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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	604.09
2	Don Sutton	589.53
3	Bob Gibson	574.68
4	Nolan Ryan	562.96
5	Bert Blyleven	558.92
6	Jim Palmer	552.86
7	Gaylord Perry	542.16
8	Steve Carlton	537.0
9	Don Wilson	534.27
10	Mickey Lolich	533.52
11	Catfish Hunter	528.21
12	Fergie Jenkins	525.57
13	Andy Messersmith	522.44
14	Ken Holtzman	521.68
15	Rick Wise	520.17
16	Wilbur Wood	507.34
17	Joe Coleman	501.15
18	Mike Cuellar	500.16
19	Jack Billingham	499.77
20	Phil Niekro	497.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dock Ellis	496.33
22	Claude Osteen	495.61
23	Vida Blue	491.64
24	Bill Singer	489.41
25	Tom Bradley	489.34
26	Stan Bahnsen	487.01
27	Luis Tiant	485.25
28	Dave McNally	482.35
29	Jon Matlack	481.83
30	Tommy John	476.57
31	Mel Stottlemyre	476.39
32	Nelson Briles	476.37
33	Marty Pattin	476.11
34	Rick Reuschel	475.78
35	Paul Splittorff	472.18
36	Jerry Koosman	471.88
37	Al Downing	469.84
38	Dick Drago	469.79
39	Ron Bryant	467.81
40	Reggie Cleveland	466.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rudy May	464.8
42	Pat Dobson	463.95
43	Fred Norman	463.34
44	Jerry Reuss	462.32
45	Clay Kirby	461.43
46	Juan Marichal	453.87
47	Dick Woodson	452.95
48	Ross Grimsley	452.22
49	Milt Pappas	451.92
50	Dave Roberts	451.5
51	Clyde Wright	448.72
52	Wayne Twitchell	448.18
53	Jim Perry	446.91
54	Fritz Peterson	446.36
55	Bob Moose	443.94
56	Jim Barr	442.3
57	Ken Forsch	440.31
58	Burt Hooton	438.13
59	Bill Hands	437.31
60	Jim Colborn	436.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Carl Morton	435.26
62	Steve Renko	434.81
63	Dick Tidrow	433.51
64	Sam McDowell	431.61
65	John Curtis	428.62
66	Gary Gentry	427.57
67	Sonny Siebert	427.28
68	Balor Moore	425.46
69	Jim Kaat	423.63
70	Steve Arlin	421.99
71	Ron Reed	420.54
72	Don Gullett	420.43
73	Jim Lonborg	416.65
74	Mike Torrez	415.28
75	Steve Blass	415.15
76	Ernie McAnally	415.05
77	Steve Kline	414.41
78	Bill Stoneman	412.86
79	Bill Lee	411.07
80	Woodie Fryman	410.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Parsons	408.06
82	Steve Busby	407.07
83	Blue Moon Odom	405.95
84	Dick Bosman	404.46
85	Roger Nelson	403.69
86	Gary Nolan	396.64
87	Bill Greif	394.95
88	Skip Lockwood	394.16
89	Steve Stone	393.77
90	Jim Bibby	393.49
91	Doc Medich	392.37
92	Ken Brett	386.42
93	Dick Ruthven	385.86
94	Alan Foster	385.03
95	Jim Slaton	380.62
96	Luke Walker	375.81
97	Larry Dierker	370.16
98	Jerry Bell	367.25
99	Ron Schueler	366.5
100	Roric Harrison	365.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim McAndrew	361.68
102	Joe Decker	360.51
103	Jim McGlothlin	360.01
104	George Stone	358.96
105	Tom Murphy	358.58
106	Pete Broberg	356.88
107	Randy Jones	355.58
108	Jim Willoughby	354.06
109	Doyle Alexander	353.75
110	Ken Wright	352.81
111	David Clyde	350.5
112	Jim Merritt	348.43
113	Mike Caldwell	348.33
114	Mike Paul	348.19
115	Steve Rogers	347.81
116	Brent Strom	346.24
117	Jim Rooker	345.23
118	Rich Hand	344.04
119	Tom Hall	340.55
120	Milt Wilcox	340.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dave Hamilton	340.09
122	Jesse Jefferson	339.53
123	Ray Culp	338.83
124	Wayne Simpson	338.26
125	Mike Strahler	337.63
126	J.R. Richard	334.4
127	Rich Troedson	334.25
128	Steve Dunning	332.38
129	Rich Folkers	331.84
130	Eddie Fisher	331.64
131	Ray Corbin	328.84
132	Bart Johnson	328.26
133	Lynn McGlothen	326.83
134	Harry Parker	323.52
135	Roger Moret	323.13
136	Clay Carroll	321.26
137	Al Fitzmorris	321.25
138	Tom Timmermann	320.41
139	Jackie Brown	320.4
140	Eddie Bane	318.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Sadecki	318.22
142	John Morlan	315.42
143	Gene Garber	312.97
144	Larry Gura	312.76
145	Mike Corkins	311.8
146	Scipio Spinks	311.66
147	Chris Short	310.45
148	Paul Lindblad	310.18
149	Darold Knowles	309.68
150	Fred Beene	309.47
151	Mark Littell	308.55
152	Lindy McDaniel	308.42
153	Tug McGraw	307.5
154	Jimmy Freeman	306.08
155	Bill Bonham	305.82
156	Mike Wallace	305.56
157	Gary Neibauer	304.88
158	Frank Linzy	303.9
159	Don Carrithers	302.68
160	Craig Caskey	302.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Glenn Abbott	301.75
162	Dave Goltz	301.29
163	Larry Christenson	300.93
164	Jim Geddes	300.6
165	Barry Lersch	300.49
166	Bruce Dal Canton	300.34

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