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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	630.81
2	Fergie Jenkins	592.53
3	Bob Gibson	579.74
4	Mickey Lolich	558.75
5	Vida Blue	552.54
6	Jim Palmer	548.22
7	Joe Coleman	544.5
8	Gaylord Perry	543.27
9	Sam McDowell	539.08
10	Don Sutton	537.2
11	Don Wilson	536.04
12	Mike Cuellar	533.31
13	Dave McNally	526.79
14	Juan Marichal	526.22
15	Catfish Hunter	525.5
16	Ray Culp	520.96
17	Sonny Siebert	520.76
18	Phil Niekro	520.26
19	Mel Stottlemyre	519.38
20	Gary Nolan	519.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Fritz Peterson	516.94
22	Pat Dobson	515.29
23	Wilbur Wood	511.11
24	Steve Carlton	507.52
25	Larry Dierker	506.79
26	Marty Pattin	505.9
27	Bill Stoneman	505.11
28	Clay Kirby	503.68
29	Bert Blyleven	500.35
30	Jerry Koosman	499.57
31	Clyde Wright	498.14
32	Steve Blass	496.84
33	Bill Hands	496.73
34	Dave Roberts	496.25
35	Dock Ellis	494.62
36	Rick Wise	491.86
37	Gary Gentry	489.96
38	Ken Holtzman	489.42
39	Andy Messersmith	487.77
40	Dick Drago	487.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rudy May	486.32
42	Milt Pappas	485.21
43	Claude Osteen	484.0
44	Stan Bahnsen	483.76
45	Jim Kaat	477.51
46	Al Downing	475.8
47	Dick Bosman	475.63
48	Bill Singer	475.43
49	Jim McGlothlin	472.21
50	Tommy John	472.05
51	Jim Perry	470.67
52	Ron Reed	466.28
53	Steve Renko	464.11
54	Bob Johnson	464.05
55	Gary Peters	460.9
56	Chuck Dobson	459.97
57	Don Gullett	459.89
58	Pat Jarvis	457.26
59	Tom Bradley	453.94
60	George Stone	451.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jack Billingham	450.74
62	Bill Parsons	450.09
63	Steve Kline	449.34
64	Tom Murphy	449.12
65	Reggie Cleveland	446.56
66	Steve Arlin	437.75
67	Luke Walker	436.69
68	Chris Short	434.09
69	Jerry Reuss	430.75
70	Barry Lersch	430.66
71	Ray Sadecki	429.93
72	Mike Hedlund	429.91
73	Carl Morton	425.64
74	Bob Moose	424.04
75	Blue Moon Odom	423.37
76	Skip Lockwood	422.28
77	Lew Krausse	421.93
78	Nolan Ryan	418.46
79	Paul Splittorff	417.9
80	Denny McLain	416.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Tom Phoebus	415.86
82	Ken Forsch	411.48
83	Diego Segui	411.41
84	Les Cain	408.8
85	Wade Blasingame	404.54
86	Jim McAndrew	404.43
87	Alan Foster	404.32
88	Jim Nash	403.89
89	Ross Grimsley	402.94
90	Ernie McAnally	402.36
91	Jim Bunning	401.56
92	Wayne Simpson	399.41
93	Joe Horlen	398.85
94	John Cumberland	394.33
95	Jim Lonborg	392.64
96	Jim Merritt	392.63
97	Tom Kelley	392.46
98	Fred Norman	390.99
99	Pete Broberg	387.51
100	Dean Chance	387.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ray Lamb	385.15
102	Woodie Fryman	384.02
103	Steve Dunning	383.94
104	Joe Niekro	381.66
105	Mike Kekich	380.06
106	Bruce Dal Canton	379.12
107	Ron Bryant	378.63
108	Bill Gogolewski	378.19
109	Juan Pizarro	374.26
110	Ken Reynolds	371.81
111	Jim Slaton	369.55
112	Steve Stone	368.19
113	Steve Hargan	366.97
114	Jim Rooker	366.82
115	Luis Tiant	366.02
116	Tom Hall	363.22
117	Wally Bunker	358.69
118	Bruce Kison	357.51
119	John Strohmayer	355.5
120	Mike Kilkenny	354.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tony Cloninger	351.95
122	Doyle Alexander	350.77
123	Bart Johnson	349.31
124	Nelson Briles	344.99
125	Ray Corbin	344.23
126	Casey Cox	343.37
127	Ken Wright	341.88
128	Jim Shellenback	341.62
129	Don Carrithers	340.7
130	Grant Jackson	337.93
131	Rickey Clark	336.45
132	Rich Hand	334.45
133	Roger Moret	332.99
134	Jerry Janeski	332.55
135	Mike Nagy	330.99
136	Mike Torrez	330.86
137	Al Fitzmorris	330.52
138	Mike Paul	329.63
139	Rollie Fingers	329.23
140	Danny Coombs	327.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Marcelino Lopez	327.87
142	Steve Luebber	327.57
143	Mike Thompson	325.31
144	Vince Colbert	323.86
145	Chris Zachary	323.77
146	Dave Leonhard	321.87
147	Ed Acosta	321.1
148	J.R. Richard	320.15
149	Jim Maloney	319.54
150	Frank Reberger	318.63
151	Ron Cook	316.9
152	Jackie Brown	314.41
153	Jon Matlack	313.98
154	Al Santorini	313.8
155	Charlie Williams	313.77
156	Jim Hardin	312.48
157	Bill Champion	310.73
158	Bill Gilbreth	310.03
159	Pete Hamm	309.53
160	Scipio Spinks	309.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bill Butler	308.93
162	Rich Robertson	308.45
163	Lance Clemons	307.47
164	John Curtis	306.98
165	Dan McGinn	306.06
166	Bob O'Brien	305.89
167	Wayne Twitchell	303.9
168	Bob Veale	303.34
169	Al Closter	301.89
170	Jim Willoughby	301.86
171	Tom Griffin	301.84

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