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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	612.35
2	Bob Gibson	593.72
3	Sam McDowell	570.05
4	Gaylord Perry	557.15
5	Fergie Jenkins	551.91
6	Mike Cuellar	523.22
7	Bill Singer	521.04
8	Mickey Lolich	516.5
9	Phil Niekro	515.0
10	Dave McNally	510.62
11	Bill Hands	508.86
12	Ken Holtzman	508.66
13	Larry Dierker	506.54
14	Jim Perry	504.05
15	Ray Culp	503.91
16	Chuck Dobson	502.13
17	Jim Palmer	500.29
18	Pat Jarvis	499.65
19	Juan Marichal	499.4
20	Jerry Koosman	498.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	497.11
22	Mel Stottlemyre	496.8
23	Andy Messersmith	493.31
24	Catfish Hunter	489.23
25	Gary Nolan	488.29
26	Bob Veale	486.77
27	Don Sutton	485.03
28	Steve Carlton	483.48
29	Fritz Peterson	482.75
30	Claude Osteen	478.5
31	Sonny Siebert	475.88
32	Jim McGlothlin	473.56
33	Dock Ellis	473.19
34	Luis Tiant	471.99
35	Jim Bunning	471.9
36	Joe Coleman	470.56
37	Jim Merritt	464.13
38	Dick Bosman	463.83
39	Earl Wilson	461.83
40	Gary Gentry	458.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Denny Lemaster	458.8
42	Jim Kaat	456.79
43	Jim Nash	452.5
44	Gary Peters	452.46
45	Steve Blass	447.28
46	Stan Bahnsen	446.53
47	Rick Wise	446.05
48	Dean Chance	444.68
49	Tom Phoebus	442.85
50	Blue Moon Odom	442.54
51	Don Wilson	442.33
52	Denny McLain	441.1
53	Bob Moose	440.9
54	Joe Horlen	438.62
55	Rudy May	436.1
56	Clay Kirby	435.5
57	Wayne Simpson	434.73
58	Joe Niekro	434.56
59	George Brunet	434.44
60	Dave Boswell	433.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Woodie Fryman	432.62
62	Jim Hardin	432.46
63	Jim Maloney	429.79
64	Milt Pappas	426.88
65	Bill Butler	423.72
66	Tom Murphy	423.68
67	Jim McAndrew	421.22
68	Dick Drago	420.38
69	Grant Jackson	420.03
70	Lew Krausse	416.13
71	Clyde Wright	414.58
72	Jim Rooker	412.76
73	Mike Torrez	412.58
74	Tom Griffin	409.67
75	Ray Sadecki	408.27
76	Bob Johnson	407.78
77	Marty Pattin	407.53
78	Carl Morton	407.02
79	Bill Stoneman	406.24
80	Al Downing	401.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	George Stone	400.61
82	Pat Dobson	398.06
83	Mike McCormick	397.84
84	Bobby Bolin	397.72
85	Nelson Briles	397.3
86	Les Cain	396.32
87	Alan Foster	395.26
88	Bert Blyleven	393.27
89	Nolan Ryan	389.35
90	Gene Brabender	389.22
91	Mike Kilkenny	385.38
92	Danny Coombs	385.34
93	Rich Hand	385.17
94	Chris Short	383.41
95	Steve Renko	382.82
96	Diego Segui	377.4
97	Steve Hargan	375.4
98	Jerry Janeski	374.2
99	Jack Billingham	372.33
100	Dave Morehead	369.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Casey Cox	368.41
102	Luke Walker	368.18
103	Joe Decker	367.74
104	Ron Reed	367.49
105	Dan McGinn	366.39
106	Wally Bunker	365.09
107	Rollie Fingers	363.19
108	Jim Lonborg	362.3
109	Rich Robertson	359.86
110	Mike Nagy	355.85
111	Joe Moeller	355.25
112	Steve Dunning	354.83
113	Jim Hannan	353.55
114	Barry Moore	352.71
115	Jim Shellenback	351.02
116	Skip Lockwood	349.06
117	Bob Miller	347.89
118	Al Santorini	345.67
119	Jim Nelson	345.06
120	Bill Zepp	342.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Skip Pitlock	342.4
122	Mike Wegener	341.6
123	Jerry Reuss	341.5
124	Dave Roberts	338.83
125	Mike Corkins	337.06
126	Chuck Taylor	336.48
127	Ken Brett	334.61
128	Tony Cloninger	333.26
129	Roger Nelson	331.83
130	Ray Washburn	329.34
131	Rich Nye	328.81
132	Sandy Vance	327.98
133	Bruce Dal Canton	326.81
134	Joe Sparma	326.58
135	Rick Austin	326.04
136	Tom Hall	324.53
137	Tom Bradley	323.33
138	Vicente Romo	320.48
139	John Cumberland	320.41
140	Mike Marshall	320.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Greg Garrett	318.97
142	Mike Paul	318.6
143	Frank Reberger	318.39
144	Ron Cook	317.79
145	Gary Waslewski	317.53
146	Billy Wynne	316.16
147	Cal Koonce	316.03
148	Steve Kline	314.53
149	John Morris	313.54
150	Larry Gura	312.76
151	Wade Blasingame	312.39
152	Barry Lersch	312.0
153	Jerry Crider	311.91
154	Bart Johnson	310.3
155	Danny Frisella	309.23
156	Mike Kekich	309.12
157	Don Cardwell	308.77
158	Jim Magnuson	308.46
159	Jim Colborn	306.82
160	Mel Queen	306.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Al Fitzmorris	305.64
162	Floyd Weaver	305.64
163	Dick Such	305.12
164	Lowell Palmer	302.58
165	Jackie Brown	302.42
166	Marcelino Lopez	302.35
167	Harry Parker	302.26
168	Gerry Arrigo	302.21
169	Bill Lee	301.44
170	George Culver	301.21

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