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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Nolan Ryan	611.93
2	Gaylord Perry	601.93
3	Bert Blyleven	581.66
4	Fergie Jenkins	575.83
5	Tom Seaver	568.59
6	Phil Niekro	563.75
7	Catfish Hunter	562.4
8	Luis Tiant	555.75
9	Andy Messersmith	553.42
10	Don Sutton	549.08
11	Jon Matlack	547.79
12	Steve Carlton	540.11
13	Ross Grimsley	526.18
14	Don Gullett	519.03
15	Don Wilson	516.29
16	Vida Blue	514.74
17	Bob Gibson	514.29
18	Mike Cuellar	512.71
19	Wilbur Wood	507.44
20	Jerry Koosman	506.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim Palmer	505.03
22	Mickey Lolich	504.25
23	Carl Morton	504.05
24	Ken Holtzman	503.88
25	Dock Ellis	501.82
26	Steve Busby	500.83
27	Jim Rooker	497.87
28	Dave McNally	496.27
29	Jim Kaat	494.29
30	Jack Billingham	487.48
31	Pat Dobson	485.82
32	Jim Perry	484.18
33	Clay Kirby	481.77
34	Tommy John	481.76
35	Joe Coleman	480.2
36	Joe Decker	479.63
37	Doc Medich	478.65
38	Jerry Reuss	478.59
39	Jim Barr	475.38
40	Fred Norman	473.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Lonborg	472.66
42	Steve Renko	466.77
43	Dave Roberts	466.44
44	Bill Lee	465.03
45	Jim Slaton	464.73
46	Larry Dierker	459.39
47	Jim Bibby	458.46
48	Bill Singer	456.24
49	Ken Brett	455.27
50	Rick Reuschel	452.67
51	Lynn McGlothen	452.61
52	Reggie Cleveland	452.14
53	Dick Ruthven	452.01
54	Paul Splittorff	451.22
55	Steve Rogers	450.9
56	Frank Tanana	450.37
57	Buzz Capra	450.23
58	Nelson Briles	444.12
59	Rudy May	443.74
60	Bill Greif	440.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John D'Acquisto	440.58
62	Rick Wise	440.51
63	Al Downing	440.28
64	John Curtis	439.24
65	Mel Stottlemyre	437.89
66	Jim Colborn	437.26
67	Mike Torrez	435.93
68	Tom Bradley	435.73
69	Ron Reed	434.55
70	Randy Jones	432.47
71	Bill Bonham	431.99
72	Tom Griffin	431.56
73	Claude Osteen	429.56
74	Dick Tidrow	428.96
75	Clyde Wright	426.79
76	Fritz Peterson	425.35
77	Mike Caldwell	423.33
78	Stan Bahnsen	422.87
79	Woodie Fryman	421.94
80	Bruce Dal Canton	419.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Alan Foster	418.54
82	Dick Drago	417.49
83	Al Fitzmorris	416.88
84	Doug Rau	412.93
85	Ron Schueler	412.86
86	Burt Hooton	412.73
87	Bart Johnson	411.52
88	Ron Bryant	411.49
89	Dave Freisleben	410.32
90	Jackie Brown	409.57
91	Dennis Blair	409.55
92	Sonny Siebert	407.37
93	Andy Hassler	406.65
94	Steve Hargan	401.49
95	Marty Pattin	401.39
96	Ernie McAnally	400.83
97	Roger Moret	399.27
98	Juan Marichal	397.15
99	Bill Champion	394.99
100	Vic Albury	393.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Stone	391.5
102	Lerrin LaGrow	387.23
103	Dave Goltz	383.17
104	Wayne Twitchell	382.55
105	Dan Spillner	380.78
106	Dick Bosman	378.31
107	Roric Harrison	378.18
108	Bob Forsch	376.75
109	Kevin Kobel	376.0
110	Bill Hands	370.06
111	Dave Hamilton	369.85
112	Steve Arlin	368.24
113	Glenn Abbott	366.56
114	Bob Moose	366.55
115	Sam McDowell	365.15
116	Dick Lange	364.63
117	Ed Figueroa	357.67
118	Larry Demery	357.47
119	David Clyde	355.83
120	Geoff Zahn	354.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Harry Parker	352.21
122	Bruce Kison	351.68
123	Tom Carroll	351.44
124	Larry Gura	350.11
125	Ray Sadecki	349.74
126	Roger Nelson	348.82
127	Dick Woodson	347.78
128	Steve Kline	346.78
129	Ed Sprague	346.38
130	Blue Moon Odom	346.23
131	George Stone	344.65
132	J.R. Richard	340.69
133	Ray Corbin	337.21
134	Bill Stoneman	336.35
135	Tom Walker	333.35
136	Ed Halicki	332.08
137	Bill Butler	332.04
138	Balor Moore	330.94
139	Ken Frailing	330.78
140	Tom Dettore	329.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bob Apodaca	328.64
142	Tug McGraw	328.33
143	Doyle Alexander	328.33
144	Jack Kucek	325.15
145	Eduardo Rodriguez	323.69
146	Paul Siebert	323.2
147	Charlie Williams	322.67
148	Joe McIntosh	318.74
149	Wayne Garland	316.77
150	Dave Pagan	314.94
151	Jim Kern	314.85
152	Fred Holdsworth	313.86
153	Lew Krausse	312.64
154	Luke Walker	312.29
155	Bob Johnson	312.16
156	Lowell Palmer	312.08
157	Vern Ruhle	311.78
158	Mike Wallace	311.46
159	John Montefusco	310.47
160	Chuck Dobson	309.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jim Todd	309.32
162	Pat Darcy	308.49
163	Dave Lemanczyk	308.13
164	Randy Sterling	307.43
165	Don Carrithers	307.13
166	Nino Espinosa	306.55
167	Lindy McDaniel	306.37
168	Dave LaRoche	303.4
169	Dennis Leonard	302.97
170	Hank Webb	302.88
171	Dick Pole	301.54
172	Don Hood	300.11

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