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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Gaylord Perry	602.37
2	Fergie Jenkins	590.06
3	Bob Gibson	578.91
4	Mickey Lolich	578.26
5	Tom Seaver	577.14
6	Steve Carlton	567.04
7	Catfish Hunter	566.71
8	Don Sutton	566.33
9	Jim Palmer	558.25
10	Joe Coleman	553.02
11	Wilbur Wood	537.96
12	Bert Blyleven	530.55
13	Mike Cuellar	529.17
14	Pat Dobson	528.1
15	Gary Nolan	527.2
16	Dave McNally	524.97
17	Phil Niekro	516.35
18	Steve Blass	515.24
19	Don Wilson	514.41
20	Clay Kirby	514.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Stoneman	510.15
22	Mel Stottlemyre	508.84
23	Sonny Siebert	496.86
24	Juan Marichal	496.08
25	Ken Holtzman	494.84
26	Marty Pattin	494.07
27	Fritz Peterson	492.42
28	Rick Wise	489.94
29	Vida Blue	489.6
30	Jim Kaat	488.87
31	Dick Drago	487.76
32	Tom Bradley	486.72
33	Claude Osteen	481.06
34	Clyde Wright	479.15
35	Dock Ellis	478.1
36	Nolan Ryan	476.71
37	Sam McDowell	474.11
38	Steve Arlin	470.83
39	Gary Gentry	470.28
40	Steve Kline	470.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ron Reed	467.31
42	Reggie Cleveland	467.03
43	Jim Perry	466.67
44	Tommy John	466.57
45	Jack Billingham	466.53
46	Bill Hands	466.2
47	Al Downing	465.73
48	Milt Pappas	457.89
49	Bill Singer	457.81
50	Andy Messersmith	452.45
51	Ray Culp	451.58
52	Stan Bahnsen	451.55
53	Dave Roberts	450.88
54	Jerry Koosman	450.8
55	Larry Dierker	449.42
56	Rudy May	441.66
57	Dick Bosman	440.47
58	Paul Splittorff	434.75
59	Bob Moose	434.28
60	Jerry Reuss	432.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Forsch	431.45
62	Bill Parsons	429.44
63	Jim Lonborg	428.5
64	Ron Bryant	428.22
65	Jon Matlack	422.36
66	Burt Hooton	422.26
67	Bob Johnson	420.14
68	Mike Torrez	417.54
69	Pete Broberg	415.47
70	Blue Moon Odom	411.14
71	Skip Lockwood	409.52
72	Ross Grimsley	408.19
73	Nelson Briles	407.1
74	Jim McGlothlin	406.65
75	Dick Woodson	406.06
76	Tom Timmermann	403.8
77	Scipio Spinks	403.39
78	Mike Kekich	403.06
79	Rich Hand	399.81
80	Luke Walker	397.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ernie McAnally	396.43
82	Mike Hedlund	395.96
83	Carl Morton	395.87
84	Fred Norman	395.47
85	Steve Stone	389.66
86	Steve Renko	388.13
87	Dick Tidrow	387.85
88	George Stone	386.93
89	Don Gullett	385.71
90	Tom Kelley	380.21
91	Woodie Fryman	377.31
92	Pat Jarvis	376.98
93	Milt Wilcox	376.23
94	Bill Gogolewski	372.04
95	Gary Peters	371.05
96	Wayne Simpson	370.4
97	Bill Slayback	367.87
98	Jim McAndrew	366.8
99	Ron Schueler	364.68
100	Barry Lersch	363.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Roger Nelson	363.69
102	John Curtis	361.12
103	Tom Murphy	360.18
104	Dave Hamilton	360.14
105	Ken Brett	358.58
106	Lew Krausse	357.88
107	Lynn McGlothen	356.22
108	Bill Champion	356.02
109	Les Cain	355.9
110	Bruce Kison	353.16
111	Rickey Clark	351.97
112	Ray Sadecki	350.8
113	Denny McLain	350.55
114	Bill Greif	348.14
115	Dave Lemonds	348.12
116	Mike Paul	347.82
117	Ray Corbin	342.92
118	Balor Moore	341.15
119	Ken Reynolds	340.89
120	John Cumberland	338.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Juan Pizarro	338.14
122	Jim Rooker	337.58
123	Bruce Dal Canton	337.32
124	Rick Reuschel	336.9
125	Jim Slaton	336.8
126	Gary Ryerson	336.67
127	Jim Barr	333.53
128	Diego Segui	331.58
129	Al Santorini	330.2
130	Earl Stephenson	330.16
131	Mike Kilkenny	329.98
132	Vince Colbert	328.99
133	Doyle Alexander	326.5
134	Jim Nash	324.59
135	Mike Caldwell	324.0
136	Jim Hardin	320.45
137	Frank Reberger	320.27
138	Mike Corkins	319.67
139	Jim Colborn	319.42
140	Joe Horlen	319.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dick Selma	319.2
142	Ray Lamb	318.17
143	Lloyd Allen	317.98
144	Buzz Capra	317.71
145	Steve Barber	317.26
146	Luis Tiant	316.03
147	Tom Griffin	314.38
148	Jim Shellenback	313.31
149	Joe Niekro	312.98
150	Rob Gardner	312.89
151	Wayne Twitchell	309.8
152	Jim Panther	308.5
153	Casey Cox	307.66
154	Steve Dunning	306.85
155	Bill Bonham	306.48
156	Don Carrithers	306.46
157	Chuck Dobson	306.19
158	Jim Merritt	306.18
159	Don Durham	305.79
160	Don Stanhouse	305.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Phil Hennigan	305.39
162	Dave Goltz	304.29
163	Gary Neibauer	303.94
164	Archie Reynolds	303.62
165	Don Rose	301.76
166	Tom Hall	301.66
167	Ed Sprague	300.73
168	Fred Holdsworth	300.38

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