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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	614.04
2	Don Drysdale	568.78
3	Juan Marichal	548.9
4	Bob Gibson	544.25
5	Whitey Ford	540.35
6	Camilo Pascual	539.47
7	Jim Bunning	534.22
8	Dick Ellsworth	528.76
9	Jim Maloney	523.31
10	Jack Kralick	507.24
11	Juan Pizarro	498.72
12	Larry Jackson	498.11
13	Jim O'Toole	494.04
14	Curt Simmons	489.68
15	Gary Peters	488.04
16	Jim Bouton	486.08
17	Jack Sanford	481.67
18	Al Downing	481.3
19	Bob Friend	481.13
20	Dean Chance	480.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dick Stigman	480.44
22	Milt Pappas	474.57
23	Bob Buhl	472.21
24	Ernie Broglio	468.33
25	Joe Nuxhall	466.05
26	Ken Johnson	465.57
27	Robin Roberts	465.52
28	Warren Spahn	465.3
29	Turk Farrell	464.79
30	Bill Monbouquette	464.47
31	Dave Wickersham	463.79
32	Hank Aguirre	461.1
33	Jim Kaat	458.26
34	Pedro Ramos	454.95
35	Claude Osteen	451.98
36	Orlando Pena	445.42
37	Earl Wilson	436.15
38	Bob Hendley	435.97
39	Denny Lemaster	435.81
40	Ray Herbert	435.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ray Culp	433.6
42	Steve Barber	433.0
43	Ralph Terry	432.81
44	Roger Craig	430.11
45	Chris Short	428.15
46	Mudcat Grant	427.95
47	Bob Veale	427.85
48	Al Jackson	427.83
49	Bob Purkey	426.67
50	Art Mahaffey	425.58
51	Joey Jay	425.28
52	Don Nottebart	424.54
53	Joe Horlen	423.19
54	Ken McBride	422.66
55	Diego Segui	420.52
56	Phil Regan	416.26
57	Dennis Bennett	415.98
58	John Tsitouris	415.21
59	Dave Morehead	414.24
60	Lee Stange	412.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ray Sadecki	412.64
62	Billy O'Dell	411.43
63	Bennie Daniels	410.95
64	Mickey Lolich	410.47
65	Moe Drabowsky	409.42
66	John Buzhardt	404.8
67	Bob Bruce	404.09
68	Johnny Podres	403.73
69	Bo Belinsky	400.83
70	Joe Gibbon	400.07
71	Tony Cloninger	396.33
72	Stan Williams	396.18
73	Tracy Stallard	392.48
74	Wally Bunker	391.28
75	Bob Sadowski	389.63
76	Ed Rakow	388.09
77	Tom Cheney	382.67
78	Ron Herbel	382.61
79	Vern Law	377.85
80	Sam McDowell	374.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dave McNally	372.15
82	Galen Cisco	371.33
83	Jack Fisher	370.86
84	Joe Moeller	370.03
85	Barry Latman	368.22
86	Frank Lary	368.2
87	Fred Newman	366.57
88	Hank Fischer	366.45
89	Phil Ortega	365.8
90	Jack Lamabe	365.19
91	John O'Donoghue	362.61
92	Glen Hobbie	362.3
93	Tommy John	361.19
94	Bobby Bolin	361.13
95	Hal Brown	358.83
96	Dick Donovan	358.22
97	Buster Narum	357.17
98	Ray Washburn	351.97
99	Jim Roland	347.61
100	Steve Blass	346.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Don Schwall	346.68
102	Fred Talbot	344.09
103	Alan Koch	343.28
104	Gerry Arrigo	341.7
105	Don Lee	339.75
106	Joe Sparma	337.42
107	Bob Shaw	336.26
108	Rollie Sheldon	335.37
109	Don Cardwell	334.77
110	Carl Willey	334.49
111	Don Rudolph	330.59
112	Mike McCormick	327.54
113	Lew Burdette	326.35
114	Denny McLain	323.39
115	Nick Willhite	322.82
116	Ted Bowsfield	321.76
117	Wade Blasingame	320.15
118	Sammy Ellis	319.28
119	Cal McLish	319.14
120	Ed Connolly	316.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Owens	316.69
122	Steve Hamilton	316.26
123	Dave Stenhouse	316.22
124	Bob Miller	315.91
125	Bob Lee	315.62
126	Sterling Slaughter	315.43
127	Chuck Estrada	314.67
128	Bob Meyer	314.4
129	Gaylord Perry	313.63
130	Jay Hook	313.54
131	Mike Cuellar	313.32
132	Jim Hannan	311.61
133	Sonny Siebert	310.56
134	Dan Schneider	308.15
135	Bill Stafford	308.04
136	Frank Kreutzer	306.97
137	Eddie Fisher	306.37
138	Larry Miller	305.93
139	Dan Pfister	304.53
140	Rick Wise	304.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jose Santiago	303.05
142	Arnold Earley	302.6
143	Darrell Sutherland	302.02
144	Bill Wakefield	301.93
145	Larry Yellen	301.69
146	Jim Duckworth	300.83

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