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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	624.08
2	Don Sutton	594.66
3	Nolan Ryan	573.83
4	Bob Gibson	569.68
5	Bert Blyleven	563.28
6	Jim Palmer	559.05
7	Gaylord Perry	555.14
8	Don Wilson	535.08
9	Catfish Hunter	530.41
10	Andy Messersmith	528.45
11	Steve Carlton	520.84
12	Mike Cuellar	518.95
13	Fergie Jenkins	516.7
14	Tom Bradley	514.62
15	Jack Billingham	512.52
16	Phil Niekro	511.81
17	Mickey Lolich	511.29
18	Claude Osteen	511.05
19	Ken Holtzman	510.48
20	Rick Wise	501.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Vida Blue	501.17
22	Luis Tiant	497.01
23	Tommy John	494.13
24	Dock Ellis	492.07
25	Bill Singer	491.92
26	Wilbur Wood	490.44
27	Jon Matlack	489.31
28	Ron Bryant	488.58
29	Nelson Briles	488.16
30	Joe Coleman	487.12
31	Jerry Koosman	485.81
32	Dave McNally	484.94
33	Rick Reuschel	482.05
34	Mel Stottlemyre	478.65
35	Reggie Cleveland	477.41
36	Al Downing	477.22
37	Stan Bahnsen	472.81
38	Wayne Twitchell	471.23
39	Marty Pattin	469.86
40	Pat Dobson	469.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave Roberts	468.96
42	Jerry Reuss	467.25
43	Fred Norman	466.63
44	Clay Kirby	461.43
45	Juan Marichal	459.03
46	Ross Grimsley	456.94
47	Clyde Wright	456.04
48	Bob Moose	455.72
49	Steve Renko	454.33
50	Rudy May	453.5
51	Dick Drago	453.27
52	Carl Morton	452.88
53	Dick Tidrow	452.31
54	Burt Hooton	447.74
55	Don Gullett	446.69
56	Jim Colborn	446.58
57	Milt Pappas	446.01
58	Jim Perry	445.82
59	Dick Woodson	442.79
60	Balor Moore	441.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Paul Splittorff	440.39
62	Fritz Peterson	435.53
63	Ken Forsch	435.06
64	Bill Lee	433.44
65	John Curtis	433.34
66	Jim Barr	432.35
67	Bill Hands	431.06
68	Jim Lonborg	429.64
69	Sam McDowell	427.11
70	Steve Busby	422.54
71	Jim Kaat	422.01
72	Steve Arlin	421.48
73	Gary Gentry	421.32
74	Mike Torrez	421.22
75	Blue Moon Odom	417.68
76	Jim Bibby	415.66
77	Ron Reed	414.29
78	Bill Greif	414.16
79	Woodie Fryman	412.15
80	Sonny Siebert	411.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Alan Foster	411.02
82	Doc Medich	410.77
83	Steve Blass	409.4
84	Ernie McAnally	408.93
85	Steve Kline	408.91
86	Ken Brett	407.52
87	Bill Stoneman	407.11
88	Jim Slaton	406.65
89	Joe Decker	404.13
90	Skip Lockwood	401.8
91	Bill Parsons	400.99
92	Roger Nelson	398.44
93	Dick Bosman	394.03
94	Steve Rogers	391.59
95	Gary Nolan	391.39
96	Steve Stone	385.95
97	Ron Schueler	383.7
98	Doyle Alexander	381.68
99	Dick Ruthven	380.36
100	Roric Harrison	374.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Rooker	374.6
102	Randy Jones	372.55
103	George Stone	372.53
104	Jerry Bell	370.81
105	Luke Walker	370.81
106	Larry Dierker	363.91
107	Jim Merritt	359.97
108	Jim McAndrew	356.93
109	J.R. Richard	355.28
110	Jim McGlothlin	353.76
111	Tom Timmermann	353.36
112	Pete Broberg	350.63
113	Jim Willoughby	347.81
114	David Clyde	347.29
115	Tom Murphy	346.94
116	Mike Paul	346.93
117	Ken Wright	346.56
118	Roger Moret	345.07
119	Terry Forster	344.29
120	Bill Bonham	344.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rich Troedson	343.0
122	Mike Caldwell	342.08
123	Brent Strom	341.49
124	Al Fitzmorris	341.37
125	Mike Strahler	339.85
126	Rich Hand	337.79
127	Jesse Jefferson	337.04
128	Milt Wilcox	336.63
129	Ray Sadecki	336.48
130	Tom Hall	334.3
131	Dave Hamilton	333.84
132	Ray Corbin	333.43
133	Ray Culp	332.58
134	Wayne Simpson	332.01
135	Rich Folkers	326.99
136	John Morlan	325.75
137	Eddie Fisher	325.39
138	Steve Dunning	324.62
139	Bart Johnson	323.51
140	Lynn McGlothen	320.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Harry Parker	317.27
142	Darold Knowles	316.46
143	Jackie Brown	315.58
144	Clay Carroll	315.01
145	Tom Griffin	314.63
146	Eddie Bane	312.34
147	Dick Pole	312.3
148	Bill Champion	310.62
149	Mike Nagy	310.54
150	Paul Lindblad	309.67
151	Dave Goltz	309.49
152	Danny Fife	308.6
153	Gene Garber	306.72
154	Larry Gura	306.51
155	Mike Corkins	305.55
156	Dick Lange	305.52
157	Scipio Spinks	305.41
158	Steve Barber	305.17
159	Chris Short	304.2
160	Charlie Hudson	303.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Fred Beene	303.22
162	Mark Littell	302.3
163	Lindy McDaniel	302.17
164	Tug McGraw	301.25
165	Jerry Johnson	300.46
166	Jimmy Freeman	300.08

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