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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	599.98
2	Nolan Ryan	599.3
3	Bert Blyleven	572.13
4	Fergie Jenkins	571.55
5	Luis Tiant	561.02
6	Tom Seaver	560.99
7	Jon Matlack	558.18
8	Catfish Hunter	554.55
9	Phil Niekro	551.62
10	Andy Messersmith	548.44
11	Don Sutton	532.7
12	Steve Carlton	530.63
13	Mickey Lolich	523.38
14	Don Wilson	513.96
15	Bob Gibson	512.75
16	Ross Grimsley	511.9
17	Vida Blue	510.99
18	Mike Cuellar	510.98
19	Don Gullett	509.91
20	Wilbur Wood	506.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Koosman	502.97
22	Carl Morton	500.83
23	Dock Ellis	500.76
24	Jim Palmer	498.17
25	Jack Billingham	496.94
26	Ken Holtzman	491.63
27	Steve Busby	488.42
28	Pat Dobson	488.29
29	Joe Coleman	485.76
30	Dave McNally	484.78
31	Tommy John	484.76
32	Jim Rooker	484.52
33	Doc Medich	481.44
34	Jim Perry	479.46
35	Dave Roberts	478.65
36	Jim Barr	475.62
37	Jim Kaat	474.06
38	Clay Kirby	471.88
39	Fred Norman	470.02
40	Steve Renko	468.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Reuss	466.36
42	Paul Splittorff	465.04
43	Jim Lonborg	462.8
44	Jim Slaton	461.31
45	Joe Decker	461.2
46	Bill Lee	461.05
47	Rick Reuschel	459.95
48	Bill Singer	459.24
49	Dick Ruthven	456.69
50	Jim Bibby	454.18
51	Ken Brett	453.43
52	Reggie Cleveland	449.43
53	Lynn McGlothen	446.81
54	Larry Dierker	444.27
55	Rick Wise	443.51
56	John D'Acquisto	443.47
57	Randy Jones	441.05
58	Mel Stottlemyre	440.89
59	Nelson Briles	440.09
60	Ron Reed	439.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tom Bradley	438.73
62	Bill Bonham	438.18
63	Steve Rogers	434.9
64	Fritz Peterson	434.6
65	Rudy May	433.4
66	Buzz Capra	432.64
67	Claude Osteen	432.56
68	Jim Colborn	430.4
69	Clyde Wright	429.79
70	Frank Tanana	429.12
71	John Curtis	428.95
72	Dick Tidrow	426.54
73	Stan Bahnsen	424.71
74	Mike Torrez	424.66
75	Alan Foster	423.73
76	Bill Greif	422.93
77	Tom Griffin	421.83
78	Bruce Dal Canton	420.85
79	Dave Freisleben	420.22
80	Al Downing	420.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Al Fitzmorris	417.11
82	Ron Schueler	415.86
83	Doug Rau	415.5
84	Woodie Fryman	413.03
85	Sonny Siebert	410.37
86	Mike Caldwell	409.14
87	Ron Bryant	406.67
88	Dick Drago	406.12
89	Ernie McAnally	405.29
90	Marty Pattin	404.39
91	Dennis Blair	403.51
92	Roger Moret	402.9
93	Jackie Brown	402.62
94	Burt Hooton	400.54
95	Juan Marichal	399.64
96	Lerrin LaGrow	399.18
97	Andy Hassler	397.02
98	Bill Champion	388.41
99	Bart Johnson	384.23
100	Steve Stone	383.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Hargan	383.58
102	Roric Harrison	381.18
103	Wayne Twitchell	379.41
104	Vic Albury	373.45
105	Dave Hamilton	371.85
106	Dan Spillner	371.72
107	Steve Arlin	371.24
108	Kevin Kobel	370.58
109	Bill Hands	369.93
110	Bob Moose	369.55
111	Sam McDowell	368.15
112	Dick Lange	367.63
113	Dave Goltz	364.78
114	Dick Bosman	364.21
115	Larry Demery	362.93
116	Ed Figueroa	361.79
117	Bob Forsch	360.28
118	David Clyde	358.58
119	Harry Parker	355.21
120	Bruce Kison	354.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Carroll	352.76
122	Roger Nelson	351.82
123	Dick Woodson	350.78
124	Glenn Abbott	350.71
125	Steve Kline	349.78
126	Ed Sprague	349.38
127	Blue Moon Odom	349.23
128	George Stone	347.65
129	Geoff Zahn	342.49
130	Ray Corbin	339.84
131	Bill Stoneman	339.35
132	Ray Sadecki	336.64
133	Ed Halicki	335.08
134	Bill Butler	334.79
135	Balor Moore	333.94
136	Ken Frailing	333.78
137	Bob Apodaca	331.64
138	Tom Walker	330.95
139	Doyle Alexander	330.53
140	J.R. Richard	327.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Charlie Williams	325.67
142	Eduardo Rodriguez	323.75
143	Larry Gura	322.8
144	Tug McGraw	322.2
145	Jack Kucek	320.95
146	Wayne Garland	319.77
147	Dave Pagan	317.94
148	Fred Holdsworth	316.61
149	Lew Krausse	316.59
150	Bob Johnson	315.16
151	Lowell Palmer	315.08
152	Tom Dettore	313.34
153	Jim Todd	312.32
154	Jim Kern	312.23
155	Dave Lemanczyk	311.13
156	Paul Siebert	309.56
157	Lindy McDaniel	309.37
158	Luke Walker	306.99
159	Dave LaRoche	306.4
160	Herb Hutson	302.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Clay Carroll	302.41
162	Skip Lockwood	302.38
163	Joe McIntosh	302.37
164	Max Leon	301.73
165	Darold Knowles	301.04
166	Dave Giusti	300.76
167	Vicente Romo	300.64
168	Skip Pitlock	300.37

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