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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	588.87
2	Gaylord Perry	588.15
3	Catfish Hunter	583.05
4	Bert Blyleven	580.23
5	Andy Messersmith	573.6
6	Jim Palmer	569.61
7	Frank Tanana	553.04
8	Fergie Jenkins	549.01
9	Don Sutton	548.01
10	Nolan Ryan	543.29
11	Vida Blue	532.65
12	Jon Matlack	525.24
13	Jerry Reuss	523.8
14	Phil Niekro	521.71
15	Steve Busby	521.0
16	Steve Carlton	513.5
17	Jim Kaat	510.72
18	Don Gullett	509.68
19	Randy Jones	504.23
20	Mike Cuellar	499.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ken Holtzman	497.43
22	Luis Tiant	497.05
23	Burt Hooton	494.32
24	Jim Rooker	488.68
25	Rick Reuschel	484.88
26	Bill Lee	484.33
27	Jerry Koosman	483.73
28	Rudy May	482.95
29	Mickey Lolich	482.75
30	Wilbur Wood	480.4
31	Doc Medich	479.61
32	Doug Rau	478.48
33	Steve Rogers	475.3
34	Mike Torrez	474.74
35	Lynn McGlothen	474.65
36	Carl Morton	473.26
37	John Montefusco	471.59
38	Ross Grimsley	468.73
39	Jim Barr	468.67
40	Larry Dierker	468.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Pat Dobson	464.93
42	Ron Reed	464.84
43	Fred Norman	464.39
44	Rick Wise	463.65
45	Dave Goltz	461.62
46	Bob Forsch	454.42
47	Dock Ellis	454.15
48	Al Fitzmorris	451.94
49	Jack Billingham	451.43
50	Steve Renko	450.31
51	Jim Colborn	448.68
52	Jim Lonborg	446.18
53	Jim Slaton	445.51
54	Dave Roberts	444.25
55	Steve Stone	443.39
56	Paul Splittorff	441.63
57	Bill Bonham	441.51
58	Dennis Eckersley	438.66
59	Ed Figueroa	434.46
60	Gary Nolan	434.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Bibby	432.04
62	Bob Gibson	431.04
63	Clay Kirby	430.86
64	Woodie Fryman	428.68
65	Ed Halicki	427.75
66	Reggie Cleveland	425.97
67	Dennis Blair	424.84
68	Joe Coleman	424.8
69	Fritz Peterson	424.35
70	Claude Osteen	423.53
71	Bruce Kison	421.06
72	Ken Brett	420.85
73	Jim Perry	420.27
74	Nelson Briles	418.9
75	Dennis Leonard	417.84
76	Tom Underwood	417.79
77	Dave McNally	416.78
78	Jim Hughes	416.02
79	Stan Bahnsen	415.7
80	Pete Falcone	414.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Buzz Capra	412.18
82	Steve Hargan	410.6
83	John Curtis	410.1
84	Dave Freisleben	405.61
85	Vern Ruhle	404.82
86	Larry Christenson	402.96
87	Dick Bosman	402.19
88	John Candelaria	401.42
89	Ray Burris	399.02
90	J.R. Richard	394.74
91	Lerrin LaGrow	391.49
92	Dan Warthen	390.94
93	Joe Decker	388.76
94	Joe McIntosh	387.91
95	Bill Singer	387.68
96	Dan Spillner	386.28
97	Mike Caldwell	385.3
98	Ray Bare	384.16
99	Bill Hands	383.53
100	Roger Moret	383.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Denny	382.48
102	Randy Tate	382.09
103	Bill Travers	381.66
104	Pete Broberg	380.0
105	Pat Darcy	379.22
106	Doug Konieczny	378.48
107	Brent Strom	377.43
108	Andy Hassler	376.04
109	Jackie Brown	375.85
110	Sonny Siebert	375.81
111	Roric Harrison	375.29
112	Clyde Wright	374.06
113	Al Downing	372.85
114	Wayne Twitchell	372.65
115	Tom Griffin	372.4
116	Larry Gura	370.76
117	Marty Pattin	368.81
118	Jesse Jefferson	361.37
119	Rich Folkers	359.91
120	Don Carrithers	355.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Glenn Abbott	354.98
122	Vic Albury	353.14
123	Eric Rasmussen	352.88
124	John D'Acquisto	351.65
125	Hank Webb	350.91
126	Bill Champion	350.74
127	Jim Umbarger	350.53
128	Bruce Dal Canton	349.91
129	Don Hood	348.95
130	Doyle Alexander	340.61
131	Alan Foster	339.86
132	Dick Pole	337.82
133	Eric Raich	337.3
134	Don Wilson	331.97
135	Ron Schueler	331.79
136	Tom Hausman	330.81
137	Mike Thompson	329.86
138	Stan Perzanowski	328.72
139	Ken Forsch	325.74
140	Tom Bradley	325.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rick Waits	324.69
142	Tom Walker	324.56
143	Rick Rhoden	323.07
144	George Stone	322.23
145	Wayne Simpson	321.86
146	Craig Swan	319.49
147	Mike Cosgrove	319.44
148	Geoff Zahn	319.4
149	Jamie Easterly	319.29
150	Joe Niekro	318.52
151	Tom Dettore	318.15
152	Tom Carroll	316.72
153	Fred Scherman	314.82
154	Jim York	314.46
155	Larry Demery	313.05
156	Jim Kern	311.79
157	Ed Sprague	311.73
158	Bill Campbell	311.58
159	Doug Bird	310.99
160	Adrian Devine	309.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dick Ruthven	308.69
162	Fernando Arroyo	308.26
163	Blue Moon Odom	308.26
164	Bill Butler	307.97
165	Dick Lange	307.95
166	Ray Corbin	307.91
167	Dave Lemanczyk	307.27
168	Paul Mitchell	305.29
169	Tippy Martinez	304.2
170	Chip Lang	303.26
171	Juan Marichal	303.21
172	Willie Prall	302.79
173	Don Kirkwood	302.66
174	Jerry Johnson	302.56
175	Jim Burton	302.07
176	Ken Kravec	301.67
177	Diego Segui	300.61
178	Lafayette Currence	300.32
179	Terry Forster	300.14

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