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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	623.89
2	Juan Marichal	571.26
3	Tom Seaver	564.05
4	Sam McDowell	562.82
5	Gaylord Perry	559.82
6	Denny McLain	557.31
7	Bill Singer	557.03
8	Fergie Jenkins	552.38
9	Mickey Lolich	548.33
10	Larry Dierker	545.12
11	Mike Cuellar	544.33
12	Phil Niekro	541.56
13	Steve Carlton	531.89
14	Fritz Peterson	522.73
15	Bill Hands	521.88
16	Mel Stottlemyre	516.85
17	Bob Veale	515.94
18	Jerry Koosman	514.52
19	Claude Osteen	510.86
20	Dave McNally	505.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim Maloney	504.73
22	Earl Wilson	504.46
23	Luis Tiant	502.25
24	Denny Lemaster	497.65
25	Catfish Hunter	496.41
26	Ray Culp	495.98
27	Blue Moon Odom	491.27
28	Dave Boswell	489.7
29	Don Wilson	488.14
30	Dean Chance	486.23
31	Jim Bunning	479.84
32	Don Sutton	477.89
33	Ken Holtzman	475.8
34	Jim Merritt	475.03
35	Nelson Briles	472.63
36	Tom Phoebus	470.46
37	Joe Coleman	469.65
38	Chuck Dobson	468.94
39	Joe Horlen	467.89
40	Jim Kaat	467.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Andy Messersmith	466.94
42	Pat Jarvis	466.47
43	Jim Nash	466.33
44	Gary Peters	463.66
45	Tommy John	460.93
46	Stan Bahnsen	457.85
47	Jim Perry	457.46
48	Sonny Siebert	452.18
49	Steve Blass	451.53
50	Jim McGlothlin	448.91
51	Ron Reed	448.28
52	Woodie Fryman	445.13
53	Gary Nolan	444.36
54	Rick Wise	444.05
55	George Brunet	442.95
56	Ray Sadecki	440.67
57	Joe Niekro	439.97
58	Dick Selma	439.36
59	Jim Hardin	438.13
60	Milt Pappas	436.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ray Washburn	435.16
62	Dave Giusti	433.04
63	Mike McCormick	432.43
64	Dock Ellis	431.17
65	Tom Griffin	429.41
66	Jim Lonborg	427.78
67	Jim Palmer	425.83
68	Chris Short	425.44
69	Don Drysdale	424.05
70	Grant Jackson	421.13
71	Gary Gentry	418.96
72	Roger Nelson	418.41
73	Tom Murphy	417.32
74	Wally Bunker	416.85
75	Jim McAndrew	413.73
76	Mike Nagy	410.11
77	Jim Hannan	408.05
78	Dick Kelley	407.52
79	Dick Bosman	406.72
80	Bobby Bolin	405.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Gene Brabender	403.95
82	Al Downing	402.79
83	Don Cardwell	401.13
84	Dick Ellsworth	400.18
85	Bill Butler	400.13
86	Jerry Robertson	398.72
87	Bob Moose	398.53
88	Dick Drago	398.25
89	Clay Kirby	395.75
90	Bill Stoneman	392.76
91	Camilo Pascual	392.34
92	Tony Cloninger	392.29
93	Al Santorini	390.99
94	Joe Sparma	390.85
95	Stan Williams	389.27
96	Lew Krausse	388.42
97	Steve Hargan	388.18
98	Jim Rooker	386.45
99	Mike Wegener	386.15
100	Gary Bell	384.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Barry Moore	382.79
102	Rudy May	379.71
103	Marty Pattin	373.75
104	Bill Burbach	373.47
105	Chuck Taylor	373.13
106	Jack Fisher	369.11
107	Jerry Johnson	368.46
108	Jim Britton	367.92
109	Bill Champion	366.53
110	Billy Wynne	365.63
111	George Culver	361.56
112	George Stone	358.36
113	Luke Walker	358.25
114	Gary Waslewski	358.2
115	Tom Hall	357.66
116	Fred Talbot	355.96
117	Mike Kilkenny	355.72
118	Steve Renko	354.16
119	Gerry Arrigo	352.0
120	Casey Cox	351.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Howie Reed	350.16
122	Paul Edmondson	346.42
123	Vicente Romo	346.18
124	Steve Barber	346.15
125	Mike Torrez	345.21
126	Bob Miller	340.28
127	Jim Shellenback	335.81
128	John Gelnar	335.03
129	Mike Paul	333.89
130	Jim Ray	331.14
131	Rich Nye	330.94
132	George Lauzerique	330.33
133	Alan Foster	330.3
134	Mike Hedlund	330.17
135	Lee Stange	329.6
136	Diego Segui	327.07
137	Larry Jaster	324.56
138	Mike Kekich	322.91
139	Mike Marshall	322.4
140	Nolan Ryan	322.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dick Woodson	320.78
142	Lowell Palmer	320.42
143	Ron Bryant	320.17
144	Mudcat Grant	319.58
145	Ken Johnson	318.32
146	Frank Bertaina	316.22
147	John Hiller	316.15
148	Ray Jarvis	315.32
149	Tommie Sisk	314.04
150	Al McBean	313.48
151	Bob Meyer	313.39
152	Steve Kealey	312.79
153	Pat Dobson	312.34
154	Miguel Fuentes	311.81
155	Jack Billingham	310.92
156	Jim Bouton	309.96
157	Juan Pizarro	309.82
158	Bart Johnson	308.25
159	Cisco Carlos	307.66
160	Sammy Ellis	306.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Johnny Podres	306.84
162	Dave Roberts	306.49
163	Larry Jackson	305.91
164	Vida Blue	305.85
165	Clay Carroll	305.77
166	Ron Herbel	305.1
167	Bo Belinsky	304.75
168	Jerry Nyman	303.83
169	Jerry Cram	302.89
170	Garry Roggenburk	302.85
171	Danny Lazar	301.71
172	Jack Dilauro	301.61
173	Vern Geishert	301.33
174	Bill Landis	301.33

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