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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	600.92
2	Gaylord Perry	587.36
3	Bert Blyleven	562.14
4	Andy Messersmith	561.83
5	Tom Seaver	559.45
6	Luis Tiant	553.32
7	Phil Niekro	545.89
8	Catfish Hunter	543.17
9	Jon Matlack	540.56
10	Steve Carlton	540.26
11	Fergie Jenkins	539.2
12	Don Sutton	533.09
13	Mickey Lolich	526.84
14	Vida Blue	518.29
15	Don Gullett	505.97
16	Jerry Koosman	505.01
17	Steve Busby	500.05
18	Wilbur Wood	498.5
19	Don Wilson	497.37
20	Bob Gibson	497.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Carl Morton	496.91
22	Ross Grimsley	496.33
23	Dock Ellis	494.44
24	Tommy John	488.51
25	Jim Palmer	488.31
26	Jack Billingham	488.18
27	Dave Roberts	486.43
28	Mike Cuellar	486.28
29	Doc Medich	482.78
30	Clay Kirby	482.43
31	Joe Coleman	479.69
32	Pat Dobson	479.45
33	Ken Holtzman	475.2
34	Fred Norman	473.77
35	Jim Perry	471.8
36	Paul Splittorff	470.48
37	Steve Renko	470.39
38	Rick Reuschel	468.94
39	Jim Kaat	468.88
40	Dave McNally	467.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Lonborg	467.49
42	Bill Singer	462.99
43	Jerry Reuss	462.25
44	Jim Bibby	458.64
45	Jim Rooker	458.4
46	Jim Barr	457.37
47	Ken Brett	457.18
48	Bill Lee	452.79
49	Joe Decker	449.16
50	Rick Wise	447.26
51	Reggie Cleveland	445.74
52	Mel Stottlemyre	444.64
53	Tom Bradley	442.48
54	Jim Slaton	441.64
55	Steve Rogers	439.12
56	Fritz Peterson	439.12
57	Dick Ruthven	437.67
58	Larry Dierker	437.5
59	Claude Osteen	436.06
60	Alan Foster	434.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Clyde Wright	433.54
62	John D'Acquisto	433.19
63	Nelson Briles	432.94
64	Lynn McGlothen	431.72
65	Jim Colborn	429.45
66	Rudy May	429.45
67	Stan Bahnsen	429.08
68	Randy Jones	426.6
69	Ron Schueler	423.86
70	Al Downing	423.75
71	Doug Rau	423.09
72	Bill Greif	422.38
73	Ron Reed	421.7
74	John Curtis	421.0
75	Dick Tidrow	420.12
76	Sonny Siebert	418.78
77	Tom Griffin	418.7
78	Buzz Capra	415.44
79	Frank Tanana	415.35
80	Al Fitzmorris	410.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Bonham	409.99
82	Burt Hooton	409.92
83	Ernie McAnally	409.04
84	Dave Freisleben	408.57
85	Marty Pattin	408.14
86	Woodie Fryman	407.5
87	Juan Marichal	406.78
88	Roger Moret	404.58
89	Mike Torrez	404.39
90	Bruce Dal Canton	403.97
91	Ron Bryant	402.27
92	Dick Drago	400.91
93	Mike Caldwell	394.87
94	Dennis Blair	394.52
95	Lerrin LaGrow	392.82
96	Roric Harrison	384.93
97	Wayne Twitchell	382.44
98	Jackie Brown	380.14
99	Steve Arlin	379.52
100	Andy Hassler	378.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Hargan	374.36
102	Bob Moose	373.3
103	Steve Stone	372.84
104	Dave Hamilton	372.68
105	Bill Champion	372.16
106	Sam McDowell	371.65
107	Dick Lange	371.38
108	Bill Hands	368.55
109	Vic Albury	366.27
110	Bart Johnson	365.09
111	Kevin Kobel	364.2
112	Dan Spillner	360.59
113	David Clyde	358.54
114	Harry Parker	357.71
115	Dick Bosman	356.51
116	Larry Demery	356.15
117	Roger Nelson	355.57
118	Dick Woodson	354.53
119	Steve Kline	353.53
120	Ed Sprague	353.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	George Stone	351.4
122	Tom Carroll	350.81
123	Blue Moon Odom	349.65
124	Dave Goltz	348.81
125	Glenn Abbott	347.31
126	Ed Figueroa	344.46
127	Ray Corbin	343.59
128	Bill Stoneman	343.1
129	Bob Forsch	341.26
130	Balor Moore	337.69
131	Ken Frailing	337.53
132	Bruce Kison	336.53
133	Ed Halicki	336.07
134	Bob Apodaca	334.89
135	Doyle Alexander	334.28
136	Geoff Zahn	332.71
137	Bill Butler	332.57
138	Charlie Williams	329.42
139	Wayne Garland	323.52
140	Dave Pagan	321.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Walker	321.62
142	Bob Johnson	318.91
143	Jim Todd	316.07
144	J.R. Richard	315.13
145	Dave Lemanczyk	314.88
146	Eduardo Rodriguez	314.53
147	Lowell Palmer	314.11
148	Lindy McDaniel	313.12
149	Lew Krausse	311.58
150	Dave LaRoche	310.15
151	Fred Holdsworth	309.96
152	Ray Sadecki	306.62
153	Herb Hutson	306.5
154	Clay Carroll	306.16
155	Max Leon	305.48
156	Luke Walker	305.32
157	Darold Knowles	304.79
158	Dave Giusti	304.51
159	Vicente Romo	304.39
160	Skip Pitlock	304.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jim Kremmel	303.08
162	Ray Burris	301.75
163	Jack Kucek	301.67
164	Joe Niekro	301.63

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