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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Johnny Antonelli	545.9
2	Warren Spahn	538.97
3	Don Drysdale	538.91
4	Frank Lary	537.16
5	Sam Jones	534.11
6	Billy Pierce	518.81
7	Early Wynn	513.33
8	Whitey Ford	511.87
9	Camilo Pascual	509.32
10	Jim Bunning	498.49
11	Harvey Haddix	489.81
12	Robin Roberts	489.19
13	Paul Foytack	488.77
14	Bob Turley	484.68
15	Dick Donovan	479.64
16	Vern Law	478.54
17	Don Newcombe	474.56
18	Jack Sanford	472.15
19	Frank Sullivan	471.17
20	Lew Burdette	469.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Brewer	467.38
22	Johnny Podres	466.86
23	Bob Friend	463.75
24	Cal McLish	462.39
25	Vinegar Bend Mizell	459.58
26	Larry Jackson	457.19
27	Ned Garver	456.0
28	Ron Kline	448.17
29	Gary Bell	447.72
30	Pedro Ramos	444.36
31	Bob Purkey	443.52
32	Joe Nuxhall	438.52
33	Hoyt Wilhelm	438.41
34	Mike McCormick	431.49
35	Ralph Terry	431.35
36	Milt Pappas	430.08
37	Billy O'Dell	429.52
38	Bob Buhl	424.56
39	Don Larsen	424.55
40	Ray Herbert	424.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jack Harshman	422.74
42	Don Mossi	422.64
43	Gene Conley	418.78
44	Sandy Koufax	418.39
45	Bud Daley	415.12
46	Jim Owens	414.62
47	Bob Anderson	414.23
48	Dave Hillman	412.99
49	Moe Drabowsky	410.81
50	Bob Rush	406.12
51	Ike Delock	404.5
52	Art Ditmar	404.29
53	Glen Hobbie	404.19
54	Herb Score	403.9
55	Duke Maas	400.48
56	Russ Kemmerer	396.93
57	Bob Shaw	396.72
58	Billy Hoeft	395.97
59	Ernie Broglio	395.47
60	Hal Brown	393.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ruben Gomez	393.52
62	Brooks Lawrence	393.09
63	Mudcat Grant	391.59
64	Don Cardwell	388.8
65	Stu Miller	388.05
66	Stan Williams	386.46
67	Jerry Walker	382.77
68	Jerry Casale	380.8
69	Bill Fischer	376.43
70	Danny McDevitt	375.96
71	Roger Craig	373.56
72	Carl Willey	369.86
73	Johnny Kucks	369.63
74	Ray Semproch	369.61
75	Juan Pizarro	368.94
76	Arnie Portocarrero	368.25
77	Dick Drott	366.19
78	Joey Jay	366.14
79	Barry Latman	362.36
80	Ray Moore	359.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	George Witt	352.99
82	Bob Grim	349.06
83	Don Ferrarese	348.6
84	Ray Narleski	346.94
85	Tom Sturdivant	344.42
86	Gary Blaylock	343.85
87	Jim O'Toole	341.35
88	Jay Hook	338.83
89	Art Ceccarelli	337.85
90	Rip Coleman	337.67
91	Bill Monbouquette	333.8
92	Jim Perry	332.23
93	Bob Gibson	332.08
94	John Buzhardt	330.15
95	Jim Brosnan	329.91
96	Bobby Shantz	328.18
97	Bobby Locke	326.24
98	Larry Sherry	325.64
99	Al Schroll	324.22
100	John Tsitouris	323.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ted Wills	321.66
102	Dick Ricketts	321.17
103	Marshall Bridges	320.9
104	Hal Griggs	320.72
105	Alex Kellner	320.38
106	Tex Clevenger	319.0
107	Eli Grba	318.78
108	Bennie Daniels	316.06
109	Mike Garcia	312.14
110	Chuck Stobbs	311.33
111	Ken McBride	310.23
112	Lindy McDaniel	310.16
113	Eddie Fisher	308.81
114	Bob Miller	308.45
115	Jack Fisher	307.55
116	Jim Bronstad	306.37
117	Frank Baumann	306.28
118	Willard Schmidt	305.85
119	Earl Wilson	304.61
120	Jerry Davie	304.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Taylor Phillips	303.98
122	Orlando Pena	302.93
123	Howie Reed	302.22
124	Dean Stone	301.27
125	Jim Kaat	300.74

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