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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	607.52
2	Don Sutton	594.04
3	Bob Gibson	574.68
4	Nolan Ryan	563.8
5	Bert Blyleven	562.81
6	Jim Palmer	558.74
7	Gaylord Perry	550.76
8	Don Wilson	542.95
9	Steve Carlton	539.1
10	Mickey Lolich	528.72
11	Catfish Hunter	526.96
12	Andy Messersmith	526.68
13	Fergie Jenkins	522.05
14	Ken Holtzman	520.24
15	Rick Wise	513.98
16	Mike Cuellar	508.52
17	Joe Coleman	503.94
18	Claude Osteen	503.91
19	Phil Niekro	501.46
20	Jack Billingham	499.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dock Ellis	499.22
22	Wilbur Wood	498.68
23	Tom Bradley	494.09
24	Jon Matlack	493.29
25	Vida Blue	490.49
26	Luis Tiant	487.73
27	Nelson Briles	481.1
28	Dave McNally	479.56
29	Al Downing	479.49
30	Mel Stottlemyre	479.31
31	Bill Singer	479.3
32	Rick Reuschel	479.2
33	Stan Bahnsen	476.92
34	Marty Pattin	474.86
35	Tommy John	474.31
36	Jerry Koosman	474.29
37	Ron Bryant	470.21
38	Paul Splittorff	467.55
39	Clay Kirby	466.53
40	Rudy May	464.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Reuss	464.61
42	Fred Norman	463.79
43	Dick Drago	462.51
44	Reggie Cleveland	461.28
45	Pat Dobson	460.21
46	Jim Perry	453.45
47	Wayne Twitchell	453.38
48	Ross Grimsley	451.06
49	Milt Pappas	450.92
50	Dave Roberts	450.34
51	Clyde Wright	449.17
52	Dick Woodson	447.74
53	Juan Marichal	446.51
54	Steve Renko	446.0
55	Fritz Peterson	445.0
56	Bob Moose	443.94
57	Jim Colborn	442.48
58	Dick Tidrow	441.53
59	Ken Forsch	440.06
60	Jim Barr	438.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Burt Hooton	437.62
62	Carl Morton	437.56
63	Sam McDowell	436.43
64	Bill Hands	436.06
65	Don Gullett	433.31
66	Balor Moore	430.8
67	John Curtis	427.89
68	Gary Gentry	426.32
69	Steve Arlin	426.1
70	Sonny Siebert	425.91
71	Woodie Fryman	419.83
72	Ron Reed	419.29
73	Mike Torrez	417.74
74	Jim Kaat	416.89
75	Steve Busby	416.12
76	Bill Lee	415.2
77	Steve Blass	414.4
78	Ernie McAnally	414.05
79	Steve Kline	413.91
80	Bill Stoneman	412.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Lonborg	411.54
82	Bill Greif	408.22
83	Bill Parsons	407.81
84	Blue Moon Odom	404.7
85	Dick Bosman	404.46
86	Roger Nelson	403.44
87	Jim Bibby	403.06
88	Doc Medich	397.81
89	Skip Lockwood	396.55
90	Gary Nolan	396.39
91	Alan Foster	393.04
92	Ken Brett	386.42
93	Dick Ruthven	385.36
94	Steve Stone	385.04
95	Jim Slaton	384.02
96	Ron Schueler	376.3
97	Luke Walker	375.81
98	Larry Dierker	368.91
99	Jerry Bell	367.66
100	Joe Decker	365.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Roric Harrison	365.37
102	Jim McAndrew	361.68
103	George Stone	361.29
104	Doyle Alexander	359.21
105	Jim McGlothlin	358.76
106	Randy Jones	357.4
107	Steve Rogers	357.11
108	Pete Broberg	355.63
109	Tom Murphy	353.75
110	Jim Willoughby	352.81
111	Jim Rooker	352.66
112	Jim Merritt	352.12
113	Ken Wright	351.56
114	David Clyde	347.69
115	Mike Caldwell	347.08
116	Mike Paul	346.94
117	Brent Strom	346.24
118	Rich Hand	342.79
119	Mike Strahler	341.83
120	Jesse Jefferson	341.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	J.R. Richard	340.89
122	Tom Hall	339.3
123	Milt Wilcox	339.1
124	Dave Hamilton	338.84
125	Ray Culp	337.58
126	Wayne Simpson	337.01
127	Steve Dunning	331.13
128	Rich Folkers	330.99
129	Eddie Fisher	330.39
130	Al Fitzmorris	329.85
131	Roger Moret	328.97
132	Rich Troedson	328.72
133	Bart Johnson	328.26
134	Ray Corbin	327.59
135	Lynn McGlothen	325.58
136	Tom Timmermann	324.56
137	Harry Parker	322.27
138	Jackie Brown	320.4
139	Clay Carroll	320.01
140	Eddie Bane	317.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Sadecki	316.4
142	John Morlan	315.17
143	Paul Lindblad	313.92
144	Gene Garber	311.72
145	Larry Gura	311.51
146	Bill Bonham	310.93
147	Mike Corkins	310.55
148	Scipio Spinks	310.41
149	Chris Short	309.2
150	Fred Beene	308.22
151	Mark Littell	307.3
152	Darold Knowles	307.26
153	Lindy McDaniel	307.17
154	Tug McGraw	306.25
155	Terry Forster	305.53
156	Jimmy Freeman	305.08
157	Gary Neibauer	304.88
158	Mike Wallace	304.31
159	Dick Lange	304.03
160	Frank Linzy	302.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Don Carrithers	301.43
162	Craig Caskey	301.22
163	Bill Campbell	301.01
164	Dick Pole	300.52
165	Glenn Abbott	300.5
166	Dave Goltz	300.04

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