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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Robin Roberts	569.49
2	Early Wynn	532.27
3	Billy Pierce	514.52
4	Bob Rush	505.72
5	Johnny Antonelli	503.52
6	Warren Spahn	499.98
7	Bob Turley	497.56
8	Carl Erskine	496.68
9	Harvey Haddix	494.92
10	Whitey Ford	492.35
11	Ned Garver	485.4
12	Virgil Trucks	483.29
13	Mike Garcia	482.78
14	Bob Lemon	474.08
15	Ruben Gomez	472.17
16	Curt Simmons	468.03
17	Frank Sullivan	465.31
18	Steve Gromek	464.65
19	Sal Maglie	462.68
20	Jim Hearn	456.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Newcombe	452.09
22	Gene Conley	445.61
23	Murry Dickson	445.34
24	Warren Hacker	443.54
25	Bob Porterfield	443.08
26	Paul Minner	441.41
27	Willard Nixon	440.63
28	Billy Loes	439.37
29	Jim Wilson	435.33
30	Jack Harshman	434.82
31	Mickey McDermott	433.48
32	Billy Hoeft	431.23
33	Vic Raschi	430.43
34	Russ Meyer	425.64
35	Lew Burdette	425.45
36	Eddie Lopat	425.34
37	Herm Wehmeier	424.36
38	Johnny Podres	423.27
39	Herb Score	419.41
40	Max Surkont	416.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Art Fowler	413.75
42	Sam Jones	413.0
43	Joe Nuxhall	410.89
44	Dick Donovan	402.45
45	Vern Law	400.88
46	Luis Arroyo	400.34
47	Tom Brewer	399.25
48	Dean Stone	397.92
49	Johnny Schmitz	397.06
50	Bob Buhl	396.66
51	Bob Feller	396.26
52	Harry Byrd	393.0
53	Frank Lary	392.27
54	Arnie Portocarrero	385.74
55	Larry Jackson	379.96
56	Gerry Staley	376.57
57	Chuck Stobbs	376.49
58	Art Houtteman	375.71
59	Tom Poholsky	372.73
60	Bob Grim	372.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tommy Byrne	372.46
62	Alex Kellner	372.4
63	Brooks Lawrence	369.3
64	Jackie Collum	368.79
65	Joe Coleman	366.11
66	Saul Rogovin	364.99
67	Dick Littlefield	363.89
68	Mel Parnell	357.91
69	Gordon Jones	357.03
70	Corky Valentine	356.36
71	Johnny Kucks	355.89
72	Don Liddle	353.86
73	Duke Maas	353.27
74	Bob Friend	352.59
75	Howie Pollet	351.94
76	George Susce	351.65
77	Chet Nichols	349.62
78	Erv Palica	348.87
79	Ron Kline	348.56
80	Bobby Shantz	348.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ike Delock	347.19
82	Duane Pillette	347.05
83	Art Ditmar	346.74
84	Rudy Minarcin	344.81
85	Jim Davis	342.52
86	Connie Johnson	341.62
87	Art Ceccarelli	339.87
88	Ray Herbert	338.82
89	Bob Keegan	337.64
90	Cloyd Boyer	337.58
91	Sandy Consuegra	337.07
92	Camilo Pascual	336.21
93	Ted Abernathy	335.04
94	Ray Crone	333.43
95	Bill Henry	332.99
96	Ron Negray	330.7
97	Lino Donoso	330.41
98	Clem Labine	328.19
99	Ray Moore	326.01
100	Roy Face	326.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Floyd Wooldridge	325.87
102	Mike Fornieles	324.27
103	Roger Craig	321.24
104	Karl Spooner	321.17
105	Bob Purkey	320.29
106	Willard Schmidt	318.84
107	Joe Black	318.69
108	Don Bessent	318.23
109	Lou Kretlow	317.97
110	Bill Wight	316.33
111	Spec Shea	315.83
112	Don Larsen	315.33
113	Jack Meyer	312.94
114	Windy McCall	312.74
115	Ramon Monzant	312.08
116	Ted Gray	311.18
117	Jim Bunning	311.12
118	Hal Brown	310.53
119	Bob Kuzava	310.45
120	Don Johnson	309.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Sturdivant	308.82
122	Dick Hall	308.65
123	Jim McDonald	308.08
124	Johnny Klippstein	307.71
125	Paul Giel	306.69
126	Ray Narleski	305.63
127	Don Gross	304.14
128	Leo Kiely	303.76
129	Sandy Koufax	303.0
130	Nellie King	302.81
131	George Zuverink	302.61
132	Art Schallock	302.19
133	Bob Wiesler	302.07
134	Pedro Ramos	301.61
135	Paul Martin	300.62
136	Jake Thies	300.52

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