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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Steve Carlton	594.25
2	Tom Seaver	588.66
3	Gaylord Perry	586.1
4	Jim Palmer	577.43
5	Fergie Jenkins	575.96
6	Bob Gibson	573.0
7	Catfish Hunter	570.67
8	Mickey Lolich	569.89
9	Don Sutton	568.67
10	Wilbur Wood	555.18
11	Joe Coleman	548.2
12	Phil Niekro	539.97
13	Don Wilson	538.56
14	Mike Cuellar	533.24
15	Pat Dobson	532.2
16	Steve Blass	523.81
17	Clay Kirby	522.79
18	Bert Blyleven	521.9
19	Bill Stoneman	521.06
20	Dave McNally	520.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gary Nolan	517.85
22	Nolan Ryan	511.46
23	Rick Wise	509.93
24	Tom Bradley	508.67
25	Marty Pattin	507.25
26	Steve Kline	500.63
27	Vida Blue	498.82
28	Ken Holtzman	496.99
29	Tommy John	496.68
30	Juan Marichal	488.52
31	Jack Billingham	485.0
32	Clyde Wright	484.66
33	Sonny Siebert	483.23
34	Bill Hands	483.0
35	Dick Drago	481.63
36	Jim Kaat	481.37
37	Claude Osteen	477.41
38	Fritz Peterson	476.24
39	Larry Dierker	476.17
40	Andy Messersmith	476.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dock Ellis	474.83
42	Mel Stottlemyre	473.33
43	Jim Perry	472.89
44	Al Downing	468.79
45	Milt Pappas	468.5
46	Sam McDowell	466.61
47	Stan Bahnsen	465.66
48	Ron Reed	464.58
49	Bill Singer	463.56
50	Rudy May	457.2
51	Gary Gentry	455.41
52	Bob Moose	451.11
53	Dick Woodson	450.44
54	Reggie Cleveland	450.38
55	Bill Parsons	448.81
56	Jon Matlack	447.05
57	Dave Roberts	447.01
58	Jerry Koosman	445.52
59	Dick Tidrow	444.2
60	Ray Culp	444.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Steve Arlin	442.18
62	Skip Lockwood	438.84
63	Jim Lonborg	438.77
64	Dick Bosman	438.66
65	Jerry Reuss	436.43
66	Paul Splittorff	435.62
67	Blue Moon Odom	435.02
68	Burt Hooton	427.94
69	Ross Grimsley	427.71
70	Mike Torrez	426.68
71	Jim McGlothlin	426.31
72	Ken Forsch	426.2
73	Nelson Briles	422.42
74	Rich Hand	421.26
75	Ron Bryant	420.92
76	Ernie McAnally	417.88
77	Roger Nelson	417.47
78	Bob Johnson	416.69
79	Tom Timmermann	409.66
80	Pete Broberg	409.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Woodie Fryman	409.15
82	Jim McAndrew	407.87
83	Mike Kekich	402.58
84	Don Gullett	401.47
85	Mike Hedlund	401.27
86	Luke Walker	401.0
87	Carl Morton	399.62
88	Fred Norman	399.35
89	George Stone	397.93
90	Scipio Spinks	395.89
91	Ray Corbin	387.62
92	Mike Paul	385.63
93	Steve Stone	385.32
94	Milt Wilcox	384.86
95	Balor Moore	384.04
96	Lynn McGlothen	381.23
97	Ron Schueler	379.69
98	Steve Renko	379.64
99	Bruce Kison	377.43
100	Jim Barr	377.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Wayne Simpson	376.98
102	John Curtis	376.27
103	Bill Gogolewski	374.82
104	Tom Kelley	373.37
105	Barry Lersch	371.56
106	Rick Reuschel	370.73
107	Luis Tiant	369.6
108	Pat Jarvis	369.48
109	Gary Peters	367.81
110	Dave Lemonds	367.56
111	Bruce Dal Canton	366.35
112	Denny McLain	364.56
113	Jim Colborn	360.6
114	Bill Slayback	360.38
115	Bill Greif	358.32
116	Don Stanhouse	355.77
117	Ken Reynolds	355.76
118	Dave Hamilton	355.62
119	Bill Champion	354.22
120	Gary Ryerson	353.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Murphy	352.68
122	Steve Dunning	352.03
123	Mike Caldwell	351.07
124	Al Santorini	350.54
125	Lew Krausse	350.38
126	Ken Brett	350.02
127	Rob Gardner	349.28
128	Les Cain	348.4
129	Rickey Clark	344.47
130	Frank Reberger	344.06
131	Dave Goltz	343.35
132	Ray Sadecki	343.3
133	Wayne Twitchell	342.41
134	Jim Willoughby	338.43
135	Tom Hall	334.56
136	Doyle Alexander	334.22
137	Tom Hilgendorf	332.62
138	John Cumberland	331.18
139	Juan Pizarro	330.64
140	Earl Stephenson	330.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Rooker	330.08
142	Jim Slaton	329.3
143	Don Durham	329.2
144	Mike Kilkenny	325.51
145	Diego Segui	324.08
146	Joe Niekro	321.94
147	Vince Colbert	321.49
148	Ray Lamb	319.22
149	Jim Hardin	318.06
150	Jim Nash	317.09
151	Steve Barber	315.82
152	Don Carrithers	313.46
153	Mike Corkins	312.17
154	Joe Horlen	311.86
155	Dick Selma	311.7
156	Bucky Brandon	311.16
157	Lloyd Allen	310.48
158	Buzz Capra	310.21
159	Bill Bonham	310.13
160	Tom Griffin	309.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mike Jackson	308.45
162	Casey Cox	305.88
163	Jim Shellenback	305.81
164	Brent Strom	305.27
165	Eddie Fisher	301.3
166	Ron Klimkowski	301.17
167	John Hiller	300.66
168	Jim Panther	300.4

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