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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	643.43
2	Fergie Jenkins	604.5
3	Bob Gibson	589.66
4	Mickey Lolich	577.99
5	Gaylord Perry	562.66
6	Jim Palmer	555.16
7	Don Wilson	554.7
8	Vida Blue	552.75
9	Don Sutton	551.19
10	Joe Coleman	545.57
11	Wilbur Wood	543.64
12	Clay Kirby	542.49
13	Mike Cuellar	541.06
14	Catfish Hunter	537.18
15	Dave McNally	533.79
16	Juan Marichal	533.27
17	Fritz Peterson	532.6
18	Sam McDowell	532.6
19	Phil Niekro	528.97
20	Gary Nolan	526.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mel Stottlemyre	521.58
22	Bert Blyleven	520.96
23	Pat Dobson	519.56
24	Sonny Siebert	515.37
25	Steve Blass	512.99
26	Bill Stoneman	511.8
27	Andy Messersmith	511.4
28	Steve Carlton	510.35
29	Rick Wise	509.24
30	Bill Hands	508.25
31	Ray Culp	508.05
32	Clyde Wright	507.98
33	Marty Pattin	507.66
34	Larry Dierker	502.04
35	Gary Gentry	497.21
36	Dave Roberts	496.98
37	Jim Kaat	494.2
38	Dock Ellis	493.33
39	Dick Drago	492.97
40	Stan Bahnsen	492.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Koosman	491.57
42	Rudy May	486.83
43	Al Downing	485.42
44	Milt Pappas	484.92
45	Ken Holtzman	483.11
46	Tommy John	481.65
47	Jim Perry	480.12
48	Claude Osteen	476.99
49	Jim McGlothlin	476.54
50	Bill Singer	475.65
51	Tom Bradley	475.51
52	Dick Bosman	474.49
53	Jack Billingham	469.93
54	Bob Johnson	467.15
55	Steve Renko	463.38
56	Ron Reed	462.25
57	Gary Peters	460.05
58	Don Gullett	459.84
59	Chuck Dobson	457.69
60	Steve Kline	457.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tom Murphy	456.52
62	Pat Jarvis	449.3
63	Mike Hedlund	443.84
64	Luke Walker	443.57
65	George Stone	443.37
66	Skip Lockwood	442.58
67	Ray Sadecki	442.26
68	Ken Forsch	439.98
69	Bill Parsons	439.04
70	Barry Lersch	437.87
71	Steve Arlin	436.14
72	Reggie Cleveland	435.8
73	Chris Short	429.34
74	Lew Krausse	425.86
75	Jerry Reuss	424.92
76	Diego Segui	421.75
77	Ernie McAnally	419.75
78	Bob Moose	419.29
79	Denny McLain	418.56
80	Carl Morton	415.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Paul Splittorff	413.97
82	Alan Foster	413.71
83	Les Cain	413.69
84	Ross Grimsley	413.07
85	Blue Moon Odom	412.27
86	John Cumberland	412.03
87	Jim Lonborg	412.02
88	Tom Phoebus	411.11
89	Nolan Ryan	410.06
90	Jim McAndrew	406.38
91	Fred Norman	398.5
92	Tom Kelley	398.12
93	Jim Bunning	396.81
94	Pete Broberg	396.73
95	Wayne Simpson	395.51
96	Wade Blasingame	395.03
97	Jim Nash	394.96
98	Steve Dunning	394.41
99	Jim Slaton	394.26
100	Joe Horlen	394.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Merritt	393.05
102	Woodie Fryman	392.98
103	Bill Gogolewski	389.99
104	Juan Pizarro	386.57
105	Dean Chance	382.3
106	Ken Reynolds	381.29
107	Joe Niekro	380.67
108	Ray Lamb	380.4
109	Mike Kekich	376.81
110	Nelson Briles	374.51
111	Ron Bryant	374.38
112	Bart Johnson	373.15
113	Bruce Dal Canton	372.88
114	Tom Hall	366.34
115	Bruce Kison	364.78
116	Steve Hargan	364.31
117	Steve Stone	363.44
118	Jim Rooker	362.07
119	Luis Tiant	361.27
120	Al Fitzmorris	357.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Roger Moret	354.59
122	Wally Bunker	353.94
123	Doyle Alexander	351.01
124	John Strohmayer	350.75
125	Don Carrithers	348.58
126	Mike Kilkenny	348.37
127	Ray Corbin	348.16
128	Tony Cloninger	347.2
129	Vince Colbert	347.01
130	Grant Jackson	341.74
131	Ed Acosta	339.3
132	Casey Cox	338.62
133	Ken Wright	337.13
134	Jim Shellenback	335.65
135	Bill Champion	333.8
136	Rich Hand	333.04
137	Rickey Clark	331.7
138	Burt Hooton	331.05
139	Mike Paul	330.17
140	Jerry Janeski	327.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Nagy	326.24
142	Mike Torrez	326.11
143	J.R. Richard	325.54
144	Rollie Fingers	324.48
145	Steve Luebber	324.03
146	Marcelino Lopez	323.37
147	Danny Coombs	323.2
148	Dave Leonhard	321.89
149	Mike Thompson	321.14
150	Jon Matlack	321.12
151	Mike Garman	320.13
152	John Curtis	319.22
153	Chris Zachary	317.65
154	Monty Montgomery	316.86
155	Pete Hamm	314.85
156	Jim Maloney	314.79
157	Scipio Spinks	314.34
158	Frank Reberger	313.88
159	Santiago Guzman	312.49
160	Ron Cook	312.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Joe Decker	311.39
162	Tom Timmermann	310.64
163	Tom House	310.49
164	Jackie Brown	309.66
165	Daryl Patterson	309.31
166	Al Santorini	309.05
167	Charlie Williams	309.02
168	Terry Forster	308.96
169	Jim Britton	307.9
170	Jim Hardin	307.73
171	Jim Magnuson	307.18
172	Fred Scherman	307.12
173	Gary Neibauer	306.31
174	Bill Gilbreth	306.28
175	Tug McGraw	305.54
176	Milt Wilcox	305.09
177	Bill Butler	304.18
178	Rich Robertson	303.7
179	Lance Clemons	302.72
180	Dan McGinn	301.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Ken Brett	301.23
182	Bob O'Brien	301.14
183	Eddie Fisher	300.58

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