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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Whitey Ford	531.04
2	Jim Bunning	530.3
3	Don Drysdale	523.56
4	Mike McCormick	506.18
5	Frank Lary	504.91
6	Warren Spahn	503.26
7	Sandy Koufax	503.19
8	Camilo Pascual	491.9
9	Early Wynn	488.94
10	Johnny Podres	484.52
11	Glen Hobbie	471.14
12	Stan Williams	470.52
13	Lew Burdette	470.25
14	Milt Pappas	469.6
15	Sam Jones	468.95
16	Bob Friend	462.4
17	Bob Buhl	462.24
18	Billy Pierce	459.58
19	Pedro Ramos	459.26
20	Ralph Terry	455.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry Jackson	455.26
22	Jack Sanford	454.19
23	Bob Purkey	454.08
24	Vern Law	452.78
25	Jim O'Toole	449.25
26	Bill Monbouquette	446.06
27	Ernie Broglio	445.33
28	Don Mossi	444.41
29	Robin Roberts	444.24
30	Jack Kralick	444.03
31	Chuck Estrada	442.63
32	Joey Jay	436.93
33	Harvey Haddix	435.88
34	Ray Sadecki	434.28
35	Jim Perry	433.87
36	Don Cardwell	432.7
37	Steve Barber	431.82
38	Ray Herbert	428.49
39	Hal Brown	423.06
40	Gary Bell	418.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Gene Conley	417.75
42	Mudcat Grant	417.25
43	Vinegar Bend Mizell	417.18
44	Ken McBride	417.06
45	Art Mahaffey	417.02
46	Bob Turley	416.92
47	Curt Simmons	411.92
48	Cal McLish	411.0
49	Bob Shaw	407.6
50	Bud Daley	404.33
51	Art Ditmar	404.18
52	Dick Donovan	400.16
53	Bob Anderson	398.29
54	John Buzhardt	394.92
55	Dick Ellsworth	393.79
56	Billy O'Dell	393.25
57	Frank Sullivan	391.99
58	Tom Brewer	389.7
59	Dick Hall	389.53
60	Joe McClain	383.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ike Delock	382.82
62	Ken Hunt	381.9
63	Juan Marichal	379.99
64	Joe Gibbon	379.85
65	Bob Gibson	377.04
66	Roger Craig	373.95
67	Eli Grba	373.3
68	Rollie Sheldon	371.87
69	Wynn Hawkins	368.45
70	Bill Stafford	368.41
71	Ned Garver	368.21
72	Don Schwall	365.46
73	Jack Fisher	365.19
74	Bennie Daniels	363.68
75	Juan Pizarro	363.11
76	Jim Kaat	362.43
77	Frank Baumann	361.76
78	Jay Hook	361.57
79	Billy Muffett	361.07
80	Billy Loes	360.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ed Hobaugh	354.31
82	Jim Archer	353.04
83	Phil Regan	351.6
84	Jack Curtis	349.06
85	Norm Bass	347.03
86	Herb Score	344.05
87	Ron Moeller	343.57
88	Jerry Walker	343.19
89	Jim Maloney	341.53
90	Ted Bowsfield	341.29
91	Joe Nuxhall	340.98
92	Ryne Duren	339.71
93	Tom Sturdivant	338.82
94	Billy Hoeft	335.58
95	Bobby Shantz	335.23
96	Carl Willey	333.06
97	Ron Kline	330.35
98	Paul Foytack	330.07
99	Bob Bruce	329.58
100	Don Ferrarese	326.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick LeMay	324.57
102	Lew Krausse	324.2
103	Don Nottebart	323.66
104	Barry Latman	322.85
105	Dallas Green	321.46
106	Hal Woodeshick	321.01
107	Johnny Antonelli	320.07
108	Tony Cloninger	319.64
109	Galen Cisco	319.09
110	Dick Drott	317.62
111	Chris Short	317.16
112	Earl Francis	316.41
113	Don Lee	315.97
114	Pete Burnside	313.94
115	Ed Rakow	310.9
116	Al Cicotte	310.34
117	Dick Stigman	310.08
118	Bert Cueto	310.02
119	Sherman Jones	309.9
120	Wes Stock	308.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Owens	308.3
122	John Gabler	308.27
123	Bob Miller	307.89
124	Bob Hendley	307.85
125	Jerry Casale	306.96
126	Tom Cheney	306.37
127	Johnny James	306.13
128	Art Fowler	305.61
129	Ken Lehman	305.2
130	Chuck Stobbs	304.39
131	Jim Brewer	302.06
132	Mike Fornieles	301.41
133	Clem Labine	300.71
134	Eddie Fisher	300.63

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