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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	643.15
2	Juan Marichal	602.88
3	Bob Gibson	596.45
4	Jim Bunning	575.68
5	Jim Maloney	568.43
6	Sam McDowell	546.09
7	Bob Veale	536.66
8	Chris Short	516.9
9	Steve Barber	512.92
10	Denny McLain	505.24
11	Mudcat Grant	499.38
12	Claude Osteen	498.9
13	Don Drysdale	498.37
14	Dean Chance	494.33
15	Mel Stottlemyre	492.72
16	Larry Jackson	489.82
17	Ken Johnson	489.81
18	Joe Horlen	489.27
19	Pete Richert	487.79
20	Milt Pappas	487.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim Kaat	487.07
22	Al Downing	485.31
23	Tony Cloninger	481.35
24	Earl Wilson	480.45
25	Mickey Lolich	475.98
26	Whitey Ford	474.2
27	Sonny Siebert	470.19
28	Gary Peters	468.45
29	Dave McNally	461.35
30	Hank Aguirre	455.14
31	Al Jackson	454.92
32	Dick Ellsworth	454.28
33	Dave Wickersham	452.66
34	Denny Lemaster	452.1
35	Sammy Ellis	451.89
36	Camilo Pascual	448.98
37	Vern Law	444.8
38	Bob Friend	444.19
39	Luis Tiant	443.06
40	Gaylord Perry	442.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tommy John	440.08
42	George Brunet	439.26
43	Robin Roberts	439.25
44	Bill Monbouquette	437.65
45	Turk Farrell	435.64
46	Jack Fisher	434.8
47	Wally Bunker	434.57
48	John Buzhardt	434.18
49	Bobby Bolin	429.21
50	Bob Shaw	428.85
51	Don Cardwell	428.78
52	Fred Newman	425.05
53	Marcelino Lopez	424.51
54	Jim O'Toole	422.17
55	Juan Pizarro	421.37
56	Joey Jay	418.55
57	Catfish Hunter	418.23
58	Dave Morehead	414.6
59	Bob Bruce	413.41
60	Larry Dierker	413.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Curt Simmons	413.16
62	Rollie Sheldon	412.53
63	Phil Ortega	410.67
64	Ray Sadecki	409.06
65	Bob Buhl	405.7
66	Gary Bell	402.64
67	Ray Culp	402.01
68	Don Sutton	399.62
69	Wade Blasingame	398.51
70	Fred Talbot	396.49
71	Jim Perry	395.88
72	Mike McCormick	394.12
73	Ray Washburn	389.37
74	Mike Cuellar	387.44
75	Jim Bouton	387.13
76	Woodie Fryman	384.99
77	Hank Fischer	384.67
78	Jim Palmer	382.77
79	Ralph Terry	382.02
80	Dave Giusti	381.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	John O'Donoghue	380.44
82	Fritz Peterson	379.77
83	Diego Segui	375.34
84	Jose Santiago	374.92
85	Tracy Stallard	374.04
86	Joe Nuxhall	373.26
87	Ron Herbel	372.55
88	Joe Sparma	372.49
89	Dave Boswell	372.0
90	Ken Holtzman	371.46
91	Steve Blass	367.97
92	Jim Lonborg	367.31
93	Chuck Dobson	365.02
94	Dennis Ribant	362.52
95	Nelson Briles	361.43
96	Jack Lamabe	355.7
97	Jack Hamilton	354.64
98	Dick Stigman	353.28
99	Jim McGlothlin	352.24
100	Rob Gardner	350.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bill Faul	349.67
102	Bruce Howard	348.72
103	Lee Stange	347.27
104	Bill Hands	346.9
105	John Miller	343.27
106	Ray Herbert	339.53
107	Jerry Stephenson	335.73
108	Barry Latman	335.27
109	Lew Krausse	334.56
110	Frank Bertaina	334.26
111	Larry Jaster	330.2
112	Tommie Sisk	329.87
113	Ernie Broglio	329.61
114	Jack Kralick	329.58
115	Jack Sanford	327.27
116	Jim Merritt	326.36
117	Clyde Wright	326.07
118	Bob Sadowski	325.13
119	Jim Hannan	325.07
120	Steve Hargan	324.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bucky Brandon	320.91
122	Bob Hendley	320.15
123	Paul Lindblad	320.02
124	Rick Wise	319.32
125	Joe Gibbon	318.25
126	Dick Bosman	318.1
127	Don Schwall	318.05
128	Bill Stafford	315.81
129	Bill Short	313.77
130	Arnold Umbach	312.15
131	Jim Duckworth	311.22
132	Dick Rusteck	309.95
133	Tom Kelley	309.89
134	Minnie Rojas	309.81
135	Eddie Watt	308.95
136	Fergie Jenkins	308.13
137	Dick Selma	307.86
138	Tug McGraw	307.01
139	Jim Nash	305.32
140	Joe Moeller	304.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bill Hepler	303.38
142	Don Nottebart	302.94
143	Cal Koonce	302.42
144	Art Mahaffey	301.74
145	Clay Carroll	301.3
146	Gene Brabender	300.77

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