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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Sam Jones	534.84
2	Camilo Pascual	531.23
3	Jim Bunning	529.41
4	Don Drysdale	516.77
5	Bob Friend	500.55
6	Vern Law	490.79
7	Frank Lary	488.12
8	Mike McCormick	487.03
9	Warren Spahn	484.68
10	Larry Jackson	481.89
11	Johnny Podres	474.89
12	Jack Sanford	473.38
13	Whitey Ford	470.94
14	Harvey Haddix	466.57
15	Early Wynn	463.81
16	Billy Pierce	463.4
17	Johnny Antonelli	460.55
18	Billy O'Dell	446.8
19	Lew Burdette	445.65
20	Robin Roberts	444.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Sandy Koufax	444.23
22	Don Newcombe	444.19
23	Gary Bell	444.02
24	Don Mossi	440.11
25	Bob Turley	439.23
26	Jim Owens	438.47
27	Bob Buhl	437.79
28	Bud Daley	433.63
29	Dick Donovan	430.64
30	Vinegar Bend Mizell	427.15
31	Pedro Ramos	425.81
32	Frank Sullivan	420.17
33	Hoyt Wilhelm	417.58
34	Bob Purkey	417.49
35	Glen Hobbie	415.82
36	Bob Shaw	415.73
37	Tom Brewer	414.88
38	Ralph Terry	414.6
39	Cal McLish	412.67
40	Paul Foytack	411.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Art Ditmar	407.64
42	Ron Kline	404.22
43	Bob Anderson	401.3
44	Jim Perry	396.87
45	Milt Pappas	395.95
46	Ned Garver	391.34
47	Bill Monbouquette	390.5
48	Jerry Walker	384.8
49	Carl Willey	383.24
50	Dick Hall	381.04
51	Jerry Casale	379.05
52	Don Cardwell	376.06
53	Stan Williams	375.93
54	Ray Herbert	373.19
55	Jim O'Toole	372.8
56	Gene Conley	371.54
57	Jay Hook	369.04
58	Roger Craig	367.05
59	Hal Brown	362.1
60	Ernie Broglio	360.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Ellsworth	359.71
62	Jim Coates	359.41
63	Russ Kemmerer	357.03
64	Mudcat Grant	356.82
65	John Buzhardt	350.56
66	Juan Pizarro	348.35
67	Don Larsen	347.95
68	Joe Nuxhall	346.13
69	Steve Barber	345.11
70	Chuck Estrada	344.22
71	Herb Score	339.88
72	Wynn Hawkins	337.39
73	Dave Hillman	336.25
74	Jack Harshman	330.91
75	Ken Johnson	329.54
76	Barry Latman	328.97
77	Frank Baumann	327.31
78	Jim Kaat	325.55
79	Danny McDevitt	324.73
80	Bill Short	324.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pete Burnside	324.3
82	Chuck Stobbs	324.14
83	Ray Sadecki	323.91
84	Hal Woodeshick	323.05
85	Bob Miller	320.79
86	Bill Fischer	319.26
87	Mark Freeman	319.2
88	Arnie Portocarrero	319.13
89	Chris Short	318.68
90	Bobby Locke	318.47
91	Joe Gibbon	317.96
92	Jack Fisher	317.86
93	Jack Meyer	315.65
94	Dick Drott	315.18
95	Hank Aguirre	309.99
96	Bennie Daniels	309.78
97	Dick Stigman	309.29
98	John Gabler	308.02
99	Tom Sturdivant	306.67
100	Duke Maas	306.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tex Clevenger	305.44
102	Ted Bowsfield	305.31
103	Don Lee	304.63
104	Joey Jay	304.54
105	Ike Delock	304.27
106	Bob Trowbridge	303.8
107	Jim Umbricht	302.47
108	Johnny Kucks	302.21
109	George Brunet	302.14
110	Lindy McDaniel	301.28
111	Tom Borland	301.14
112	Larry Sherry	301.04
113	Humberto Robinson	300.7
114	Moe Drabowsky	300.62
115	Ruben Gomez	300.49

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