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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	610.57
2	Bob Gibson	586.81
3	Sam McDowell	579.03
4	Gaylord Perry	552.67
5	Fergie Jenkins	550.72
6	Bill Singer	527.44
7	Mickey Lolich	526.33
8	Mike Cuellar	523.22
9	Bill Hands	510.95
10	Phil Niekro	509.58
11	Ken Holtzman	508.66
12	Dave McNally	508.55
13	Jerry Koosman	506.51
14	Pat Jarvis	503.03
15	Ray Culp	502.53
16	Larry Dierker	500.47
17	Jim Palmer	500.05
18	Juan Marichal	497.77
19	Mel Stottlemyre	496.8
20	Bob Veale	494.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	493.92
22	Andy Messersmith	493.31
23	Jim Perry	493.06
24	Chuck Dobson	492.36
25	Steve Carlton	488.58
26	Catfish Hunter	486.14
27	Gary Nolan	485.94
28	Don Sutton	483.15
29	Fritz Peterson	481.97
30	Jim McGlothlin	480.29
31	Dock Ellis	479.16
32	Sonny Siebert	478.55
33	Claude Osteen	478.5
34	Jim Bunning	471.9
35	Luis Tiant	468.37
36	Jim Merritt	467.47
37	Joe Coleman	466.87
38	Earl Wilson	461.83
39	Gary Gentry	459.93
40	Denny Lemaster	459.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dick Bosman	458.41
42	Jim Kaat	453.73
43	Jim Nash	452.5
44	Gary Peters	452.46
45	Steve Blass	448.28
46	Rick Wise	447.17
47	Stan Bahnsen	446.53
48	Dean Chance	444.68
49	Blue Moon Odom	443.37
50	Denny McLain	442.73
51	Tom Phoebus	441.34
52	Rudy May	441.14
53	Joe Niekro	440.59
54	Joe Horlen	439.62
55	Don Wilson	437.7
56	Wayne Simpson	435.73
57	Dave Boswell	434.67
58	George Brunet	434.44
59	Woodie Fryman	433.62
60	Jim Hardin	432.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Moose	431.41
62	Jim Maloney	430.79
63	Bill Butler	427.19
64	Clay Kirby	426.05
65	Jim McAndrew	424.73
66	Tom Murphy	422.58
67	Milt Pappas	421.53
68	Lew Krausse	417.81
69	Dick Drago	417.22
70	Mike Torrez	412.83
71	Jim Rooker	412.76
72	Grant Jackson	412.6
73	Tom Griffin	410.67
74	Ray Sadecki	408.77
75	Carl Morton	407.02
76	Clyde Wright	406.97
77	Bill Stoneman	405.12
78	Marty Pattin	404.01
79	Al Downing	401.6
80	George Stone	400.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mike McCormick	399.07
82	Bob Johnson	397.41
83	Nelson Briles	397.3
84	Bobby Bolin	393.56
85	Bert Blyleven	393.43
86	Pat Dobson	392.41
87	Les Cain	390.08
88	Gene Brabender	389.22
89	Alan Foster	387.81
90	Mike Kilkenny	385.38
91	Danny Coombs	385.34
92	Rich Hand	384.97
93	Nolan Ryan	383.76
94	Steve Renko	382.82
95	Chris Short	375.8
96	Jerry Janeski	374.2
97	Diego Segui	373.77
98	Jack Billingham	372.33
99	Casey Cox	368.41
100	Joe Decker	367.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Hargan	366.93
102	Dave Morehead	366.31
103	Wally Bunker	366.09
104	Ron Reed	364.91
105	Rollie Fingers	363.63
106	Jim Lonborg	363.3
107	Luke Walker	363.18
108	Dan McGinn	362.34
109	Rich Robertson	360.86
110	Mike Nagy	356.85
111	Steve Dunning	354.83
112	Barry Moore	353.71
113	Jim Hannan	353.38
114	Joe Moeller	352.8
115	Jim Shellenback	351.02
116	Al Santorini	346.67
117	Jim Nelson	346.06
118	Skip Lockwood	344.92
119	Mike Wegener	342.93
120	Bill Zepp	341.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Miller	339.68
122	Skip Pitlock	339.64
123	Mike Corkins	338.06
124	Chuck Taylor	337.48
125	Ken Brett	335.61
126	Dave Roberts	335.07
127	Roger Nelson	332.83
128	Tony Cloninger	331.38
129	Rich Nye	329.56
130	Ray Washburn	329.34
131	Sandy Vance	328.98
132	Joe Sparma	327.58
133	Jerry Reuss	327.05
134	Bruce Dal Canton	326.81
135	Tom Hall	325.53
136	Rick Austin	323.61
137	Mike Marshall	321.94
138	John Cumberland	321.41
139	Greg Garrett	319.72
140	Mike Paul	319.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Bradley	319.3
142	Gary Waslewski	318.53
143	Frank Reberger	318.39
144	Billy Wynne	317.16
145	Vicente Romo	315.91
146	Steve Kline	315.03
147	John Morris	314.54
148	Jerry Crider	310.75
149	Mike Kekich	310.04
150	Don Cardwell	309.77
151	Larry Gura	309.44
152	Danny Frisella	309.23
153	Ron Cook	308.99
154	Jim Magnuson	308.46
155	Jim Colborn	307.82
156	Mel Queen	307.22
157	Al Fitzmorris	306.64
158	Floyd Weaver	306.14
159	Dick Such	306.12
160	Cal Koonce	305.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Gerry Arrigo	303.21
162	Lowell Palmer	303.08
163	Bill Lee	302.44
164	George Culver	302.21
165	Wade Blasingame	301.27
166	Don Carrithers	300.4
167	Jim Bouton	300.13

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