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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	619.05
2	Fergie Jenkins	612.75
3	Bob Gibson	577.34
4	Mickey Lolich	555.87
5	Vida Blue	555.14
6	Sam McDowell	544.89
7	Jim Palmer	540.0
8	Gaylord Perry	538.57
9	Juan Marichal	538.13
10	Don Sutton	531.94
11	Mike Cuellar	529.58
12	Gary Nolan	525.36
13	Don Wilson	525.17
14	Joe Coleman	523.69
15	Ray Culp	523.57
16	Steve Carlton	520.5
17	Fritz Peterson	519.96
18	Dave McNally	519.37
19	Clay Kirby	516.17
20	Mel Stottlemyre	516.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Catfish Hunter	515.44
22	Phil Niekro	514.38
23	Pat Dobson	513.42
24	Sonny Siebert	509.65
25	Larry Dierker	509.29
26	Bill Stoneman	505.45
27	Bill Hands	503.22
28	Marty Pattin	501.13
29	Jerry Koosman	500.48
30	Rick Wise	500.4
31	Wilbur Wood	500.05
32	Bert Blyleven	497.68
33	Ken Holtzman	496.29
34	Dock Ellis	495.62
35	Gary Gentry	491.8
36	Dave Roberts	491.71
37	Steve Blass	488.74
38	Milt Pappas	487.79
39	Clyde Wright	486.58
40	Rudy May	485.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dick Drago	483.56
42	Claude Osteen	481.31
43	Jim Perry	479.7
44	Andy Messersmith	478.84
45	Tommy John	478.75
46	Dick Bosman	473.91
47	Jim Kaat	470.6
48	Jim McGlothlin	470.57
49	Ron Reed	470.02
50	Bill Singer	468.91
51	Stan Bahnsen	466.59
52	Pat Jarvis	465.9
53	Al Downing	464.79
54	Steve Renko	462.99
55	Bob Johnson	460.75
56	George Stone	457.74
57	Tom Bradley	457.3
58	Chuck Dobson	455.0
59	Don Gullett	450.53
60	Tom Murphy	449.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Steve Kline	447.68
62	Gary Peters	445.96
63	Luke Walker	439.83
64	Blue Moon Odom	435.88
65	Chris Short	435.59
66	Reggie Cleveland	435.5
67	Bill Parsons	432.62
68	Steve Arlin	432.46
69	Jerry Reuss	432.13
70	Ray Sadecki	427.62
71	Barry Lersch	427.27
72	Skip Lockwood	426.11
73	Jack Billingham	425.98
74	Bob Moose	425.29
75	Nolan Ryan	422.21
76	Carl Morton	421.09
77	Denny McLain	420.9
78	Tom Phoebus	418.36
79	Diego Segui	417.55
80	Lew Krausse	413.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Les Cain	412.73
82	Mike Hedlund	412.06
83	Paul Splittorff	411.8
84	Wade Blasingame	408.81
85	Jim Nash	406.39
86	Alan Foster	406.32
87	Joe Horlen	404.91
88	Jim Bunning	404.06
89	Ken Forsch	401.09
90	Ross Grimsley	400.39
91	Jim McAndrew	396.09
92	Jim Merritt	395.13
93	Wayne Simpson	391.16
94	John Cumberland	391.03
95	Fred Norman	390.19
96	Dean Chance	389.55
97	Ernie McAnally	388.22
98	Steve Dunning	388.2
99	Ray Lamb	387.65
100	Woodie Fryman	386.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Lonborg	385.53
102	Ron Bryant	383.89
103	Pete Broberg	383.51
104	Joe Niekro	382.91
105	Tom Kelley	380.49
106	Mike Kekich	377.9
107	Bruce Dal Canton	377.89
108	Ken Reynolds	373.94
109	Steve Stone	370.69
110	Bill Gogolewski	369.5
111	Steve Hargan	369.47
112	Jim Rooker	369.32
113	Luis Tiant	368.52
114	Jim Slaton	366.28
115	Tom Hall	361.9
116	Wally Bunker	361.19
117	Juan Pizarro	357.15
118	John Strohmayer	356.75
119	Bruce Kison	355.33
120	Doyle Alexander	354.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tony Cloninger	354.45
122	Casey Cox	345.87
123	Jim Shellenback	345.2
124	Ken Wright	344.38
125	Bart Johnson	344.16
126	Grant Jackson	340.43
127	Mike Kilkenny	340.16
128	Rickey Clark	338.95
129	Rich Hand	336.94
130	Jerry Janeski	335.05
131	Mike Nagy	333.49
132	Mike Torrez	333.36
133	Mike Paul	332.13
134	Rollie Fingers	331.73
135	Ray Corbin	331.62
136	Nelson Briles	330.65
137	Danny Coombs	330.45
138	Steve Luebber	329.57
139	Marcelino Lopez	327.83
140	Don Carrithers	327.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Al Fitzmorris	325.34
142	Jim Maloney	322.04
143	Frank Reberger	321.13
144	Ed Acosta	320.36
145	Mike Thompson	319.78
146	Ron Cook	318.15
147	Chris Zachary	317.54
148	Jackie Brown	316.91
149	Jon Matlack	316.48
150	Al Santorini	316.3
151	Charlie Williams	316.27
152	Jim Hardin	314.98
153	Dave Leonhard	314.42
154	Vince Colbert	313.75
155	Bob Veale	313.34
156	Bill Gilbreth	312.7
157	Bill Butler	311.43
158	Rich Robertson	310.95
159	Roger Moret	310.6
160	Lance Clemons	309.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dan McGinn	308.56
162	Bob O'Brien	308.39
163	Tom Griffin	304.34
164	Jim Britton	302.47
165	Mike McQueen	302.26
166	Bill Greif	301.07
167	Rich Hinton	301.02
168	Eddie Fisher	300.71
169	Ed Farmer	300.1

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