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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	616.93
2	Tom Seaver	593.18
3	Sam McDowell	578.71
4	Fergie Jenkins	577.92
5	Gaylord Perry	568.45
6	Mike Cuellar	540.75
7	Dave McNally	537.05
8	Ken Holtzman	525.75
9	Larry Dierker	520.71
10	Jim Palmer	519.92
11	Mickey Lolich	518.88
12	Bill Hands	518.5
13	Jim Perry	516.25
14	Fritz Peterson	515.52
15	Gary Nolan	514.97
16	Bill Singer	513.18
17	Ray Culp	511.54
18	Juan Marichal	511.13
19	Jerry Koosman	508.27
20	Steve Carlton	506.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Phil Niekro	502.83
22	Tommy John	499.75
23	Joe Coleman	497.68
24	Pat Jarvis	496.41
25	Mel Stottlemyre	493.83
26	Bob Veale	493.61
27	Dick Bosman	490.47
28	Chuck Dobson	490.34
29	Don Sutton	487.58
30	Catfish Hunter	484.64
31	Sonny Siebert	484.64
32	Andy Messersmith	480.48
33	Jim Merritt	470.26
34	Steve Blass	468.78
35	Gary Gentry	466.83
36	Luis Tiant	466.49
37	Dock Ellis	465.44
38	Claude Osteen	465.27
39	Jim Bunning	465.0
40	Jim McAndrew	464.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Gary Peters	463.21
42	Stan Bahnsen	462.97
43	Jim Nash	462.13
44	Jim McGlothlin	457.76
45	Milt Pappas	457.75
46	Blue Moon Odom	456.97
47	Bob Moose	454.99
48	Marty Pattin	453.9
49	Jim Kaat	453.15
50	Don Wilson	453.01
51	Dick Drago	450.21
52	Rick Wise	450.17
53	Tom Phoebus	449.76
54	Denny Lemaster	449.55
55	Denny McLain	446.67
56	Clay Kirby	446.13
57	Clyde Wright	444.2
58	Earl Wilson	444.13
59	Bob Johnson	443.76
60	Dean Chance	443.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Hardin	441.88
62	Carl Morton	440.29
63	Joe Niekro	437.28
64	George Stone	435.42
65	Pat Dobson	433.6
66	Wayne Simpson	432.5
67	Jim Rooker	431.07
68	Joe Horlen	429.37
69	Rudy May	427.88
70	Bill Butler	426.87
71	Tom Murphy	425.56
72	Les Cain	425.54
73	George Brunet	425.19
74	Bert Blyleven	425.0
75	Steve Renko	424.45
76	Dave Boswell	424.42
77	Bill Stoneman	424.16
78	Woodie Fryman	423.37
79	Lew Krausse	422.26
80	Chris Short	420.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Maloney	420.54
82	Al Downing	417.0
83	Ray Sadecki	413.19
84	Steve Hargan	411.65
85	Grant Jackson	411.09
86	Diego Segui	410.44
87	Rich Hand	408.77
88	Ron Reed	405.92
89	Luke Walker	405.05
90	Mike Torrez	403.01
91	Tom Griffin	400.42
92	Wally Bunker	400.27
93	Skip Lockwood	395.63
94	Danny Coombs	395.27
95	Nelson Briles	394.75
96	Casey Cox	394.65
97	Nolan Ryan	394.54
98	Alan Foster	392.54
99	Mike Kilkenny	391.87
100	Mike McCormick	389.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jack Billingham	388.48
102	Jerry Janeski	387.08
103	Bobby Bolin	385.88
104	Gene Brabender	379.91
105	Tony Cloninger	379.04
106	Mike Nagy	378.75
107	Dave Roberts	376.13
108	Jim Hannan	373.68
109	Jerry Reuss	367.23
110	Bill Zepp	366.69
111	Joe Moeller	366.42
112	Tom Hall	366.28
113	Wade Blasingame	364.61
114	Rollie Fingers	364.35
115	Steve Dunning	363.79
116	Steve Kline	363.54
117	Skip Pitlock	362.01
118	Dave Morehead	360.97
119	Dan McGinn	359.53
120	Joe Decker	357.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rich Robertson	356.0
122	Jim Lonborg	353.05
123	Sandy Vance	353.02
124	Barry Moore	352.67
125	Mike Corkins	351.69
126	Mike Wegener	350.61
127	Ken Brett	350.43
128	Barry Lersch	350.31
129	Cal Koonce	348.72
130	Mike Kekich	347.07
131	Frank Reberger	346.74
132	Tom Bradley	346.23
133	Bart Johnson	342.25
134	Jim Shellenback	341.99
135	Bob Miller	340.31
136	Al Santorini	336.42
137	Jim Nelson	335.81
138	Mike Paul	330.29
139	Chuck Taylor	327.23
140	Vida Blue	323.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Roger Nelson	322.58
142	Vicente Romo	321.18
143	Ray Washburn	320.59
144	Fred Cambria	320.5
145	Rich Nye	319.56
146	Bruce Dal Canton	318.99
147	Milt Wilcox	318.05
148	Rick Austin	318.04
149	Bill Gogolewski	317.68
150	Joe Sparma	317.33
151	Jackie Brown	317.13
152	Frank Bertaina	315.61
153	Billy Wynne	315.15
154	John Morris	314.72
155	Mike McQueen	313.98
156	Jerry Crider	313.8
157	Ken Forsch	313.11
158	Lowell Palmer	312.9
159	Greg Garrett	312.11
160	Mike Marshall	311.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	John Cumberland	311.16
162	Ron Cook	310.32
163	Jim Magnuson	309.34
164	Gary Waslewski	308.28
165	Marcelino Lopez	308.07
166	Al Fitzmorris	307.3
167	John O'Donoghue	306.04
168	Eddie Fisher	305.98
169	Larry Gura	304.76
170	Bob Reed	301.65
171	Don Carrithers	301.0
172	Harry Parker	300.86
173	Danny Frisella	300.23
174	Jerry Nyman	300.2
175	Jim Colborn	300.09

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