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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	621.59
2	Luis Tiant	579.87
3	Juan Marichal	567.58
4	Fergie Jenkins	558.12
5	Sam McDowell	553.95
6	Denny McLain	552.45
7	Dean Chance	546.69
8	Don Drysdale	537.19
9	Sonny Siebert	533.93
10	Jim Bunning	531.91
11	Tom Seaver	531.83
12	Gaylord Perry	529.91
13	Bob Veale	527.71
14	Chris Short	521.44
15	George Brunet	514.66
16	Earl Wilson	508.91
17	Mel Stottlemyre	506.7
18	Jim Kaat	506.62
19	Mickey Lolich	506.55
20	Jim Maloney	500.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pat Jarvis	495.54
22	Gary Peters	494.7
23	Tom Phoebus	494.48
24	Joe Horlen	494.38
25	Dave McNally	493.6
26	Tommy John	491.21
27	Jim Nash	489.04
28	Larry Jackson	484.52
29	Denny Lemaster	484.26
30	Catfish Hunter	483.12
31	Steve Carlton	482.63
32	Ray Sadecki	477.29
33	Dave Giusti	477.24
34	Jim Merritt	477.08
35	Mike Cuellar	476.71
36	Dave Boswell	476.36
37	Phil Niekro	473.48
38	Gary Bell	472.18
39	Bill Singer	471.1
40	Claude Osteen	467.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Chuck Dobson	465.45
42	Mike McCormick	465.13
43	Ken Johnson	463.89
44	Don Wilson	463.32
45	Jim Hardin	463.05
46	Nelson Briles	450.61
47	Steve Hargan	447.75
48	Camilo Pascual	447.09
49	Milt Pappas	440.84
50	Jerry Koosman	440.02
51	Woodie Fryman	439.51
52	Gary Nolan	438.73
53	Fritz Peterson	437.61
54	Jim McGlothlin	433.57
55	Jim Lonborg	433.35
56	Jose Santiago	431.86
57	Joe Sparma	429.52
58	Bill Hands	429.44
59	Al Downing	429.1
60	Don Sutton	428.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Holtzman	426.78
62	Phil Ortega	425.87
63	Rich Nye	424.19
64	Ray Washburn	423.94
65	Sammy Ellis	422.05
66	Dick Ellsworth	419.56
67	Stan Bahnsen	419.52
68	Rickey Clark	412.07
69	Larry Dierker	410.84
70	Rick Wise	408.35
71	Steve Barber	407.54
72	Dick Hughes	406.17
73	Al McBean	401.95
74	Blue Moon Odom	401.0
75	Jim Perry	400.6
76	Lew Krausse	399.96
77	Larry Jaster	399.29
78	Ray Culp	399.06
79	Ron Reed	398.49
80	Steve Blass	398.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Nolan Ryan	394.26
82	Tommie Sisk	394.22
83	Joe Niekro	394.06
84	Dick Selma	392.2
85	Joe Coleman	389.92
86	Jack Fisher	387.41
87	Gerry Arrigo	385.75
88	George Culver	385.04
89	Don Cardwell	376.79
90	Bob Moose	374.88
91	Mel Queen	373.88
92	Tom Murphy	365.84
93	Stan Williams	364.82
94	Dave Leonhard	362.19
95	Frank Bertaina	355.52
96	Gene Brabender	353.42
97	Fred Talbot	351.12
98	Tony Cloninger	350.88
99	Gary Waslewski	349.89
100	Cisco Carlos	349.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mudcat Grant	348.5
102	Dick Kelley	346.21
103	Barry Moore	345.76
104	Jeff James	345.68
105	Lee Stange	343.59
106	Mike Kekich	341.25
107	Jim Hannan	340.24
108	Bob Priddy	337.5
109	Bobby Bolin	333.49
110	Bill Monbouquette	332.79
111	Al Jackson	332.69
112	Wally Bunker	331.61
113	Clyde Wright	330.28
114	Bruce Howard	329.8
115	Pete Richert	327.35
116	Jack Hamilton	324.15
117	Pat Dobson	319.22
118	Jim Britton	318.93
119	Gary Ross	318.73
120	Juan Pizarro	316.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Grant Jackson	314.3
122	Dick Bosman	314.05
123	Danny Frisella	313.63
124	John Buzhardt	311.54
125	Jim McAndrew	307.78
126	George Stone	307.39
127	Mel Nelson	307.16
128	John Hiller	305.59
129	Billy McCool	304.93
130	Marty Pattin	304.88
131	Joe Verbanic	304.4
132	Ron Keller	303.69
133	Jim Bouton	303.38
134	Wilbur Wood	301.93
135	Ron Herbel	301.9
136	Wade Blasingame	301.46
137	Danny Coombs	301.0
138	Les Cain	300.9
139	Mike Adamson	300.5
140	Tony Pierce	300.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Luke Walker	300.18

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