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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	633.18
2	Fergie Jenkins	595.36
3	Bob Gibson	588.72
4	Mickey Lolich	565.11
5	Vida Blue	550.93
6	Joe Coleman	550.34
7	Gaylord Perry	544.99
8	Sam McDowell	542.01
9	Don Sutton	541.74
10	Don Wilson	541.02
11	Jim Palmer	540.79
12	Catfish Hunter	534.45
13	Mike Cuellar	533.84
14	Dave McNally	532.52
15	Gary Nolan	527.51
16	Phil Niekro	526.17
17	Mel Stottlemyre	522.68
18	Juan Marichal	522.18
19	Ray Culp	520.96
20	Wilbur Wood	519.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Sonny Siebert	518.12
22	Fritz Peterson	514.54
23	Pat Dobson	511.89
24	Bert Blyleven	509.19
25	Clay Kirby	508.37
26	Clyde Wright	506.08
27	Larry Dierker	505.54
28	Bill Stoneman	505.11
29	Marty Pattin	504.8
30	Steve Blass	503.48
31	Steve Carlton	503.05
32	Bill Hands	501.79
33	Dave Roberts	500.82
34	Dock Ellis	497.3
35	Stan Bahnsen	495.12
36	Andy Messersmith	495.11
37	Rick Wise	493.04
38	Dick Drago	492.03
39	Jerry Koosman	491.17
40	Gary Gentry	489.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Milt Pappas	487.7
42	Rudy May	486.44
43	Ken Holtzman	486.11
44	Jim Kaat	484.77
45	Claude Osteen	479.13
46	Jim McGlothlin	478.79
47	Tommy John	477.34
48	Bill Singer	477.11
49	Al Downing	475.65
50	Dick Bosman	474.16
51	Steve Renko	470.59
52	Jim Perry	469.71
53	Ron Reed	467.91
54	Chuck Dobson	464.75
55	Bob Johnson	461.74
56	Gary Peters	460.9
57	Tom Murphy	456.63
58	Pat Jarvis	456.01
59	Don Gullett	455.11
60	Steve Kline	454.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tom Bradley	451.85
62	Bill Parsons	450.81
63	Jack Billingham	448.23
64	George Stone	445.6
65	Reggie Cleveland	443.46
66	Luke Walker	439.55
67	Steve Arlin	436.96
68	Chris Short	432.84
69	Skip Lockwood	431.96
70	Ray Sadecki	430.15
71	Mike Hedlund	429.91
72	Barry Lersch	429.41
73	Jerry Reuss	427.62
74	Lew Krausse	423.14
75	Bob Moose	422.79
76	Paul Splittorff	422.27
77	Carl Morton	421.48
78	Blue Moon Odom	419.93
79	Diego Segui	416.98
80	Ernie McAnally	416.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Denny McLain	416.22
82	Les Cain	415.62
83	Tom Phoebus	414.61
84	Ross Grimsley	414.6
85	Ken Forsch	413.0
86	Nolan Ryan	410.43
87	Jim McAndrew	408.88
88	John Cumberland	407.31
89	Alan Foster	403.99
90	Jim Nash	402.64
91	Wayne Simpson	400.99
92	Fred Norman	400.5
93	Jim Bunning	400.31
94	Joe Horlen	397.6
95	Wade Blasingame	397.53
96	Woodie Fryman	393.71
97	Jim Lonborg	392.18
98	Pete Broberg	391.38
99	Jim Merritt	391.38
100	Tom Kelley	391.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Dunning	389.54
102	Juan Pizarro	386.13
103	Dean Chance	385.8
104	Ray Lamb	383.9
105	Joe Niekro	383.42
106	Mike Kekich	382.49
107	Bill Gogolewski	379.72
108	Ron Bryant	377.88
109	Bruce Dal Canton	375.13
110	Ken Reynolds	368.86
111	Jim Slaton	368.48
112	Steve Stone	366.94
113	Steve Hargan	365.72
114	Jim Rooker	365.57
115	Luis Tiant	364.77
116	Tom Hall	362.22
117	Bruce Kison	357.51
118	Wally Bunker	357.44
119	Nelson Briles	356.81
120	John Strohmayer	354.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bart Johnson	353.65
122	Doyle Alexander	353.01
123	Mike Kilkenny	351.12
124	Tony Cloninger	350.7
125	Ray Corbin	343.27
126	Don Carrithers	343.13
127	Casey Cox	342.12
128	Al Fitzmorris	342.02
129	Ken Wright	340.63
130	Jim Shellenback	340.37
131	Grant Jackson	336.68
132	Rich Hand	336.08
133	Vince Colbert	336.02
134	Rickey Clark	335.2
135	Roger Moret	332.88
136	Ed Acosta	332.19
137	Jerry Janeski	331.3
138	Mike Nagy	329.74
139	Mike Torrez	329.61
140	Mike Paul	328.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rollie Fingers	327.98
142	Marcelino Lopez	326.87
143	Danny Coombs	326.7
144	Steve Luebber	326.32
145	J.R. Richard	324.82
146	Mike Thompson	324.56
147	Bill Champion	321.72
148	Dave Leonhard	320.87
149	Chris Zachary	320.15
150	Jim Maloney	318.29
151	Frank Reberger	317.38
152	Ron Cook	315.65
153	Burt Hooton	315.59
154	Jackie Brown	313.16
155	Jon Matlack	312.73
156	Al Santorini	312.55
157	Charlie Williams	312.52
158	John Curtis	311.55
159	Jim Hardin	311.23
160	Pete Hamm	310.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bill Gilbreth	309.78
162	Gary Neibauer	309.06
163	Scipio Spinks	308.14
164	Tug McGraw	307.79
165	Bill Butler	307.68
166	Rich Robertson	307.2
167	Lance Clemons	306.22
168	Dan McGinn	304.81
169	Bob O'Brien	304.64
170	Eddie Fisher	303.58
171	Wayne Twitchell	302.65
172	Al Closter	300.64
173	Jim Willoughby	300.61
174	Tom Griffin	300.59

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