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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	610.44
2	Nolan Ryan	591.3
3	Don Sutton	584.14
4	Bert Blyleven	582.67
5	Jim Palmer	581.31
6	Gaylord Perry	562.46
7	Bob Gibson	560.98
8	Andy Messersmith	538.64
9	Don Wilson	530.71
10	Luis Tiant	529.93
11	Jack Billingham	526.52
12	Joe Coleman	521.6
13	Steve Carlton	520.11
14	Catfish Hunter	519.15
15	Phil Niekro	516.37
16	Mickey Lolich	512.8
17	Fergie Jenkins	512.6
18	Jon Matlack	508.98
19	Mike Cuellar	506.55
20	Vida Blue	505.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Koosman	504.86
22	Rick Wise	504.4
23	Ken Holtzman	494.74
24	Tom Bradley	494.51
25	Mel Stottlemyre	494.22
26	Bill Singer	492.4
27	Dock Ellis	490.01
28	Tommy John	489.48
29	Dave Roberts	486.72
30	Reggie Cleveland	486.44
31	Nelson Briles	485.48
32	Carl Morton	484.19
33	Claude Osteen	481.68
34	Dave McNally	480.67
35	Wilbur Wood	479.31
36	Al Downing	477.77
37	Marty Pattin	474.41
38	Steve Renko	473.34
39	Fred Norman	473.19
40	Ron Bryant	468.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Wayne Twitchell	467.45
42	Burt Hooton	467.19
43	Don Gullett	465.36
44	Jerry Reuss	463.63
45	Rick Reuschel	462.83
46	Ross Grimsley	462.22
47	Stan Bahnsen	459.65
48	Pat Dobson	458.78
49	Bob Moose	458.36
50	Clay Kirby	455.92
51	Milt Pappas	454.39
52	Juan Marichal	454.22
53	Bill Lee	453.75
54	Doc Medich	452.66
55	Paul Splittorff	450.99
56	Jim Colborn	449.46
57	Clyde Wright	445.83
58	Rudy May	445.0
59	Fritz Peterson	444.27
60	Dick Drago	443.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Tidrow	443.11
62	Jim Slaton	441.57
63	Balor Moore	438.89
64	Jim Bibby	436.46
65	Jim Barr	435.59
66	Jim Perry	435.28
67	Sam McDowell	433.95
68	Dick Woodson	433.54
69	Steve Busby	432.68
70	Steve Rogers	431.0
71	Mike Torrez	428.55
72	Bill Hands	427.95
73	Jim Lonborg	426.92
74	Jim Kaat	426.21
75	John Curtis	425.82
76	Ken Forsch	425.81
77	Bill Greif	425.2
78	Alan Foster	422.84
79	Steve Arlin	421.83
80	Jim Rooker	418.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Woodie Fryman	416.49
82	Sonny Siebert	416.46
83	Ken Brett	414.5
84	Blue Moon Odom	413.96
85	Gary Gentry	412.07
86	Ernie McAnally	407.82
87	Ron Schueler	406.87
88	Bill Stoneman	406.85
89	Randy Jones	406.82
90	Ron Reed	405.04
91	Steve Blass	403.28
92	Steve Kline	399.66
93	Joe Decker	396.87
94	Steve Stone	394.16
95	Skip Lockwood	393.74
96	Roric Harrison	392.74
97	Roger Nelson	389.19
98	Bill Parsons	388.33
99	George Stone	387.28
100	Doyle Alexander	385.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Bosman	384.78
102	Gary Nolan	382.14
103	Dick Ruthven	374.09
104	Roger Moret	372.17
105	Al Fitzmorris	369.16
106	Bill Bonham	368.75
107	Jerry Bell	365.79
108	Tom Timmermann	364.6
109	Luke Walker	362.12
110	Rich Troedson	361.43
111	Pete Broberg	359.65
112	Ray Corbin	357.65
113	Tom Griffin	356.65
114	Jim Merritt	354.92
115	Larry Dierker	354.66
116	Rich Hand	354.15
117	J.R. Richard	350.19
118	Milt Wilcox	349.08
119	David Clyde	347.75
120	Jim McAndrew	347.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jesse Jefferson	346.47
122	Jim McGlothlin	345.99
123	Bruce Kison	341.61
124	Ray Sadecki	341.06
125	Tom Murphy	340.98
126	Mike Paul	340.9
127	Terry Forster	339.24
128	Brent Strom	338.92
129	Jim Willoughby	338.56
130	Bill Champion	338.22
131	Ken Wright	337.31
132	Mike Caldwell	332.83
133	Steve Dunning	332.37
134	Mike Strahler	331.35
135	Frank Tanana	329.87
136	Rich Folkers	326.56
137	Dave Goltz	326.46
138	Wayne Simpson	326.05
139	Tom Hall	325.05
140	Dave Hamilton	324.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Culp	323.33
142	Danny Fife	322.74
143	John Morlan	320.38
144	Gene Garber	317.71
145	Mike Nagy	317.51
146	Don Hood	316.24
147	Eddie Fisher	316.14
148	John D'Acquisto	316.1
149	Barry Lersch	315.53
150	Bart Johnson	314.26
151	Lynn McGlothen	311.33
152	Mike Thompson	311.32
153	Dick Lange	310.86
154	Charlie Hudson	309.85
155	Darold Knowles	309.29
156	Lerrin LaGrow	308.43
157	Dick Baney	308.38
158	Geoff Zahn	308.17
159	Wenty Ford	308.07
160	Harry Parker	308.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Eddie Bane	307.86
162	Steve Mingori	307.15
163	Glenn Abbott	306.49
164	Jackie Brown	306.33
165	Doug Konieczny	305.87
166	Clay Carroll	305.76
167	Dick Pole	305.54
168	Wayne Garland	305.35
169	Jim McKee	305.09
170	Fred Holdsworth	304.78
171	Mark Littell	303.62
172	Andy Hassler	303.39
173	Mike Corkins	302.84
174	Rick Henninger	302.69
175	Doug Rau	302.26
176	Kevin Kobel	302.01
177	Max Leon	301.88
178	Paul Lindblad	300.42
179	Lindy McDaniel	300.14

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