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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	608.3
2	Don Sutton	584.72
3	Bob Gibson	577.67
4	Nolan Ryan	560.34
5	Bert Blyleven	550.91
6	Jim Palmer	549.35
7	Gaylord Perry	534.67
8	Steve Carlton	532.64
9	Catfish Hunter	529.21
10	Mickey Lolich	527.58
11	Fergie Jenkins	525.25
12	Don Wilson	523.71
13	Ken Holtzman	520.26
14	Rick Wise	513.44
15	Andy Messersmith	512.95
16	Wilbur Wood	508.65
17	Joe Coleman	506.03
18	Jack Billingham	499.77
19	Mike Cuellar	498.42
20	Dock Ellis	490.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave McNally	490.53
22	Claude Osteen	489.95
23	Tom Bradley	486.56
24	Phil Niekro	484.8
25	Stan Bahnsen	484.63
26	Luis Tiant	483.06
27	Vida Blue	482.47
28	Jon Matlack	478.57
29	Mel Stottlemyre	476.39
30	Nelson Briles	476.37
31	Marty Pattin	476.36
32	Bill Singer	476.15
33	Tommy John	474.06
34	Paul Splittorff	473.28
35	Pat Dobson	473.26
36	Jerry Koosman	470.76
37	Al Downing	469.84
38	Dick Drago	468.68
39	Reggie Cleveland	466.69
40	Rudy May	465.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Fred Norman	465.4
42	Ron Bryant	463.46
43	Rick Reuschel	462.76
44	Clay Kirby	461.43
45	Jerry Reuss	459.15
46	Dave Roberts	455.98
47	Dick Woodson	455.94
48	Juan Marichal	454.68
49	Milt Pappas	451.92
50	Bob Moose	447.79
51	Jim Perry	446.91
52	Fritz Peterson	446.68
53	Clyde Wright	446.59
54	Ken Forsch	445.97
55	Ross Grimsley	445.53
56	Wayne Twitchell	444.06
57	Jim Barr	442.3
58	Sam McDowell	438.59
59	Bill Hands	438.31
60	Dick Tidrow	438.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Burt Hooton	434.76
62	Steve Renko	434.43
63	Jim Colborn	433.58
64	Gary Gentry	428.57
65	Sonny Siebert	427.27
66	Carl Morton	425.45
67	Jim Kaat	425.02
68	John Curtis	424.05
69	Steve Arlin	423.76
70	Jim Lonborg	422.74
71	Ron Reed	421.54
72	Steve Kline	418.48
73	Steve Blass	415.15
74	Ernie McAnally	415.05
75	Balor Moore	413.66
76	Bill Stoneman	412.86
77	Bill Lee	411.22
78	Mike Torrez	411.21
79	Steve Busby	409.51
80	Don Gullett	409.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Roger Nelson	408.9
82	Bill Parsons	407.84
83	Blue Moon Odom	406.45
84	Dick Bosman	405.02
85	Woodie Fryman	405.01
86	Doc Medich	392.87
87	Bill Greif	392.23
88	Jim Bibby	391.57
89	Skip Lockwood	390.36
90	Gary Nolan	389.86
91	Steve Stone	385.67
92	Ken Brett	382.34
93	Alan Foster	381.23
94	Jim Slaton	379.21
95	Luke Walker	377.27
96	Dick Ruthven	375.25
97	Roric Harrison	371.29
98	Larry Dierker	370.16
99	Jim McAndrew	365.65
100	Jerry Bell	362.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim McGlothlin	361.01
102	Ron Schueler	360.73
103	George Stone	358.96
104	Joe Decker	358.11
105	Pete Broberg	357.88
106	Jim Willoughby	355.06
107	Doyle Alexander	354.75
108	Randy Jones	353.81
109	Ken Wright	353.31
110	Tom Murphy	350.58
111	Mike Paul	349.19
112	Mike Caldwell	348.58
113	Jim Merritt	348.43
114	David Clyde	346.61
115	Rich Hand	345.04
116	Milt Wilcox	341.35
117	Tom Hall	341.05
118	Dave Hamilton	340.84
119	Wayne Simpson	339.26
120	Ray Culp	339.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Rooker	338.04
122	Rich Troedson	337.41
123	J.R. Richard	337.06
124	Steve Rogers	336.74
125	Mike Strahler	336.34
126	Brent Strom	333.43
127	Steve Dunning	332.88
128	Eddie Fisher	332.64
129	Rich Folkers	331.98
130	Ray Corbin	329.84
131	Jesse Jefferson	328.17
132	Lynn McGlothen	327.83
133	Bart Johnson	326.1
134	Harry Parker	324.52
135	Clay Carroll	322.26
136	Eddie Bane	319.59
137	Al Fitzmorris	314.84
138	Tom Timmermann	314.13
139	Gene Garber	313.97
140	Larry Gura	313.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Corkins	312.8
142	Scipio Spinks	312.66
143	Jackie Brown	312.53
144	Chris Short	311.45
145	Mark Littell	309.55
146	Fred Beene	309.47
147	Lindy McDaniel	309.42
148	Ray Sadecki	308.95
149	Tug McGraw	307.5
150	Roger Moret	307.36
151	Mike Wallace	306.56
152	Paul Lindblad	306.53
153	Jimmy Freeman	306.08
154	John Morlan	305.14
155	Frank Linzy	304.15
156	Darold Knowles	303.85
157	Don Carrithers	303.68
158	Bill Bonham	302.94
159	Craig Caskey	302.72
160	Glenn Abbott	302.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Larry Christenson	301.93
162	Jim Geddes	301.6
163	Dave Goltz	301.54
164	Bruce Dal Canton	301.34
165	Barry Lersch	300.74
166	Doug Rau	300.51

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