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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	588.72
2	Camilo Pascual	547.68
3	Don Drysdale	545.39
4	Whitey Ford	529.55
5	Jim Bunning	519.27
6	Warren Spahn	518.17
7	Bob Purkey	513.44
8	Ralph Terry	513.06
9	Bob Gibson	495.37
10	Don Mossi	484.99
11	Jim O'Toole	483.27
12	Chuck Estrada	482.04
13	Jack Sanford	479.88
14	Art Mahaffey	479.4
15	Juan Pizarro	479.03
16	Bob Shaw	477.77
17	Dick Donovan	476.02
18	Larry Jackson	475.08
19	Milt Pappas	473.11
20	Joey Jay	471.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Monbouquette	471.06
22	Juan Marichal	467.75
23	Billy O'Dell	467.41
24	Bob Friend	466.89
25	Frank Lary	465.45
26	Johnny Podres	463.84
27	Don Cardwell	463.82
28	Mike McCormick	461.9
29	Ken McBride	460.74
30	Steve Barber	459.07
31	Ray Herbert	456.8
32	Stan Williams	454.51
33	Pedro Ramos	451.36
34	Bill Stafford	449.56
35	Gene Conley	449.24
36	Jack Kralick	449.2
37	Lew Burdette	447.12
38	Jim Kaat	443.47
39	Curt Simmons	442.52
40	Billy Pierce	440.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ernie Broglio	439.5
42	Mudcat Grant	429.06
43	John Buzhardt	425.81
44	Jim Perry	421.16
45	Ray Sadecki	420.17
46	Bob Buhl	414.87
47	Glen Hobbie	411.84
48	Dick Ellsworth	411.62
49	Don Schwall	411.31
50	Early Wynn	409.67
51	Harvey Haddix	408.74
52	Dave Stenhouse	406.38
53	Bennie Daniels	406.01
54	Al McBean	400.53
55	Paul Foytack	400.05
56	Ken Johnson	397.84
57	Bo Belinsky	393.89
58	Cal Koonce	393.83
59	Bob Hendley	392.34
60	Eli Grba	391.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Turk Farrell	391.57
62	Hal Brown	390.62
63	Don Lee	388.18
64	Cal McLish	386.71
65	Al Jackson	386.57
66	Roger Craig	384.13
67	Gary Bell	383.42
68	Robin Roberts	382.11
69	Ed Rakow	381.92
70	Earl Wilson	376.93
71	Joe Gibbon	375.28
72	Vern Law	375.12
73	Pete Burnside	374.03
74	Jerry Walker	373.7
75	Hank Aguirre	373.7
76	Tom Cheney	373.18
77	Earl Francis	372.51
78	Sam Jones	368.17
79	Hal Woodeshick	367.86
80	Dennis Bennett	367.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ted Bowsfield	366.79
82	Barry Latman	366.59
83	Dan Pfister	365.79
84	Bud Daley	365.28
85	Claude Osteen	363.24
86	Jack Fisher	361.7
87	Jay Hook	361.31
88	Jim Golden	360.26
89	Jack Hamilton	357.86
90	Don Rudolph	357.58
91	Carl Willey	353.11
92	Bob Bruce	352.23
93	Joe Moeller	352.18
94	Joe Horlen	352.07
95	Rollie Sheldon	351.77
96	Dave Wickersham	351.63
97	Joe Bonikowski	351.58
98	Ray Washburn	350.41
99	Ike Delock	349.97
100	Norm Bass	348.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Phil Regan	347.41
102	Diego Segui	343.4
103	Vinegar Bend Mizell	338.92
104	Dean Chance	337.89
105	Tom Sturdivant	334.22
106	Bob Miller	332.26
107	Jim Owens	332.07
108	Tony Cloninger	331.79
109	Jim Archer	330.97
110	Jack Curtis	328.89
111	Moe Drabowsky	326.89
112	Frank Baumann	324.43
113	John Wyatt	323.88
114	Jim Maloney	323.5
115	Joe McClain	322.89
116	Ron Piche	322.61
117	Dean Stone	321.85
118	Steve Hamilton	320.41
119	Bob Turley	320.17
120	Bob Anderson	318.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bill Smith	318.32
122	Eddie Fisher	317.34
123	Ruben Gomez	317.33
124	Bob Hartman	316.14
125	Bobby Bolin	314.31
126	Galen Cisco	313.85
127	Johnny Klippstein	313.26
128	Billy Hoeft	312.13
129	Jim Bouton	311.06
130	Arnold Earley	311.06
131	Willard Hunter	311.02
132	Denny Lemaster	310.96
133	Bill Fischer	310.76
134	Craig Anderson	310.62
135	Paul Brown	310.33
136	Bobby Shantz	310.07
137	Al Lary	309.69
138	Ryne Duren	308.97
139	Ted Wills	308.88
140	Chris Short	308.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Art Ditmar	308.66
142	Georges Maranda	308.12
143	Russ Kemmerer	307.43
144	Art Quirk	305.32
145	Phil Ortega	305.11
146	Dallas Green	303.89
147	Bill Pleis	302.9
148	Cecil Butler	302.27
149	Gaylord Perry	301.9
150	Danny McDevitt	301.81
151	Ray Daviault	301.29
152	Dave Giusti	300.82
153	Lee Stange	300.5
154	Mike Fornieles	300.41

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