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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	591.8
2	Tom Seaver	587.29
3	Gaylord Perry	586.98
4	Jim Palmer	583.81
5	Bob Gibson	578.13
6	Catfish Hunter	575.95
7	Mickey Lolich	568.3
8	Don Sutton	568.17
9	Fergie Jenkins	564.21
10	Wilbur Wood	552.69
11	Joe Coleman	545.68
12	Phil Niekro	541.99
13	Don Wilson	539.32
14	Mike Cuellar	535.39
15	Pat Dobson	529.34
16	Bert Blyleven	528.35
17	Bill Stoneman	527.17
18	Dave McNally	526.15
19	Steve Blass	523.24
20	Gary Nolan	522.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Clay Kirby	522.79
22	Nolan Ryan	520.94
23	Rick Wise	518.99
24	Marty Pattin	514.28
25	Tom Bradley	506.14
26	Vida Blue	499.91
27	Ken Holtzman	495.7
28	Steve Kline	493.84
29	Tommy John	489.41
30	Jack Billingham	489.22
31	Andy Messersmith	486.03
32	Fritz Peterson	485.55
33	Bill Hands	484.87
34	Clyde Wright	483.83
35	Larry Dierker	482.98
36	Dick Drago	482.83
37	Mel Stottlemyre	482.74
38	Claude Osteen	482.19
39	Juan Marichal	482.1
40	Sonny Siebert	482.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Kaat	480.12
42	Al Downing	478.45
43	Dock Ellis	474.85
44	Milt Pappas	474.69
45	Bill Singer	469.89
46	Rudy May	466.19
47	Stan Bahnsen	465.66
48	Sam McDowell	465.36
49	Jim Perry	464.91
50	Ron Reed	459.44
51	Dick Woodson	456.42
52	Reggie Cleveland	456.2
53	Dave Roberts	456.06
54	Bob Moose	454.49
55	Gary Gentry	454.16
56	Bill Parsons	448.81
57	Dick Tidrow	448.76
58	Jon Matlack	445.2
59	Jerry Koosman	444.77
60	Paul Splittorff	442.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ray Culp	442.83
62	Skip Lockwood	442.15
63	Blue Moon Odom	441.64
64	Steve Arlin	439.84
65	Jim Lonborg	439.65
66	Jerry Reuss	439.62
67	Ross Grimsley	438.73
68	Dick Bosman	438.31
69	Burt Hooton	426.69
70	Mike Torrez	426.68
71	Jim McGlothlin	426.31
72	Ken Forsch	424.95
73	Ernie McAnally	424.77
74	Nelson Briles	422.42
75	Roger Nelson	422.24
76	Jim McAndrew	417.7
77	Ron Bryant	417.46
78	Bob Johnson	415.44
79	Rich Hand	415.12
80	Tom Timmermann	408.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pete Broberg	408.08
82	Woodie Fryman	407.9
83	Don Gullett	406.1
84	Mike Hedlund	401.27
85	Mike Kekich	400.92
86	Luke Walker	399.75
87	Carl Morton	399.62
88	Fred Norman	399.1
89	George Stone	397.68
90	Scipio Spinks	394.64
91	Lynn McGlothen	392.35
92	Jim Barr	390.55
93	Balor Moore	388.94
94	Ray Corbin	387.62
95	Milt Wilcox	387.3
96	Bruce Kison	387.24
97	Mike Paul	386.2
98	Steve Stone	384.07
99	Luis Tiant	382.94
100	Bill Gogolewski	380.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ron Schueler	378.44
102	Steve Renko	378.39
103	Wayne Simpson	376.23
104	John Curtis	375.02
105	Jim Colborn	374.91
106	Rick Reuschel	372.41
107	Tom Kelley	372.12
108	Dave Lemonds	370.9
109	Pat Jarvis	368.23
110	Barry Lersch	367.52
111	Gary Peters	366.56
112	Bruce Dal Canton	366.35
113	Ken Reynolds	365.71
114	Denny McLain	364.56
115	Bill Slayback	359.13
116	Al Santorini	358.94
117	Rob Gardner	357.31
118	Don Stanhouse	355.52
119	Steve Dunning	355.12
120	Bill Greif	354.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dave Hamilton	354.37
122	Bill Champion	352.97
123	Mike Caldwell	351.75
124	Tom Murphy	351.43
125	Lew Krausse	349.13
126	Dave Goltz	348.83
127	Ken Brett	348.77
128	Jim Willoughby	348.49
129	Les Cain	347.15
130	Gary Ryerson	347.13
131	Wayne Twitchell	345.13
132	Frank Reberger	344.06
133	Rickey Clark	343.22
134	Don Durham	343.16
135	Ray Sadecki	342.05
136	Tom Hall	333.31
137	Doyle Alexander	332.97
138	Tom Hilgendorf	331.37
139	John Cumberland	329.93
140	Juan Pizarro	329.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Earl Stephenson	328.91
142	Jim Rooker	328.83
143	Jim Slaton	328.05
144	Mike Kilkenny	324.26
145	Jim Hardin	323.74
146	Diego Segui	322.83
147	Joe Niekro	320.69
148	Bucky Brandon	320.54
149	Vince Colbert	320.24
150	Ray Lamb	317.97
151	Jim Nash	315.84
152	Mike Corkins	315.01
153	Steve Barber	314.57
154	Don Carrithers	312.21
155	Joe Horlen	310.61
156	Dick Selma	310.45
157	Lloyd Allen	309.23
158	Brent Strom	309.17
159	Buzz Capra	308.96
160	Bill Bonham	308.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Tom Griffin	308.51
162	Mike Jackson	304.88
163	Jimmy Freeman	304.77
164	Casey Cox	304.63
165	Jim Shellenback	304.56
166	Chuck Seelbach	302.02
167	Jim Panther	301.41
168	Eddie Fisher	300.05

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