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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	622.6
2	Don Sutton	594.9
3	Bob Gibson	572.18
4	Nolan Ryan	569.93
5	Bert Blyleven	561.42
6	Jim Palmer	555.54
7	Gaylord Perry	546.48
8	Steve Carlton	544.31
9	Don Wilson	538.39
10	Mickey Lolich	523.63
11	Andy Messersmith	523.16
12	Catfish Hunter	522.94
13	Mike Cuellar	516.96
14	Rick Wise	515.52
15	Fergie Jenkins	514.78
16	Ken Holtzman	510.97
17	Jack Billingham	508.51
18	Phil Niekro	508.26
19	Vida Blue	504.41
20	Claude Osteen	503.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jon Matlack	499.19
22	Tom Bradley	498.81
23	Dock Ellis	497.54
24	Luis Tiant	492.3
25	Joe Coleman	490.42
26	Nelson Briles	486.83
27	Wilbur Wood	484.88
28	Dave McNally	482.42
29	Al Downing	482.06
30	Tommy John	480.81
31	Ron Bryant	479.97
32	Bill Singer	478.84
33	Rick Reuschel	478.33
34	Clay Kirby	474.59
35	Jerry Koosman	473.87
36	Mel Stottlemyre	472.48
37	Marty Pattin	472.36
38	Stan Bahnsen	468.52
39	Jerry Reuss	467.45
40	Reggie Cleveland	467.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Pat Dobson	465.76
42	Dave Roberts	461.17
43	Fred Norman	459.67
44	Paul Splittorff	458.4
45	Dick Drago	456.93
46	Ross Grimsley	456.17
47	Rudy May	456.0
48	Steve Renko	454.93
49	Wayne Twitchell	454.64
50	Milt Pappas	452.98
51	Carl Morton	452.73
52	Clyde Wright	448.84
53	Jim Perry	448.83
54	Juan Marichal	448.13
55	Bob Moose	447.74
56	Burt Hooton	446.37
57	Don Gullett	444.5
58	Dick Woodson	444.29
59	Dick Tidrow	444.07
60	Fritz Peterson	443.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Balor Moore	438.74
62	Ken Forsch	437.56
63	Jim Colborn	435.74
64	Jim Barr	434.28
65	Bill Hands	433.56
66	Sam McDowell	430.01
67	Bill Lee	426.26
68	Gary Gentry	423.82
69	Steve Busby	422.9
70	Steve Arlin	420.39
71	John Curtis	419.91
72	Mike Torrez	419.28
73	Jim Lonborg	419.04
74	Bill Greif	417.57
75	Ron Reed	416.79
76	Woodie Fryman	413.08
77	Sonny Siebert	412.56
78	Jim Kaat	412.41
79	Blue Moon Odom	412.01
80	Steve Blass	411.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Kline	411.41
82	Ernie McAnally	411.18
83	Bill Stoneman	409.61
84	Doc Medich	409.0
85	Jim Bibby	404.87
86	Bill Parsons	402.24
87	Roger Nelson	400.94
88	Alan Foster	399.5
89	Ken Brett	399.3
90	Dick Bosman	395.78
91	Skip Lockwood	395.55
92	Gary Nolan	393.89
93	Jim Slaton	386.46
94	Steve Stone	384.46
95	Dick Ruthven	382.86
96	Ron Schueler	382.02
97	Joe Decker	378.47
98	Steve Rogers	374.6
99	Roric Harrison	373.46
100	Luke Walker	373.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jerry Bell	373.06
102	Jim Rooker	371.44
103	George Stone	367.59
104	Randy Jones	367.58
105	Larry Dierker	366.41
106	Doyle Alexander	363.23
107	Jim McAndrew	359.43
108	J.R. Richard	356.28
109	Jim McGlothlin	356.26
110	David Clyde	353.81
111	Pete Broberg	353.13
112	Jim Willoughby	350.31
113	Tom Murphy	349.44
114	Ken Wright	349.06
115	Jim Merritt	347.0
116	Mike Caldwell	344.58
117	Mike Paul	344.44
118	Brent Strom	343.99
119	Al Fitzmorris	342.99
120	Mike Strahler	340.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rich Hand	340.29
122	Roger Moret	339.96
123	Jesse Jefferson	339.54
124	Tom Timmermann	338.05
125	Tom Hall	336.8
126	Milt Wilcox	336.6
127	Rich Troedson	336.49
128	Dave Hamilton	336.34
129	Ray Culp	335.08
130	Wayne Simpson	334.51
131	Ray Corbin	334.43
132	Bill Bonham	331.95
133	Rich Folkers	329.49
134	Steve Dunning	328.63
135	Eddie Fisher	327.89
136	Bart Johnson	326.01
137	Terry Forster	324.86
138	Lynn McGlothen	323.08
139	Ray Sadecki	322.63
140	Harry Parker	319.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Darold Knowles	318.96
142	Jackie Brown	318.08
143	John Morlan	317.93
144	Clay Carroll	317.51
145	Eddie Bane	314.84
146	Dave Goltz	312.45
147	Paul Lindblad	312.17
148	Gene Garber	309.22
149	Mike Nagy	309.17
150	Larry Gura	309.01
151	Mike Corkins	308.05
152	Scipio Spinks	307.91
153	Steve Barber	307.42
154	Chris Short	306.7
155	Dick Pole	305.87
156	Fred Beene	305.72
157	Mark Littell	304.8
158	Lindy McDaniel	304.67
159	Tug McGraw	303.75
160	Dick Lange	303.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jimmy Freeman	302.58
162	Gary Neibauer	302.38
163	Mike Wallace	301.81
164	Jerry Johnson	301.71
165	Frank Linzy	300.15
166	Bill Campbell	300.01

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