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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	611.45
2	Tom Seaver	593.7
3	Bob Gibson	577.65
4	Mickey Lolich	558.31
5	Sam McDowell	555.38
6	Ray Culp	533.94
7	Vida Blue	525.23
8	Jim Palmer	522.78
9	Dave McNally	522.14
10	Gaylord Perry	518.28
11	Gary Nolan	517.59
12	Larry Dierker	516.54
13	Phil Niekro	513.28
14	Bill Hands	510.75
15	Fritz Peterson	510.44
16	Marty Pattin	509.81
17	Ken Holtzman	509.67
18	Juan Marichal	508.9
19	Don Sutton	508.6
20	Mike Cuellar	507.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Wilson	507.36
22	Pat Dobson	507.17
23	Tommy John	505.02
24	Steve Carlton	504.88
25	Joe Coleman	504.28
26	Mel Stottlemyre	502.42
27	Bill Stoneman	499.91
28	Dock Ellis	499.54
29	Clay Kirby	498.46
30	Sonny Siebert	498.01
31	Catfish Hunter	495.15
32	Jerry Koosman	487.76
33	Dick Drago	487.76
34	Rudy May	484.9
35	Gary Gentry	484.68
36	Steve Blass	483.31
37	Clyde Wright	481.79
38	Rick Wise	480.86
39	Ron Reed	480.55
40	Jim Perry	478.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Claude Osteen	474.79
42	Bert Blyleven	472.48
43	Dick Bosman	470.67
44	Jim Kaat	469.67
45	Wilbur Wood	469.63
46	Andy Messersmith	466.42
47	Pat Jarvis	465.27
48	Bill Singer	464.35
49	Dave Roberts	463.43
50	Milt Pappas	463.14
51	Al Downing	462.0
52	Chuck Dobson	461.92
53	Jim McGlothlin	460.88
54	Stan Bahnsen	458.27
55	Bob Johnson	457.07
56	George Stone	456.3
57	Gary Peters	452.18
58	Steve Renko	446.26
59	Tom Bradley	438.37
60	Bob Moose	438.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Chris Short	437.21
62	Luke Walker	437.18
63	Skip Lockwood	431.8
64	Bill Parsons	429.37
65	Steve Arlin	428.62
66	Blue Moon Odom	428.61
67	Jack Billingham	428.34
68	Don Gullett	427.58
69	Reggie Cleveland	426.23
70	Carl Morton	425.52
71	Tom Phoebus	424.86
72	Steve Kline	423.66
73	Nolan Ryan	422.61
74	Tom Murphy	422.18
75	Barry Lersch	421.3
76	Ray Sadecki	418.31
77	Alan Foster	413.69
78	Jim Nash	412.89
79	Denny McLain	412.39
80	Jim Bunning	410.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Wade Blasingame	410.2
82	Jerry Reuss	402.98
83	Jim Merritt	400.88
84	Diego Segui	400.87
85	Jim McAndrew	396.57
86	Dean Chance	396.05
87	Lew Krausse	395.28
88	Joe Horlen	392.23
89	Steve Dunning	390.68
90	Ron Bryant	390.28
91	Mike Hedlund	389.88
92	Les Cain	387.54
93	Bruce Dal Canton	384.39
94	Wayne Simpson	383.71
95	Ray Lamb	380.89
96	Ken Forsch	378.1
97	Steve Stone	377.19
98	Paul Splittorff	376.04
99	Luis Tiant	375.88
100	Jim Rooker	375.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tom Kelley	375.13
102	Steve Hargan	374.47
103	Ross Grimsley	373.12
104	Joe Niekro	372.38
105	Jim Lonborg	372.14
106	Ken Reynolds	371.76
107	Wally Bunker	367.69
108	Woodie Fryman	367.46
109	Fred Norman	366.45
110	John Cumberland	365.0
111	Tom Hall	361.01
112	Tony Cloninger	360.95
113	John Strohmayer	357.91
114	Mike Kekich	357.52
115	Ernie McAnally	356.29
116	Jim Slaton	354.27
117	Casey Cox	352.37
118	Bart Johnson	350.66
119	Bruce Kison	350.27
120	Jim Shellenback	345.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rickey Clark	345.2
122	Bill Gogolewski	344.94
123	Rich Hand	343.44
124	Pete Broberg	342.74
125	Mike Kilkenny	341.96
126	Jerry Janeski	341.55
127	Mike Nagy	339.99
128	Mike Torrez	339.86
129	Ken Wright	339.77
130	Bob Veale	339.34
131	Rollie Fingers	338.23
132	Ray Corbin	337.12
133	Danny Coombs	336.95
134	Grant Jackson	336.24
135	Juan Pizarro	333.62
136	Marcelino Lopez	333.33
137	Nelson Briles	332.23
138	Jim Maloney	328.54
139	Frank Reberger	327.38
140	Doyle Alexander	326.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Charlie Williams	324.43
142	Al Santorini	322.8
143	Jon Matlack	322.48
144	Jackie Brown	321.85
145	Jim Hardin	321.48
146	Mike Paul	319.26
147	Bill Gilbreth	319.2
148	Bill Butler	317.93
149	Rich Robertson	317.45
150	Chris Zachary	317.19
151	Steve Luebber	316.19
152	Don Carrithers	315.16
153	Al Fitzmorris	315.08
154	Dan McGinn	315.06
155	Bob O'Brien	314.89
156	Dave Leonhard	314.62
157	Vince Colbert	312.49
158	Mike Thompson	311.55
159	Tom Griffin	310.84
160	Jim Britton	308.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bill Greif	307.57
162	Jim Nelson	304.16
163	Jim Magnuson	304.01
164	Vicente Romo	302.9
165	Steve Kealey	302.89
166	Ed Farmer	302.73
167	Chuck Taylor	301.48
168	Pete Hamm	300.89
169	Roger Nelson	300.53
170	Dave Boswell	300.41
171	Bill Denehy	300.22

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