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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	611.59
2	Nolan Ryan	588.8
3	Don Sutton	581.64
4	Bert Blyleven	580.17
5	Jim Palmer	572.77
6	Gaylord Perry	559.96
7	Bob Gibson	558.48
8	Andy Messersmith	536.14
9	Don Wilson	528.21
10	Luis Tiant	527.43
11	Catfish Hunter	523.88
12	Jon Matlack	521.55
13	Jack Billingham	519.26
14	Joe Coleman	519.1
15	Steve Carlton	517.61
16	Mike Cuellar	514.59
17	Phil Niekro	513.87
18	Mickey Lolich	510.3
19	Fergie Jenkins	510.1
20	Ken Holtzman	505.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Koosman	503.55
22	Rick Wise	501.9
23	Vida Blue	500.1
24	Tom Bradley	492.01
25	Mel Stottlemyre	491.72
26	Bill Singer	489.9
27	Dock Ellis	487.51
28	Tommy John	486.98
29	Dave Roberts	484.22
30	Reggie Cleveland	483.94
31	Nelson Briles	482.98
32	Carl Morton	481.69
33	Dave McNally	479.87
34	Claude Osteen	479.18
35	Wilbur Wood	476.81
36	Fred Norman	475.51
37	Al Downing	475.27
38	Marty Pattin	471.91
39	Steve Renko	470.84
40	Don Gullett	467.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ron Bryant	465.88
42	Wayne Twitchell	464.95
43	Burt Hooton	464.94
44	Jerry Reuss	461.13
45	Rick Reuschel	460.33
46	Stan Bahnsen	457.15
47	Pat Dobson	456.28
48	Bob Moose	455.86
49	Ross Grimsley	454.33
50	Clay Kirby	453.42
51	Milt Pappas	451.89
52	Juan Marichal	451.72
53	Bill Lee	451.25
54	Doc Medich	450.16
55	Paul Splittorff	448.49
56	Jim Colborn	446.96
57	Clyde Wright	443.33
58	Rudy May	442.5
59	Fritz Peterson	441.77
60	Dick Drago	441.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Tidrow	440.61
62	Jim Slaton	439.07
63	Balor Moore	436.39
64	Jim Bibby	433.96
65	Jim Barr	433.09
66	Jim Perry	432.78
67	Sam McDowell	431.45
68	Dick Woodson	431.04
69	Steve Busby	430.18
70	Steve Rogers	428.5
71	Mike Torrez	426.05
72	Bill Hands	425.45
73	Jim Lonborg	424.42
74	Jim Kaat	423.71
75	John Curtis	423.32
76	Ken Forsch	423.31
77	Bill Greif	422.7
78	Alan Foster	420.34
79	Steve Arlin	419.33
80	Jim Rooker	416.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Woodie Fryman	413.99
82	Sonny Siebert	413.96
83	Ken Brett	412.0
84	Blue Moon Odom	411.46
85	Gary Gentry	409.57
86	Ernie McAnally	405.32
87	Randy Jones	404.57
88	Ron Schueler	404.37
89	Bill Stoneman	404.35
90	Ron Reed	402.54
91	Steve Blass	400.78
92	Steve Kline	397.16
93	Joe Decker	394.37
94	George Stone	393.67
95	Steve Stone	391.66
96	Skip Lockwood	391.24
97	Roric Harrison	390.24
98	Roger Nelson	386.69
99	Bill Parsons	385.83
100	Doyle Alexander	383.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Bosman	382.28
102	Gary Nolan	379.64
103	Dick Ruthven	371.59
104	Roger Moret	369.67
105	Al Fitzmorris	366.66
106	Bill Bonham	366.25
107	Jerry Bell	363.29
108	Tom Timmermann	362.1
109	Luke Walker	359.62
110	Rich Troedson	358.93
111	Pete Broberg	357.15
112	Ray Corbin	355.15
113	Tom Griffin	354.15
114	Jim Merritt	352.42
115	Larry Dierker	352.16
116	Rich Hand	351.65
117	J.R. Richard	347.69
118	Milt Wilcox	346.58
119	David Clyde	345.25
120	Jim McAndrew	345.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jesse Jefferson	343.97
122	Jim McGlothlin	343.49
123	Bruce Kison	339.36
124	Ray Sadecki	338.56
125	Tom Murphy	338.48
126	Mike Paul	338.4
127	Terry Forster	336.74
128	Brent Strom	336.42
129	Jim Willoughby	336.06
130	Bill Champion	335.72
131	Ken Wright	334.81
132	Mike Caldwell	330.33
133	Steve Dunning	329.87
134	Mike Strahler	328.85
135	Frank Tanana	327.37
136	Rich Folkers	324.06
137	Dave Goltz	323.96
138	Wayne Simpson	323.55
139	Tom Hall	322.55
140	Dave Hamilton	322.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Culp	320.83
142	Danny Fife	320.24
143	John Morlan	317.88
144	Gene Garber	315.21
145	Mike Nagy	315.01
146	Don Hood	313.74
147	Eddie Fisher	313.64
148	John D'Acquisto	313.6
149	Barry Lersch	313.03
150	Bart Johnson	311.76
151	Lynn McGlothen	308.83
152	Mike Thompson	308.82
153	Dick Lange	308.36
154	Charlie Hudson	307.35
155	Darold Knowles	306.79
156	Lerrin LaGrow	305.93
157	Dick Baney	305.88
158	Geoff Zahn	305.67
159	Wenty Ford	305.57
160	Harry Parker	305.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Eddie Bane	305.36
162	Steve Mingori	304.65
163	Glenn Abbott	303.99
164	Jackie Brown	303.83
165	Doug Konieczny	303.37
166	Clay Carroll	303.26
167	Dick Pole	303.04
168	Wayne Garland	302.85
169	Jim McKee	302.59
170	Fred Holdsworth	302.28
171	Mark Littell	301.12
172	Andy Hassler	300.89
173	Mike Corkins	300.34
174	Rick Henninger	300.19

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