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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Bob Gibson	605.36
2	Tom Seaver	600.84
3	Sam McDowell	578.14
4	Fergie Jenkins	559.74
5	Gaylord Perry	544.03
6	Mike Cuellar	540.36
7	Dave McNally	530.24
8	Juan Marichal	524.17
9	Larry Dierker	520.85
10	Jim Perry	520.82
11	Mickey Lolich	519.17
12	Ken Holtzman	518.76
13	Bill Singer	516.68
14	Jim Palmer	515.82
15	Bill Hands	508.07
16	Gary Nolan	507.35
17	Fritz Peterson	506.41
18	Ray Culp	505.87
19	Tommy John	503.15
20	Phil Niekro	502.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Steve Carlton	502.62
22	Pat Jarvis	501.7
23	Jerry Koosman	498.84
24	Mel Stottlemyre	497.83
25	Bob Veale	495.65
26	Dick Bosman	495.42
27	Chuck Dobson	494.96
28	Catfish Hunter	485.0
29	Don Sutton	484.8
30	Andy Messersmith	483.98
31	Jim Merritt	480.84
32	Joe Coleman	480.79
33	Claude Osteen	478.07
34	Sonny Siebert	474.6
35	Gary Gentry	473.6
36	Jim Bunning	471.95
37	Luis Tiant	469.13
38	Dock Ellis	468.94
39	Steve Blass	467.32
40	Milt Pappas	464.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Nash	463.18
42	Gary Peters	462.83
43	Jim McGlothlin	456.84
44	Stan Bahnsen	456.6
45	Don Wilson	455.49
46	Denny Lemaster	453.05
47	Jim Kaat	450.83
48	Denny McLain	450.17
49	Bob Moose	448.63
50	Blue Moon Odom	448.3
51	Earl Wilson	447.63
52	Jim McAndrew	446.3
53	Rick Wise	446.14
54	Dick Drago	445.48
55	Jim Hardin	444.13
56	Marty Pattin	442.12
57	Joe Niekro	441.3
58	Dean Chance	439.53
59	Tom Phoebus	436.87
60	Clay Kirby	434.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Wayne Simpson	434.49
62	Joe Horlen	432.87
63	Clyde Wright	432.22
64	Rudy May	431.61
65	Tom Murphy	429.0
66	George Brunet	428.69
67	Dave Boswell	427.92
68	Bob Johnson	427.61
69	George Stone	427.35
70	Woodie Fryman	426.87
71	Les Cain	425.9
72	Lew Krausse	424.59
73	Jim Maloney	424.04
74	Pat Dobson	422.56
75	Carl Morton	421.08
76	Bill Butler	418.97
77	Steve Renko	418.24
78	Al Downing	415.15
79	Bill Stoneman	413.47
80	Rich Hand	409.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Grant Jackson	408.88
82	Jim Rooker	408.46
83	Bert Blyleven	407.65
84	Mike Torrez	406.83
85	Ray Sadecki	404.93
86	Chris Short	404.03
87	Tom Griffin	403.92
88	Wally Bunker	396.55
89	Diego Segui	395.51
90	Casey Cox	393.63
91	Mike McCormick	392.96
92	Mike Kilkenny	391.17
93	Danny Coombs	391.13
94	Ron Reed	389.28
95	Bobby Bolin	388.88
96	Nelson Briles	388.71
97	Alan Foster	388.05
98	Steve Hargan	386.15
99	Nolan Ryan	384.13
100	Gene Brabender	383.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Luke Walker	377.19
102	Jerry Janeski	376.97
103	Jim Hannan	375.61
104	Jack Billingham	372.48
105	Skip Lockwood	368.48
106	Tony Cloninger	367.0
107	Joe Moeller	366.26
108	Dan McGinn	365.32
109	Dave Morehead	364.47
110	Bill Zepp	363.3
111	Mike Nagy	362.91
112	Jerry Reuss	362.17
113	Joe Decker	361.06
114	Barry Moore	358.22
115	Rollie Fingers	356.89
116	Dave Roberts	356.88
117	Jim Lonborg	356.55
118	Skip Pitlock	355.11
119	Steve Dunning	354.65
120	Rich Robertson	354.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Cal Koonce	352.9
122	Wade Blasingame	352.5
123	Mike Wegener	347.11
124	Jim Shellenback	346.17
125	Sandy Vance	346.15
126	Bob Miller	343.81
127	Frank Reberger	342.22
128	Barry Lersch	341.11
129	Al Santorini	339.92
130	Jim Nelson	339.31
131	Bart Johnson	338.37
132	Steve Kline	334.01
133	Mike Kekich	333.22
134	Ken Brett	331.52
135	Mike Corkins	331.31
136	Chuck Taylor	330.73
137	Tom Hall	329.49
138	Roger Nelson	326.08
139	Ray Washburn	324.09
140	Vicente Romo	323.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rich Nye	323.06
142	Jackie Brown	322.51
143	Bruce Dal Canton	322.49
144	Tom Bradley	321.98
145	Rick Austin	321.54
146	Joe Sparma	320.83
147	Mike Paul	320.43
148	Fred Cambria	317.85
149	Mike Marshall	315.49
150	Greg Garrett	315.11
151	John Cumberland	314.66
152	Ron Cook	313.82
153	Jim Magnuson	312.09
154	Gary Waslewski	311.78
155	Billy Wynne	310.41
156	Al Fitzmorris	309.06
157	Larry Gura	308.26
158	John Morris	307.79
159	Jerry Crider	307.41
160	Frank Bertaina	307.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Harry Parker	304.36
162	Danny Frisella	303.73
163	Bob Reed	303.65
164	Jim Colborn	303.59
165	Don Cardwell	303.02
166	Mel Queen	300.47
167	Mel Behney	300.43

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