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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	639.67
2	Fergie Jenkins	604.4
3	Bob Gibson	590.16
4	Mickey Lolich	573.98
5	Gaylord Perry	558.16
6	Jim Palmer	555.16
7	Vida Blue	552.75
8	Don Wilson	551.85
9	Don Sutton	545.78
10	Mike Cuellar	543.82
11	Joe Coleman	541.8
12	Clay Kirby	535.82
13	Wilbur Wood	535.11
14	Dave McNally	533.89
15	Catfish Hunter	532.79
16	Fritz Peterson	532.6
17	Sam McDowell	532.6
18	Gary Nolan	526.87
19	Juan Marichal	526.38
20	Mel Stottlemyre	519.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pat Dobson	519.56
22	Phil Niekro	519.36
23	Sonny Siebert	516.37
24	Ray Culp	515.64
25	Bert Blyleven	514.86
26	Bill Stoneman	513.16
27	Steve Blass	512.99
28	Bill Hands	508.75
29	Rick Wise	507.53
30	Andy Messersmith	507.16
31	Steve Carlton	505.85
32	Larry Dierker	503.04
33	Dave Roberts	502.26
34	Clyde Wright	501.48
35	Marty Pattin	501.41
36	Gary Gentry	497.71
37	Dick Drago	492.97
38	Al Downing	492.86
39	Stan Bahnsen	492.45
40	Jerry Koosman	491.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dock Ellis	490.82
42	Milt Pappas	488.57
43	Jim Kaat	487.96
44	Ken Holtzman	484.11
45	Rudy May	482.21
46	Tommy John	481.65
47	Dick Bosman	480.49
48	Jim Perry	480.12
49	Jim McGlothlin	477.54
50	Claude Osteen	476.99
51	Tom Bradley	471.05
52	Steve Renko	468.22
53	Bob Johnson	467.15
54	Bill Singer	466.04
55	Jack Billingham	464.8
56	Chuck Dobson	462.9
57	Ron Reed	462.25
58	Don Gullett	459.84
59	Steve Kline	458.68
60	Gary Peters	458.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tom Murphy	456.77
62	Pat Jarvis	449.8
63	Luke Walker	444.07
64	George Stone	443.37
65	Skip Lockwood	442.58
66	Bill Parsons	438.1
67	Barry Lersch	437.87
68	Mike Hedlund	436.87
69	Steve Arlin	436.14
70	Reggie Cleveland	436.05
71	Ken Forsch	433.02
72	Ray Sadecki	431.31
73	Chris Short	430.34
74	Lew Krausse	426.61
75	Jerry Reuss	424.92
76	Diego Segui	421.75
77	Bob Moose	420.29
78	Denny McLain	418.56
79	Carl Morton	415.45
80	Ernie McAnally	415.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Nolan Ryan	414.21
82	Paul Splittorff	413.97
83	Alan Foster	413.71
84	Les Cain	413.69
85	Blue Moon Odom	413.02
86	Tom Phoebus	412.11
87	Jim Lonborg	412.02
88	John Cumberland	411.22
89	Ross Grimsley	409.78
90	Jim McAndrew	407.38
91	Fred Norman	399.5
92	Tom Kelley	398.87
93	Jim Bunning	397.81
94	Pete Broberg	396.73
95	Wayne Simpson	396.51
96	Wade Blasingame	396.03
97	Jim Nash	395.96
98	Joe Horlen	395.1
99	Steve Dunning	394.41
100	Jim Merritt	394.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Woodie Fryman	393.23
102	Jim Slaton	390.39
103	Juan Pizarro	387.82
104	Bill Gogolewski	386.25
105	Dean Chance	383.3
106	Joe Niekro	381.67
107	Ray Lamb	381.4
108	Ken Reynolds	381.29
109	Mike Kekich	377.93
110	Ron Bryant	375.38
111	Bart Johnson	373.9
112	Nelson Briles	373.9
113	Bruce Dal Canton	373.88
114	Bruce Kison	364.78
115	Steve Stone	364.44
116	Steve Hargan	363.22
117	Jim Rooker	363.07
118	Luis Tiant	362.27
119	Tom Hall	359.72
120	Wally Bunker	354.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Roger Moret	354.59
122	Al Fitzmorris	353.95
123	Doyle Alexander	352.01
124	John Strohmayer	351.75
125	Mike Kilkenny	349.37
126	Ray Corbin	349.16
127	Don Carrithers	348.58
128	Tony Cloninger	348.2
129	Ed Acosta	340.27
130	Casey Cox	339.62
131	Ken Wright	338.13
132	Jim Shellenback	337.87
133	Vince Colbert	335.24
134	Grant Jackson	334.18
135	Rich Hand	333.79
136	Bill Champion	333.17
137	Rickey Clark	332.7
138	Burt Hooton	331.8
139	Mike Paul	330.17
140	Jerry Janeski	328.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Nagy	327.24
142	Mike Torrez	327.11
143	J.R. Richard	326.04
144	Rollie Fingers	325.48
145	Marcelino Lopez	324.37
146	Danny Coombs	324.2
147	Steve Luebber	324.03
148	Mike Thompson	322.14
149	Dave Leonhard	321.89
150	Jon Matlack	321.12
151	John Curtis	319.22
152	Chris Zachary	318.65
153	Monty Montgomery	316.86
154	Pete Hamm	315.85
155	Jim Maloney	315.79
156	Frank Reberger	314.88
157	Scipio Spinks	314.34
158	Ron Cook	313.15
159	Tom Timmermann	311.39
160	Joe Decker	311.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jackie Brown	310.66
162	Al Santorini	310.05
163	Charlie Williams	310.02
164	Mike Garman	309.85
165	Terry Forster	308.96
166	Jim Hardin	308.73
167	Jim Britton	308.65
168	Daryl Patterson	308.51
169	Fred Scherman	308.12
170	Gary Neibauer	307.31
171	Bill Gilbreth	307.28
172	Tug McGraw	306.54
173	Bill Butler	305.18
174	Rich Robertson	304.7
175	Lance Clemons	303.72
176	Dan McGinn	302.31
177	Ken Brett	302.23
178	Bob O'Brien	302.14
179	Eddie Fisher	301.58
180	Jay Franklin	300.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Wayne Twitchell	300.15

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