Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring DECISION≥400), sorted by greatest WLperc
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Cnt Player **W-L%** Dec From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Lefty Grove .680 441 1925 1941 25-41 616 457 298 35 123 300 141 55 3940.2 3849 1594 1339 1187 2266 3.06 148 162 16633 42 1 51 PHA-BOS 2 Christy Mathewson .668 558 1901 1916 20-35 629 550 433 79 70 373 185 28 4747 4181 1584 1114 824 2487 2.11 136 90 18978 55 6 113 NYG-TOT 3 Roger Clemens .658 538 1984 2007 21-44 709 707 118 46 0 354 184 0 4916.2 4185 1885 1707 1580 4672 3.12 143 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU 4 Randy Johnson .654 434 1988 2007 24-43 566 556 98 37 5 284 150 2 3855.1 3065 1556 1381 1422 4616 3.22 138 368 15877 29 182 31 102 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY 5 Pete Alexander .642 581 1911 1930 24-43 696 599 437 90 80 373 208 32 5190 4868 1851 1476 951 2198 2.56 135 164 20928 70 1 39 PHI-CHC-TOT-STL-PHI 6 Jim Palmer .638 420 1965 1984 19-38 558 521 211 53 15 268 152 4 3948 3349 1395 1253 1311 2212 2.86 126 303 16112 37 38 11 85 BAL 7 Eddie Plank .627 520 1901 1917 25-41 623 529 410 69 74 326 194 23 4495.2 3958 1569 1174 1072 2246 2.35 122 41 18225 196 6 87 PHA-SLM-SLB 8 Carl Hubbell .622 407 1928 1943 25-40 535 431 260 36 82 253 154 33 3590.1 3461 1380 1188 725 1677 2.98 130 227 14805 53 1 53 NYG 9 Bob Feller .621 428 1936 1956 17-37 570 484 279 44 52 266 162 21 3827 3271 1557 1384 1764 2581 3.25 122 224 16180 6 60 13 75 CLE 10 Greg Maddux .619 562 1986 2008 20-42 713 709 109 35 3 348 214 0 4827.1 4531 1881 1669 971 3281 3.11 134 335 19667 172 131 26 68 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 11 Tom Glavine .604 502 1987 2008 21-42 671 671 56 25 0 303 199 0 4361.1 4241 1862 1696 1468 2576 3.50 119 345 18369 141 65 7 65 ATL-NYM 12 Tom Seaver .603 516 1967 1986 22-41 656 647 231 61 6 311 205 1 4782.2 3971 1674 1521 1390 3640 2.86 127 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-NYM-CHW 13 Walter Johnson .599 696 1907 1927 19-39 802 666 531 110 129 417 279 34 5914.2 4913 1902 1424 1363 3509 2.17 147 97 23749 203 4 155 WSH 14 Warren Spahn .597 608 1942 1965 21-44 750 665 382 63 68 363 245 29 5243.2 4830 2016 1798 1434 2583 3.09 118 434 21547 60 42 5 81 BSN-MLN-TOT 15 Herb Pennock .597 402 1912 1934 18-40 617 420 247 35 133 240 162 32 3571.2 3900 1692 1428 916 1227 3.60 106 128 15154 36 6 65 PHA-TOT-BOS-NYY 16 Bob Gibson .591 425 1959 1975 23-39 528 482 255 56 21 251 174 6 3884.1 3279 1420 1258 1336 3117 2.91 127 257 16068 118 102 13 108 STL 17 Jack Morris .577 440 1977 1994 22-39 549 527 175 28 10 254 186 0 3824 3567 1815 1657 1390 2478 3.90 105 389 16120 99 58 27 206 DET-MIN-TOR-CLE 18 Steve Carlton .574 573 1965 1988 20-43 741 709 254 55 13 329 244 2 5217.1 4672 2130 1864 1833 4136 3.22 115 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 19 Luis Tiant .571 401 1964 1982 23-41 573 484 187 49 51 229 172 15 3486.1 3075 1400 1280 1104 2416 3.30 114 346 14365 53 49 4 27 CLE-MIN-BOS-NYY-PIT-CAL 20 Waite Hoyt .566 419 1918 1938 18-38 674 423 226 26 175 237 182 52 3762.1 4037 1780 1500 1003 1206 3.59 111 154 16123 49 5 39 NYG-BOS-NYY-TOT-PIT-BRO 21 Jamie Moyer .565 409 1986 2008 23-45 606 553 31 9 14 231 178 0 3560 3690 1804 1667 1016 2129 4.21 105 445 15149 63 118 11 53 CHC-TEX-STL-BAL-TOT-SEA-PHI 22 Burleigh Grimes .560 482 1916 1934 22-40 616 497 314 35 94 270 212 18 4180 4412 2048 1638 1295 1512 3.53 107 148 17959 97 12 92 PIT-BRO-NYG-PIT-TOT-STL-CHC-TOT 23 Dennis Martinez .559 438 1976 1998 21-43 692 562 122 30 51 245 193 8 3999.2 3897 1835 1643 1165 2149 3.70 106 372 16754 71 122 30 89 BAL-TOT-MON-CLE-SEA-ATL 24 Don Sutton .559 580 1966 1988 21-43 774 756 178 58 12 324 256 5 5282.1 4692 2104 1914 1343 3574 3.26 108 472 21631 102 82 21 112 LAD-HOU-TOT-MIL-CAL-LAD 25 Fergie Jenkins .557 510 1965 1983 22-40 664 594 267 49 37 284 226 7 4500.2 4142 1853 1669 997 3192 3.34 115 484 18400 116 84 18 62 PHI-TOT-CHC-TEX-BOS-CHC ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **W-L%** Dec From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Tommy John .555 519 1963 1989 20-46 760 700 162 46 22 288 231 4 4710.1 4783 2017 1749 1259 2245 3.34 110 302 19692 102 98 16 187 CLE-CHW-LAD-NYY-TOT-CAL 27 Early Wynn .551 544 1939 1963 19-43 691 612 290 49 66 300 244 15 4564 4291 2037 1796 1775 2334 3.54 107 338 19408 36 64 2 51 WSH-CLE-CHW 28 Hooks Dauss .550 404 1912 1926 22-36 538 388 245 22 121 222 182 40 3390.2 3407 1599 1245 1067 1201 3.30 102 87 14203 121 4 48 DET 29 Jim Bunning .549 408 1955 1971 23-39 591 519 151 40 39 224 184 16 3760.1 3433 1527 1366 1000 2855 3.27 114 372 15618 98 160 8 47 DET-PHI-PIT-TOT 30 Red Ruffing .548 498 1924 1947 19-42 624 536 335 45 71 273 225 16 4344 4284 2117 1833 1541 1987 3.80 109 254 18579 58 7 46 BOS-TOT-NYY-CHW 31 Mel Harder .545 409 1928 1947 18-37 582 433 181 25 95 223 186 23 3426.1 3706 1714 1447 1118 1160 3.80 113 161 14862 59 2 33 CLE 32 Jim Kaat .544 520 1959 1983 20-44 898 625 180 31 102 283 237 18 4530.1 4620 2038 1738 1083 2461 3.45 107 395 19021 116 122 6 128 WSH-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI-TOT-STL 33 Red Faber .544 467 1914 1933 25-44 669 483 273 29 134 254 213 28 4086.2 4106 1813 1430 1213 1471 3.15 119 111 17360 103 2 52 CHW 34 Gaylord Perry .542 579 1962 1983 23-44 777 690 303 53 33 314 265 11 5350.1 4938 2128 1846 1379 3534 3.11 117 399 21953 164 108 6 160 SFG-CLE-TOT-TEX-SDP-TOT-ATL-SEA 35 Earl Whitehill .541 403 1923 1939 24-40 541 473 226 16 46 218 185 11 3564.2 3917 2018 1726 1431 1350 4.36 100 192 15795 101 6 43 DET-WSH-CLE-CHC 36 Robin Roberts .539 531 1948 1966 21-39 676 609 305 45 49 286 245 25 4688.2 4582 1962 1774 902 2357 3.41 113 505 19174 69 54 3 33 PHI-BAL-TOT 37 George Mullin .538 424 1902 1915 21-34 487 428 353 35 50 228 196 8 3686.2 3518 1636 1156 1238 1482 2.82 101 42 15638 131 2 85 DET-TOT-IND-NEW 38 Phil Niekro .537 592 1964 1987 25-48 864 716 245 45 83 318 274 29 5404.1 5044 2337 2012 1809 3342 3.35 115 482 22677 86 123 42 226 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT 39 Jerry Reuss .535 411 1969 1990 20-41 628 547 127 39 41 220 191 11 3669.2 3734 1700 1483 1127 1907 3.64 100 245 15582 118 59 23 107 STL-HOU-PIT-LAD-TOT-CHW-PIT 40 Bert Blyleven .534 537 1970 1992 19-41 692 685 242 60 3 287 250 0 4970 4632 2029 1830 1322 3701 3.31 118 430 20491 71 155 19 114 MIN-TOT-TEX-PIT-CLE-MIN-CAL 41 Mickey Lolich .532 408 1963 1979 22-38 586 496 195 41 40 217 191 11 3638.1 3366 1537 1390 1099 2832 3.44 105 347 15140 67 92 8 124 DET-NYM-SDP 42 Ted Lyons .531 490 1923 1946 22-45 594 484 356 27 92 260 230 23 4161 4489 2056 1696 1121 1073 3.67 118 223 17846 31 6 55 CHW 43 Jack Quinn .531 465 1909 1933 25-49 756 444 243 28 216 247 218 57 3920.1 4238 1835 1433 860 1329 3.29 114 102 16493 94 5 59 NYY-BSN-BAL-CHW-NYY-BOS-TOT-PHA-BRO-CIN 44 Rick Reuschel .528 405 1972 1991 23-42 557 529 102 26 16 214 191 5 3548.1 3588 1494 1330 935 2015 3.37 114 221 14888 117 88 10 89 CHC-TOT-PIT-SFG 45 Nolan Ryan .526 616 1966 1993 19-46 807 773 222 61 13 324 292 3 5386 3923 2178 1911 2795 5714 3.19 111 321 22575 78 158 33 277 NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX 46 Joe Niekro .520 425 1967 1988 22-43 702 500 107 29 93 221 204 16 3584 3466 1620 1431 1262 1747 3.59 97 276 15166 71 65 8 172 CHC-TOT-DET-ATL-HOU-NYY-MIN 47 Jerry Koosman .515 431 1967 1985 24-42 612 527 140 33 43 222 209 17 3839.1 3635 1608 1433 1198 2556 3.36 110 290 15996 121 71 29 89 NYM-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI 48 Eppa Rixey .515 517 1912 1933 21-42 692 552 290 37 97 266 251 14 4494.2 4633 1986 1572 1082 1350 3.15 115 92 18754 76 10 97 PHI-CIN 49 Paul Derringer .513 435 1931 1945 24-38 579 445 251 32 98 223 212 29 3645 3912 1652 1401 761 1507 3.46 108 158 15391 32 2 50 STL-TOT-CIN-CHC 50 Sam Jones .513 446 1914 1935 21-42 647 487 250 36 115 229 217 31 3883 4084 2007 1656 1396 1223 3.84 104 152 16699 68 5 73 CLE-BOS-NYY-SLB-WSH-CHW ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **W-L%** Dec From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Frank Tanana .504 476 1973 1993 19-39 638 616 143 34 10 240 236 1 4188.1 4063 1910 1704 1255 2773 3.66 106 448 17641 116 129 27 119 CAL-BOS-TEX-TOT-DET 52 Charlie Hough .500 432 1970 1994 22-46 858 440 107 13 240 216 216 61 3801.1 3283 1807 1582 1665 2362 3.75 107 383 16170 44 174 42 179 LAD-TOT-TEX-CHW-FLA 53 Bobo Newsom .487 433 1929 1953 21-45 600 483 246 31 71 211 222 21 3759.1 3769 1908 1664 1732 2082 3.98 107 206 16467 61 7 60 BRO-CHC-SLB-TOT-WSH-SLB-DET-PHA-NYG 54 Bob Friend .461 427 1951 1966 20-35 602 497 163 36 56 197 230 11 3611 3772 1652 1438 894 1734 3.58 107 286 15214 115 46 13 50 PIT-TOT Seasons/Careers found: 54.
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