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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Gaylord Perry	601.31
2	Steve Carlton	592.84
3	Tom Seaver	586.14
4	Fergie Jenkins	581.01
5	Catfish Hunter	572.82
6	Mickey Lolich	568.27
7	Jim Palmer	567.04
8	Don Sutton	566.47
9	Bob Gibson	565.81
10	Wilbur Wood	555.98
11	Mike Cuellar	540.51
12	Joe Coleman	537.54
13	Phil Niekro	531.65
14	Don Wilson	528.94
15	Clay Kirby	527.25
16	Dave McNally	521.76
17	Pat Dobson	521.12
18	Bert Blyleven	520.87
19	Gary Nolan	520.35
20	Steve Blass	513.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Marty Pattin	510.59
22	Bill Stoneman	510.28
23	Ken Holtzman	506.94
24	Vida Blue	502.47
25	Rick Wise	500.53
26	Tom Bradley	498.03
27	Mel Stottlemyre	496.78
28	Steve Kline	495.02
29	Sonny Siebert	492.65
30	Nolan Ryan	488.97
31	Clyde Wright	486.45
32	Fritz Peterson	485.15
33	Tommy John	484.87
34	Dock Ellis	484.23
35	Jim Kaat	483.87
36	Jim Perry	482.03
37	Bill Hands	481.64
38	Juan Marichal	481.57
39	Dick Drago	479.85
40	Claude Osteen	479.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rudy May	473.34
42	Milt Pappas	470.14
43	Stan Bahnsen	470.07
44	Ron Reed	469.65
45	Sam McDowell	469.11
46	Andy Messersmith	466.98
47	Jack Billingham	466.3
48	Al Downing	463.58
49	Larry Dierker	462.29
50	Gary Gentry	457.91
51	Steve Arlin	456.54
52	Jerry Koosman	456.3
53	Bob Moose	450.86
54	Bill Singer	449.63
55	Dave Roberts	447.23
56	Ray Culp	446.58
57	Reggie Cleveland	445.53
58	Dick Woodson	442.67
59	Bill Parsons	439.8
60	Jon Matlack	439.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Paul Splittorff	437.33
62	Dick Bosman	435.55
63	Burt Hooton	432.23
64	Jim Lonborg	431.44
65	Jerry Reuss	430.68
66	Dick Tidrow	428.84
67	Ken Forsch	428.7
68	Skip Lockwood	422.89
69	Mike Torrez	422.53
70	Ross Grimsley	421.64
71	Ron Bryant	421.43
72	Bob Johnson	419.19
73	Blue Moon Odom	419.04
74	Jim McGlothlin	416.14
75	Rich Hand	416.07
76	Pete Broberg	411.64
77	Mike Hedlund	411.32
78	Nelson Briles	411.04
79	Ernie McAnally	409.78
80	Woodie Fryman	408.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Tom Timmermann	404.03
82	Mike Kekich	403.98
83	Luke Walker	403.5
84	Fred Norman	403.23
85	Roger Nelson	402.51
86	Carl Morton	401.43
87	Jim McAndrew	400.12
88	Scipio Spinks	398.39
89	George Stone	392.45
90	Steve Stone	387.82
91	Wayne Simpson	385.73
92	Lynn McGlothen	385.38
93	Steve Renko	382.14
94	Don Gullett	380.71
95	Mike Paul	377.18
96	Tom Kelley	375.87
97	Milt Wilcox	375.57
98	John Curtis	374.2
99	Barry Lersch	374.06
100	Pat Jarvis	371.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Gary Peters	370.31
102	Rick Reuschel	369.74
103	Ron Schueler	368.91
104	Dave Lemonds	368.56
105	Balor Moore	368.32
106	Denny McLain	367.06
107	Bill Gogolewski	367.04
108	Ray Corbin	363.15
109	Jim Barr	362.23
110	Bruce Kison	362.01
111	Bill Slayback	361.36
112	Dave Hamilton	358.12
113	Bruce Dal Canton	357.99
114	Bill Greif	357.48
115	Mike Caldwell	357.09
116	Bill Champion	356.22
117	Tom Murphy	355.18
118	Ken Reynolds	354.41
119	Gary Ryerson	353.44
120	Lew Krausse	352.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ken Brett	352.02
122	Les Cain	350.9
123	Rickey Clark	346.97
124	Al Santorini	346.63
125	Ray Sadecki	345.8
126	Steve Dunning	343.11
127	Jim Colborn	341.47
128	Frank Reberger	339.6
129	Luis Tiant	337.81
130	Rob Gardner	337.5
131	Don Stanhouse	336.71
132	Doyle Alexander	336.47
133	John Cumberland	333.68
134	Tom Hilgendorf	333.62
135	Juan Pizarro	333.14
136	Earl Stephenson	332.66
137	Jim Rooker	332.58
138	Jim Slaton	331.8
139	Wayne Twitchell	331.19
140	Dave Goltz	330.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Hall	328.26
142	Mike Kilkenny	328.01
143	Diego Segui	326.58
144	Joe Niekro	324.44
145	Vince Colbert	323.99
146	Ray Lamb	321.72
147	Jim Willoughby	321.36
148	Jim Nash	319.59
149	Steve Barber	318.32
150	Don Durham	315.46
151	Jim Hardin	315.45
152	Don Carrithers	314.71
153	Mike Corkins	314.67
154	Joe Horlen	314.36
155	Dick Selma	314.2
156	Lloyd Allen	312.98
157	Buzz Capra	312.71
158	Bill Bonham	312.63
159	Tom Griffin	312.26
160	Casey Cox	308.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jim Shellenback	308.31
162	Brent Strom	307.02
163	Bucky Brandon	305.22
164	Ron Klimkowski	303.67
165	John Hiller	303.16
166	Jim Panther	302.9
167	Archie Reynolds	302.18
168	Jim Merritt	301.18
169	Dennis Higgins	300.73
170	Phil Hennigan	300.39

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