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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	556.4
2	Billy Pierce	535.42
3	Whitey Ford	526.02
4	Early Wynn	522.55
5	Bob Rush	516.83
6	Warren Spahn	510.96
7	Johnny Antonelli	507.49
8	Harvey Haddix	504.18
9	Bob Turley	500.61
10	Frank Sullivan	496.88
11	Mike Garcia	490.46
12	Virgil Trucks	489.56
13	Carl Erskine	486.12
14	Don Newcombe	478.59
15	Ruben Gomez	478.31
16	Murry Dickson	473.41
17	Ned Garver	472.56
18	Billy Hoeft	467.12
19	Bob Lemon	465.3
20	Herb Score	456.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jack Harshman	453.2
22	Paul Minner	452.33
23	Curt Simmons	451.81
24	Steve Gromek	451.41
25	Art Fowler	445.47
26	Bob Porterfield	445.21
27	Jim Hearn	444.19
28	Willard Nixon	443.01
29	Lew Burdette	441.37
30	Sal Maglie	439.13
31	Mickey McDermott	437.35
32	Warren Hacker	436.88
33	Herm Wehmeier	436.09
34	Gene Conley	435.66
35	Sam Jones	435.46
36	Johnny Podres	432.97
37	Billy Loes	431.56
38	Vic Raschi	427.27
39	Bob Buhl	426.39
40	Eddie Lopat	425.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Joe Nuxhall	421.26
42	Vern Law	418.03
43	Russ Meyer	417.5
44	Frank Lary	414.82
45	Jim Wilson	414.29
46	Max Surkont	413.82
47	Alex Kellner	409.13
48	Arnie Portocarrero	407.18
49	Tom Brewer	406.06
50	Harry Byrd	405.34
51	Dean Stone	404.98
52	Dick Donovan	404.51
53	Tom Poholsky	400.33
54	Johnny Schmitz	397.17
55	Tommy Byrne	396.61
56	Luis Arroyo	395.85
57	Bob Feller	394.31
58	Saul Rogovin	385.18
59	Larry Jackson	384.9
60	Connie Johnson	384.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Friend	383.41
62	Jackie Collum	380.21
63	Art Houtteman	378.53
64	Dick Littlefield	376.14
65	Erv Palica	374.48
66	Willard Schmidt	373.99
67	George Susce	373.96
68	Don Liddle	373.25
69	Chuck Stobbs	371.78
70	Ike Delock	367.97
71	Gerry Staley	366.32
72	Chet Nichols	365.83
73	Don Larsen	365.18
74	Ray Crone	363.63
75	Bob Grim	362.24
76	Jim Davis	361.78
77	Bobby Shantz	360.38
78	Roy Face	359.25
79	Brooks Lawrence	359.05
80	Dick Hall	356.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Joe Coleman	355.86
82	Karl Spooner	355.21
83	Roger Craig	355.01
84	Bill Wight	354.86
85	Art Ceccarelli	354.25
86	Mel Parnell	351.96
87	Joe Black	350.95
88	Johnny Kucks	349.93
89	Don Gross	348.62
90	Gordon Jones	346.78
91	Corky Valentine	346.11
92	Art Ditmar	345.04
93	Duke Maas	343.02
94	Ron Negray	342.28
95	Ray Moore	341.3
96	Pedro Ramos	339.14
97	Howie Pollet	338.96
98	Ray Herbert	337.44
99	Ron Kline	336.89
100	Duane Pillette	336.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Rudy Minarcin	336.56
102	Sandy Koufax	334.7
103	Bob Keegan	333.57
104	Johnny Klippstein	331.17
105	Ramon Monzant	331.0
106	Ted Abernathy	330.8
107	Sandy Consuegra	330.51
108	Lino Donoso	330.43
109	Camilo Pascual	328.35
110	Cloyd Boyer	326.79
111	Bill Henry	322.74
112	Jim Bunning	321.94
113	Clem Labine	319.44
114	Windy McCall	318.51
115	Mike Fornieles	317.9
116	Floyd Wooldridge	316.62
117	Spec Shea	313.46
118	George Zuverink	313.06
119	Bob Purkey	310.04
120	Rip Coleman	309.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Don Bessent	308.73
122	Mike Kume	308.29
123	Lou Kretlow	307.72
124	Bob Wiesler	306.53
125	Frank Baumann	306.49
126	Babe Birrer	303.83
127	Hal Brown	303.23
128	Jack Meyer	302.69
129	Paul Foytack	302.0
130	Ted Gray	301.64
131	John Mackinson	300.51
132	Bob Kuzava	300.2

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