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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	614.97
2	Don Sutton	594.9
3	Bob Gibson	573.43
4	Nolan Ryan	565.65
5	Bert Blyleven	556.65
6	Jim Palmer	554.51
7	Don Wilson	544.38
8	Steve Carlton	540.9
9	Gaylord Perry	537.81
10	Andy Messersmith	529.45
11	Catfish Hunter	525.71
12	Mickey Lolich	523.77
13	Rick Wise	515.52
14	Fergie Jenkins	514.78
15	Ken Holtzman	508.92
16	Phil Niekro	508.89
17	Mike Cuellar	508.23
18	Jack Billingham	506.63
19	Dock Ellis	503.28
20	Claude Osteen	499.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jon Matlack	495.5
22	Joe Coleman	494.77
23	Wilbur Wood	493.75
24	Vida Blue	492.63
25	Luis Tiant	492.55
26	Tom Bradley	489.44
27	Nelson Briles	484.78
28	Al Downing	482.81
29	Dave McNally	480.39
30	Ron Bryant	478.62
31	Tommy John	475.69
32	Mel Stottlemyre	474.72
33	Marty Pattin	473.61
34	Bill Singer	471.08
35	Jerry Reuss	470.31
36	Clay Kirby	469.91
37	Paul Splittorff	469.03
38	Stan Bahnsen	468.51
39	Rick Reuschel	467.26
40	Fred Norman	465.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Koosman	465.67
42	Pat Dobson	461.32
43	Reggie Cleveland	460.5
44	Dave Roberts	459.79
45	Dick Drago	458.46
46	Jim Perry	457.44
47	Rudy May	456.25
48	Juan Marichal	453.21
49	Ross Grimsley	451.13
50	Steve Renko	450.82
51	Milt Pappas	449.67
52	Wayne Twitchell	449.37
53	Bob Moose	448.79
54	Clyde Wright	448.52
55	Dick Woodson	447.49
56	Carl Morton	445.72
57	Fritz Peterson	444.75
58	Dick Tidrow	440.51
59	Jim Barr	440.19
60	Don Gullett	440.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Forsch	438.81
62	Burt Hooton	437.62
63	Bill Hands	434.81
64	Jim Colborn	433.83
65	Balor Moore	432.58
66	Sam McDowell	432.13
67	John Curtis	427.89
68	Gary Gentry	425.07
69	Bill Lee	422.17
70	Woodie Fryman	421.26
71	Steve Arlin	420.39
72	Sonny Siebert	418.22
73	Ron Reed	418.04
74	Steve Busby	417.11
75	Mike Torrez	416.57
76	Jim Lonborg	415.12
77	Steve Blass	413.15
78	Jim Kaat	412.91
79	Steve Kline	412.66
80	Ernie McAnally	411.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Blue Moon Odom	410.93
82	Bill Stoneman	410.86
83	Bill Greif	410.57
84	Doc Medich	408.01
85	Bill Parsons	407.63
86	Jim Bibby	404.12
87	Dick Bosman	403.46
88	Roger Nelson	402.19
89	Skip Lockwood	396.55
90	Gary Nolan	395.14
91	Ken Brett	394.34
92	Alan Foster	389.47
93	Jim Slaton	388.92
94	Steve Stone	384.46
95	Dick Ruthven	384.11
96	Ron Schueler	374.73
97	Luke Walker	374.56
98	Jerry Bell	373.06
99	Joe Decker	371.4
100	Steve Rogers	368.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Larry Dierker	367.66
102	Randy Jones	367.58
103	Roric Harrison	367.38
104	Jim McAndrew	360.68
105	Jim Rooker	358.68
106	Jim McGlothlin	357.51
107	George Stone	356.72
108	Doyle Alexander	354.42
109	Pete Broberg	354.38
110	Jim Willoughby	351.56
111	Ken Wright	350.31
112	Tom Murphy	349.94
113	Jim Merritt	348.12
114	David Clyde	347.69
115	Mike Caldwell	345.83
116	Mike Paul	345.69
117	Brent Strom	345.24
118	J.R. Richard	342.79
119	Mike Strahler	341.83
120	Rich Hand	341.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jesse Jefferson	340.79
122	Al Fitzmorris	340.65
123	Tom Hall	338.05
124	Roger Moret	337.87
125	Milt Wilcox	337.85
126	Dave Hamilton	337.59
127	Ray Culp	336.33
128	Wayne Simpson	335.76
129	Rich Troedson	334.06
130	Tom Timmermann	330.96
131	Rich Folkers	330.74
132	Steve Dunning	329.88
133	Eddie Fisher	329.14
134	Bart Johnson	327.26
135	Ray Corbin	326.34
136	Lynn McGlothen	324.33
137	Ray Sadecki	323.13
138	Harry Parker	321.02
139	Darold Knowles	318.96
140	Clay Carroll	318.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	John Morlan	318.68
142	Jackie Brown	318.58
143	Bill Bonham	318.11
144	Terry Forster	316.68
145	Eddie Bane	316.09
146	Paul Lindblad	313.42
147	Dave Goltz	310.75
148	Gene Garber	310.47
149	Larry Gura	310.26
150	Mike Corkins	309.3
151	Scipio Spinks	309.16
152	Chris Short	307.95
153	Steve Barber	307.42
154	Fred Beene	306.97
155	Mark Littell	306.05
156	Lindy McDaniel	305.92
157	Tug McGraw	305.0
158	Mike Nagy	304.66
159	Dick Lange	304.03
160	Jimmy Freeman	303.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dick Pole	303.66
162	Gary Neibauer	303.63
163	Mike Wallace	303.06
164	Frank Linzy	301.4
165	Bill Campbell	301.01
166	Don Carrithers	300.18

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