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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	659.25
2	Juan Marichal	601.17
3	Jim Bunning	584.78
4	Bob Gibson	583.3
5	Jim Maloney	580.23
6	Sam McDowell	562.83
7	Don Drysdale	551.93
8	Chris Short	551.34
9	Bob Veale	545.01
10	Whitey Ford	528.12
11	Dean Chance	525.92
12	Mudcat Grant	524.05
13	Mickey Lolich	518.22
14	Tony Cloninger	515.56
15	Claude Osteen	513.83
16	Steve Barber	512.09
17	Larry Jackson	509.85
18	Milt Pappas	509.4
19	Mel Stottlemyre	502.42
20	Ken Johnson	498.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Al Downing	498.25
22	Camilo Pascual	497.0
23	Joe Horlen	494.87
24	Fred Newman	489.48
25	Robin Roberts	489.15
26	Bob Friend	488.76
27	Jim Kaat	487.16
28	Bill Monbouquette	486.57
29	Denny McLain	485.37
30	Vern Law	484.86
31	Hank Aguirre	484.63
32	Earl Wilson	484.36
33	Gary Peters	476.04
34	Bob Bruce	476.01
35	Dave Wickersham	475.74
36	Dick Ellsworth	474.33
37	Dave Morehead	472.13
38	Turk Farrell	471.8
39	Sonny Siebert	467.3
40	Juan Pizarro	466.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Curt Simmons	464.72
42	Dave McNally	463.63
43	Tracy Stallard	461.77
44	Sammy Ellis	459.17
45	Pete Richert	459.14
46	Denny Lemaster	458.4
47	Luis Tiant	457.72
48	Don Cardwell	457.13
49	Wally Bunker	456.94
50	Ray Culp	454.6
51	Bob Shaw	452.4
52	Jim Bouton	450.04
53	John Buzhardt	449.81
54	Jack Fisher	447.36
55	Ray Sadecki	445.77
56	Jim O'Toole	445.7
57	George Brunet	442.7
58	Al Jackson	440.52
59	Wade Blasingame	434.35
60	Joey Jay	433.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Buhl	432.22
62	Joe Nuxhall	431.62
63	Joe Sparma	429.06
64	Ralph Terry	426.53
65	Warren Spahn	426.44
66	Marcelino Lopez	423.97
67	Gaylord Perry	423.78
68	Tommy John	422.35
69	Rollie Sheldon	420.43
70	John O'Donoghue	419.51
71	Fred Talbot	410.68
72	Jack Kralick	408.82
73	Jim Perry	408.78
74	Diego Segui	406.48
75	Ray Herbert	404.51
76	Dennis Bennett	402.39
77	Bob Purkey	399.47
78	Larry Dierker	397.46
79	John Tsitouris	397.22
80	Buster Narum	395.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Hank Fischer	395.33
82	Bill Faul	392.39
83	Jim Lonborg	392.37
84	Don Nottebart	390.46
85	Dick Stigman	390.23
86	Bobby Bolin	388.23
87	Bruce Howard	387.59
88	Lee Stange	386.88
89	Phil Ortega	384.52
90	Catfish Hunter	384.36
91	Ron Herbel	384.28
92	Orlando Pena	380.96
93	Galen Cisco	380.06
94	Ray Washburn	379.34
95	Bennie Daniels	377.52
96	Jack Sanford	377.22
97	John Miller	376.79
98	Bob Hendley	376.72
99	Bob Sadowski	373.83
100	Tommie Sisk	372.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike McCormick	372.52
102	Bill Stafford	371.82
103	Johnny Podres	369.35
104	Cal Koonce	364.9
105	Joe Gibbon	364.62
106	Ernie Broglio	360.09
107	Jim Duckworth	359.17
108	Rudy May	359.02
109	Dave Boswell	353.04
110	Jim Merritt	347.82
111	Art Mahaffey	347.52
112	Bo Belinsky	346.91
113	Tug McGraw	344.43
114	Frank Kreutzer	339.53
115	Phil Regan	338.69
116	Tom Kelley	337.48
117	Jack Cullen	334.1
118	Claude Raymond	333.35
119	Larry Jaster	329.83
120	Rob Gardner	327.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dick Selma	326.32
122	Dave Giusti	325.67
123	Joe Coleman	321.97
124	Steve Hargan	321.77
125	Tom Parsons	320.84
126	Howie Koplitz	320.57
127	Rich Beck	317.66
128	Ken McBride	316.87
129	Lew Burdette	315.32
130	Dennis Ribant	314.75
131	Jim McGlothlin	313.42
132	Nick Willhite	312.48
133	Grant Jackson	312.32
134	Lew Krausse	312.11
135	Howie Reed	311.86
136	Jim Hannan	310.89
137	Frank Lary	309.2
138	Carl Willey	308.68
139	Dick Joyce	308.35
140	Moe Drabowsky	306.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Chris Zachary	306.32
142	Jim Palmer	306.3
143	Nelson Briles	305.35
144	Larry Bearnarth	305.0
145	Satchel Paige	304.93
146	Don Arlich	304.42
147	Aubrey Gatewood	303.65
148	Billy Hoeft	303.21
149	Larry Miller	303.16
150	Carroll Sembera	302.57
151	Mike Cuellar	302.53
152	Ron Tompkins	302.31
153	Gary Kroll	302.23
154	Phil Niekro	302.01
155	Jerry Stephenson	301.38
156	Darrell Sutherland	301.19
157	Jack Lamabe	300.83

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