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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Don Drysdale	557.86
2	Jim Bunning	545.47
3	Vern Law	529.12
4	Sam Jones	526.17
5	Warren Spahn	517.83
6	Camilo Pascual	515.14
7	Bob Friend	508.42
8	Mike McCormick	499.17
9	Larry Jackson	498.74
10	Whitey Ford	497.5
11	Johnny Podres	496.16
12	Early Wynn	493.86
13	Robin Roberts	491.92
14	Frank Lary	489.93
15	Billy Pierce	487.18
16	Lew Burdette	487.01
17	Bob Buhl	482.68
18	Jack Sanford	475.66
19	Glen Hobbie	475.54
20	Pedro Ramos	473.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Milt Pappas	470.84
22	Vinegar Bend Mizell	469.99
23	Sandy Koufax	465.95
24	Ernie Broglio	465.68
25	Harvey Haddix	462.75
26	Billy O'Dell	462.11
27	Bob Purkey	461.96
28	Bob Anderson	461.16
29	Art Ditmar	458.67
30	Ray Herbert	456.48
31	Don Mossi	454.13
32	Bob Turley	453.47
33	Stan Williams	448.49
34	Ralph Terry	439.29
35	Jim Perry	438.92
36	Gary Bell	437.97
37	Johnny Antonelli	437.37
38	Bill Monbouquette	433.26
39	Tom Brewer	432.52
40	Bob Shaw	432.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Chuck Estrada	428.19
42	Frank Sullivan	426.3
43	Don Newcombe	425.6
44	Don Cardwell	423.41
45	Bud Daley	422.29
46	Gene Conley	422.05
47	Hoyt Wilhelm	420.43
48	Cal McLish	419.72
49	Jay Hook	417.79
50	Jim O'Toole	416.17
51	Dick Ellsworth	414.63
52	Herb Score	412.98
53	Dick Donovan	410.05
54	Dick Hall	409.1
55	Jack Fisher	408.82
56	Jim Owens	408.75
57	Ned Garver	408.31
58	Ray Sadecki	407.92
59	Paul Foytack	406.42
60	Curt Simmons	404.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Roger Craig	403.69
62	Jerry Walker	403.68
63	Steve Barber	402.74
64	Hal Brown	402.59
65	Ron Kline	402.16
66	John Buzhardt	401.13
67	Carl Willey	398.24
68	Frank Baumann	394.29
69	Mudcat Grant	386.83
70	Jack Kralick	381.33
71	Juan Pizarro	378.1
72	Don Lee	376.05
73	Billy Muffett	371.95
74	Barry Latman	369.43
75	Art Mahaffey	367.51
76	Ike Delock	362.38
77	Bob Bruce	360.64
78	Don Larsen	358.73
79	Juan Marichal	356.17
80	Jerry Casale	353.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pete Burnside	352.57
82	Dick Stigman	349.19
83	Bill Fischer	346.46
84	Jim Coates	346.34
85	Johnny Kucks	346.13
86	Earl Wilson	344.34
87	Russ Kemmerer	343.9
88	Hal Woodeshick	343.12
89	Dallas Green	341.95
90	Bob Gibson	338.06
91	Eli Grba	338.04
92	Chuck Stobbs	335.99
93	Bill Stafford	331.61
94	Joe Nuxhall	330.24
95	Joey Jay	329.42
96	Tom Cheney	328.19
97	Jack Harshman	327.72
98	Danny McDevitt	327.22
99	Tex Clevenger	326.7
100	Chris Short	325.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Maloney	324.36
102	Wynn Hawkins	320.42
103	Hank Aguirre	319.93
104	Bill Short	317.61
105	Joe Gibbon	317.55
106	Bobby Locke	316.15
107	Georges Maranda	315.58
108	Phil Regan	315.5
109	Dave Hillman	315.0
110	George Witt	314.05
111	Ken Johnson	313.96
112	Stu Miller	313.12
113	Moe Drabowsky	313.12
114	Mark Freeman	312.94
115	Jim Brewer	312.03
116	George Brunet	310.87
117	Ted Bowsfield	310.44
118	Jim Kaat	304.3
119	Dick Drott	300.87

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