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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	637.25
2	Juan Marichal	604.44
3	Jim Maloney	590.79
4	Bob Gibson	585.93
5	Jim Bunning	570.62
6	Sam McDowell	555.21
7	Bob Veale	541.28
8	Don Drysdale	540.76
9	Whitey Ford	531.98
10	Chris Short	530.85
11	Dean Chance	530.67
12	Mudcat Grant	519.08
13	Milt Pappas	518.6
14	Tony Cloninger	512.71
15	Claude Osteen	504.85
16	Steve Barber	503.22
17	Camilo Pascual	502.66
18	Mel Stottlemyre	502.36
19	Mickey Lolich	501.83
20	Al Downing	501.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry Jackson	496.11
22	Joe Horlen	494.32
23	Bob Friend	493.73
24	Ken Johnson	492.17
25	Bill Monbouquette	489.82
26	Vern Law	489.61
27	Robin Roberts	488.21
28	Earl Wilson	487.38
29	Fred Newman	485.13
30	Hank Aguirre	484.28
31	Jim Kaat	480.78
32	Dave Wickersham	480.49
33	Denny McLain	479.41
34	Gary Peters	479.29
35	Turk Farrell	476.55
36	Bob Bruce	476.32
37	Dave Morehead	471.72
38	Dick Ellsworth	470.72
39	Curt Simmons	469.47
40	Juan Pizarro	469.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tracy Stallard	468.75
42	Sammy Ellis	463.25
43	Luis Tiant	462.22
44	Bob Shaw	458.29
45	Sonny Siebert	457.6
46	Jim Bouton	453.79
47	Denny Lemaster	452.16
48	Wally Bunker	451.43
49	John Buzhardt	451.22
50	Pete Richert	448.95
51	Ray Culp	446.37
52	Dave McNally	445.15
53	Don Cardwell	443.79
54	Ray Sadecki	442.62
55	Jim O'Toole	441.86
56	Al Jackson	441.16
57	Jack Fisher	439.48
58	Wade Blasingame	438.39
59	Joey Jay	438.03
60	Bob Buhl	436.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	George Brunet	435.97
62	Joe Sparma	433.19
63	Joe Nuxhall	430.67
64	Warren Spahn	428.92
65	Marcelino Lopez	428.72
66	Gaylord Perry	428.53
67	Ralph Terry	426.06
68	John O'Donoghue	424.53
69	Fred Talbot	417.2
70	Tommy John	413.17
71	Jack Kralick	412.07
72	Diego Segui	411.98
73	Jim Perry	411.83
74	Rollie Sheldon	411.03
75	Ray Herbert	407.76
76	Bob Purkey	404.22
77	John Tsitouris	401.97
78	Buster Narum	400.69
79	Jim Lonborg	397.12
80	Don Nottebart	395.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dick Stigman	394.98
82	Bobby Bolin	394.79
83	Dennis Bennett	394.63
84	Larry Dierker	394.42
85	Hank Fischer	394.32
86	Phil Ortega	389.27
87	Orlando Pena	385.71
88	Catfish Hunter	385.36
89	Galen Cisco	384.81
90	Ray Washburn	384.09
91	Lee Stange	382.72
92	Bennie Daniels	382.27
93	Jack Sanford	380.72
94	Ron Herbel	379.5
95	Bruce Howard	377.32
96	Bob Hendley	376.59
97	Bob Sadowski	376.3
98	Mike McCormick	376.27
99	Bill Faul	376.1
100	Bill Stafford	375.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Joe Gibbon	369.37
102	Johnny Podres	369.18
103	John Miller	367.42
104	Ernie Broglio	364.84
105	Rudy May	363.77
106	Cal Koonce	363.74
107	Tommie Sisk	358.91
108	Dave Boswell	357.79
109	Jim Duckworth	354.26
110	Jim Merritt	352.57
111	Art Mahaffey	352.27
112	Bo Belinsky	351.66
113	Tug McGraw	348.43
114	Phil Regan	344.15
115	Frank Kreutzer	342.78
116	Jack Cullen	338.85
117	Claude Raymond	338.1
118	Dave Giusti	330.42
119	Steve Hargan	326.52
120	Tom Parsons	325.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Howie Koplitz	325.32
122	Dick Selma	322.68
123	Ken McBride	321.62
124	Rich Beck	320.27
125	Nick Willhite	317.23
126	Lew Krausse	316.86
127	Tom Kelley	316.28
128	Lew Burdette	314.64
129	Larry Jaster	314.01
130	Frank Lary	313.95
131	Dick Joyce	313.1
132	Carl Willey	311.93
133	Jim McGlothlin	311.53
134	Moe Drabowsky	311.46
135	Jim Palmer	311.05
136	Howie Reed	309.64
137	Chris Zachary	308.32
138	Satchel Paige	308.18
139	Billy Hoeft	307.96
140	Larry Miller	307.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Nelson Briles	307.45
142	Mike Cuellar	307.28
143	Gary Kroll	306.98
144	Phil Niekro	306.76
145	Ron Tompkins	306.31
146	Darrell Sutherland	305.94
147	Jerry Stephenson	305.38
148	Jim Ray	305.31
149	Larry Bearnarth	305.06
150	Rob Gardner	304.88
151	Jack Lamabe	304.09
152	Pete Craig	303.75
153	Jim Brewer	303.5
154	Julio Navarro	300.95
155	Darold Knowles	300.92

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