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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Camilo Pascual	507.17
2	Jim Bunning	506.47
3	Sandy Koufax	503.32
4	Whitey Ford	501.85
5	Frank Lary	488.6
6	Warren Spahn	487.83
7	Don Drysdale	474.11
8	Jim O'Toole	471.29
9	Larry Jackson	469.78
10	Don Mossi	465.37
11	Mike McCormick	463.66
12	Chuck Estrada	461.9
13	Steve Barber	458.07
14	Ralph Terry	455.09
15	Milt Pappas	452.97
16	Bill Monbouquette	450.9
17	Bob Friend	447.71
18	Bob Purkey	445.39
19	Johnny Podres	441.17
20	Pedro Ramos	437.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Cardwell	434.56
22	Juan Pizarro	433.41
23	Billy Pierce	432.31
24	Stan Williams	430.57
25	Ken McBride	423.13
26	Dick Donovan	418.67
27	Curt Simmons	418.16
28	Jack Kralick	417.77
29	Joey Jay	417.5
30	Lew Burdette	415.41
31	Jack Sanford	413.49
32	Bob Shaw	413.38
33	Gary Bell	411.65
34	Art Mahaffey	410.66
35	Ray Herbert	405.33
36	Bennie Daniels	405.24
37	Bill Stafford	405.0
38	Mudcat Grant	404.49
39	Dick Ellsworth	402.71
40	Hal Brown	395.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bob Gibson	395.05
42	Ray Sadecki	394.63
43	Jim Kaat	393.62
44	Joe Gibbon	393.55
45	Ernie Broglio	391.2
46	Bob Buhl	390.19
47	Juan Marichal	388.12
48	John Buzhardt	388.09
49	Gene Conley	388.06
50	Glen Hobbie	387.88
51	Don Schwall	384.9
52	Bud Daley	382.83
53	Early Wynn	382.35
54	Sam Jones	377.48
55	Harvey Haddix	376.31
56	Jim Perry	372.96
57	Jim Archer	371.89
58	Jack Fisher	369.99
59	Billy O'Dell	366.8
60	Eli Grba	365.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Carl Willey	364.91
62	Cal McLish	363.84
63	Jerry Walker	355.11
64	Tom Sturdivant	355.04
65	Paul Foytack	354.71
66	Vinegar Bend Mizell	351.87
67	Joe McClain	349.84
68	Norm Bass	345.31
69	Robin Roberts	345.17
70	Ted Bowsfield	339.16
71	Bob Anderson	334.93
72	Ken Johnson	334.31
73	Barry Latman	334.01
74	Ike Delock	332.87
75	Billy Hoeft	332.63
76	Dean Stone	331.98
77	Jack Curtis	328.39
78	Hal Woodeshick	328.35
79	Joe Horlen	326.58
80	Bob Hendley	325.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ed Rakow	325.72
82	Jim Owens	324.37
83	Dick Hall	323.87
84	Jay Hook	323.45
85	Pete Burnside	323.12
86	Bobby Shantz	322.0
87	Ron Kline	321.68
88	Tom Brewer	319.26
89	Rollie Sheldon	318.45
90	Frank Baumann	317.03
91	Ron Taylor	316.48
92	Al McBean	315.85
93	Dean Chance	315.7
94	Galen Cisco	314.58
95	Art Ditmar	314.29
96	John Wyatt	313.81
97	Tracy Stallard	312.58
98	Jack Hamilton	312.43
99	Dan Pfister	311.94
100	Bob Veale	311.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ray Washburn	311.19
102	Cal Koonce	311.05
103	Vern Law	310.03
104	Joe Moeller	309.15
105	Turk Farrell	308.57
106	Art Quirk	307.78
107	Bo Belinsky	307.54
108	Don Lee	306.94
109	Claude Osteen	306.88
110	Frank Sullivan	306.67
111	Sammy Ellis	305.32
112	Dave Giusti	304.71
113	George Witt	304.68
114	Ken Hunt	304.45
115	Jim Coates	304.25
116	Sherman Jones	303.96
117	Roger Craig	303.86
118	Sam McDowell	302.75
119	Phil Regan	302.27
120	Bob Miller	301.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Craig Anderson	300.52
122	Moe Drabowsky	300.39

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