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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Sandy Koufax	566.41
2	Don Drysdale	564.25
3	Camilo Pascual	548.48
4	Warren Spahn	535.82
5	Whitey Ford	535.55
6	Bob Purkey	535.32
7	Bob Gibson	533.05
8	Ralph Terry	530.28
9	Jim Bunning	528.17
10	Jim O'Toole	522.23
11	Jim Kaat	511.6
12	Bill Monbouquette	509.23
13	Bob Friend	508.63
14	Jack Sanford	505.38
15	Larry Jackson	500.82
16	Ray Herbert	500.13
17	Billy O'Dell	498.14
18	Jack Kralick	495.58
19	Art Mahaffey	495.56
20	Joey Jay	493.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Juan Marichal	491.3
22	Ernie Broglio	491.08
23	Chuck Estrada	490.68
24	Johnny Podres	489.53
25	Bill Stafford	484.78
26	Pedro Ramos	483.1
27	Bob Shaw	478.39
28	Juan Pizarro	476.82
29	Don Mossi	475.5
30	Gene Conley	473.35
31	Milt Pappas	473.0
32	Dick Donovan	471.09
33	Stan Williams	468.75
34	Don Cardwell	464.29
35	Steve Barber	460.85
36	Billy Pierce	459.93
37	Bob Buhl	458.33
38	Ken McBride	457.4
39	Turk Farrell	451.69
40	Hank Aguirre	449.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ken Johnson	448.6
42	Frank Lary	446.13
43	Robin Roberts	443.01
44	Early Wynn	441.18
45	Mike McCormick	440.11
46	Earl Wilson	436.99
47	Bob Hendley	435.39
48	Curt Simmons	434.28
49	Dick Ellsworth	433.09
50	Mudcat Grant	431.88
51	Harvey Haddix	431.54
52	Don Schwall	431.02
53	John Buzhardt	428.52
54	Tom Cheney	427.95
55	Cal McLish	427.58
56	Eli Grba	426.94
57	Bo Belinsky	426.61
58	Jim Perry	426.11
59	Lew Burdette	424.8
60	Al Jackson	424.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ed Rakow	424.01
62	Roger Craig	423.2
63	Dean Chance	423.05
64	Dave Stenhouse	422.71
65	Dennis Bennett	422.36
66	Don Lee	418.68
67	Jay Hook	416.47
68	Al McBean	415.87
69	Cal Koonce	413.75
70	Glen Hobbie	412.9
71	Dan Pfister	412.41
72	Earl Francis	411.51
73	Don Rudolph	407.68
74	Claude Osteen	406.47
75	Ray Sadecki	403.67
76	Bennie Daniels	400.59
77	Ray Washburn	399.25
78	Bob Bruce	399.19
79	Barry Latman	398.54
80	Ted Bowsfield	393.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Paul Foytack	393.04
82	Phil Regan	392.77
83	Jack Fisher	392.52
84	Dick Stigman	391.86
85	Jim Maloney	387.12
86	Vern Law	385.57
87	Orlando Pena	385.21
88	Hal Brown	384.4
89	Tom Sturdivant	381.29
90	Hal Woodeshick	381.22
91	Diego Segui	375.98
92	Tony Cloninger	372.32
93	Bill Fischer	369.92
94	Gary Bell	367.92
95	Eddie Fisher	367.44
96	Joe Nuxhall	366.19
97	Pete Burnside	366.03
98	Joe Gibbon	365.52
99	Jerry Walker	365.4
100	Joe Horlen	365.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Miller	364.73
102	Ike Delock	362.96
103	Denny Lemaster	362.94
104	Jack Hamilton	361.86
105	Pete Richert	359.34
106	Bud Daley	356.94
107	Chris Short	352.62
108	Sam Jones	352.17
109	Jim Golden	351.09
110	Frank Baumann	349.88
111	George Brunet	348.86
112	Rollie Sheldon	348.31
113	Dave Wickersham	344.93
114	Jim Bouton	342.78
115	Steve Hamilton	338.19
116	Dallas Green	338.03
117	Joe Bonikowski	337.41
118	Carl Willey	336.11
119	Joe Moeller	335.82
120	Moe Drabowsky	334.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dick Hall	333.55
122	Norm Bass	331.92
123	Sam McDowell	322.56
124	Jim Owens	322.01
125	Vinegar Bend Mizell	321.92
126	Paul Toth	321.83
127	Ruben Gomez	318.95
128	Johnny Klippstein	317.48
129	Carl Bouldin	317.22
130	Bob Moorhead	316.99
131	Jack Curtis	316.78
132	Jim Constable	315.53
133	Craig Anderson	315.42
134	Galen Cisco	315.2
135	Howie Koplitz	314.59
136	Jim Archer	313.97
137	Bobby Bolin	313.66
138	Jim Coates	312.87
139	Ron Kline	312.22
140	Tommie Sisk	310.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	John Tsitouris	309.96
142	George Gerberman	308.05
143	Bob Veale	307.99
144	Bob Baird	307.79
145	Gaylord Perry	307.6
146	Wilbur Wood	307.13
147	John Wyatt	306.88
148	Dick Drott	306.47
149	Bill Pleis	306.0
150	Joe McClain	305.89
151	Lee Stange	305.71
152	Ron Piche	305.61
153	Dean Stone	304.85
154	Harvey Branch	303.94
155	Hal Kolstad	303.88
156	Bob Turley	303.48
157	Bill Smith	302.87
158	Billy Hoeft	302.29
159	Bob Anderson	301.65
160	Paul Brown	301.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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