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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	612.23
2	Juan Marichal	602.75
3	Bob Gibson	579.42
4	Don Drysdale	548.23
5	Jim Maloney	542.71
6	Jim Bunning	541.0
7	Milt Pappas	524.54
8	Bob Veale	512.13
9	Sam McDowell	512.1
10	Chris Short	512.1
11	Whitey Ford	507.8
12	Camilo Pascual	506.26
13	Claude Osteen	499.64
14	Turk Farrell	491.86
15	Dean Chance	491.39
16	Joe Horlen	491.21
17	Ken Johnson	488.66
18	Larry Jackson	488.03
19	Bob Friend	487.59
20	Dick Ellsworth	486.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Monbouquette	486.38
22	Mickey Lolich	481.99
23	Vern Law	478.07
24	Curt Simmons	476.15
25	Hank Aguirre	474.44
26	Al Downing	473.49
27	Mel Stottlemyre	472.72
28	Jim Kaat	472.33
29	Bob Bruce	472.09
30	Mudcat Grant	468.52
31	Gary Peters	467.98
32	Bob Buhl	463.79
33	Tony Cloninger	463.7
34	Jim Bouton	463.11
35	Earl Wilson	461.27
36	Fred Newman	460.67
37	Robin Roberts	458.6
38	Dave Wickersham	454.68
39	Joey Jay	452.1
40	Steve Barber	451.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Wally Bunker	447.06
42	Tracy Stallard	446.65
43	Jim O'Toole	446.6
44	Ralph Terry	445.69
45	Denny McLain	443.55
46	Al Jackson	442.92
47	Juan Pizarro	441.47
48	Gaylord Perry	436.76
49	Sammy Ellis	436.26
50	Luis Tiant	435.08
51	Jack Kralick	428.65
52	Wade Blasingame	425.99
53	Diego Segui	425.33
54	Bob Purkey	424.67
55	Jack Fisher	424.65
56	Dave Morehead	421.33
57	Denny Lemaster	420.97
58	Bob Shaw	419.39
59	John Buzhardt	415.39
60	Warren Spahn	413.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ray Herbert	411.42
62	Sonny Siebert	410.96
63	Pete Richert	409.7
64	Marcelino Lopez	409.24
65	John Tsitouris	409.11
66	Phil Ortega	407.59
67	Ray Sadecki	403.56
68	Joe Nuxhall	402.36
69	Dave McNally	402.13
70	George Brunet	402.07
71	Dick Stigman	401.13
72	Orlando Pena	400.46
73	Buster Narum	396.87
74	Ray Culp	396.47
75	Jack Sanford	396.34
76	Fred Talbot	393.99
77	Don Cardwell	393.88
78	John O'Donoghue	393.68
79	Bennie Daniels	392.79
80	Lee Stange	391.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Lonborg	386.29
82	Don Nottebart	384.96
83	Ernie Broglio	379.61
84	Rudy May	377.1
85	Cal Koonce	373.86
86	Hank Fischer	373.21
87	Joe Sparma	371.89
88	Johnny Podres	371.0
89	Tommy John	369.6
90	Rollie Sheldon	367.93
91	Art Mahaffey	367.02
92	Bill Stafford	366.46
93	Bob Sadowski	366.38
94	Joe Gibbon	365.81
95	Bruce Howard	365.1
96	Dave Boswell	364.46
97	Dennis Bennett	364.2
98	Bo Belinsky	361.61
99	Galen Cisco	361.51
100	Ray Washburn	357.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Perry	356.72
102	Bobby Bolin	354.33
103	Mike McCormick	353.31
104	Bob Hendley	352.89
105	Claude Raymond	352.6
106	Larry Dierker	351.72
107	Ron Herbel	349.94
108	Phil Regan	347.75
109	Dave Giusti	344.69
110	John Miller	339.83
111	Ken McBride	336.62
112	Howie Koplitz	332.39
113	Moe Drabowsky	326.21
114	Frank Lary	326.06
115	Jim Palmer	325.8
116	Tom Parsons	325.55
117	Bill Faul	324.1
118	Nick Willhite	323.38
119	Gary Kroll	320.31
120	Catfish Hunter	318.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Frank Kreutzer	317.74
122	Mike Cuellar	317.32
123	Dick Donovan	314.21
124	Pete Mikkelsen	312.91
125	Tommie Sisk	309.31
126	Jack Cullen	307.52
127	Jerry Stephenson	306.46
128	Dick Kelley	306.31
129	Mel Nelson	305.58
130	Bob Miller	304.71
131	Steve Hamilton	304.37
132	Steve Carlton	303.26
133	Tug McGraw	300.28

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