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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Jim Bunning	508.39
2	Camilo Pascual	504.68
3	Whitey Ford	498.56
4	Sandy Koufax	490.41
5	Frank Lary	488.64
6	Don Drysdale	483.37
7	Warren Spahn	477.72
8	Mike McCormick	470.24
9	Larry Jackson	466.05
10	Chuck Estrada	456.58
11	Bill Monbouquette	456.34
12	Jim O'Toole	454.91
13	Steve Barber	450.65
14	Bob Purkey	448.92
15	Bob Friend	446.17
16	Milt Pappas	445.56
17	Pedro Ramos	445.34
18	Don Mossi	444.0
19	Ralph Terry	442.74
20	Juan Pizarro	437.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Stan Williams	436.89
22	Johnny Podres	433.99
23	Don Cardwell	433.89
24	Billy Pierce	423.26
25	Lew Burdette	422.41
26	Ken McBride	419.43
27	Jack Kralick	418.68
28	Jack Sanford	412.85
29	Gary Bell	412.65
30	Mudcat Grant	410.49
31	Art Mahaffey	409.51
32	Bennie Daniels	407.39
33	Joey Jay	406.67
34	Ray Sadecki	406.48
35	Ray Herbert	406.36
36	Curt Simmons	405.86
37	Bill Stafford	405.68
38	Dick Donovan	404.66
39	Ernie Broglio	400.2
40	Joe Gibbon	399.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Glen Hobbie	397.33
42	Bob Shaw	397.06
43	Dick Ellsworth	396.45
44	Hal Brown	394.12
45	Bob Gibson	393.18
46	Bud Daley	391.83
47	Bob Buhl	391.69
48	Juan Marichal	390.92
49	Gene Conley	388.45
50	Early Wynn	387.28
51	Sam Jones	386.48
52	Harvey Haddix	385.31
53	Jim Perry	381.96
54	Jim Kaat	380.16
55	Don Schwall	379.62
56	Jim Archer	379.39
57	Jack Fisher	378.99
58	Billy O'Dell	373.72
59	John Buzhardt	372.7
60	Eli Grba	371.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Carl Willey	366.66
62	Tom Sturdivant	362.22
63	Paul Foytack	360.71
64	Cal McLish	360.33
65	Robin Roberts	354.17
66	Vinegar Bend Mizell	352.31
67	Joe McClain	349.68
68	Jerry Walker	348.97
69	Ted Bowsfield	348.16
70	Bob Anderson	343.93
71	Ike Delock	341.87
72	Norm Bass	340.18
73	Barry Latman	333.74
74	Dick Hall	332.87
75	Ron Kline	330.68
76	Jack Curtis	328.51
77	Tom Brewer	328.26
78	Rollie Sheldon	327.45
79	Ken Johnson	326.46
80	Billy Hoeft	326.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Frank Baumann	326.03
82	Bob Hendley	322.51
83	Jim Owens	319.35
84	Vern Law	319.03
85	Tracy Stallard	318.58
86	Pete Burnside	317.98
87	Dean Stone	317.38
88	Frank Sullivan	315.67
89	Joe Horlen	313.97
90	Ken Hunt	313.45
91	Ed Rakow	313.04
92	Bobby Shantz	312.3
93	Jack Hamilton	310.72
94	Art Ditmar	310.69
95	Hal Woodeshick	310.52
96	Ron Taylor	310.11
97	Turk Farrell	309.82
98	Sherman Jones	305.84
99	Billy Loes	305.79
100	John Wyatt	305.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ray Washburn	304.55
102	Earl Francis	303.51
103	Don Lee	302.63
104	George Witt	302.54
105	Galen Cisco	302.01
106	Al Jackson	301.62
107	Don Ferrarese	300.76
108	Ryne Duren	300.7
109	Moe Drabowsky	300.6
110	Gaylord Perry	300.32

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