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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Whitey Ford	514.66
2	Sandy Koufax	510.76
3	Camilo Pascual	509.96
4	Jim Bunning	503.57
5	Don Drysdale	499.71
6	Warren Spahn	488.28
7	Jim O'Toole	479.84
8	Frank Lary	478.32
9	Larry Jackson	474.67
10	Steve Barber	474.13
11	Chuck Estrada	465.68
12	Ralph Terry	464.6
13	Bob Purkey	462.52
14	Mike McCormick	459.16
15	Bill Monbouquette	457.75
16	Bob Friend	455.18
17	Don Mossi	453.4
18	Milt Pappas	453.35
19	Billy Pierce	445.19
20	Johnny Podres	443.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Stan Williams	441.6
22	Curt Simmons	440.33
23	Don Cardwell	438.4
24	Joey Jay	435.35
25	Pedro Ramos	432.45
26	Jack Kralick	431.95
27	Juan Pizarro	430.87
28	Bob Gibson	428.76
29	Jack Sanford	426.99
30	Bob Shaw	423.78
31	Dick Donovan	423.73
32	Juan Marichal	423.68
33	Gene Conley	418.87
34	Lew Burdette	418.44
35	Mudcat Grant	414.68
36	Ken McBride	410.61
37	Bennie Daniels	410.18
38	John Buzhardt	408.8
39	Bill Stafford	406.76
40	Gary Bell	405.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Billy O'Dell	403.17
42	Ray Herbert	403.1
43	Art Mahaffey	400.41
44	Early Wynn	400.23
45	Jim Kaat	395.48
46	Ernie Broglio	395.24
47	Hal Brown	395.05
48	Dick Ellsworth	394.86
49	Ray Sadecki	391.79
50	Bob Buhl	391.46
51	Don Schwall	388.14
52	Glen Hobbie	383.97
53	Jim Perry	378.95
54	Bud Daley	375.92
55	Joe Gibbon	375.55
56	Cal McLish	371.86
57	Jerry Walker	367.25
58	Carl Willey	362.58
59	Eli Grba	360.21
60	Sam Jones	359.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Harvey Haddix	358.31
62	Jim Archer	353.89
63	Paul Foytack	353.01
64	Norm Bass	352.61
65	Bo Belinsky	352.36
66	Jack Fisher	351.99
67	Tom Sturdivant	350.72
68	Vinegar Bend Mizell	350.28
69	Ken Johnson	349.28
70	Ted Bowsfield	347.43
71	Joe Horlen	345.9
72	Joe McClain	340.9
73	Bob Hendley	340.27
74	Pete Burnside	339.76
75	Don Lee	337.19
76	Jay Hook	336.73
77	Turk Farrell	335.72
78	Hal Woodeshick	335.53
79	Al McBean	335.01
80	Jack Hamilton	334.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ed Rakow	332.73
82	Dean Stone	332.08
83	Barry Latman	330.26
84	Jack Curtis	328.97
85	Billy Hoeft	328.63
86	Robin Roberts	327.17
87	Bobby Shantz	326.57
88	Phil Regan	325.17
89	Earl Francis	324.89
90	Dan Pfister	324.57
91	Jim Owens	323.89
92	Al Jackson	322.58
93	Dave Stenhouse	321.83
94	Art Ditmar	321.33
95	Joe Moeller	320.72
96	Ron Piche	319.35
97	Cal Koonce	319.17
98	Galen Cisco	317.37
99	Ray Washburn	317.32
100	Gaylord Perry	317.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Anderson	316.93
102	Dave Giusti	316.32
103	Ron Taylor	315.93
104	Ike Delock	314.87
105	Dean Chance	314.48
106	Roger Craig	314.12
107	Lee Stange	313.25
108	Art Quirk	312.43
109	John Wyatt	311.78
110	Jim Bouton	311.21
111	Moe Drabowsky	310.81
112	Bob Veale	310.09
113	Rollie Sheldon	308.96
114	Bob Moorhead	308.66
115	Don Rudolph	308.43
116	Bob Bruce	306.81
117	Chris Short	305.99
118	Jim Golden	305.92
119	Dick Hall	305.87
120	Vern Law	305.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Claude Osteen	304.38
122	Doug Gallagher	304.28
123	Ron Kline	303.68
124	Jerry Casale	303.51
125	Sam McDowell	302.65
126	Jim Hannan	302.18
127	Tom Brewer	301.26
128	Steve Hamilton	301.25
129	George Witt	301.18
130	Jim Coates	300.75
131	Earl Wilson	300.68
132	Paul Brown	300.67
133	Pete Richert	300.33
134	Sammy Ellis	300.18

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