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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	586.27
2	Don Sutton	580.84
3	Gaylord Perry	561.87
4	Bob Gibson	561.18
5	Nolan Ryan	551.95
6	Bert Blyleven	550.83
7	Mickey Lolich	544.23
8	Catfish Hunter	540.22
9	Jim Palmer	539.89
10	Wilbur Wood	532.55
11	Fergie Jenkins	530.2
12	Ken Holtzman	529.04
13	Don Wilson	527.88
14	Rick Wise	518.36
15	Steve Carlton	514.73
16	Joe Coleman	504.11
17	Bill Singer	501.83
18	Andy Messersmith	497.04
19	Phil Niekro	493.1
20	Marty Pattin	488.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave McNally	487.92
22	Mike Cuellar	487.03
23	Claude Osteen	481.64
24	Jack Billingham	480.18
25	Vida Blue	479.23
26	Dock Ellis	479.19
27	Dick Drago	474.76
28	Rudy May	474.51
29	Mel Stottlemyre	472.4
30	Pat Dobson	470.66
31	Paul Splittorff	470.26
32	Tom Bradley	469.36
33	Clyde Wright	464.84
34	Jerry Koosman	463.69
35	Stan Bahnsen	462.76
36	Clay Kirby	462.62
37	Al Downing	461.8
38	Luis Tiant	461.47
39	Jim Perry	460.71
40	Jon Matlack	460.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ron Bryant	459.22
42	Jerry Reuss	458.45
43	Ken Forsch	456.79
44	Nelson Briles	456.42
45	Rick Reuschel	456.25
46	Milt Pappas	453.1
47	Bob Moose	451.13
48	Tommy John	449.0
49	Fritz Peterson	448.13
50	Bill Hands	445.31
51	Dave Roberts	444.38
52	Reggie Cleveland	443.8
53	Burt Hooton	440.85
54	Fred Norman	439.66
55	Dick Woodson	439.47
56	Gary Gentry	435.57
57	Ross Grimsley	435.53
58	Carl Morton	433.54
59	Dick Tidrow	431.74
60	Sonny Siebert	429.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Juan Marichal	429.51
62	Sam McDowell	427.11
63	Bill Stoneman	426.17
64	Steve Kline	425.48
65	Ernie McAnally	423.93
66	Ron Reed	423.8
67	Steve Blass	423.01
68	Mike Torrez	419.18
69	Balor Moore	417.7
70	Jim Lonborg	416.98
71	Don Gullett	416.29
72	Gary Nolan	415.05
73	Bill Parsons	414.84
74	John Curtis	413.94
75	Steve Arlin	412.6
76	Blue Moon Odom	412.43
77	Jim Barr	412.07
78	Roger Nelson	409.64
79	Wayne Twitchell	408.94
80	Woodie Fryman	408.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Kaat	407.27
82	Steve Renko	405.41
83	Dick Bosman	400.73
84	Jim Colborn	397.91
85	Bill Lee	392.42
86	Doc Medich	392.38
87	Skip Lockwood	381.33
88	Jim Slaton	378.17
89	Larry Dierker	376.25
90	Bill Greif	373.03
91	Jim McAndrew	371.4
92	Steve Busby	368.29
93	Ken Brett	366.31
94	Jim McGlothlin	364.15
95	Alan Foster	364.12
96	Jerry Bell	364.1
97	Pete Broberg	363.63
98	Jim Willoughby	361.43
99	Doyle Alexander	360.5
100	Luke Walker	357.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Ruthven	357.25
102	Mike Paul	356.19
103	Rich Hand	352.04
104	Dave Hamilton	350.69
105	Mike Caldwell	350.47
106	Steve Stone	347.62
107	Milt Wilcox	347.54
108	Wayne Simpson	346.26
109	Joe Decker	343.74
110	Roric Harrison	341.41
111	Eddie Fisher	338.89
112	Ray Corbin	336.84
113	Tom Murphy	336.76
114	George Stone	336.19
115	Lynn McGlothen	334.83
116	Steve Dunning	334.41
117	Ken Wright	334.36
118	Ray Culp	333.79
119	Jim Merritt	333.4
120	Jim Bibby	332.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Harry Parker	330.77
122	Clay Carroll	329.26
123	Brent Strom	326.95
124	Randy Jones	322.61
125	Rich Troedson	321.25
126	Mike Strahler	320.22
127	J.R. Richard	320.05
128	Mike Corkins	319.8
129	Tom Hall	319.67
130	Scipio Spinks	319.66
131	Larry Gura	318.79
132	Jesse Jefferson	318.77
133	Bart Johnson	318.29
134	Gene Garber	315.69
135	Mark Littell	315.3
136	David Clyde	315.01
137	Rich Folkers	314.61
138	Chris Short	314.2
139	Mike Wallace	313.3
140	Roger Moret	312.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ron Schueler	312.47
142	Eddie Bane	310.51
143	Dave Goltz	310.13
144	Larry Christenson	308.93
145	Jim Rooker	308.79
146	Bill Bonham	308.71
147	Bruce Dal Canton	308.34
148	Don Carrithers	307.87
149	Jimmy Freeman	307.21
150	Jim Geddes	307.1
151	Tom Timmermann	307.02
152	Bob Johnson	307.0
153	Doug Rau	306.76
154	Don Stanhouse	306.39
155	Charlie Williams	305.08
156	Mike Kekich	304.98
157	Bob Reynolds	304.82
158	John Strohmayer	304.68
159	Andy Hassler	303.35
160	Fred Beene	302.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jim Kremmel	302.28
162	Tom Hilgendorf	302.09
163	Tom Griffin	301.92
164	Rich Gossage	300.62
165	Adrian Devine	300.54

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