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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	610.27
2	Nolan Ryan	587.8
3	Don Sutton	580.64
4	Bert Blyleven	579.17
5	Jim Palmer	571.77
6	Gaylord Perry	558.96
7	Bob Gibson	557.48
8	Andy Messersmith	535.14
9	Jon Matlack	527.94
10	Don Wilson	527.21
11	Catfish Hunter	526.69
12	Luis Tiant	526.43
13	Jack Billingham	518.26
14	Joe Coleman	518.1
15	Steve Carlton	516.61
16	Mike Cuellar	513.59
17	Phil Niekro	512.87
18	Mickey Lolich	509.3
19	Fergie Jenkins	509.1
20	Jerry Koosman	507.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Wise	500.9
22	Vida Blue	499.62
23	Ken Holtzman	498.53
24	Tom Bradley	491.01
25	Mel Stottlemyre	490.72
26	Bill Singer	488.9
27	Dock Ellis	486.51
28	Tommy John	485.98
29	Dave Roberts	483.22
30	Reggie Cleveland	482.94
31	Nelson Briles	481.98
32	Carl Morton	480.69
33	Dave McNally	478.87
34	Claude Osteen	478.18
35	Wilbur Wood	475.81
36	Fred Norman	474.51
37	Al Downing	474.27
38	Marty Pattin	470.91
39	Steve Renko	469.84
40	Don Gullett	466.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ron Bryant	464.88
42	Wayne Twitchell	463.95
43	Burt Hooton	463.94
44	Jerry Reuss	460.13
45	Rick Reuschel	459.33
46	Stan Bahnsen	456.15
47	Pat Dobson	455.28
48	Bob Moose	454.86
49	Ross Grimsley	453.33
50	Clay Kirby	452.42
51	Milt Pappas	450.89
52	Juan Marichal	450.72
53	Bill Lee	450.25
54	Doc Medich	449.16
55	Paul Splittorff	447.49
56	Jim Colborn	445.96
57	Clyde Wright	442.33
58	Rudy May	441.5
59	Fritz Peterson	440.77
60	Dick Drago	440.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Tidrow	439.61
62	Jim Slaton	438.07
63	Balor Moore	435.39
64	Jim Bibby	432.96
65	Jim Barr	432.09
66	Jim Perry	431.78
67	Sam McDowell	430.45
68	Dick Woodson	430.04
69	Steve Busby	429.18
70	Steve Rogers	427.5
71	Mike Torrez	425.05
72	Bill Hands	424.45
73	Jim Lonborg	423.42
74	Jim Kaat	422.71
75	John Curtis	422.32
76	Ken Forsch	422.31
77	Bill Greif	421.7
78	Alan Foster	419.34
79	Steve Arlin	418.33
80	Jim Rooker	415.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Woodie Fryman	412.99
82	Sonny Siebert	412.96
83	Ken Brett	411.0
84	Blue Moon Odom	410.46
85	Gary Gentry	408.57
86	Ernie McAnally	404.32
87	Randy Jones	403.57
88	Ron Schueler	403.37
89	Bill Stoneman	403.35
90	Ron Reed	401.54
91	Steve Blass	399.78
92	Steve Kline	396.16
93	Joe Decker	393.37
94	George Stone	392.67
95	Steve Stone	390.66
96	Skip Lockwood	390.24
97	Roric Harrison	389.24
98	Roger Nelson	385.69
99	Bill Parsons	384.83
100	Doyle Alexander	383.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Bosman	381.28
102	Gary Nolan	378.64
103	Dick Ruthven	370.59
104	Roger Moret	368.67
105	Al Fitzmorris	365.66
106	Bill Bonham	365.25
107	Jerry Bell	362.29
108	Tom Timmermann	361.1
109	Luke Walker	358.62
110	Rich Troedson	357.93
111	Pete Broberg	356.15
112	Ray Corbin	354.15
113	Tom Griffin	353.15
114	Jim Merritt	351.42
115	Larry Dierker	351.16
116	Rich Hand	350.65
117	J.R. Richard	346.69
118	Milt Wilcox	345.58
119	David Clyde	344.25
120	Jim McAndrew	344.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jesse Jefferson	342.97
122	Jim McGlothlin	342.49
123	Bruce Kison	338.36
124	Ray Sadecki	337.56
125	Tom Murphy	337.48
126	Mike Paul	337.4
127	Terry Forster	335.74
128	Brent Strom	335.42
129	Jim Willoughby	335.06
130	Bill Champion	334.72
131	Ken Wright	333.81
132	Mike Caldwell	329.33
133	Steve Dunning	328.87
134	Mike Strahler	327.85
135	Frank Tanana	326.37
136	Rich Folkers	323.06
137	Dave Goltz	322.96
138	Wayne Simpson	322.55
139	Tom Hall	321.55
140	Dave Hamilton	321.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Culp	319.83
142	Danny Fife	319.24
143	John Morlan	316.88
144	Gene Garber	314.21
145	Mike Nagy	314.01
146	Don Hood	312.74
147	Eddie Fisher	312.64
148	John D'Acquisto	312.6
149	Barry Lersch	312.03
150	Bart Johnson	310.76
151	Lynn McGlothen	307.83
152	Mike Thompson	307.82
153	Dick Lange	307.36
154	Charlie Hudson	306.35
155	Darold Knowles	305.79
156	Lerrin LaGrow	304.93
157	Dick Baney	304.88
158	Geoff Zahn	304.67
159	Wenty Ford	304.57
160	Harry Parker	304.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Eddie Bane	304.36
162	Steve Mingori	303.65
163	Glenn Abbott	302.99
164	Jackie Brown	302.83
165	Doug Konieczny	302.37
166	Clay Carroll	302.26
167	Dick Pole	302.04
168	Wayne Garland	301.85
169	Jim McKee	301.59
170	Fred Holdsworth	301.28
171	Mark Littell	300.12

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