Best and Worst Winning Percentage by a Hall of Famer vs. a single team
Posted by Sean Forman on September 6, 2007
A reader asked, so I'll post the answer here.
Minimum of 10 decisions.
| name_common | split_name | W | L | WP | +----------------+------------+------+------+-------+ | Sandy Koufax | NYM | 17 | 2 | 0.895 | | Sandy Koufax | HOU | 14 | 2 | 0.875 | | Jim Bunning | TEX | 10 | 2 | 0.833 | | Gaylord Perry | SDP | 14 | 3 | 0.824 | | Gaylord Perry | BOS | 22 | 5 | 0.815 | | Whitey Ford | TEX | 13 | 3 | 0.813 | | Don Drysdale | NYM | 24 | 6 | 0.800 | | Hoyt Wilhelm | CLE | 14 | 4 | 0.778 | | Warren Spahn | CHC | 24 | 7 | 0.774 | | Tom Seaver | SDP | 33 | 10 | 0.767 | | Juan Marichal | NYM | 26 | 8 | 0.765 | | Fergie Jenkins | PHI | 26 | 8 | 0.765 | | Bob Gibson | SDP | 13 | 4 | 0.765 | | Fergie Jenkins | SDP | 13 | 4 | 0.765 | | Tom Seaver | ATL | 32 | 10 | 0.762 | | Nolan Ryan | CHC | 16 | 5 | 0.762 | | Whitey Ford | CLE | 21 | 7 | 0.750 | | Don Sutton | CLE | 9 | 3 | 0.750 | | Phil Niekro | KCR | 9 | 3 | 0.750 | | Juan Marichal | CHC | 23 | 8 | 0.742 |
The worst
| name_common | split_name | W | L | WP | +------------------+------------+------+------+-------+ | Robin Roberts | LAD | 5 | 16 | 0.238 | | Gaylord Perry | MIL | 5 | 12 | 0.294 | | Nolan Ryan | HOU | 3 | 7 | 0.300 | | Bruce Sutter | PIT | 3 | 7 | 0.300 | | Phil Niekro | TEX | 3 | 7 | 0.300 | | Hoyt Wilhelm | BOS | 7 | 16 | 0.304 | | Early Wynn | NYY | 8 | 18 | 0.308 | | Rollie Fingers | MIN | 5 | 11 | 0.313 | | Jim Bunning | STL | 5 | 11 | 0.313 | | Jim Bunning | CHC | 6 | 12 | 0.333 | | Robin Roberts | PIT | 8 | 15 | 0.348 | | Gaylord Perry | KCR | 9 | 16 | 0.360 | | Dennis Eckersley | TEX | 9 | 16 | 0.360 | | Early Wynn | DET | 7 | 12 | 0.368 | | Nolan Ryan | BAL | 10 | 17 | 0.370 | | Tom Seaver | CIN | 12 | 20 | 0.375 | | Dennis Eckersley | NYY | 9 | 15 | 0.375 | | Robin Roberts | SFG | 9 | 15 | 0.375 | | Fergie Jenkins | PIT | 14 | 23 | 0.378 | | Nolan Ryan | OAK | 11 | 18 | 0.379 |
September 6th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
I'm a bit curious as to Don Sutton's WP against the Cubs. Didn't he lose 13 consecutive games to them in the mid-late 1960s?
Jack
September 6th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the topis also, so I looked it up.
He lost his first 13 decisions against them 66-71, didn;t face them in 72 and beat them in 73.
In spite of that horrendous start his lifetime record V the Cubs was actually 18-20.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Jack,
If you look at the pitcher's career splits, these are all listed there.