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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	611.33
2	Tom Seaver	587.64
3	Bob Gibson	571.4
4	Sam McDowell	556.38
5	Mickey Lolich	541.43
6	Vida Blue	534.71
7	Dave McNally	524.64
8	Ray Culp	524.42
9	Jim Palmer	521.32
10	Gaylord Perry	518.84
11	Gary Nolan	514.43
12	Juan Marichal	514.22
13	Larry Dierker	513.04
14	Ken Holtzman	510.67
15	Tommy John	509.66
16	Phil Niekro	508.97
17	Bill Hands	507.53
18	Mike Cuellar	506.78
19	Pat Dobson	506.48
20	Sonny Siebert	505.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dock Ellis	505.31
22	Mel Stottlemyre	503.31
23	Joe Coleman	502.31
24	Don Sutton	501.5
25	Fritz Peterson	500.74
26	Marty Pattin	498.82
27	Bill Stoneman	498.7
28	Steve Carlton	492.88
29	Don Wilson	492.55
30	Steve Blass	491.96
31	Jerry Koosman	490.26
32	Catfish Hunter	484.5
33	Jim Perry	482.08
34	Claude Osteen	481.77
35	Rick Wise	480.12
36	Dick Drago	479.58
37	Clay Kirby	475.18
38	Pat Jarvis	471.04
39	Ron Reed	469.7
40	Jim Kaat	469.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Stan Bahnsen	469.3
42	Rudy May	468.13
43	Clyde Wright	467.86
44	Gary Gentry	466.7
45	Bert Blyleven	466.0
46	Andy Messersmith	465.61
47	Jim McGlothlin	461.96
48	Dick Bosman	460.71
49	Bob Johnson	459.6
50	Wilbur Wood	456.75
51	Milt Pappas	456.68
52	Chuck Dobson	455.31
53	Steve Renko	452.09
54	Al Downing	451.04
55	Dave Roberts	450.88
56	George Stone	450.82
57	Bill Singer	447.28
58	Gary Peters	445.39
59	Bob Moose	443.26
60	Carl Morton	433.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Chris Short	428.78
62	Jack Billingham	428.65
63	Steve Kline	427.28
64	Bill Parsons	426.13
65	Tom Phoebus	425.86
66	Luke Walker	425.49
67	Blue Moon Odom	422.7
68	Nolan Ryan	419.5
69	Reggie Cleveland	419.01
70	Skip Lockwood	416.7
71	Don Gullett	416.26
72	Barry Lersch	415.86
73	Jim Nash	415.39
74	Tom Bradley	414.87
75	Tom Murphy	413.91
76	Alan Foster	413.78
77	Jim Bunning	413.06
78	Steve Arlin	412.07
79	Jim Merritt	410.61
80	Denny McLain	407.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ray Sadecki	403.25
82	Wade Blasingame	400.52
83	Jim McAndrew	399.07
84	Dean Chance	398.55
85	Jerry Reuss	397.04
86	Diego Segui	396.81
87	Mike Hedlund	390.88
88	Ron Bryant	389.92
89	Steve Dunning	388.38
90	Lew Krausse	387.95
91	Bruce Dal Canton	387.26
92	Steve Hargan	382.04
93	Wayne Simpson	381.13
94	Les Cain	380.17
95	Steve Stone	379.69
96	Joe Horlen	379.29
97	Jim Rooker	378.32
98	Ray Lamb	378.3
99	Luis Tiant	372.88
100	Wally Bunker	370.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ross Grimsley	369.48
102	Joe Niekro	369.3
103	Ken Reynolds	363.56
104	Tony Cloninger	363.45
105	Ken Forsch	363.14
106	Tom Kelley	362.0
107	Woodie Fryman	361.08
108	Tom Hall	360.34
109	Fred Norman	356.5
110	Ernie McAnally	355.38
111	Casey Cox	354.87
112	Paul Splittorff	354.51
113	John Cumberland	353.91
114	Jim Lonborg	353.19
115	Bart Johnson	353.16
116	John Strohmayer	353.0
117	Bob Veale	349.34
118	Pete Broberg	348.53
119	Jim Shellenback	346.84
120	Rich Hand	345.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Kilkenny	344.46
122	Jerry Janeski	344.05
123	Mike Kekich	343.96
124	Rickey Clark	343.91
125	Mike Nagy	342.49
126	Mike Torrez	342.36
127	Rollie Fingers	340.73
128	Bruce Kison	340.03
129	Ken Wright	339.72
130	Danny Coombs	339.45
131	Grant Jackson	337.24
132	Jim Slaton	336.13
133	Marcelino Lopez	335.11
134	Nelson Briles	334.73
135	Ray Corbin	331.44
136	Jim Maloney	331.04
137	Bill Gogolewski	326.79
138	Al Santorini	325.3
139	Frank Reberger	324.89
140	Jackie Brown	323.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Hardin	322.98
142	Bill Gilbreth	321.7
143	Bill Butler	320.36
144	Rich Robertson	319.95
145	Mike Paul	318.31
146	Bob O'Brien	317.39
147	Charlie Williams	317.26
148	Dan McGinn	317.06
149	Doyle Alexander	316.7
150	Jon Matlack	316.08
151	Don Carrithers	315.78
152	Steve Luebber	315.71
153	Chris Zachary	314.03
154	Dave Leonhard	313.57
155	Tom Griffin	313.34
156	Jim Britton	311.47
157	Mike Thompson	307.05
158	Jim Nelson	306.66
159	Jim Magnuson	306.51
160	Bill Greif	306.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Steve Kealey	305.39
162	Ed Farmer	305.23
163	Juan Pizarro	304.64
164	Chuck Taylor	303.48
165	Pete Hamm	303.39
166	Dave Boswell	302.91
167	Joe Moeller	302.49
168	Al Fitzmorris	302.47
169	Sandy Vance	301.86
170	Bill Denehy	301.72
171	Steve Barber	301.33
172	Andy Hassler	300.81

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