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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	588.39
2	Don Sutton	574.28
3	Bob Gibson	570.25
4	Gaylord Perry	568.4
5	Bert Blyleven	549.4
6	Nolan Ryan	545.12
7	Mickey Lolich	543.66
8	Catfish Hunter	540.89
9	Jim Palmer	538.34
10	Fergie Jenkins	531.68
11	Don Wilson	528.36
12	Steve Carlton	527.04
13	Ken Holtzman	525.45
14	Wilbur Wood	524.17
15	Rick Wise	522.36
16	Phil Niekro	501.13
17	Joe Coleman	498.19
18	Andy Messersmith	491.51
19	Marty Pattin	488.05
20	Bill Singer	485.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Cuellar	482.81
22	Rudy May	481.26
23	Claude Osteen	481.06
24	Jack Billingham	479.47
25	Dave McNally	478.16
26	Paul Splittorff	476.35
27	Vida Blue	474.17
28	Tom Bradley	473.1
29	Dick Drago	472.94
30	Dock Ellis	470.46
31	Jim Perry	468.25
32	Pat Dobson	467.33
33	Jerry Koosman	467.31
34	Al Downing	465.12
35	Mel Stottlemyre	459.84
36	Milt Pappas	458.26
37	Stan Bahnsen	457.83
38	Clyde Wright	457.07
39	Ron Bryant	456.79
40	Clay Kirby	454.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Reuss	453.87
42	Luis Tiant	452.73
43	Bob Moose	452.4
44	Rick Reuschel	449.98
45	Tommy John	448.98
46	Bill Hands	447.81
47	Ken Forsch	446.89
48	Jon Matlack	445.51
49	Nelson Briles	444.18
50	Fritz Peterson	443.99
51	Fred Norman	438.18
52	Gary Gentry	438.07
53	Reggie Cleveland	437.57
54	Ron Reed	435.85
55	Juan Marichal	434.08
56	Ross Grimsley	432.27
57	Dave Roberts	432.05
58	Bill Stoneman	430.65
59	Steve Blass	429.79
60	Dick Woodson	429.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Carl Morton	428.62
62	Ernie McAnally	426.86
63	Steve Kline	426.48
64	Balor Moore	425.86
65	Gary Nolan	425.05
66	Dick Tidrow	423.32
67	Sam McDowell	422.24
68	Mike Torrez	421.75
69	Sonny Siebert	419.59
70	Burt Hooton	418.31
71	Don Gullett	418.14
72	Bill Parsons	415.84
73	Roger Nelson	412.14
74	Jim Lonborg	409.42
75	Woodie Fryman	408.31
76	Jim Colborn	406.38
77	Dick Bosman	406.25
78	Blue Moon Odom	406.17
79	John Curtis	405.92
80	Jim Kaat	399.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Arlin	398.77
82	Jim Barr	398.19
83	Steve Renko	391.41
84	Wayne Twitchell	391.25
85	Bill Lee	388.78
86	Skip Lockwood	383.83
87	Larry Dierker	378.75
88	Jim McAndrew	378.14
89	Doc Medich	373.76
90	Bill Greif	372.13
91	Jim Slaton	368.44
92	Ken Brett	367.56
93	Pete Broberg	366.57
94	Jerry Bell	365.07
95	Jim Willoughby	363.93
96	Steve Busby	363.52
97	Jim McGlothlin	362.14
98	Alan Foster	360.87
99	Mike Paul	358.69
100	Rich Hand	354.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doyle Alexander	354.36
102	Luke Walker	353.79
103	Mike Caldwell	352.97
104	Wayne Simpson	348.76
105	Milt Wilcox	345.53
106	Eddie Fisher	339.9
107	Dick Ruthven	339.72
108	Ray Corbin	339.34
109	Lynn McGlothen	337.33
110	Steve Stone	336.56
111	Dave Hamilton	333.76
112	Roric Harrison	332.95
113	Clay Carroll	331.76
114	George Stone	327.94
115	Jim Merritt	326.96
116	Ken Wright	326.73
117	Harry Parker	325.74
118	Brent Strom	325.61
119	Joe Decker	322.31
120	Mike Corkins	322.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Scipio Spinks	322.16
122	Tom Murphy	320.44
123	Steve Dunning	318.96
124	Gene Garber	318.19
125	Chris Short	314.92
126	Ray Culp	313.45
127	Jesse Jefferson	312.52
128	Larry Christenson	311.43
129	Dave Goltz	311.13
130	Bill Bonham	310.96
131	Bruce Dal Canton	310.84
132	Tom Timmermann	310.0
133	J.R. Richard	309.81
134	Don Stanhouse	308.89
135	Larry Gura	308.86
136	Mark Littell	308.18
137	Bart Johnson	308.17
138	Randy Jones	307.15
139	Mike Kekich	306.48
140	Don Carrithers	305.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Fred Beene	304.98
142	Tom Griffin	304.42
143	Rich Troedson	304.2
144	Charlie Williams	304.05
145	Bob Johnson	303.96
146	Tom Hall	303.93
147	Jim Bibby	303.93
148	Rich Gossage	303.12
149	Andy Hassler	303.05
150	Jimmy Freeman	300.12

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