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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	558.11
2	Whitey Ford	530.4
3	Don Drysdale	527.17
4	Frank Lary	526.83
5	Warren Spahn	525.55
6	Mike McCormick	518.87
7	Camilo Pascual	509.01
8	Sandy Koufax	508.95
9	Johnny Podres	496.26
10	Early Wynn	495.78
11	Lew Burdette	490.59
12	Larry Jackson	488.05
13	Milt Pappas	487.63
14	Pedro Ramos	485.66
15	Bob Friend	482.64
16	Ralph Terry	478.75
17	Steve Barber	478.14
18	Don Mossi	477.17
19	Jack Sanford	475.45
20	Stan Williams	473.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim O'Toole	472.46
22	Billy Pierce	468.95
23	Don Cardwell	467.01
24	Bob Buhl	465.17
25	Glen Hobbie	463.63
26	Ray Sadecki	462.93
27	Chuck Estrada	462.16
28	Sam Jones	461.35
29	Bob Purkey	460.51
30	Jack Kralick	460.15
31	Ernie Broglio	456.96
32	Mudcat Grant	456.71
33	Harvey Haddix	454.76
34	Joey Jay	452.4
35	Bill Monbouquette	447.52
36	Hal Brown	446.24
37	Juan Marichal	445.88
38	Ken McBride	445.73
39	Jim Perry	444.6
40	Vern Law	442.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Curt Simmons	441.13
42	Ray Herbert	440.34
43	Bob Shaw	436.44
44	Gary Bell	435.91
45	Dick Donovan	430.32
46	Robin Roberts	428.07
47	Gene Conley	424.16
48	Vinegar Bend Mizell	423.62
49	Cal McLish	421.47
50	Art Mahaffey	420.27
51	Juan Pizarro	417.27
52	Bud Daley	417.27
53	Bennie Daniels	413.69
54	Jack Fisher	413.11
55	Don Schwall	409.05
56	Dick Ellsworth	408.4
57	Jim Kaat	407.76
58	Bob Turley	406.67
59	Bob Gibson	404.71
60	John Buzhardt	403.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Joe Gibbon	402.57
62	Jim Archer	401.05
63	Art Ditmar	397.53
64	Rollie Sheldon	396.82
65	Ike Delock	395.31
66	Bill Stafford	395.19
67	Eli Grba	394.66
68	Bob Anderson	394.48
69	Joe McClain	393.92
70	Dick Hall	392.07
71	Paul Foytack	388.37
72	Ken Hunt	385.82
73	Frank Sullivan	382.26
74	Ted Bowsfield	381.26
75	Tom Brewer	379.45
76	Carl Willey	378.7
77	Frank Baumann	378.12
78	Billy O'Dell	376.47
79	Tom Sturdivant	370.65
80	Wynn Hawkins	369.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Billy Loes	365.85
82	Norm Bass	365.07
83	Jerry Walker	364.79
84	Roger Craig	363.7
85	Barry Latman	362.9
86	Jack Curtis	359.5
87	Billy Hoeft	358.96
88	Ned Garver	357.96
89	Ryne Duren	356.62
90	Jay Hook	351.32
91	Ken Johnson	350.86
92	Billy Muffett	350.82
93	Phil Regan	349.63
94	Earl Francis	346.76
95	Ron Kline	345.95
96	Don Lee	343.89
97	Ron Moeller	342.43
98	Ed Hobaugh	342.35
99	Tracy Stallard	338.9
100	Jim Donohue	335.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Don Ferrarese	334.32
102	Herb Score	333.8
103	Jim Owens	332.23
104	Joe Nuxhall	332.02
105	Jim Maloney	331.28
106	Jim Coates	330.3
107	John Gabler	328.39
108	Tony Cloninger	326.5
109	Bob Hendley	325.26
110	Chris Short	325.24
111	Don Nottebart	325.01
112	Bobby Shantz	324.32
113	Marty Kutyna	324.04
114	Ed Rakow	321.4
115	Galen Cisco	320.16
116	Bob Bruce	319.33
117	Lew Krausse	315.45
118	Jim Brewer	315.34
119	Dick Drott	314.94
120	Dick LeMay	314.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Al Cicotte	312.86
122	Dallas Green	311.73
123	Hal Woodeshick	310.76
124	Al Schroll	310.7
125	Johnny Antonelli	309.82
126	Dave Hillman	309.28
127	Pete Burnside	303.5
128	Sherman Jones	302.74
129	Tom Cheney	302.01
130	Bert Cueto	301.88
131	Chet Nichols	300.83

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