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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	523.9
2	Jim Bunning	518.41
3	Whitey Ford	513.35
4	Warren Spahn	507.97
5	Mike McCormick	496.9
6	Sandy Koufax	495.01
7	Frank Lary	488.62
8	Early Wynn	485.17
9	Johnny Podres	482.14
10	Sam Jones	480.03
11	Camilo Pascual	471.67
12	Glen Hobbie	464.43
13	Pedro Ramos	461.4
14	Ernie Broglio	461.02
15	Bob Friend	458.87
16	Vern Law	456.25
17	Bob Purkey	454.89
18	Robin Roberts	454.09
19	Larry Jackson	453.0
20	Bob Buhl	452.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ralph Terry	451.14
22	Billy Pierce	450.25
23	Lew Burdette	447.89
24	Don Mossi	445.7
25	Stan Williams	445.18
26	Jack Sanford	444.04
27	Bill Monbouquette	443.11
28	Vinegar Bend Mizell	435.39
29	Don Cardwell	434.26
30	Milt Pappas	433.9
31	Harvey Haddix	433.25
32	Jim O'Toole	430.76
33	Gary Bell	425.09
34	Jim Perry	424.96
35	Hal Brown	420.45
36	Bob Turley	419.76
37	Ray Sadecki	419.18
38	Ray Herbert	419.15
39	Chuck Estrada	418.68
40	Art Mahaffey	417.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Steve Barber	413.38
42	Jack Kralick	413.14
43	Art Ditmar	411.42
44	Bob Anderson	406.29
45	Bob Shaw	405.99
46	Gene Conley	403.35
47	Bud Daley	403.25
48	Mudcat Grant	402.81
49	Curt Simmons	400.91
50	Cal McLish	399.78
51	Frank Sullivan	399.39
52	Tom Brewer	398.2
53	John Buzhardt	395.76
54	Joey Jay	389.36
55	Ken McBride	386.98
56	Dick Ellsworth	383.27
57	Roger Craig	383.23
58	Jack Fisher	381.79
59	Billy O'Dell	380.06
60	Ike Delock	377.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ned Garver	376.71
62	Juan Marichal	372.03
63	Ken Hunt	368.29
64	Joe McClain	367.37
65	Frank Baumann	363.78
66	Jay Hook	363.7
67	Dick Donovan	360.56
68	Wynn Hawkins	359.94
69	Billy Muffett	359.28
70	Dick Hall	356.57
71	Bob Gibson	353.85
72	Don Schwall	353.41
73	Herb Score	352.55
74	Eli Grba	350.59
75	Bennie Daniels	349.85
76	Tom Sturdivant	349.19
77	Joe Gibbon	348.18
78	Ron Moeller	347.38
79	Norm Bass	345.67
80	Billy Hoeft	341.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Phil Regan	340.99
82	Rollie Sheldon	340.79
83	Jerry Walker	340.59
84	Joe Nuxhall	340.45
85	Jim Kaat	340.17
86	Ron Kline	340.02
87	Billy Loes	339.75
88	Paul Foytack	338.57
89	Carl Willey	334.09
90	Ed Hobaugh	333.81
91	Jim Maloney	330.16
92	Dallas Green	329.96
93	Don Nottebart	329.64
94	Jim Archer	327.44
95	Johnny Antonelli	327.07
96	Bob Bruce	326.18
97	Dick Drott	324.93
98	Don Lee	324.47
99	Hal Woodeshick	324.25
100	Bill Stafford	323.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bobby Shantz	321.93
102	Pete Burnside	320.51
103	Don Ferrarese	320.5
104	Jack Curtis	315.54
105	Ted Bowsfield	313.61
106	Art Fowler	313.11
107	Chuck Stobbs	312.89
108	Jerry Casale	312.69
109	Juan Pizarro	311.42
110	Ryne Duren	311.38
111	Mike Fornieles	308.91
112	Jim Coates	308.89
113	Ed Rakow	306.13
114	Bobby Locke	305.22
115	Johnny James	304.75
116	Jim Owens	304.51
117	Russ Kemmerer	302.56
118	Chet Nichols	301.63
119	Earl Francis	301.09
120	Ed Palmquist	300.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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