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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	614.51
2	Nolan Ryan	589.43
3	Don Sutton	585.39
4	Bert Blyleven	582.46
5	Jim Palmer	581.29
6	Gaylord Perry	563.46
7	Bob Gibson	562.93
8	Andy Messersmith	541.14
9	Don Wilson	532.46
10	Steve Carlton	527.42
11	Luis Tiant	523.17
12	Jack Billingham	523.16
13	Phil Niekro	517.62
14	Catfish Hunter	517.59
15	Joe Coleman	516.13
16	Fergie Jenkins	515.04
17	Mickey Lolich	513.8
18	Vida Blue	512.5
19	Mike Cuellar	506.1
20	Rick Wise	505.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jon Matlack	501.9
22	Jerry Koosman	497.17
23	Ken Holtzman	494.22
24	Tom Bradley	490.84
25	Bill Singer	490.32
26	Tommy John	489.64
27	Mel Stottlemyre	488.06
28	Dave McNally	487.85
29	Nelson Briles	486.74
30	Dock Ellis	486.39
31	Dave Roberts	484.85
32	Claude Osteen	483.93
33	Wilbur Wood	481.06
34	Al Downing	478.77
35	Reggie Cleveland	476.41
36	Fred Norman	475.1
37	Carl Morton	474.42
38	Steve Renko	473.84
39	Burt Hooton	470.99
40	Marty Pattin	470.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Wayne Twitchell	469.95
42	Jerry Reuss	469.92
43	Ron Bryant	463.62
44	Ross Grimsley	463.22
45	Stan Bahnsen	460.65
46	Don Gullett	460.48
47	Bob Moose	459.86
48	Rick Reuschel	458.09
49	Milt Pappas	456.89
50	Juan Marichal	455.22
51	Bill Lee	454.75
52	Clay Kirby	453.25
53	Paul Splittorff	451.99
54	Pat Dobson	451.71
55	Rudy May	450.99
56	Clyde Wright	447.33
57	Dick Drago	446.25
58	Jim Colborn	445.93
59	Dick Tidrow	444.86
60	Doc Medich	444.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Fritz Peterson	444.11
62	Jim Barr	443.7
63	Balor Moore	439.89
64	Jim Perry	436.53
65	Dick Woodson	436.04
66	Sam McDowell	434.95
67	Jim Slaton	434.27
68	Steve Rogers	432.12
69	Bill Hands	430.45
70	Mike Torrez	430.3
71	Jim Bibby	429.47
72	Ken Forsch	428.31
73	Bill Greif	426.45
74	Jim Lonborg	426.43
75	Steve Arlin	423.83
76	Steve Busby	422.5
77	Alan Foster	421.3
78	John Curtis	420.15
79	Jim Kaat	418.26
80	Sonny Siebert	417.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Woodie Fryman	415.6
82	Blue Moon Odom	415.46
83	Gary Gentry	414.57
84	Ken Brett	413.18
85	Jim Rooker	413.15
86	Ernie McAnally	411.06
87	Bill Stoneman	408.6
88	Ron Schueler	407.87
89	Ron Reed	407.54
90	Steve Blass	405.53
91	Steve Kline	402.16
92	Skip Lockwood	400.71
93	Randy Jones	399.82
94	Joe Decker	398.62
95	Roric Harrison	394.49
96	Roger Nelson	391.69
97	Bill Parsons	390.83
98	George Stone	389.03
99	Dick Bosman	387.28
100	Gary Nolan	384.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doyle Alexander	382.18
102	Steve Stone	380.2
103	Dick Ruthven	376.59
104	Bill Bonham	369.75
105	Jerry Bell	368.29
106	Roger Moret	364.68
107	Luke Walker	364.62
108	Al Fitzmorris	363.16
109	Rich Troedson	362.93
110	Tom Griffin	357.9
111	Jim Merritt	357.42
112	Larry Dierker	357.16
113	Milt Wilcox	355.32
114	Rich Hand	355.15
115	Tom Timmermann	353.35
116	J.R. Richard	352.69
117	Jim McAndrew	350.18
118	Ray Corbin	349.24
119	Jesse Jefferson	347.72
120	David Clyde	347.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim McGlothlin	347.01
122	Pete Broberg	346.7
123	Terry Forster	343.87
124	Ray Sadecki	343.56
125	Tom Murphy	343.48
126	Mike Paul	343.4
127	Brent Strom	341.42
128	Jim Willoughby	341.06
129	Ken Wright	339.81
130	Bill Champion	339.47
131	Mike Caldwell	335.33
132	Mike Strahler	333.85
133	Steve Dunning	333.62
134	Bruce Kison	331.48
135	Dave Goltz	330.0
136	Rich Folkers	329.06
137	Wayne Simpson	328.3
138	Tom Hall	327.55
139	Dave Hamilton	327.09
140	Ray Culp	325.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	John Morlan	322.88
142	Gene Garber	320.21
143	Mike Nagy	320.01
144	Eddie Fisher	318.64
145	John D'Acquisto	317.35
146	Don Hood	317.24
147	Bart Johnson	316.76
148	Danny Fife	315.05
149	Frank Tanana	313.94
150	Lynn McGlothen	313.83
151	Dick Lange	313.36
152	Charlie Hudson	312.35
153	Darold Knowles	311.79
154	Harry Parker	310.52
155	Eddie Bane	310.36
156	Dick Baney	309.88
157	Glenn Abbott	308.99
158	Jackie Brown	308.83
159	Doug Konieczny	308.37
160	Clay Carroll	308.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dick Pole	308.04
162	Wenty Ford	306.99
163	Jim McKee	306.09
164	Andy Hassler	305.89
165	Barry Lersch	305.84
166	Rick Henninger	305.19
167	Lerrin LaGrow	305.12
168	Doug Rau	304.76
169	Max Leon	304.38
170	Mike Thompson	304.03
171	Paul Lindblad	302.92
172	Lindy McDaniel	302.64
173	Bill Gogolewski	302.33
174	Juan Pizarro	301.72
175	Mark Littell	301.13

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