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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Juan Marichal	559.37
2	Don Drysdale	552.41
3	Sandy Koufax	546.07
4	Bob Gibson	545.17
5	Dean Chance	514.6
6	Jim Maloney	513.7
7	Camilo Pascual	509.12
8	Whitey Ford	490.79
9	Gary Peters	490.64
10	Jim O'Toole	485.47
11	Larry Jackson	483.42
12	Bob Veale	481.82
13	Jim Bunning	480.22
14	Milt Pappas	470.46
15	Juan Pizarro	467.99
16	Jim Kaat	466.11
17	Chris Short	465.59
18	Joe Horlen	464.63
19	Curt Simmons	464.58
20	Claude Osteen	463.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim Bouton	460.91
22	Al Downing	459.71
23	Bob Friend	459.22
24	Bill Monbouquette	458.95
25	Robin Roberts	447.02
26	Turk Farrell	445.75
27	Dick Ellsworth	444.2
28	Mickey Lolich	443.02
29	Dave Wickersham	441.58
30	Hank Aguirre	440.69
31	Joey Jay	438.35
32	Ken Johnson	437.94
33	Bob Buhl	437.0
34	Mudcat Grant	430.21
35	Tony Cloninger	428.05
36	Bob Bruce	427.64
37	Jack Kralick	427.25
38	Denny Lemaster	416.49
39	Orlando Pena	414.89
40	Earl Wilson	412.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Wally Bunker	412.22
42	Dick Stigman	411.34
43	Bob Purkey	409.68
44	Ernie Broglio	404.0
45	Fred Newman	403.75
46	Ray Sadecki	403.34
47	Steve Barber	399.52
48	John Tsitouris	399.01
49	Tracy Stallard	397.6
50	Bennie Daniels	397.5
51	Ralph Terry	396.57
52	Al Jackson	394.34
53	John Buzhardt	393.62
54	Warren Spahn	393.17
55	Ray Herbert	389.73
56	Sam McDowell	388.27
57	Don Nottebart	387.03
58	Diego Segui	385.04
59	Mel Stottlemyre	382.84
60	Lee Stange	381.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jack Fisher	381.69
62	Dave Morehead	380.85
63	Vern Law	377.35
64	Roger Craig	374.66
65	Gaylord Perry	373.65
66	Joe Nuxhall	372.67
67	Jack Sanford	372.14
68	Dennis Bennett	372.06
69	Bob Sadowski	369.73
70	Bobby Bolin	365.48
71	Art Mahaffey	364.26
72	Buster Narum	364.09
73	Phil Regan	363.09
74	Joe Gibbon	361.29
75	Luis Tiant	361.02
76	Bob Hendley	356.1
77	Dave McNally	349.95
78	Ken McBride	347.91
79	John O'Donoghue	344.38
80	Moe Drabowsky	344.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Denny McLain	340.31
82	Galen Cisco	339.9
83	Hank Fischer	339.81
84	Dick Donovan	335.88
85	Phil Ortega	335.44
86	Ray Culp	332.44
87	Marcelino Lopez	332.39
88	Pedro Ramos	328.24
89	Wade Blasingame	325.88
90	Cal Koonce	325.37
91	Bruce Howard	324.46
92	Bo Belinsky	324.34
93	Rudy May	323.78
94	Sammy Ellis	323.36
95	Dave Giusti	317.32
96	Pete Richert	316.91
97	Johnny Podres	316.88
98	Sonny Siebert	311.34
99	Don Larsen	311.08
100	Don Cardwell	311.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ron Herbel	310.69
102	Lew Burdette	310.09
103	Gary Kroll	309.92
104	Jim Lonborg	306.67
105	Tommy John	306.33
106	Tom Parsons	305.63
107	Hal Brown	301.56
108	Rollie Sheldon	301.41
109	Frank Lary	301.36
110	Carl Willey	301.01

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