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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	594.92
2	Don Drysdale	556.36
3	Camilo Pascual	551.6
4	Jim O'Toole	544.25
5	Larry Jackson	541.56
6	Juan Marichal	541.15
7	Bob Friend	531.31
8	Warren Spahn	525.84
9	Bill Monbouquette	523.58
10	Ralph Terry	521.2
11	Whitey Ford	519.62
12	Jim Bunning	513.47
13	Ernie Broglio	511.36
14	Jack Kralick	507.72
15	Jack Sanford	507.05
16	Juan Pizarro	503.99
17	Dick Ellsworth	501.77
18	Billy O'Dell	492.66
19	Ken McBride	492.46
20	Bob Gibson	488.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Johnny Podres	488.14
22	Ray Herbert	486.26
23	Jim Kaat	483.77
24	Art Mahaffey	478.23
25	Bob Purkey	477.97
26	Bob Buhl	476.51
27	Earl Wilson	471.99
28	Turk Farrell	468.67
29	Robin Roberts	466.15
30	Milt Pappas	464.54
31	Tom Cheney	463.86
32	Cal McLish	463.65
33	Joey Jay	460.92
34	Bob Shaw	459.57
35	Pedro Ramos	459.16
36	Curt Simmons	459.03
37	Jim Maloney	458.56
38	Hank Aguirre	454.11
39	Billy Pierce	451.47
40	John Buzhardt	450.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Steve Barber	449.11
42	Ed Rakow	445.87
43	Don Cardwell	445.08
44	Ken Johnson	444.54
45	Don Mossi	440.84
46	Mudcat Grant	440.37
47	Bob Bruce	436.91
48	Roger Craig	435.17
49	Don Schwall	433.05
50	Al Jackson	432.05
51	Chuck Estrada	431.42
52	Bill Stafford	430.58
53	Ray Culp	428.51
54	Dick Stigman	427.16
55	Bob Hendley	424.57
56	Dean Chance	420.23
57	Lew Burdette	418.76
58	Jim Perry	418.35
59	Orlando Pena	416.52
60	Glen Hobbie	416.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Denny Lemaster	414.21
62	Stan Williams	410.07
63	Carl Willey	409.26
64	Claude Osteen	407.79
65	Ray Washburn	407.53
66	Gene Conley	406.89
67	Mike McCormick	406.23
68	Phil Regan	404.95
69	Don Rudolph	398.93
70	Dave Stenhouse	398.17
71	Don Lee	395.79
72	Bennie Daniels	394.26
73	Dave Wickersham	389.42
74	Earl Francis	388.53
75	Gary Peters	387.78
76	Dave Morehead	387.23
77	Jim Bouton	384.87
78	Jay Hook	383.45
79	Joe Nuxhall	383.06
80	Bo Belinsky	379.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bob Miller	378.66
82	Ted Bowsfield	378.28
83	Al McBean	374.01
84	Dan Osinski	371.96
85	Frank Lary	370.84
86	Don Nottebart	368.34
87	Cal Koonce	361.85
88	Bob Turley	360.13
89	Al Downing	359.38
90	Ray Sadecki	357.33
91	John Tsitouris	356.83
92	Tracy Stallard	356.68
93	Sam McDowell	356.22
94	Mickey Lolich	352.89
95	Dick Drott	352.43
96	Jack Fisher	350.65
97	Eddie Fisher	350.56
98	Barry Latman	350.52
99	Tony Cloninger	350.07
100	Bill Faul	349.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Early Wynn	347.72
102	Hal Brown	345.82
103	Jim Roland	344.35
104	Ryne Duren	342.94
105	Ike Delock	342.7
106	Dick Donovan	342.48
107	Dan Pfister	341.31
108	Nick Willhite	338.99
109	Bobby Bolin	337.51
110	Diego Segui	336.3
111	Moe Drabowsky	334.81
112	Chris Short	334.16
113	Joe Gibbon	333.94
114	Joe Horlen	333.91
115	Vern Law	331.9
116	Jim Duckworth	331.32
117	Lee Stange	331.27
118	Galen Cisco	330.42
119	Bob Heffner	329.42
120	Paul Toth	326.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dallas Green	324.08
122	Ron Taylor	322.81
123	Gary Bell	322.72
124	Dave McNally	320.92
125	Jim Umbricht	319.72
126	John Boozer	316.71
127	Wilbur Wood	316.6
128	Hoyt Wilhelm	316.32
129	Paul Foytack	315.66
130	Bob Sadowski	311.83
131	Dave DeBusschere	310.08
132	Don McMahon	309.15
133	Jack Lamabe	308.82
134	Arnold Earley	308.53
135	Bill Pleis	306.65
136	Pete Richert	305.87
137	Willie Smith	305.41
138	Chris Zachary	305.38
139	Bill Fischer	303.76
140	Dan Schneider	303.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Chet Nichols	303.6
142	Gaylord Perry	303.31
143	Dennis Bennett	302.49
144	Art Quirk	301.7
145	Harvey Haddix	301.32
146	Garry Roggenburk	300.55

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