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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	622.99
2	Nolan Ryan	591.67
3	Don Sutton	591.31
4	Jim Palmer	575.46
5	Bert Blyleven	572.79
6	Bob Gibson	565.18
7	Gaylord Perry	550.59
8	Andy Messersmith	537.25
9	Don Wilson	536.45
10	Mickey Lolich	518.89
11	Catfish Hunter	518.31
12	Steve Carlton	517.57
13	Jack Billingham	517.51
14	Fergie Jenkins	511.3
15	Luis Tiant	510.52
16	Phil Niekro	509.49
17	Mike Cuellar	505.95
18	Ken Holtzman	503.24
19	Vida Blue	502.15
20	Joe Coleman	499.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Bradley	497.84
22	Jon Matlack	496.53
23	Dave McNally	494.02
24	Rick Wise	492.71
25	Wilbur Wood	490.61
26	Jerry Koosman	488.68
27	Dock Ellis	488.07
28	Nelson Briles	487.45
29	Tommy John	485.83
30	Bill Singer	484.31
31	Mel Stottlemyre	482.42
32	Claude Osteen	482.39
33	Stan Bahnsen	479.35
34	Al Downing	478.29
35	Dave Roberts	476.6
36	Steve Renko	476.55
37	Reggie Cleveland	475.0
38	Ron Bryant	473.38
39	Fred Norman	472.48
40	Carl Morton	469.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Burt Hooton	469.25
42	Rick Reuschel	468.06
43	Jerry Reuss	466.78
44	Ross Grimsley	466.33
45	Wayne Twitchell	466.24
46	Marty Pattin	465.03
47	Bob Moose	461.95
48	Clay Kirby	461.05
49	Don Gullett	457.58
50	Dick Tidrow	456.68
51	Juan Marichal	453.95
52	Pat Dobson	453.06
53	Milt Pappas	452.17
54	Dick Drago	448.5
55	Balor Moore	447.28
56	Rudy May	447.17
57	Paul Splittorff	446.92
58	Clyde Wright	446.53
59	Jim Colborn	442.48
60	Bill Lee	441.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Fritz Peterson	441.57
62	Mike Torrez	441.42
63	Jim Barr	440.85
64	Jim Perry	439.83
65	Dick Woodson	438.29
66	Jim Lonborg	437.98
67	Doc Medich	437.49
68	Sam McDowell	433.32
69	Ken Forsch	430.56
70	Bill Hands	426.56
71	Jim Bibby	425.76
72	Steve Rogers	425.06
73	Jim Slaton	422.49
74	John Curtis	422.4
75	Woodie Fryman	421.96
76	Alan Foster	419.56
77	Jim Kaat	418.26
78	Gary Gentry	416.82
79	Steve Busby	416.38
80	Blue Moon Odom	415.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Greif	415.19
82	Ken Brett	415.09
83	Steve Arlin	414.14
84	Sonny Siebert	411.65
85	Steve Blass	410.87
86	Ron Reed	409.79
87	Bill Stoneman	406.36
88	Ernie McAnally	404.43
89	Steve Kline	404.41
90	Ron Schueler	403.76
91	Skip Lockwood	402.71
92	Jim Rooker	399.97
93	Joe Decker	397.79
94	Roger Nelson	393.94
95	Bill Parsons	393.08
96	Dick Bosman	389.53
97	George Stone	389.39
98	Randy Jones	387.97
99	Gary Nolan	386.89
100	Roric Harrison	385.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Stone	382.45
102	Dick Ruthven	376.1
103	Doyle Alexander	373.55
104	Jerry Bell	370.29
105	Luke Walker	366.87
106	Roger Moret	360.22
107	Jim Merritt	359.67
108	Larry Dierker	359.41
109	J.R. Richard	354.94
110	Jim McAndrew	352.43
111	Pete Broberg	351.84
112	Rich Troedson	350.87
113	Jim McGlothlin	349.26
114	Al Fitzmorris	348.37
115	Tom Timmermann	347.09
116	Mike Paul	345.4
117	David Clyde	344.86
118	Ray Sadecki	344.81
119	Rich Hand	344.3
120	Milt Wilcox	344.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Brent Strom	343.67
122	Jim Willoughby	343.31
123	Terry Forster	343.3
124	Tom Murphy	342.44
125	Ken Wright	342.06
126	Tom Griffin	341.36
127	Bill Bonham	341.23
128	Mike Caldwell	337.58
129	Jesse Jefferson	336.55
130	Mike Strahler	336.1
131	Ray Corbin	334.23
132	Dave Goltz	331.0
133	Rich Folkers	329.81
134	Tom Hall	329.8
135	Bill Champion	329.38
136	Dave Hamilton	329.34
137	Ray Culp	328.08
138	Wayne Simpson	327.51
139	Bruce Kison	326.87
140	John Morlan	325.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Nagy	321.26
142	Eddie Fisher	320.89
143	Steve Dunning	320.67
144	Bart Johnson	319.01
145	Gene Garber	317.14
146	Danny Fife	316.35
147	Lynn McGlothen	316.08
148	Charlie Hudson	315.8
149	Dick Lange	315.61
150	Frank Tanana	313.77
151	Harry Parker	312.77
152	Eddie Bane	312.36
153	Darold Knowles	311.96
154	Jackie Brown	311.08
155	Clay Carroll	310.51
156	Dick Pole	310.29
157	Glenn Abbott	309.99
158	Wenty Ford	309.24
159	Rick Henninger	307.44
160	Lerrin LaGrow	307.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Doug Rau	307.01
162	Max Leon	306.63
163	Doug Konieczny	306.57
164	Paul Lindblad	305.17
165	Juan Pizarro	303.97
166	Lindy McDaniel	303.39
167	Mark Littell	303.38
168	Don Hood	303.31
169	Larry Gura	302.01
170	Mike Kekich	301.95
171	John D'Acquisto	301.54
172	Mike Corkins	301.05
173	Scipio Spinks	300.91
174	Steve Barber	300.67

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