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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Sandy Koufax	584.95
2	Don Drysdale	551.06
3	Juan Marichal	548.12
4	Whitey Ford	544.42
5	Camilo Pascual	542.88
6	Bob Gibson	533.04
7	Dick Ellsworth	517.19
8	Jim Maloney	514.06
9	Curt Simmons	502.41
10	Jim Bunning	501.34
11	Warren Spahn	491.3
12	Ken Johnson	487.57
13	Jack Kralick	485.25
14	Ernie Broglio	483.04
15	Larry Jackson	480.95
16	Jack Sanford	477.44
17	Bob Friend	476.97
18	Turk Farrell	474.75
19	Juan Pizarro	473.79
20	Robin Roberts	470.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim O'Toole	470.24
22	Milt Pappas	465.96
23	Bill Monbouquette	464.28
24	Jim Bouton	455.69
25	Hank Aguirre	454.75
26	Pedro Ramos	450.84
27	Bob Buhl	450.01
28	Joe Nuxhall	449.37
29	Gary Peters	447.05
30	Ralph Terry	445.33
31	Jim Kaat	444.74
32	Ray Herbert	442.95
33	Orlando Pena	442.59
34	Al Downing	442.03
35	Ken McBride	438.92
36	Al Jackson	436.59
37	Claude Osteen	431.84
38	Dick Stigman	429.19
39	Bob Purkey	429.02
40	Dave Wickersham	426.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Denny Lemaster	423.73
42	Billy O'Dell	423.3
43	Art Mahaffey	421.03
44	Dean Chance	420.92
45	Steve Barber	419.44
46	Roger Craig	418.69
47	Mudcat Grant	415.96
48	Johnny Podres	414.73
49	Bob Hendley	414.6
50	Lee Stange	412.65
51	Earl Wilson	412.29
52	Dave Morehead	404.67
53	Dennis Bennett	402.96
54	Phil Regan	401.0
55	Joey Jay	399.31
56	Ray Culp	398.69
57	Don Nottebart	398.42
58	Bennie Daniels	397.9
59	Moe Drabowsky	396.72
60	Chris Short	392.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ray Sadecki	392.74
62	John Buzhardt	390.04
63	Mickey Lolich	388.96
64	Diego Segui	388.11
65	Bob Sadowski	386.96
66	Stan Williams	385.42
67	Tracy Stallard	384.11
68	Bob Bruce	381.98
69	Tom Cheney	381.23
70	John Tsitouris	380.56
71	Don Cardwell	378.77
72	Bob Veale	370.3
73	Hank Fischer	367.98
74	Joe Gibbon	367.88
75	Tony Cloninger	365.55
76	Hal Brown	363.91
77	Ed Rakow	361.31
78	Cal McLish	360.41
79	Frank Lary	360.15
80	Phil Ortega	359.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bo Belinsky	358.78
82	Don Schwall	357.68
83	Jack Lamabe	357.56
84	Jack Fisher	356.52
85	Joe Moeller	353.81
86	Wally Bunker	348.05
87	Bob Shaw	347.26
88	Vern Law	347.21
89	Glen Hobbie	345.82
90	Jim Roland	344.15
91	Carl Willey	342.1
92	Joe Horlen	341.45
93	Buster Narum	339.9
94	Dave McNally	339.73
95	Galen Cisco	339.25
96	Mike McCormick	338.54
97	Don Lee	338.28
98	Barry Latman	335.22
99	Sammy Ellis	329.03
100	Tommy John	327.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Lew Burdette	327.12
102	Bob Miller	326.91
103	Bob Lee	326.62
104	Ray Washburn	326.2
105	Jim Owens	326.19
106	Jay Hook	324.54
107	Ron Herbel	324.07
108	John O'Donoghue	323.68
109	Fred Newman	323.66
110	Nick Willhite	321.68
111	Don Mossi	321.49
112	Bill Stafford	319.04
113	Alan Koch	313.93
114	Jim Perry	313.43
115	Sterling Slaughter	313.04
116	Dick Donovan	312.68
117	Bobby Bolin	312.49
118	Steve Blass	311.88
119	Jim Hannan	309.45
120	Ed Connolly	308.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Billy Pierce	307.56
122	Bill Spanswick	307.36
123	Fred Norman	306.96
124	Gerry Arrigo	306.08
125	Willie Smith	305.18
126	Jim Duffalo	305.11
127	Aurelio Monteagudo	304.52
128	Ron Locke	304.37
129	Bill Wakefield	303.83
130	Chuck Estrada	303.83
131	Gary Bell	303.81
132	Tom Butters	303.73
133	Eddie Fisher	303.73
134	Jerry Hinsley	302.74
135	Jack Hamilton	301.83
136	Jim Duckworth	301.76
137	Craig Anderson	301.66
138	Vern Handrahan	301.59
139	Don Rudolph	301.37

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