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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Sandy Koufax	584.71
2	Camilo Pascual	530.66
3	Juan Marichal	526.26
4	Don Drysdale	522.49
5	Whitey Ford	513.18
6	Bob Gibson	503.25
7	Dick Ellsworth	496.12
8	Warren Spahn	494.2
9	Jim Maloney	487.44
10	Ernie Broglio	480.06
11	Jim Bunning	477.59
12	Bob Friend	476.06
13	Curt Simmons	474.18
14	Jim O'Toole	473.07
15	Bill Monbouquette	470.04
16	Jack Kralick	466.34
17	Ralph Terry	466.18
18	Larry Jackson	461.15
19	Ken Johnson	459.66
20	Jack Sanford	459.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Hank Aguirre	449.0
22	Ray Herbert	445.96
23	Turk Farrell	444.5
24	Pedro Ramos	443.77
25	Gary Peters	440.63
26	Ken McBride	440.4
27	Milt Pappas	436.73
28	Bob Buhl	435.31
29	Robin Roberts	434.54
30	Billy O'Dell	434.16
31	Juan Pizarro	432.96
32	Dick Stigman	432.38
33	Jim Bouton	430.03
34	Al Downing	427.68
35	Johnny Podres	427.21
36	Mudcat Grant	424.98
37	Steve Barber	424.8
38	Don Cardwell	417.77
39	Al Jackson	416.56
40	Dean Chance	416.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Orlando Pena	413.22
42	Joe Nuxhall	412.42
43	Bob Purkey	408.62
44	Roger Craig	408.52
45	Jim Kaat	405.19
46	Joey Jay	403.47
47	Claude Osteen	402.71
48	Denny Lemaster	402.47
49	Art Mahaffey	402.38
50	Stan Williams	400.65
51	Phil Regan	400.31
52	Cal McLish	399.41
53	Ray Culp	394.09
54	Earl Wilson	392.25
55	Bob Hendley	387.17
56	Lee Stange	386.39
57	Tom Cheney	385.81
58	Don Nottebart	385.57
59	Dave Wickersham	384.9
60	Moe Drabowsky	384.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John Tsitouris	384.07
62	Carl Willey	381.1
63	Bob Shaw	378.96
64	Dave Morehead	374.28
65	Ed Rakow	371.44
66	Chris Short	369.42
67	Bennie Daniels	368.91
68	Bob Sadowski	367.67
69	Frank Lary	367.24
70	Lew Burdette	366.12
71	Don Schwall	363.67
72	Don Mossi	360.49
73	Ray Sadecki	359.16
74	Bob Bruce	357.44
75	Don Lee	357.09
76	Dennis Bennett	356.33
77	Mike McCormick	353.82
78	Diego Segui	353.05
79	Glen Hobbie	352.88
80	Jim Perry	352.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	John Buzhardt	349.53
82	Tracy Stallard	349.36
83	Billy Pierce	346.56
84	Hal Brown	344.77
85	Bill Stafford	343.97
86	Joe Horlen	343.71
87	Joe Gibbon	341.62
88	Mickey Lolich	340.94
89	Bob Miller	336.66
90	Gene Conley	331.04
91	Jay Hook	330.68
92	Bo Belinsky	326.54
93	Don Rudolph	325.24
94	Bob Veale	323.94
95	Bob Heffner	322.08
96	Cal Koonce	322.05
97	Dave McNally	318.72
98	Tony Cloninger	314.58
99	Earl Francis	314.22
100	Jack Lamabe	313.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bobby Bolin	312.59
102	Eddie Fisher	311.81
103	Hank Fischer	310.24
104	Paul Toth	308.79
105	Fred Norman	308.32
106	Barry Latman	307.9
107	Jim Roland	307.34
108	Nick Willhite	305.5
109	Ed Connolly	304.79
110	Bud Daley	304.13
111	Vern Law	304.04
112	Jack Fisher	303.9
113	Bob Meyer	303.61
114	Carl Bouldin	303.22
115	Jim Owens	301.82

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