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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Bob Gibson	634.52
2	Juan Marichal	587.17
3	Tom Seaver	579.86
4	Gaylord Perry	570.8
5	Mike Cuellar	562.66
6	Denny McLain	557.71
7	Sam McDowell	557.23
8	Larry Dierker	552.5
9	Mickey Lolich	545.1
10	Fergie Jenkins	543.04
11	Bill Singer	540.61
12	Phil Niekro	538.33
13	Jerry Koosman	535.6
14	Dave McNally	533.38
15	Bill Hands	529.56
16	Steve Carlton	525.39
17	Fritz Peterson	521.04
18	Bob Veale	521.0
19	Claude Osteen	517.1
20	Dave Boswell	510.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Luis Tiant	509.33
22	Jim Maloney	508.16
23	Denny Lemaster	507.83
24	Mel Stottlemyre	505.31
25	Catfish Hunter	502.63
26	Don Sutton	494.43
27	Earl Wilson	490.58
28	Andy Messersmith	488.32
29	Ray Culp	486.98
30	Jim Perry	486.21
31	Blue Moon Odom	484.98
32	Joe Coleman	484.77
33	Dean Chance	484.45
34	Don Wilson	482.4
35	Joe Horlen	481.5
36	Ken Holtzman	477.82
37	Jim Bunning	475.74
38	Jim Merritt	474.81
39	Tommy John	473.41
40	Pat Jarvis	473.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Nelson Briles	467.84
42	Tom Phoebus	466.66
43	Ron Reed	461.92
44	Jim Kaat	459.43
45	Gary Nolan	458.28
46	Rick Wise	458.21
47	Chuck Dobson	455.47
48	Jim Nash	455.38
49	Gary Gentry	453.17
50	George Brunet	452.57
51	Jim McGlothlin	450.8
52	Stan Bahnsen	449.76
53	Mike McCormick	449.53
54	Dock Ellis	449.36
55	Jim Hardin	447.42
56	Jim Palmer	445.63
57	Grant Jackson	445.08
58	Tom Griffin	444.41
59	Steve Blass	444.22
60	Gary Peters	443.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Sonny Siebert	443.45
62	Dick Bosman	442.87
63	Wally Bunker	439.66
64	Woodie Fryman	437.24
65	Bob Moose	435.64
66	Dick Selma	434.33
67	Ray Sadecki	432.67
68	Milt Pappas	428.16
69	Ray Washburn	426.16
70	Clay Kirby	424.94
71	Bill Stoneman	424.21
72	Dave Giusti	424.04
73	Jim Lonborg	417.89
74	Jim McAndrew	416.55
75	Joe Niekro	416.46
76	Chris Short	416.44
77	Don Drysdale	415.05
78	Roger Nelson	413.72
79	Don Cardwell	413.35
80	Al Downing	412.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Gene Brabender	410.27
82	Dick Drago	410.07
83	Tony Cloninger	408.66
84	Mike Nagy	408.4
85	Bill Butler	405.51
86	Jim Hannan	403.37
87	Stan Williams	403.33
88	Jim Rooker	403.22
89	Jerry Robertson	402.02
90	Mike Wegener	400.21
91	Rudy May	400.21
92	Bobby Bolin	399.46
93	Tom Murphy	399.04
94	Dick Kelley	398.77
95	Al Santorini	397.27
96	Dick Ellsworth	392.85
97	Mike Kilkenny	388.68
98	Camilo Pascual	383.34
99	Steve Hargan	382.75
100	Joe Sparma	382.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Luke Walker	381.26
102	Barry Moore	379.47
103	Lew Krausse	379.23
104	Gary Bell	375.75
105	George Stone	374.41
106	Gerry Arrigo	372.75
107	Jerry Johnson	372.72
108	Marty Pattin	372.71
109	Chuck Taylor	370.87
110	Steve Renko	369.68
111	Billy Wynne	368.94
112	Vicente Romo	367.24
113	Mike Torrez	365.76
114	Paul Edmondson	364.65
115	Jack Fisher	364.59
116	Bill Burbach	364.47
117	Steve Barber	359.04
118	Jim Britton	358.92
119	Tom Hall	357.39
120	Bill Champion	355.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Ray	354.32
122	George Culver	353.56
123	Gary Waslewski	353.08
124	Casey Cox	350.74
125	Bob Miller	348.61
126	Fred Talbot	347.96
127	Mike Kekich	345.33
128	Mike Hedlund	342.74
129	Howie Reed	340.44
130	Nolan Ryan	334.81
131	Jim Roland	334.65
132	Mike Paul	333.84
133	Tommie Sisk	333.73
134	Lee Stange	331.53
135	Ron Bryant	330.08
136	Alan Foster	328.19
137	Ken Brett	327.29
138	Jim Shellenback	326.81
139	John Gelnar	326.28
140	Bob Meyer	325.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rich Nye	321.94
142	George Lauzerique	321.33
143	Diego Segui	318.07
144	Jerry Nyman	317.88
145	Skip Lockwood	317.3
146	Jeff James	316.04
147	Bart Johnson	315.89
148	Larry Jaster	315.56
149	Mike Marshall	313.4
150	Miguel Fuentes	312.52
151	Dick Woodson	311.78
152	Lowell Palmer	311.42
153	Ron Klimkowski	310.82
154	Mudcat Grant	310.58
155	Jerry Reuss	309.86
156	Ken Johnson	309.32
157	Rollie Fingers	308.21
158	Dick Baney	308.01
159	Cisco Carlos	307.65
160	Mike Garman	307.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jerry Cram	307.3
162	Frank Bertaina	307.22
163	John Hiller	307.15
164	Ray Jarvis	306.32
165	Tom Timmermann	306.32
166	Jack Billingham	306.02
167	Vern Geishert	305.67
168	Rich Robertson	304.61
169	Al McBean	304.48
170	Eddie Fisher	304.34
171	Mike McQueen	303.86
172	Steve Kealey	303.79
173	Pat Dobson	303.34
174	Bill Landis	303.29
175	Joe Decker	302.89
176	Bo Belinsky	302.25
177	Santiago Guzman	301.84
178	Bob Garibaldi	301.61
179	Fred Rath	301.18
180	Jim Bouton	300.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Juan Pizarro	300.82
182	Danny Lazar	300.18
183	Mike Corkins	300.12

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