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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	625.69
2	Nolan Ryan	595.41
3	Don Sutton	591.31
4	Jim Palmer	581.29
5	Bert Blyleven	570.85
6	Bob Gibson	564.18
7	Gaylord Perry	550.59
8	Andy Messersmith	541.39
9	Don Wilson	536.45
10	Luis Tiant	520.56
11	Steve Carlton	520.45
12	Jack Billingham	517.41
13	Catfish Hunter	515.75
14	Mickey Lolich	514.47
15	Vida Blue	512.97
16	Phil Niekro	511.76
17	Fergie Jenkins	509.65
18	Mike Cuellar	506.1
19	Joe Coleman	504.95
20	Rick Wise	496.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Koosman	494.49
22	Ken Holtzman	494.22
23	Tom Bradley	493.87
24	Wilbur Wood	492.32
25	Jon Matlack	491.61
26	Tommy John	489.73
27	Bill Singer	489.52
28	Dock Ellis	487.07
29	Al Downing	484.75
30	Dave McNally	484.61
31	Claude Osteen	483.93
32	Nelson Briles	483.42
33	Mel Stottlemyre	483.1
34	Fred Norman	482.78
35	Dave Roberts	476.6
36	Steve Renko	473.54
37	Jerry Reuss	473.19
38	Reggie Cleveland	472.14
39	Stan Bahnsen	472.03
40	Ron Bryant	471.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Burt Hooton	470.99
42	Wayne Twitchell	470.45
43	Don Gullett	469.96
44	Carl Morton	469.82
45	Marty Pattin	465.03
46	Bob Moose	464.38
47	Rick Reuschel	463.18
48	Ross Grimsley	461.49
49	Milt Pappas	457.39
50	Juan Marichal	455.5
51	Clay Kirby	454.19
52	Pat Dobson	453.06
53	Dick Tidrow	452.48
54	Paul Splittorff	449.34
55	Clyde Wright	449.31
56	Bill Lee	448.42
57	Dick Drago	447.5
58	Rudy May	447.17
59	Jim Colborn	445.02
60	Balor Moore	444.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Barr	443.7
62	Fritz Peterson	441.57
63	Jim Perry	441.25
64	Doc Medich	438.63
65	Dick Woodson	437.29
66	Mike Torrez	437.03
67	Jim Bibby	434.45
68	Jim Lonborg	433.65
69	Sam McDowell	432.32
70	Steve Rogers	430.53
71	Bill Hands	430.45
72	Ken Forsch	429.56
73	Bill Greif	424.51
74	Jim Slaton	424.12
75	Steve Arlin	422.63
76	John Curtis	421.4
77	Jim Kaat	418.26
78	Ken Brett	417.81
79	Blue Moon Odom	417.66
80	Steve Busby	416.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Gary Gentry	415.82
82	Woodie Fryman	415.6
83	Alan Foster	414.24
84	Sonny Siebert	411.65
85	Ron Reed	408.79
86	Ron Schueler	408.25
87	Bill Stoneman	406.36
88	Jim Rooker	406.05
89	Steve Blass	405.53
90	Ernie McAnally	403.43
91	Steve Kline	403.41
92	Joe Decker	403.34
93	Skip Lockwood	401.96
94	Roger Nelson	392.94
95	Bill Parsons	392.08
96	George Stone	390.1
97	Randy Jones	389.02
98	Dick Bosman	388.53
99	Roric Harrison	387.1
100	Gary Nolan	385.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Stone	381.45
102	Dick Ruthven	376.59
103	Doyle Alexander	373.55
104	Jerry Bell	369.54
105	Luke Walker	365.87
106	Roger Moret	360.86
107	Rich Troedson	359.34
108	Jim Merritt	358.67
109	Larry Dierker	358.41
110	Al Fitzmorris	355.26
111	Bill Bonham	353.97
112	J.R. Richard	353.94
113	Rich Hand	353.56
114	Jim McAndrew	351.43
115	Pete Broberg	349.28
116	Jim McGlothlin	348.26
117	David Clyde	347.56
118	Milt Wilcox	347.47
119	Tom Timmermann	346.84
120	Jesse Jefferson	346.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Griffin	344.99
122	Ray Sadecki	344.81
123	Mike Paul	344.65
124	Tom Murphy	343.73
125	Terry Forster	343.73
126	Ray Corbin	343.18
127	Brent Strom	342.67
128	Jim Willoughby	342.31
129	Ken Wright	341.06
130	Mike Caldwell	336.58
131	Mike Strahler	335.1
132	Dave Goltz	331.0
133	Rich Folkers	329.81
134	Bill Champion	329.48
135	Tom Hall	328.8
136	Dave Hamilton	328.34
137	Wayne Simpson	328.3
138	Ray Culp	327.08
139	Bruce Kison	326.87
140	John Morlan	324.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Steve Dunning	323.33
142	Mike Nagy	321.26
143	Gene Garber	320.46
144	Eddie Fisher	319.89
145	Bart Johnson	318.01
146	Danny Fife	317.24
147	Lynn McGlothen	315.08
148	John D'Acquisto	314.95
149	Dick Lange	314.61
150	Frank Tanana	313.94
151	Charlie Hudson	312.6
152	Darold Knowles	311.79
153	Harry Parker	311.77
154	Eddie Bane	311.61
155	Jackie Brown	310.08
156	Glenn Abbott	309.99
157	Clay Carroll	309.51
158	Dick Pole	309.29
159	Doug Konieczny	308.62
160	Wenty Ford	308.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Rick Henninger	306.44
162	Andy Hassler	306.39
163	Lerrin LaGrow	306.37
164	Doug Rau	306.01
165	Max Leon	305.63
166	Paul Lindblad	304.17
167	Lindy McDaniel	303.39
168	Juan Pizarro	302.97
169	Don Hood	302.56
170	Mark Littell	302.38
171	Bill Gogolewski	302.33
172	Larry Gura	301.01
173	Mike Kekich	300.95
174	Mike Corkins	300.05

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