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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Gaylord Perry	598.54
2	Nolan Ryan	596.21
3	Bert Blyleven	577.67
4	Tom Seaver	560.61
5	Fergie Jenkins	558.95
6	Luis Tiant	556.95
7	Andy Messersmith	555.85
8	Jon Matlack	555.48
9	Phil Niekro	552.67
10	Catfish Hunter	546.54
11	Mickey Lolich	532.59
12	Don Sutton	531.54
13	Steve Carlton	531.4
14	Vida Blue	514.0
15	Don Gullett	508.97
16	Ross Grimsley	507.43
17	Bob Gibson	507.41
18	Don Wilson	506.93
19	Wilbur Wood	504.02
20	Jerry Koosman	501.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Cuellar	501.49
22	Jack Billingham	498.83
23	Carl Morton	496.58
24	Ken Holtzman	493.17
25	Jim Palmer	492.43
26	Dock Ellis	492.27
27	Tommy John	486.01
28	Pat Dobson	485.29
29	Steve Busby	485.13
30	Joe Coleman	482.85
31	Jim Perry	480.57
32	Clay Kirby	479.08
33	Dave Roberts	478.65
34	Jim Rooker	477.7
35	Dave McNally	474.12
36	Fred Norman	471.27
37	Doc Medich	471.06
38	Paul Splittorff	470.33
39	Jerry Reuss	467.96
40	Jim Barr	467.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Steve Renko	465.09
42	Rick Reuschel	462.82
43	Bill Lee	461.04
44	Bill Singer	460.49
45	Jim Lonborg	459.89
46	Jim Kaat	458.95
47	Ken Brett	454.68
48	Jim Slaton	452.92
49	Dick Ruthven	452.69
50	Joe Decker	451.33
51	Reggie Cleveland	449.68
52	Jim Bibby	448.99
53	Lynn McGlothen	446.92
54	Rick Wise	444.76
55	Larry Dierker	444.27
56	Mel Stottlemyre	442.14
57	Nelson Briles	441.34
58	Tom Bradley	439.98
59	Rudy May	438.27
60	Randy Jones	435.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Claude Osteen	433.81
62	Ron Reed	433.59
63	John D'Acquisto	432.8
64	Buzz Capra	432.64
65	Dick Tidrow	432.46
66	Jim Colborn	431.91
67	Steve Rogers	431.18
68	Clyde Wright	431.04
69	Bill Bonham	429.29
70	John Curtis	428.95
71	Fritz Peterson	428.26
72	Stan Bahnsen	425.96
73	Alan Foster	425.81
74	Frank Tanana	423.55
75	Mike Torrez	423.43
76	Bruce Dal Canton	423.07
77	Bill Greif	421.83
78	Al Downing	421.25
79	Dave Freisleben	420.22
80	Tom Griffin	418.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ron Schueler	415.86
82	Doug Rau	414.42
83	Sonny Siebert	411.12
84	Al Fitzmorris	407.12
85	Ron Bryant	406.69
86	Ernie McAnally	406.54
87	Roger Moret	406.39
88	Marty Pattin	405.64
89	Mike Caldwell	405.18
90	Woodie Fryman	405.0
91	Juan Marichal	404.28
92	Dennis Blair	402.49
93	Burt Hooton	402.42
94	Lerrin LaGrow	399.18
95	Dick Drago	398.8
96	Jackie Brown	396.1
97	Wayne Twitchell	383.58
98	Bill Champion	382.72
99	Roric Harrison	382.43
100	Steve Stone	379.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Andy Hassler	378.12
102	Bart Johnson	375.11
103	Steve Hargan	374.29
104	Dan Spillner	373.96
105	Steve Arlin	372.49
106	Bob Moose	370.8
107	Kevin Kobel	370.69
108	Dave Hamilton	370.18
109	Bill Hands	370.18
110	Sam McDowell	369.4
111	Dick Lange	368.88
112	Dick Bosman	364.21
113	Vic Albury	363.77
114	Larry Demery	363.43
115	David Clyde	358.58
116	Dave Goltz	356.49
117	Harry Parker	356.46
118	Bruce Kison	354.64
119	Roger Nelson	353.07
120	Tom Carroll	352.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dick Woodson	352.03
122	Steve Kline	351.03
123	Ed Sprague	350.63
124	Blue Moon Odom	350.48
125	Ed Figueroa	350.42
126	Glenn Abbott	349.44
127	George Stone	348.9
128	Bob Forsch	346.79
129	Ray Corbin	341.09
130	Bill Stoneman	340.6
131	Geoff Zahn	335.86
132	Ed Halicki	335.33
133	Balor Moore	335.19
134	Ken Frailing	335.03
135	Bill Butler	334.79
136	Bob Apodaca	332.89
137	Doyle Alexander	331.78
138	Ray Sadecki	331.07
139	Tom Walker	330.95
140	Charlie Williams	326.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tug McGraw	322.45
142	Eduardo Rodriguez	321.03
143	Wayne Garland	321.02
144	Dave Pagan	319.19
145	J.R. Richard	318.18
146	Fred Holdsworth	316.61
147	Bob Johnson	316.41
148	Lowell Palmer	315.83
149	Jack Kucek	315.44
150	Tom Dettore	314.54
151	Jim Todd	313.57
152	Dave Lemanczyk	312.38
153	Lindy McDaniel	310.62
154	Lew Krausse	310.33
155	Larry Gura	309.93
156	Dave LaRoche	307.65
157	Herb Hutson	304.0
158	Clay Carroll	303.66
159	Skip Lockwood	303.63
160	Max Leon	302.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Luke Walker	302.82
162	Darold Knowles	302.29
163	Dave Giusti	302.01
164	Vicente Romo	301.89
165	Skip Pitlock	301.62
166	Jim Kremmel	300.58

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