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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Jim Bunning	548.11
2	Don Drysdale	539.15
3	Vern Law	526.32
4	Sam Jones	521.05
5	Camilo Pascual	517.7
6	Bob Friend	515.43
7	Warren Spahn	513.01
8	Whitey Ford	509.42
9	Billy Pierce	497.09
10	Frank Lary	495.38
11	Johnny Podres	494.01
12	Early Wynn	489.2
13	Robin Roberts	488.28
14	Larry Jackson	487.29
15	Mike McCormick	485.38
16	Bob Buhl	477.99
17	Lew Burdette	475.7
18	Harvey Haddix	471.36
19	Billy O'Dell	471.31
20	Vinegar Bend Mizell	469.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jack Sanford	469.24
22	Sandy Koufax	466.18
23	Stan Williams	463.66
24	Pedro Ramos	462.2
25	Glen Hobbie	459.82
26	Don Mossi	458.45
27	Bob Turley	454.36
28	Bob Anderson	452.35
29	Art Ditmar	451.18
30	Ray Herbert	450.97
31	Milt Pappas	447.31
32	Bob Purkey	447.29
33	Johnny Antonelli	441.87
34	Gary Bell	439.54
35	Jim Perry	439.1
36	Ernie Broglio	437.35
37	Don Newcombe	437.05
38	Bob Shaw	434.06
39	Bill Monbouquette	433.17
40	Bud Daley	427.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jay Hook	426.64
42	Hoyt Wilhelm	424.93
43	Cal McLish	419.5
44	Ralph Terry	418.71
45	Don Cardwell	416.31
46	Jim Owens	415.45
47	Dick Donovan	414.55
48	Frank Sullivan	413.12
49	Jim O'Toole	409.29
50	Jerry Walker	408.84
51	Paul Foytack	408.64
52	Tom Brewer	408.61
53	Gene Conley	406.72
54	Ron Kline	406.66
55	Herb Score	406.64
56	Dick Ellsworth	403.21
57	Chuck Estrada	402.71
58	Curt Simmons	396.58
59	Carl Willey	396.5
60	John Buzhardt	393.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Hall	392.04
62	Steve Barber	389.18
63	Hal Brown	388.91
64	Ray Sadecki	387.99
65	Ned Garver	383.51
66	Frank Baumann	381.66
67	Juan Pizarro	380.23
68	Mudcat Grant	376.62
69	Roger Craig	374.99
70	Jack Fisher	366.01
71	Juan Marichal	358.9
72	Jerry Casale	358.29
73	Pete Burnside	356.37
74	Ike Delock	355.04
75	Don Larsen	354.46
76	Don Lee	352.04
77	Jim Coates	350.84
78	Russ Kemmerer	348.4
79	Hal Woodeshick	347.62
80	Dallas Green	346.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jack Kralick	344.89
82	Billy Muffett	344.77
83	Dick Stigman	344.52
84	Bill Fischer	342.98
85	Bob Bruce	342.49
86	Eli Grba	335.17
87	Joe Nuxhall	334.74
88	Johnny Kucks	334.32
89	Earl Wilson	332.64
90	Barry Latman	332.47
91	Bob Gibson	332.32
92	Danny McDevitt	330.89
93	Chris Short	329.6
94	Jim Maloney	328.13
95	Art Mahaffey	327.83
96	Tom Cheney	327.51
97	Wynn Hawkins	324.92
98	Hank Aguirre	324.43
99	Jack Harshman	322.33
100	Bill Short	322.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tex Clevenger	322.1
102	Dave Hillman	319.5
103	George Witt	318.55
104	Ken Johnson	318.46
105	Mark Freeman	317.44
106	Jim Brewer	316.53
107	Ted Bowsfield	314.94
108	Joe Gibbon	314.16
109	Chuck Stobbs	311.99
110	George Brunet	311.56
111	Moe Drabowsky	310.55
112	Jim Kaat	308.8
113	Phil Regan	307.8
114	Georges Maranda	307.56
115	Claude Osteen	307.02
116	Bill Stafford	306.14
117	Bobby Locke	304.75
118	Bob Miller	304.04
119	Joey Jay	303.33
120	Arnie Portocarrero	302.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Tsitouris	301.73

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