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
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    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 
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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
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   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 
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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
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   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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