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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Nolan Ryan	589.79
2	Gaylord Perry	583.97
3	Andy Messersmith	565.15
4	Bert Blyleven	560.3
5	Tom Seaver	559.57
6	Phil Niekro	551.36
7	Luis Tiant	545.81
8	Jon Matlack	537.31
9	Fergie Jenkins	537.21
10	Steve Carlton	535.22
11	Catfish Hunter	526.81
12	Don Sutton	525.82
13	Vida Blue	522.06
14	Mickey Lolich	519.76
15	Steve Busby	504.08
16	Don Gullett	503.57
17	Bob Gibson	499.68
18	Jerry Koosman	498.63
19	Don Wilson	497.37
20	Wilbur Wood	497.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim Palmer	496.19
22	Ross Grimsley	495.17
23	Jack Billingham	493.31
24	Carl Morton	492.0
25	Tommy John	489.76
26	Mike Cuellar	489.52
27	Dock Ellis	489.48
28	Joe Coleman	485.78
29	Steve Renko	478.4
30	Doc Medich	476.69
31	Ken Holtzman	475.2
32	Dave Roberts	474.53
33	Clay Kirby	474.01
34	Fred Norman	473.77
35	Jim Perry	468.12
36	Pat Dobson	468.1
37	Bill Singer	464.24
38	Paul Splittorff	463.67
39	Jim Lonborg	462.58
40	Jim Kaat	461.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave McNally	460.83
42	Rick Reuschel	460.61
43	Jerry Reuss	460.37
44	Ken Brett	458.43
45	Jim Rooker	458.4
46	Joe Decker	454.61
47	Jim Barr	451.9
48	Jim Bibby	451.06
49	Rick Wise	448.51
50	Bill Lee	447.51
51	Reggie Cleveland	446.99
52	Mel Stottlemyre	445.89
53	Tom Bradley	442.48
54	Alan Foster	439.88
55	Fritz Peterson	438.4
56	Steve Rogers	436.98
57	Claude Osteen	436.06
58	Clyde Wright	434.04
59	Stan Bahnsen	433.49
60	Rudy May	433.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John D'Acquisto	432.57
62	Dick Ruthven	429.81
63	Jim Colborn	429.7
64	Ron Schueler	428.79
65	Jim Slaton	427.77
66	Randy Jones	426.6
67	Lynn McGlothen	425.84
68	Larry Dierker	425.3
69	Al Downing	425.0
70	Nelson Briles	423.58
71	Bill Greif	421.42
72	Dick Tidrow	420.62
73	Sonny Siebert	420.03
74	Tom Griffin	419.23
75	John Curtis	418.82
76	Ron Reed	417.25
77	Doug Rau	416.33
78	Bill Bonham	414.49
79	Buzz Capra	412.57
80	Burt Hooton	411.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ernie McAnally	410.29
82	Frank Tanana	409.93
83	Marty Pattin	409.39
84	Woodie Fryman	408.75
85	Juan Marichal	407.28
86	Bruce Dal Canton	406.55
87	Mike Torrez	405.64
88	Ron Bryant	403.09
89	Dave Freisleben	397.5
90	Mike Caldwell	395.12
91	Dick Drago	394.86
92	Dennis Blair	394.52
93	Al Fitzmorris	390.53
94	Roger Moret	387.52
95	Lerrin LaGrow	386.41
96	Roric Harrison	386.18
97	Wayne Twitchell	382.44
98	Steve Arlin	380.77
99	Jackie Brown	374.91
100	Bob Moose	374.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bill Champion	374.4
102	Dave Hamilton	373.93
103	Dick Lange	372.63
104	Sam McDowell	371.65
105	Bill Hands	369.05
106	Vic Albury	367.52
107	Andy Hassler	367.37
108	Steve Stone	365.94
109	Steve Hargan	363.28
110	Dan Spillner	363.03
111	Harry Parker	361.48
112	David Clyde	359.79
113	Roger Nelson	356.82
114	Larry Demery	356.15
115	Kevin Kobel	356.14
116	Dick Woodson	355.78
117	Steve Kline	354.78
118	Ed Sprague	354.38
119	George Stone	352.65
120	Dick Bosman	352.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bart Johnson	350.68
122	Tom Carroll	348.49
123	Glenn Abbott	347.56
124	Dave Goltz	347.1
125	Blue Moon Odom	345.47
126	Ed Figueroa	344.46
127	Bill Stoneman	344.35
128	Ray Corbin	343.59
129	Bob Forsch	342.51
130	Balor Moore	338.94
131	Ken Frailing	338.78
132	Doyle Alexander	335.53
133	Bill Butler	333.84
134	Ed Halicki	333.27
135	Geoff Zahn	332.71
136	Bruce Kison	331.68
137	Bob Apodaca	331.58
138	Charlie Williams	330.42
139	Wayne Garland	324.77
140	Dave Pagan	322.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Walker	322.84
142	Bob Johnson	320.16
143	Jim Todd	317.32
144	Dave Lemanczyk	316.13
145	Lowell Palmer	315.36
146	Lindy McDaniel	314.37
147	Dave LaRoche	311.4
148	Fred Holdsworth	309.96
149	Ray Sadecki	307.87
150	Herb Hutson	307.75
151	J.R. Richard	307.49
152	Clay Carroll	307.41
153	Max Leon	306.73
154	Luke Walker	306.57
155	Darold Knowles	306.04
156	Dave Giusti	305.76
157	Vicente Romo	305.64
158	Skip Pitlock	305.37
159	Jim Kremmel	303.58
160	Ray Burris	303.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Joe Niekro	302.88
162	Jack Kucek	302.17
163	Lloyd Allen	301.08
164	Craig Swan	300.91
165	Don Hood	300.65

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