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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	600.56
2	Don Sutton	588.15
3	Bob Gibson	577.87
4	Nolan Ryan	562.93
5	Bert Blyleven	556.25
6	Jim Palmer	541.77
7	Gaylord Perry	531.93
8	Fergie Jenkins	531.42
9	Catfish Hunter	530.46
10	Mickey Lolich	526.71
11	Steve Carlton	523.9
12	Don Wilson	521.75
13	Ken Holtzman	515.7
14	Wilbur Wood	514.01
15	Rick Wise	511.74
16	Jack Billingham	507.25
17	Andy Messersmith	506.77
18	Mike Cuellar	497.18
19	Joe Coleman	496.84
20	Dave McNally	490.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Bradley	488.22
22	Dock Ellis	486.61
23	Phil Niekro	486.23
24	Marty Pattin	483.81
25	Claude Osteen	483.54
26	Vida Blue	483.24
27	Bill Singer	482.63
28	Luis Tiant	480.2
29	Stan Bahnsen	479.27
30	Nelson Briles	477.25
31	Mel Stottlemyre	474.92
32	Pat Dobson	473.88
33	Dick Drago	471.22
34	Jerry Koosman	470.78
35	Al Downing	470.27
36	Tommy John	470.26
37	Jon Matlack	470.14
38	Paul Splittorff	468.23
39	Fred Norman	466.68
40	Ron Bryant	465.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Reuss	462.99
42	Rudy May	462.36
43	Milt Pappas	461.06
44	Rick Reuschel	456.63
45	Clay Kirby	455.85
46	Reggie Cleveland	454.05
47	Dick Woodson	454.03
48	Fritz Peterson	453.15
49	Dave Roberts	452.86
50	Jim Perry	452.12
51	Ross Grimsley	452.03
52	Clyde Wright	450.3
53	Juan Marichal	447.98
54	Ken Forsch	447.22
55	Sam McDowell	442.87
56	Bob Moose	442.48
57	Bill Hands	439.56
58	Jim Barr	437.83
59	Dick Tidrow	436.09
60	Jim Colborn	432.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Carl Morton	431.69
62	Steve Renko	431.48
63	Gary Gentry	429.82
64	Burt Hooton	429.74
65	Steve Arlin	429.09
66	Sonny Siebert	428.52
67	Jim Kaat	426.79
68	Jim Lonborg	423.77
69	Ron Reed	422.79
70	Wayne Twitchell	421.17
71	John Curtis	421.14
72	Ernie McAnally	420.88
73	Steve Kline	419.73
74	Steve Blass	418.51
75	Bill Stoneman	417.7
76	Balor Moore	414.91
77	Bill Lee	410.85
78	Mike Torrez	410.83
79	Don Gullett	410.54
80	Bill Parsons	409.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Blue Moon Odom	408.0
82	Dick Bosman	404.12
83	Woodie Fryman	403.45
84	Roger Nelson	403.19
85	Steve Busby	401.61
86	Doc Medich	400.19
87	Bill Greif	392.23
88	Gary Nolan	392.05
89	Skip Lockwood	389.06
90	Jim Slaton	382.29
91	Alan Foster	381.37
92	Ken Brett	377.78
93	Steve Stone	376.67
94	Jim Bibby	376.22
95	Luke Walker	374.26
96	Larry Dierker	370.5
97	Dick Ruthven	368.4
98	Jim McAndrew	366.9
99	Roric Harrison	364.61
100	Jim McGlothlin	362.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Pete Broberg	359.13
102	Ken Wright	356.1
103	Doyle Alexander	356.0
104	Jerry Bell	355.21
105	Jim Willoughby	355.06
106	Joe Decker	353.21
107	Jim Merritt	352.2
108	Mike Paul	350.44
109	Ron Schueler	349.75
110	Tom Murphy	349.62
111	Rich Hand	346.29
112	Mike Caldwell	344.72
113	George Stone	344.21
114	Randy Jones	343.36
115	Milt Wilcox	342.6
116	Dave Hamilton	340.84
117	Wayne Simpson	340.51
118	Ray Culp	340.42
119	David Clyde	337.95
120	Steve Dunning	334.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Eddie Fisher	333.89
122	Brent Strom	333.43
123	Tom Hall	332.99
124	Mike Strahler	331.72
125	Ray Corbin	331.09
126	Jim Rooker	330.64
127	Lynn McGlothen	329.08
128	Rich Folkers	328.56
129	Jesse Jefferson	328.56
130	Rich Troedson	327.95
131	Steve Rogers	325.78
132	Harry Parker	325.77
133	Bart Johnson	323.62
134	Clay Carroll	323.51
135	J.R. Richard	322.25
136	Eddie Bane	320.84
137	Gene Garber	315.22
138	Mike Corkins	314.05
139	Scipio Spinks	313.91
140	Larry Gura	313.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Chris Short	312.7
142	Mark Littell	310.8
143	Lindy McDaniel	310.67
144	Ray Sadecki	308.84
145	Roger Moret	308.61
146	Mike Wallace	307.81
147	Jimmy Freeman	307.22
148	Don Carrithers	304.93
149	Dave Goltz	304.38
150	Fred Beene	303.6
151	Larry Christenson	303.18
152	Bill Bonham	302.96
153	Jim Geddes	302.85
154	Bruce Dal Canton	302.59
155	Al Fitzmorris	302.35
156	Tom Timmermann	302.02
157	Doug Rau	301.76
158	John Morlan	301.37
159	Bob Johnson	301.25
160	Dick Lange	301.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Don Stanhouse	300.64
162	Bob Reynolds	300.32

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