Parker	327.02
131	David Clyde	326.87
132	Bart Johnson	324.87
133	Clay Carroll	324.76
134	Eddie Bane	321.84
135	Larry Gura	317.58
136	J.R. Richard	317.05
137	Gene Garber	316.47
138	Mike Corkins	315.3
139	Scipio Spinks	315.16
140	Chris Short	312.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mark Littell	312.05
142	Lindy McDaniel	311.92
143	Ray Sadecki	310.09
144	Steve Rogers	310.08
145	Roger Moret	309.86
146	Mike Wallace	309.06
147	Jimmy Freeman	307.22
148	Don Carrithers	306.18
149	Dave Goltz	305.63
150	Fred Beene	304.85
151	Larry Christenson	304.43
152	Bill Bonham	304.21
153	Jim Geddes	304.1
154	Bruce Dal Canton	303.84
155	Al Fitzmorris	303.35
156	Tom Timmermann	303.27
157	Doug Rau	303.01
158	Bob Johnson	302.5
159	Dick Lange	302.26
160	Don Stanhouse	301.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	John Morlan	301.62
162	Bob Reynolds	301.57
163	Charlie Williams	300.83
164	Mike Kekich	300.48

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