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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Johnny Antonelli	525.24
2	Sam Jones	520.76
3	Warren Spahn	515.57
4	Don Drysdale	515.06
5	Whitey Ford	512.33
6	Frank Lary	502.14
7	Billy Pierce	500.66
8	Camilo Pascual	497.11
9	Jim Bunning	490.32
10	Bob Turley	484.4
11	Harvey Haddix	483.79
12	Dick Donovan	480.93
13	Lew Burdette	477.09
14	Don Newcombe	476.82
15	Tom Brewer	473.86
16	Robin Roberts	473.38
17	Vinegar Bend Mizell	472.56
18	Early Wynn	471.55
19	Johnny Podres	467.21
20	Paul Foytack	465.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Frank Sullivan	465.4
22	Cal McLish	464.51
23	Ron Kline	462.3
24	Ned Garver	447.54
25	Bob Friend	444.75
26	Jack Sanford	444.54
27	Vern Law	442.24
28	Larry Jackson	439.99
29	Pedro Ramos	432.29
30	Don Larsen	427.22
31	Jack Harshman	427.07
32	Ralph Terry	426.67
33	Mike McCormick	425.99
34	Hoyt Wilhelm	421.16
35	Sandy Koufax	420.9
36	Gary Bell	420.11
37	Bob Purkey	417.63
38	Bob Rush	412.76
39	Ike Delock	409.19
40	Bob Buhl	407.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Billy O'Dell	407.7
42	Joe Nuxhall	407.55
43	Ruben Gomez	404.94
44	Duke Maas	404.24
45	Brooks Lawrence	402.34
46	Gene Conley	401.83
47	Dave Hillman	400.11
48	Herb Score	399.68
49	Glen Hobbie	396.3
50	Billy Hoeft	394.53
51	Milt Pappas	393.77
52	Russ Kemmerer	392.56
53	Moe Drabowsky	392.24
54	Stan Williams	391.01
55	Bob Anderson	390.3
56	Danny McDevitt	389.83
57	Mudcat Grant	388.93
58	Ray Herbert	388.56
59	Stu Miller	383.6
60	Bill Fischer	382.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Don Mossi	379.57
62	Hal Brown	375.71
63	Jerry Walker	375.61
64	Dick Drott	375.44
65	Carl Willey	372.61
66	Jim Owens	369.83
67	Bud Daley	367.56
68	Jerry Casale	366.21
69	Ray Semproch	365.84
70	Art Ditmar	365.81
71	Bob Grim	358.31
72	Ray Moore	356.0
73	Don Ferrarese	355.24
74	Arnie Portocarrero	354.18
75	Ray Narleski	353.8
76	Gary Blaylock	353.1
77	Tom Sturdivant	349.38
78	Ernie Broglio	347.2
79	George Witt	345.94
80	Bob Shaw	345.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rip Coleman	343.52
82	Joey Jay	339.84
83	Juan Pizarro	338.49
84	Jim Brosnan	334.72
85	John Buzhardt	333.64
86	Don Cardwell	329.9
87	Alex Kellner	329.63
88	Roger Craig	329.53
89	Barry Latman	327.68
90	Ted Wills	327.17
91	Johnny Kucks	323.43
92	Dick Ricketts	320.59
93	Mike Garcia	319.89
94	Lindy McDaniel	319.41
95	Bennie Daniels	318.89
96	Hal Griggs	318.66
97	Marshall Bridges	316.36
98	Jim Bronstad	315.62
99	Jerry Davie	313.37
100	Frank Baumann	312.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Orlando Pena	312.18
102	Jim O'Toole	312.11
103	Larry Sherry	312.0
104	Bobby Locke	311.28
105	Howie Reed	310.22
106	Eddie Fisher	309.98
107	Elmer Singleton	305.18
108	Jack Fisher	303.63
109	Connie Johnson	303.31
110	John Romonosky	301.07
111	Willard Schmidt	300.88
112	Al Worthington	300.21

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