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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	534.1
2	Jim Bunning	532.62
3	Camilo Pascual	532.15
4	Don Drysdale	516.77
5	Bob Friend	499.72
6	Vern Law	498.44
7	Mike McCormick	489.51
8	Frank Lary	488.7
9	Warren Spahn	485.42
10	Larry Jackson	483.07
11	Johnny Podres	471.88
12	Whitey Ford	467.68
13	Jack Sanford	466.63
14	Harvey Haddix	466.57
15	Billy Pierce	463.8
16	Johnny Antonelli	460.05
17	Robin Roberts	458.87
18	Early Wynn	457.88
19	Billy O'Dell	456.21
20	Lew Burdette	455.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Mossi	449.22
22	Gary Bell	445.07
23	Bud Daley	443.18
24	Sandy Koufax	441.17
25	Don Newcombe	439.63
26	Jim Owens	438.47
27	Bob Buhl	437.79
28	Bob Turley	437.34
29	Frank Sullivan	432.82
30	Hoyt Wilhelm	430.74
31	Dick Donovan	429.64
32	Vinegar Bend Mizell	426.28
33	Pedro Ramos	425.81
34	Tom Brewer	417.7
35	Bob Shaw	415.51
36	Glen Hobbie	415.16
37	Ralph Terry	414.6
38	Art Ditmar	414.51
39	Bob Purkey	413.73
40	Cal McLish	411.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Paul Foytack	411.46
42	Ron Kline	409.53
43	Milt Pappas	409.39
44	Bob Anderson	401.3
45	Bill Monbouquette	400.64
46	Jim Perry	394.82
47	Jerry Walker	392.67
48	Carl Willey	392.39
49	Ned Garver	390.34
50	Stan Williams	384.02
51	Dick Hall	381.04
52	Jim O'Toole	380.93
53	Jay Hook	379.36
54	Ray Herbert	379.15
55	Jerry Casale	377.82
56	Don Cardwell	375.06
57	Gene Conley	370.54
58	Roger Craig	366.05
59	Ernie Broglio	362.95
60	Hal Brown	362.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Ellsworth	360.99
62	Jim Coates	360.28
63	Russ Kemmerer	356.8
64	Mudcat Grant	356.32
65	John Buzhardt	351.58
66	Chuck Estrada	349.39
67	Don Larsen	346.95
68	Juan Pizarro	346.29
69	Joe Nuxhall	346.13
70	Steve Barber	345.11
71	Wynn Hawkins	339.67
72	Herb Score	338.88
73	Dave Hillman	335.25
74	Ray Sadecki	332.44
75	Danny McDevitt	331.09
76	Jack Fisher	330.86
77	Ken Johnson	330.15
78	Frank Baumann	329.68
79	Hal Woodeshick	328.05
80	Barry Latman	327.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jack Harshman	326.91
82	Pete Burnside	326.28
83	Chuck Stobbs	326.0
84	Jim Kaat	324.55
85	Bill Short	323.72
86	Dick Stigman	320.86
87	Bob Miller	319.79
88	Bill Fischer	318.76
89	Bobby Locke	318.47
90	George Brunet	318.32
91	Arnie Portocarrero	318.13
92	Chris Short	317.82
93	Mark Freeman	317.71
94	Joe Gibbon	317.46
95	Jack Meyer	314.65
96	Dick Drott	314.18
97	Ted Bowsfield	312.08
98	Ike Delock	310.17
99	Don Lee	309.77
100	Hank Aguirre	309.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Gabler	308.23
102	Bennie Daniels	307.93
103	Curt Simmons	306.58
104	Tom Sturdivant	305.67
105	Duke Maas	305.03
106	Tex Clevenger	304.44
107	Johnny Kucks	303.65
108	Bob Trowbridge	303.55
109	Joey Jay	303.54
110	Seth Morehead	303.1
111	Moe Drabowsky	301.87
112	Jim Umbricht	301.47
113	Lindy McDaniel	300.28
114	Tom Borland	300.14
115	Larry Sherry	300.04

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