Winning Percentage
(Redirected from Win-Loss Percentage)
Winning Percentage is a statistic used both for teams and for pitchers.
For teams, it is calculated thus: (Games Won) / (Games Played)
For pitchers, the formula: (Wins)/(Wins + Losses)
All Time Leaders -- Pitchers | |||
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Span | Player | Total | Notes |
Career (minimum 100 wins) | Spud Chandler | .717 | 109 wins |
Career (minimum 200 wins) | Whitey Ford | .690 | 236 wins |
Season (qualifier) | Johnny Allen | .938 | 1937 |
Season (no losses) | Tom Zachary | 1.000 | 1929, 12-0 |
For teams, the highest winning percentage recorded since 1900 is .763, by the 1906 Chicago Cubs, who went 116-36. Since 1903, only 9 teams have played for a winning percentage of .700 or better, the last being the 2001 Seattle Mariners at .716.
Further Reading[edit]
- Douglas Jordan: "The .700 Club: Blessedly Good Baseball", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 45, Number 2 (Fall 2016), pp. 26-33.
- John A. Richards: "Probabilities of Victory in Head-to-Head Team Matchups", The Baseball Research Journal, Vol. 43, number 2, Fall 2014, pp. 107-117.
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