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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Bob Gibson	641.92
2	Luis Tiant	589.21
3	Juan Marichal	579.46
4	Denny McLain	575.55
5	Dean Chance	560.78
6	Sam McDowell	559.82
7	Gaylord Perry	556.66
8	Fergie Jenkins	551.91
9	Tom Seaver	534.68
10	Bob Veale	533.63
11	Don Drysdale	530.79
12	Dave McNally	523.98
13	Sonny Siebert	516.85
14	Jim Bunning	516.6
15	Chris Short	510.51
16	Mel Stottlemyre	509.56
17	Tommy John	509.23
18	Jim Kaat	503.14
19	Earl Wilson	502.92
20	George Brunet	502.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry Jackson	500.94
22	Joe Horlen	498.61
23	Jim Nash	498.24
24	Don Wilson	495.16
25	Jim Maloney	495.12
26	Gary Peters	494.76
27	Pat Jarvis	490.72
28	Mike Cuellar	488.39
29	Ray Sadecki	487.99
30	Jim Hardin	487.83
31	Tom Phoebus	487.44
32	Mickey Lolich	487.42
33	Phil Niekro	487.22
34	Jim Merritt	485.81
35	Bill Singer	483.04
36	Catfish Hunter	482.35
37	Denny Lemaster	481.45
38	Steve Carlton	479.47
39	Jerry Koosman	478.26
40	Dave Giusti	478.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave Boswell	477.95
42	Chuck Dobson	475.81
43	Gary Bell	474.2
44	Nelson Briles	468.0
45	Mike McCormick	467.03
46	Milt Pappas	466.44
47	Claude Osteen	461.39
48	Woodie Fryman	456.81
49	Ray Washburn	454.98
50	Jim McGlothlin	453.31
51	Ken Holtzman	452.27
52	Steve Hargan	449.23
53	Don Sutton	448.79
54	Ken Johnson	447.97
55	Stan Bahnsen	447.88
56	Bill Hands	447.88
57	Camilo Pascual	447.39
58	Jim Lonborg	442.34
59	Gary Nolan	441.86
60	Fritz Peterson	441.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Blue Moon Odom	436.22
62	Dick Ellsworth	432.02
63	Joe Sparma	430.67
64	Larry Dierker	428.01
65	Al Downing	427.42
66	Ray Culp	427.01
67	Jose Santiago	425.11
68	Sammy Ellis	420.63
69	Rich Nye	419.66
70	Rick Wise	418.95
71	Phil Ortega	414.62
72	Steve Barber	413.29
73	Joe Coleman	412.6
74	Gerry Arrigo	411.2
75	Rickey Clark	409.55
76	Steve Blass	409.5
77	George Culver	409.06
78	Lew Krausse	407.91
79	Jack Fisher	407.15
80	Don Cardwell	406.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Al McBean	404.33
82	Nolan Ryan	402.95
83	Joe Niekro	402.94
84	Ron Reed	402.25
85	Jim Perry	401.31
86	Tommie Sisk	400.5
87	Dick Hughes	399.17
88	Tom Murphy	398.12
89	Dick Selma	393.15
90	Tony Cloninger	392.82
91	Bob Moose	392.49
92	Stan Williams	391.96
93	Larry Jaster	391.22
94	Bobby Bolin	382.9
95	Dave Leonhard	371.93
96	Mike Kekich	367.52
97	Mel Queen	366.88
98	Barry Moore	366.77
99	Jim Hannan	365.0
100	Gene Brabender	364.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Frank Bertaina	363.31
102	Jeff James	361.55
103	Juan Pizarro	355.92
104	Bob Priddy	353.25
105	Fred Talbot	344.12
106	Cisco Carlos	343.67
107	Gary Waslewski	342.89
108	Wally Bunker	342.21
109	Mudcat Grant	341.5
110	Dick Kelley	339.21
111	John Hiller	338.5
112	Lee Stange	336.59
113	Dave Morehead	335.59
114	Pat Dobson	331.8
115	Al Jackson	331.2
116	Clyde Wright	330.22
117	Bill Monbouquette	325.79
118	Bruce Howard	324.7
119	Jim Britton	323.72
120	George Stone	322.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dock Ellis	321.45
122	Jim McAndrew	321.42
123	Gary Ross	318.78
124	Bill Harrelson	317.17
125	Jack Hamilton	317.15
126	John Buzhardt	316.76
127	Mel Nelson	316.53
128	Dick Bosman	315.5
129	Joe Verbanic	313.46
130	Jim Ray	312.79
131	Jack Billingham	309.5
132	Grant Jackson	307.3
133	Danny Frisella	306.63
134	Jim Roland	306.6
135	Jerry Johnson	306.55
136	Vicente Romo	306.16
137	Jerry Stephenson	306.01
138	Wilbur Wood	304.25
139	Tom Hall	303.27
140	Daryl Patterson	302.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bob Lee	301.03
142	Danny Lazar	300.63

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