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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Robin Roberts	559.0
2	Billy Pierce	540.94
3	Bob Rush	516.56
4	Early Wynn	514.82
5	Whitey Ford	510.92
6	Warren Spahn	506.55
7	Harvey Haddix	506.12
8	Johnny Antonelli	503.39
9	Bob Turley	502.84
10	Mike Garcia	494.6
11	Frank Sullivan	493.65
12	Virgil Trucks	493.64
13	Carl Erskine	488.0
14	Don Newcombe	478.13
15	Ned Garver	474.02
16	Ruben Gomez	470.6
17	Bob Lemon	465.54
18	Murry Dickson	465.04
19	Steve Gromek	460.21
20	Jim Hearn	457.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Billy Hoeft	456.06
22	Curt Simmons	452.31
23	Paul Minner	448.28
24	Bob Porterfield	446.13
25	Herb Score	445.01
26	Jack Harshman	444.41
27	Willard Nixon	443.17
28	Sal Maglie	442.9
29	Lew Burdette	442.16
30	Art Fowler	440.54
31	Gene Conley	437.41
32	Herm Wehmeier	436.7
33	Vic Raschi	435.1
34	Mickey McDermott	433.67
35	Billy Loes	433.31
36	Johnny Podres	431.1
37	Bob Buhl	431.06
38	Warren Hacker	430.98
39	Sam Jones	427.73
40	Joe Nuxhall	420.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Wilson	419.75
42	Eddie Lopat	419.21
43	Russ Meyer	418.5
44	Frank Lary	414.56
45	Max Surkont	414.07
46	Arnie Portocarrero	412.2
47	Tom Brewer	409.04
48	Vern Law	407.57
49	Harry Byrd	406.34
50	Tom Poholsky	406.24
51	Dean Stone	405.9
52	Dick Donovan	405.01
53	Alex Kellner	401.2
54	Luis Arroyo	398.93
55	Johnny Schmitz	396.18
56	Bob Feller	396.06
57	Tommy Byrne	395.43
58	Connie Johnson	386.71
59	Jackie Collum	382.86
60	Larry Jackson	381.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Saul Rogovin	380.23
62	Art Houtteman	378.94
63	Bob Friend	375.33
64	George Susce	374.46
65	Don Liddle	373.78
66	Chuck Stobbs	373.53
67	Willard Schmidt	370.19
68	Dick Littlefield	368.85
69	Gerry Staley	368.07
70	Don Larsen	367.37
71	Chet Nichols	366.08
72	Jim Davis	365.11
73	Bob Grim	363.99
74	Erv Palica	362.39
75	Bobby Shantz	362.13
76	Ike Delock	361.96
77	Ray Crone	361.24
78	Brooks Lawrence	360.8
79	Bill Wight	360.65
80	Roy Face	360.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Joe Coleman	357.61
82	Art Ceccarelli	355.67
83	Mel Parnell	353.71
84	Roger Craig	351.84
85	Johnny Kucks	351.68
86	Don Gross	350.05
87	Joe Black	348.96
88	Gordon Jones	348.53
89	Corky Valentine	347.86
90	Art Ditmar	346.79
91	Duke Maas	344.77
92	Howie Pollet	340.71
93	Dick Hall	340.3
94	Ray Moore	339.9
95	Ray Herbert	339.19
96	Pedro Ramos	338.66
97	Ron Kline	338.64
98	Duane Pillette	338.55
99	Rudy Minarcin	338.31
100	Ron Negray	334.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ted Abernathy	331.8
102	Sandy Consuegra	331.76
103	Camilo Pascual	331.57
104	Ramon Monzant	328.93
105	Cloyd Boyer	328.54
106	Karl Spooner	326.62
107	Bob Keegan	325.83
108	Johnny Klippstein	325.12
109	Bill Henry	324.49
110	Jim Bunning	323.69
111	Lino Donoso	323.26
112	Clem Labine	321.19
113	Mike Fornieles	319.65
114	Sandy Koufax	319.3
115	Floyd Wooldridge	318.37
116	Windy McCall	316.45
117	Spec Shea	315.21
118	Bob Purkey	311.79
119	Don Bessent	310.48
120	Lou Kretlow	309.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	George Zuverink	308.65
122	Bob Wiesler	308.28
123	Mike Kume	307.94
124	Rip Coleman	307.32
125	Frank Baumann	306.74
126	Babe Birrer	304.58
127	Jack Meyer	304.44
128	Hal Brown	303.98
129	Ted Gray	303.39
130	Bob Kuzava	301.95
131	Tom Sturdivant	301.32
132	John Mackinson	301.26
133	Don Johnson	301.13
134	Jim McDonald	301.08

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