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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	583.8
2	Sandy Koufax	578.41
3	Juan Marichal	570.35
4	Bob Gibson	564.44
5	Camilo Pascual	524.33
6	Jim Maloney	522.41
7	Bob Veale	519.56
8	Jim Bunning	503.86
9	Joe Horlen	502.13
10	Whitey Ford	496.49
11	Dean Chance	492.2
12	Jim Kaat	492.04
13	Curt Simmons	490.09
14	Milt Pappas	489.4
15	Gary Peters	484.18
16	Mickey Lolich	478.22
17	Claude Osteen	477.25
18	Bill Monbouquette	473.82
19	Jim O'Toole	467.9
20	Larry Jackson	466.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bob Friend	465.97
22	Al Downing	465.28
23	Bob Buhl	464.55
24	Turk Farrell	463.48
25	Chris Short	463.43
26	Jim Bouton	463.08
27	Robin Roberts	462.18
28	Dick Ellsworth	461.51
29	Ken Johnson	459.94
30	Sam McDowell	457.58
31	Juan Pizarro	455.8
32	Mudcat Grant	455.3
33	Hank Aguirre	453.41
34	Tony Cloninger	452.81
35	Bob Bruce	451.21
36	Gaylord Perry	440.96
37	Joey Jay	438.36
38	Denny Lemaster	437.95
39	Jack Kralick	437.62
40	Earl Wilson	436.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mel Stottlemyre	431.22
42	Tracy Stallard	427.2
43	Dave Wickersham	427.05
44	Ralph Terry	426.0
45	Steve Barber	425.07
46	Fred Newman	423.9
47	Wally Bunker	422.2
48	Dave Morehead	421.64
49	Vern Law	419.76
50	Diego Segui	418.09
51	Warren Spahn	416.78
52	Jack Fisher	416.63
53	Orlando Pena	411.96
54	Ray Sadecki	411.73
55	Ray Herbert	408.48
56	Luis Tiant	408.14
57	John Buzhardt	407.85
58	Dick Stigman	407.62
59	Bennie Daniels	406.84
60	Al Jackson	405.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John Tsitouris	400.83
62	Bob Purkey	395.9
63	Wade Blasingame	395.27
64	Ernie Broglio	391.73
65	Marcelino Lopez	386.21
66	Jack Sanford	385.76
67	Don Nottebart	384.07
68	Phil Ortega	374.73
69	Art Mahaffey	374.63
70	Dave McNally	373.46
71	Joe Gibbon	372.83
72	Sammy Ellis	372.8
73	John O'Donoghue	370.36
74	Bob Sadowski	369.55
75	Buster Narum	367.66
76	Jim Lonborg	366.84
77	Dennis Bennett	364.73
78	Johnny Podres	363.48
79	Joe Nuxhall	363.17
80	Rudy May	363.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ray Culp	362.95
82	Fred Talbot	360.35
83	Phil Regan	359.25
84	Denny McLain	358.54
85	Pete Richert	358.09
86	Bobby Bolin	354.98
87	Dave Giusti	352.08
88	Bill Stafford	350.35
89	Cal Koonce	350.25
90	Joe Sparma	348.89
91	Sonny Siebert	348.37
92	Don Cardwell	348.09
93	Bob Shaw	348.01
94	Bob Hendley	347.22
95	Ron Herbel	347.12
96	Galen Cisco	344.11
97	Hank Fischer	340.77
98	Tommy John	340.43
99	Dave Boswell	339.23
100	Lee Stange	338.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Moe Drabowsky	337.71
102	Mike McCormick	336.62
103	Ken McBride	336.4
104	Bo Belinsky	335.45
105	Rollie Sheldon	334.41
106	Ray Washburn	331.82
107	Roger Craig	331.66
108	George Brunet	331.27
109	Gary Kroll	329.86
110	Bruce Howard	328.98
111	Dick Donovan	325.71
112	Jim Palmer	323.32
113	Howie Koplitz	322.43
114	Claude Raymond	313.0
115	Mel Nelson	310.34
116	Frank Lary	309.12
117	Jerry Stephenson	307.74
118	Larry Dierker	307.46
119	Don Buschhorn	307.02
120	Gerry Arrigo	304.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Aubrey Gatewood	303.48
122	Tom Parsons	303.45
123	Lew Burdette	303.43
124	Dick Kelley	303.2
125	Dallas Green	302.87
126	Mike Kekich	302.47
127	Don Larsen	300.77
128	Frank Kreutzer	300.72
129	Bill Hands	300.38
130	Jim Brewer	300.25
131	Howie Reed	300.22

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