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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Warren Spahn	521.88
2	Billy Pierce	511.63
3	Whitey Ford	505.08
4	Bob Turley	495.46
5	Sam Jones	493.26
6	Johnny Antonelli	486.53
7	Dick Donovan	486.38
8	Jim Bunning	485.83
9	Lew Burdette	482.53
10	Frank Lary	479.37
11	Early Wynn	464.15
12	Robin Roberts	460.02
13	Don Drysdale	458.22
14	Tom Brewer	453.25
15	Ron Kline	451.65
16	Vinegar Bend Mizell	451.63
17	Harvey Haddix	444.04
18	Camilo Pascual	443.48
19	Johnny Podres	443.18
20	Frank Sullivan	440.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Paul Foytack	440.05
22	Cal McLish	439.45
23	Jack Harshman	435.3
24	Don Newcombe	432.41
25	Jack Sanford	429.3
26	Ned Garver	419.97
27	Ralph Terry	418.11
28	Bob Purkey	417.91
29	Joe Nuxhall	416.23
30	Bob Friend	413.46
31	Ruben Gomez	407.04
32	Don Larsen	406.55
33	Billy Hoeft	406.2
34	Billy O'Dell	403.3
35	Bob Rush	400.94
36	Gary Bell	400.94
37	Pedro Ramos	399.16
38	Vern Law	398.84
39	Larry Jackson	398.02
40	Ike Delock	394.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Moe Drabowsky	390.97
42	Brooks Lawrence	390.04
43	Mike McCormick	386.44
44	Russ Kemmerer	381.35
45	Dave Hillman	379.94
46	Mudcat Grant	377.95
47	Hoyt Wilhelm	377.8
48	Duke Maas	377.76
49	Bob Buhl	372.99
50	Ray Herbert	372.28
51	Stu Miller	371.14
52	Arnie Portocarrero	370.79
53	Dick Drott	370.6
54	Stan Williams	365.93
55	Carl Willey	362.01
56	Sandy Koufax	360.99
57	Tom Sturdivant	360.36
58	Ray Moore	359.81
59	Bob Grim	359.12
60	Glen Hobbie	359.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Connie Johnson	355.31
62	George Witt	354.85
63	Herb Score	352.82
64	Bob Anderson	351.47
65	Curt Simmons	351.33
66	Ray Semproch	347.73
67	Hal Brown	345.77
68	Bill Fischer	342.07
69	Gary Blaylock	342.05
70	Ray Narleski	339.21
71	Danny McDevitt	338.97
72	Milt Pappas	337.98
73	Jim Owens	335.17
74	Jerry Walker	334.95
75	Jim Wilson	330.74
76	Lindy McDaniel	330.61
77	Don Ferrarese	330.57
78	Don Mossi	330.52
79	Alex Kellner	329.55
80	Art Ditmar	328.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Hal Griggs	328.02
82	Gene Conley	327.34
83	Joey Jay	324.94
84	Juan Pizarro	319.7
85	Bennie Daniels	317.17
86	Jerry Casale	316.94
87	Mike Garcia	316.16
88	Bob Shaw	313.43
89	Taylor Phillips	312.41
90	Frank Baumann	309.55
91	Bud Daley	308.54
92	Bobby Shantz	308.47
93	Don Cardwell	308.45
94	Ernie Broglio	307.82
95	Chuck Stobbs	307.3
96	Dave Sisler	306.41
97	Seth Morehead	305.58
98	Barry Latman	304.6
99	Herb Moford	303.69
100	Gene Snyder	303.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Tsitouris	302.85
102	Willard Schmidt	302.71
103	John Buzhardt	301.78
104	Chris Short	300.79
105	Carl Erskine	300.63
106	Orlando Pena	300.58
107	Bob Mabe	300.26

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