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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Don Drysdale	526.38
2	Warren Spahn	516.38
3	Jim Bunning	506.51
4	Mike McCormick	498.74
5	Whitey Ford	493.41
6	Early Wynn	491.76
7	Johnny Podres	487.07
8	Sam Jones	486.6
9	Frank Lary	479.86
10	Bob Friend	477.39
11	Camilo Pascual	473.96
12	Vern Law	467.65
13	Lew Burdette	467.37
14	Sandy Koufax	465.69
15	Pedro Ramos	461.1
16	Glen Hobbie	460.8
17	Ernie Broglio	456.12
18	Larry Jackson	455.91
19	Bob Purkey	452.51
20	Bob Buhl	451.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Robin Roberts	449.15
22	Milt Pappas	442.76
23	Harvey Haddix	442.61
24	Stan Williams	442.01
25	Bill Monbouquette	441.94
26	Vinegar Bend Mizell	438.76
27	Billy Pierce	437.33
28	Jim O'Toole	435.16
29	Ralph Terry	432.29
30	Jack Sanford	431.52
31	Ray Herbert	431.08
32	Bob Turley	428.32
33	Don Mossi	428.25
34	Jim Perry	422.91
35	Art Ditmar	414.35
36	Art Mahaffey	414.09
37	Jack Kralick	414.05
38	Don Cardwell	412.8
39	Bob Anderson	409.38
40	Bob Shaw	408.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Steve Barber	406.81
42	Bud Daley	405.57
43	Gary Bell	404.28
44	Ray Sadecki	403.08
45	Hal Brown	401.02
46	Chuck Estrada	400.2
47	Gene Conley	398.67
48	Tom Brewer	398.06
49	Frank Sullivan	398.03
50	Cal McLish	396.39
51	Roger Craig	386.09
52	Billy O'Dell	384.35
53	Dick Ellsworth	383.36
54	Curt Simmons	381.43
55	Ned Garver	380.36
56	Mudcat Grant	376.0
57	John Buzhardt	375.62
58	Jay Hook	367.95
59	Jack Fisher	364.96
60	Joey Jay	363.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Juan Marichal	361.72
62	Ken McBride	361.55
63	Dick Hall	359.57
64	Ike Delock	358.94
65	Herb Score	355.3
66	Joe McClain	354.9
67	Frank Baumann	353.03
68	Billy Muffett	350.76
69	Bennie Daniels	346.69
70	Ken Hunt	345.5
71	Wynn Hawkins	345.18
72	Paul Foytack	344.22
73	Dick Donovan	344.02
74	Tom Sturdivant	343.92
75	Bob Gibson	343.65
76	Phil Regan	341.18
77	Joe Gibbon	334.88
78	Ron Kline	334.06
79	Dallas Green	333.71
80	Billy Loes	332.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Eli Grba	331.59
82	Billy Hoeft	329.38
83	Joe Nuxhall	329.27
84	Hal Woodeshick	327.53
85	Jerry Walker	327.21
86	Ron Moeller	326.1
87	Jim Kaat	325.28
88	Johnny Antonelli	325.1
89	Carl Willey	325.02
90	Jim Owens	321.51
91	Norm Bass	321.27
92	Ed Hobaugh	320.77
93	Don Nottebart	320.65
94	Dick Drott	320.24
95	Pete Burnside	318.73
96	Bob Bruce	318.46
97	Don Lee	317.51
98	Jim Archer	315.33
99	Jerry Casale	314.24
100	Rollie Sheldon	313.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Chuck Stobbs	312.85
102	Jim Maloney	312.81
103	Bobby Shantz	312.35
104	Don Schwall	311.88
105	Bobby Locke	308.2
106	Don Newcombe	306.1
107	Chet Nichols	305.88
108	Russ Kemmerer	305.56
109	Jack Curtis	304.08
110	Ed Palmquist	303.7
111	George Witt	303.7
112	Ed Rakow	300.77
113	Jim Brewer	300.27
114	Bill Stafford	300.16

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