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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	611.49
2	Tom Seaver	586.09
3	Bob Gibson	572.68
4	Sam McDowell	556.38
5	Mickey Lolich	550.58
6	Vida Blue	531.89
7	Ray Culp	530.27
8	Jim Palmer	524.97
9	Dave McNally	523.39
10	Gaylord Perry	522.3
11	Pat Dobson	515.63
12	Phil Niekro	513.9
13	Larry Dierker	513.04
14	Mike Cuellar	512.36
15	Gary Nolan	511.49
16	Ken Holtzman	510.67
17	Don Sutton	508.85
18	Juan Marichal	508.64
19	Marty Pattin	508.19
20	Tommy John	504.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Hands	502.74
22	Fritz Peterson	500.77
23	Dock Ellis	498.87
24	Sonny Siebert	498.26
25	Don Wilson	498.0
26	Steve Carlton	495.47
27	Bill Stoneman	494.71
28	Joe Coleman	494.02
29	Clay Kirby	492.49
30	Mel Stottlemyre	492.47
31	Catfish Hunter	490.63
32	Jerry Koosman	489.01
33	Steve Blass	487.24
34	Jim Perry	482.61
35	Dick Drago	482.39
36	Claude Osteen	477.05
37	Ron Reed	476.73
38	Gary Gentry	476.64
39	Rudy May	476.64
40	Clyde Wright	475.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Wise	474.54
42	Pat Jarvis	472.55
43	Bert Blyleven	470.35
44	Jim Kaat	467.85
45	Andy Messersmith	466.84
46	Dick Bosman	464.56
47	Chuck Dobson	463.83
48	Wilbur Wood	462.48
49	Jim McGlothlin	460.88
50	Al Downing	460.53
51	Dave Roberts	459.94
52	Stan Bahnsen	457.32
53	Bob Johnson	457.07
54	George Stone	456.03
55	Milt Pappas	454.84
56	Bill Singer	454.62
57	Gary Peters	452.5
58	Steve Renko	452.2
59	Bob Moose	438.01
60	Luke Walker	436.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Blue Moon Odom	434.11
62	Chris Short	428.64
63	Carl Morton	427.65
64	Jack Billingham	426.16
65	Tom Phoebus	425.86
66	Skip Lockwood	425.39
67	Bill Parsons	425.3
68	Tom Bradley	424.98
69	Steve Kline	423.66
70	Reggie Cleveland	421.25
71	Nolan Ryan	420.69
72	Alan Foster	418.48
73	Steve Arlin	418.11
74	Don Gullett	418.1
75	Barry Lersch	415.86
76	Jim Nash	414.14
77	Tom Murphy	413.87
78	Jim Bunning	411.81
79	Ray Sadecki	410.51
80	Jim Merritt	409.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Wade Blasingame	408.18
82	Denny McLain	406.57
83	Jerry Reuss	402.81
84	Jim McAndrew	397.82
85	Dean Chance	397.3
86	Diego Segui	396.81
87	Ron Bryant	391.85
88	Mike Hedlund	390.88
89	Steve Dunning	390.68
90	Joe Horlen	388.95
91	Lew Krausse	386.7
92	Bruce Dal Canton	384.39
93	Les Cain	383.38
94	Wayne Simpson	380.58
95	Luis Tiant	379.43
96	Steve Stone	378.44
97	Steve Hargan	378.35
98	Ray Lamb	378.05
99	Jim Rooker	377.07
100	Ross Grimsley	369.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Wally Bunker	368.94
102	Ken Reynolds	368.07
103	Jim Lonborg	367.51
104	Woodie Fryman	367.46
105	Joe Niekro	366.93
106	Tom Kelley	366.93
107	Fred Norman	365.37
108	Ken Forsch	364.45
109	Tony Cloninger	362.2
110	John Cumberland	360.53
111	Tom Hall	359.09
112	Paul Splittorff	357.5
113	John Strohmayer	357.32
114	Ernie McAnally	356.29
115	Jim Slaton	354.27
116	Casey Cox	353.62
117	Bart Johnson	351.91
118	Pete Broberg	347.28
119	Jim Shellenback	345.38
120	Rickey Clark	345.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rich Hand	344.69
122	Mike Kekich	344.49
123	Bob Veale	344.34
124	Mike Kilkenny	343.21
125	Jerry Janeski	342.8
126	Mike Nagy	341.24
127	Mike Torrez	341.11
128	Bruce Kison	339.86
129	Rollie Fingers	339.48
130	Ken Wright	338.47
131	Danny Coombs	338.2
132	Bill Gogolewski	337.7
133	Grant Jackson	337.24
134	Marcelino Lopez	334.04
135	Nelson Briles	333.48
136	Ray Corbin	330.44
137	Jim Maloney	329.79
138	Frank Reberger	327.38
139	Al Santorini	324.05
140	Jackie Brown	323.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Hardin	322.73
142	Bill Gilbreth	320.45
143	Chris Zachary	320.02
144	Mike Paul	318.99
145	Rich Robertson	318.7
146	Bill Butler	318.43
147	Dan McGinn	316.31
148	Steve Luebber	316.19
149	Jon Matlack	316.18
150	Bob O'Brien	316.14
151	Charlie Williams	316.01
152	Doyle Alexander	315.45
153	Don Carrithers	315.16
154	Juan Pizarro	314.82
155	Mike Thompson	312.79
156	Dave Leonhard	312.57
157	Tom Griffin	312.09
158	Jim Britton	310.22
159	Bill Greif	307.82
160	Jim Nelson	305.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jim Magnuson	305.26
162	Steve Kealey	304.14
163	Ed Farmer	303.98
164	Vince Colbert	303.56
165	Vicente Romo	302.9
166	Chuck Taylor	302.73
167	Pete Hamm	302.14
168	Dave Boswell	301.66
169	Bill Denehy	301.47
170	Joe Moeller	301.24
171	Al Fitzmorris	301.22
172	Sandy Vance	300.61
173	Steve Barber	300.08

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