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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	551.06
2	Warren Spahn	516.37
3	Don Drysdale	515.38
4	Camilo Pascual	514.89
5	Whitey Ford	514.01
6	Jim Bunning	508.37
7	Bob Purkey	506.26
8	Ralph Terry	500.31
9	Don Mossi	479.35
10	Frank Lary	478.1
11	Bob Gibson	472.67
12	Bob Shaw	471.77
13	Milt Pappas	471.58
14	Jim O'Toole	471.38
15	Chuck Estrada	469.83
16	Larry Jackson	468.27
17	Jack Sanford	466.13
18	Mike McCormick	464.75
19	Joey Jay	462.68
20	Juan Marichal	457.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Monbouquette	456.33
22	Dick Donovan	453.39
23	Bob Friend	453.03
24	Pedro Ramos	452.89
25	Steve Barber	452.0
26	Billy Pierce	449.3
27	Johnny Podres	444.97
28	Don Cardwell	443.77
29	Stan Williams	443.52
30	Bill Stafford	443.15
31	Jack Kralick	441.02
32	Gene Conley	437.2
33	Ken McBride	436.98
34	Juan Pizarro	436.65
35	Art Mahaffey	435.34
36	Billy O'Dell	433.64
37	Lew Burdette	432.72
38	Jim Kaat	432.11
39	Curt Simmons	431.3
40	Mudcat Grant	425.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ray Herbert	425.59
42	John Buzhardt	424.16
43	Ernie Broglio	417.97
44	Jim Perry	412.21
45	Ray Sadecki	409.83
46	Glen Hobbie	408.43
47	Bennie Daniels	407.84
48	Ken Johnson	406.95
49	Bob Buhl	403.64
50	Dick Ellsworth	403.02
51	Don Schwall	401.75
52	Hal Brown	398.36
53	Early Wynn	396.82
54	Gary Bell	394.96
55	Harvey Haddix	394.55
56	Cal McLish	385.96
57	Jerry Walker	380.55
58	Bo Belinsky	378.06
59	Turk Farrell	372.38
60	Joe Gibbon	370.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bud Daley	369.86
62	Don Lee	366.6
63	Eli Grba	364.22
64	Ed Rakow	363.93
65	Bob Hendley	362.71
66	Paul Foytack	362.48
67	Al Jackson	360.46
68	Carl Willey	360.36
69	Jack Fisher	359.8
70	Phil Regan	359.66
71	Dave Stenhouse	358.4
72	Pete Burnside	358.34
73	Bob Bruce	358.1
74	Jim Golden	357.36
75	Al McBean	357.09
76	Norm Bass	356.17
77	Dave Wickersham	355.52
78	Claude Osteen	355.32
79	Joe Horlen	353.68
80	Cal Koonce	353.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Earl Francis	352.61
82	Earl Wilson	351.85
83	Joe Moeller	348.04
84	Rollie Sheldon	346.93
85	Roger Craig	346.68
86	Vinegar Bend Mizell	346.17
87	Vern Law	345.71
88	Dean Chance	344.73
89	Jay Hook	344.27
90	Bob Miller	342.99
91	Robin Roberts	342.53
92	Tom Sturdivant	341.47
93	Don Rudolph	340.77
94	Barry Latman	340.41
95	Ted Bowsfield	339.41
96	Sam Jones	338.33
97	Jim Archer	338.22
98	Joe Bonikowski	338.06
99	Jack Curtis	336.14
100	Dennis Bennett	335.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tom Cheney	334.97
102	Moe Drabowsky	334.14
103	Hal Woodeshick	332.43
104	Joe McClain	330.14
105	Jack Hamilton	329.36
106	Dean Stone	329.1
107	Dan Pfister	329.07
108	John Wyatt	328.97
109	Ron Piche	328.55
110	Jim Owens	328.2
111	Ike Delock	326.92
112	Ray Washburn	325.17
113	Hank Aguirre	322.48
114	Bob Anderson	322.01
115	Bob Turley	320.18
116	Billy Hoeft	319.38
117	Paul Brown	318.59
118	Tony Cloninger	318.02
119	Bobby Shantz	317.32
120	Art Ditmar	315.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Galen Cisco	315.28
122	Jim Bouton	314.25
123	Johnny Klippstein	312.58
124	Art Quirk	312.57
125	Diego Segui	312.31
126	Steve Hamilton	311.88
127	Cecil Butler	309.52
128	Gaylord Perry	309.15
129	Ted Wills	308.11
130	Dave Giusti	308.07
131	Ray Daviault	307.76
132	Lee Stange	307.75
133	Ron Taylor	306.68
134	Ryne Duren	305.83
135	Jim Donohue	305.8
136	Bob Moorhead	305.15
137	Jim Maloney	304.06
138	Jim Duffalo	303.1
139	Dom Zanni	301.24
140	Bob Veale	300.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Willard Hunter	300.31
142	George Witt	300.13

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