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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	606.64
2	Nolan Ryan	592.05
3	Don Sutton	585.39
4	Bert Blyleven	582.67
5	Jim Palmer	574.21
6	Gaylord Perry	563.46
7	Bob Gibson	561.23
8	Andy Messersmith	539.89
9	Don Wilson	531.96
10	Luis Tiant	530.43
11	Joe Coleman	522.35
12	Jack Billingham	520.43
13	Steve Carlton	520.36
14	Catfish Hunter	519.15
15	Phil Niekro	517.62
16	Mickey Lolich	513.8
17	Vida Blue	512.96
18	Fergie Jenkins	512.6
19	Jon Matlack	508.98
20	Mike Cuellar	506.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Wise	505.4
22	Jerry Koosman	504.86
23	Tom Bradley	495.01
24	Ken Holtzman	494.99
25	Mel Stottlemyre	494.72
26	Bill Singer	492.65
27	Dock Ellis	490.51
28	Tommy John	489.98
29	Reggie Cleveland	487.19
30	Dave Roberts	486.72
31	Nelson Briles	485.73
32	Carl Morton	484.44
33	Claude Osteen	482.93
34	Dave McNally	480.92
35	Wilbur Wood	480.56
36	Al Downing	478.77
37	Marty Pattin	474.91
38	Steve Renko	473.84
39	Fred Norman	473.44
40	Wayne Twitchell	468.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ron Bryant	468.38
42	Burt Hooton	467.19
43	Don Gullett	465.86
44	Jerry Reuss	463.88
45	Ross Grimsley	463.22
46	Rick Reuschel	462.83
47	Stan Bahnsen	460.65
48	Bob Moose	459.61
49	Pat Dobson	459.53
50	Clay Kirby	456.17
51	Milt Pappas	455.64
52	Juan Marichal	455.22
53	Bill Lee	454.75
54	Doc Medich	452.91
55	Paul Splittorff	451.99
56	Jim Colborn	449.46
57	Clyde Wright	447.08
58	Rudy May	445.5
59	Dick Drago	445.0
60	Fritz Peterson	444.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Tidrow	443.61
62	Jim Slaton	442.32
63	Balor Moore	439.89
64	Jim Bibby	436.96
65	Jim Perry	436.53
66	Jim Barr	435.84
67	Sam McDowell	434.95
68	Dick Woodson	434.79
69	Steve Busby	432.93
70	Steve Rogers	431.25
71	Mike Torrez	429.8
72	Bill Hands	429.2
73	Ken Forsch	427.06
74	Jim Kaat	426.96
75	Jim Lonborg	426.92
76	Bill Greif	426.45
77	John Curtis	425.82
78	Steve Arlin	423.08
79	Alan Foster	422.84
80	Jim Rooker	418.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Sonny Siebert	417.46
82	Woodie Fryman	416.99
83	Blue Moon Odom	415.21
84	Ken Brett	415.0
85	Gary Gentry	413.32
86	Bill Stoneman	408.1
87	Ron Schueler	407.87
88	Ernie McAnally	407.82
89	Randy Jones	406.82
90	Ron Reed	406.29
91	Steve Blass	404.53
92	Steve Kline	400.91
93	Joe Decker	398.12
94	Steve Stone	394.16
95	Roric Harrison	393.99
96	Skip Lockwood	393.99
97	Roger Nelson	390.44
98	Bill Parsons	389.58
99	George Stone	388.53
100	Dick Bosman	386.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doyle Alexander	385.52
102	Gary Nolan	383.39
103	Dick Ruthven	375.34
104	Roger Moret	372.42
105	Al Fitzmorris	369.91
106	Bill Bonham	369.75
107	Jerry Bell	367.04
108	Tom Timmermann	364.85
109	Luke Walker	363.37
110	Rich Troedson	362.68
111	Pete Broberg	359.65
112	Ray Corbin	357.9
113	Tom Griffin	357.9
114	Jim Merritt	356.17
115	Larry Dierker	355.91
116	Rich Hand	355.15
117	J.R. Richard	351.44
118	Milt Wilcox	349.58
119	Jim McAndrew	348.93
120	David Clyde	348.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jesse Jefferson	347.72
122	Jim McGlothlin	346.49
123	Ray Sadecki	342.31
124	Tom Murphy	342.23
125	Mike Paul	342.15
126	Bruce Kison	341.61
127	Brent Strom	340.17
128	Jim Willoughby	339.81
129	Terry Forster	339.49
130	Bill Champion	339.47
131	Ken Wright	338.56
132	Mike Caldwell	334.08
133	Steve Dunning	333.62
134	Mike Strahler	332.6
135	Frank Tanana	329.87
136	Rich Folkers	327.81
137	Wayne Simpson	327.3
138	Dave Goltz	327.21
139	Tom Hall	326.3
140	Dave Hamilton	325.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Culp	324.58
142	Danny Fife	323.24
143	John Morlan	321.63
144	Gene Garber	318.96
145	Mike Nagy	318.76
146	Eddie Fisher	317.39
147	John D'Acquisto	317.35
148	Don Hood	317.24
149	Barry Lersch	316.28
150	Bart Johnson	315.51
151	Lynn McGlothen	312.58
152	Dick Lange	312.11
153	Mike Thompson	311.82
154	Charlie Hudson	311.1
155	Darold Knowles	310.54
156	Dick Baney	309.63
157	Harry Parker	309.27
158	Eddie Bane	309.11
159	Lerrin LaGrow	308.68
160	Geoff Zahn	308.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Wenty Ford	308.07
162	Glenn Abbott	307.74
163	Jackie Brown	307.58
164	Steve Mingori	307.15
165	Doug Konieczny	307.12
166	Clay Carroll	307.01
167	Dick Pole	306.79
168	Wayne Garland	306.1
169	Jim McKee	306.09
170	Fred Holdsworth	304.78
171	Andy Hassler	304.64
172	Mark Littell	304.12
173	Rick Henninger	303.94
174	Doug Rau	303.51
175	Mike Corkins	303.34
176	Max Leon	303.13
177	Kevin Kobel	302.51
178	Paul Lindblad	301.67
179	Lindy McDaniel	301.39
180	Bill Gogolewski	301.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Juan Pizarro	300.47

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