Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, Throws LH, (requiring W≥150), sorted by greatest WLperc
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Cnt Player **W-L%** W From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF L SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Whitey Ford .690 236 1950 1967 21-38 498 438 156 45 35 106 10 3170.1 2766 1107 967 1086 1956 2.75 133 228 13036 44 28 5 75 NYY 2 Lefty Grove .680 300 1925 1941 25-41 616 457 298 35 123 141 55 3940.2 3849 1594 1339 1187 2266 3.06 148 162 16633 42 1 51 PHA-BOS 3 Sandy Koufax .655 165 1955 1966 19-30 397 314 137 40 44 87 9 2324.1 1754 806 713 817 2396 2.76 131 204 9497 48 18 7 87 BRO-LAD 4 Ron Guidry .651 170 1975 1988 24-37 368 323 95 26 24 91 4 2392 2198 953 874 633 1778 3.29 119 226 9794 24 13 8 56 NYY 5 Randy Johnson .649 294 1988 2008 24-44 591 581 99 37 5 159 2 4007.2 3221 1635 1449 1457 4764 3.25 137 387 16524 33 187 32 103 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY 6 Lefty Gomez .649 189 1930 1943 21-34 368 320 173 28 31 102 9 2503 2290 1091 930 1095 1468 3.34 125 138 10729 19 0 39 NYY-WSH 7 Andy Pettitte .635 214 1995 2008 23-36 431 421 25 4 3 123 0 2702.2 2830 1288 1162 838 1977 3.87 117 228 11484 36 43 11 56 NYY-HOU 8 Eddie Plank .627 326 1901 1917 25-41 623 529 410 69 74 194 23 4495.2 3958 1569 1174 1072 2246 2.35 122 41 18225 196 6 87 PHA-SLM-SLB 9 Carl Hubbell .622 253 1928 1943 25-40 535 431 260 36 82 154 33 3590.1 3461 1380 1188 725 1677 2.98 130 227 14805 53 1 53 NYG 10 Jimmy Key .614 186 1984 1998 23-37 470 389 34 13 28 117 10 2591.2 2518 1104 1010 668 1538 3.51 122 254 10719 29 38 12 50 TOR-NYY-BAL 11 Dave McNally .607 184 1962 1975 19-32 424 396 120 33 7 119 2 2730 2488 1070 982 826 1512 3.24 106 230 11229 56 72 11 59 BAL-MON 12 Art Nehf .605 184 1915 1929 22-36 451 319 182 28 84 120 13 2707.2 2715 1164 964 640 844 3.20 105 107 11185 40 3 34 BSN-TOT-NYG-CHC 13 David Wells .604 239 1987 2007 24-44 660 489 54 12 65 157 13 3439 3635 1702 1578 719 2201 4.13 108 407 14413 65 83 17 101 TOR-DET-TOT-BAL-NYY-TOR-CHW-NYY-SDP-BOS-TOT 14 Tom Glavine .600 305 1987 2008 21-42 682 682 56 25 0 203 0 4413.1 4298 1900 1734 1500 2607 3.54 118 356 18604 145 66 7 65 ATL-NYM 15 Warren Spahn .597 363 1942 1965 21-44 750 665 382 63 68 245 29 5243.2 4830 2016 1798 1434 2583 3.09 118 434 21547 60 42 5 81 BSN-MLN-TOT 16 Ed Lopat .597 166 1944 1955 26-37 340 318 164 27 14 112 3 2439.1 2464 1008 869 650 859 3.21 116 179 10197 5 43 6 16 CHW-NYY-TOT 17 Herb Pennock .597 240 1912 1934 18-40 617 420 247 35 133 162 32 3571.2 3900 1692 1428 916 1227 3.60 106 128 15154 36 6 65 PHA-TOT-BOS-NYY 18 John Candelaria .592 177 1975 1993 21-39 600 356 54 13 82 122 29 2525.2 2399 1038 935 592 1673 3.33 114 245 10366 63 37 26 28 PIT-TOT-CAL-NYY-LAD-PIT 19 Kenny Rogers .587 219 1989 2008 24-43 759 471 36 9 133 154 28 3290 3433 1720 1549 1171 1962 4.24 108 334 14220 53 127 23 79 TEX-NYY-OAK-TOT-TEX-MIN-DET 20 Mike Cuellar .587 185 1959 1977 22-40 453 379 172 36 33 130 11 2808 2538 1130 979 822 1632 3.14 109 222 11505 61 12 6 53 CIN-STL-HOU-BAL-CAL 21 Rube Waddell .584 178 1901 1910 24-33 366 308 235 47 44 127 4 2659.2 2198 923 624 728 2137 2.11 133 30 10848 95 4 73 TOT-PHA-SLB 22 Hal Newhouser .580 207 1939 1955 18-34 488 374 212 33 79 150 26 2993 2674 1197 1016 1249 1796 3.06 130 137 12648 1 19 7 65 DET-CLE 23 Steve Carlton .574 329 1965 1988 20-43 741 709 254 55 13 244 2 5217.1 4672 2130 1864 1833 4136 3.22 115 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 24 Jamie Moyer .566 241 1986 2008 23-45 631 578 31 9 14 185 0 3711 3844 1868 1730 1062 2227 4.20 106 462 15789 66 124 11 54 CHC-TEX-STL-BAL-TOT-SEA-PHI 25 Vida Blue .565 209 1969 1986 19-36 502 473 143 37 11 161 2 3343.1 2939 1357 1213 1185 2175 3.27 108 263 13837 61 23 13 103 OAK-SFG-KCR ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **W-L%** W From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF L SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Hippo Vaughn .565 178 1908 1921 20-33 390 331 215 41 45 137 5 2730 2461 1039 754 817 1416 2.49 120 39 11225 85 7 63 NYY-TOT-CHC 27 Tommy John .555 288 1963 1989 20-46 760 700 162 46 22 231 4 4710.1 4783 2017 1749 1259 2245 3.34 110 302 19692 102 98 16 187 CLE-CHW-LAD-NYY-TOT-CAL 28 Billy Pierce .555 211 1945 1964 18-37 585 432 193 38 84 169 32 3306.2 2989 1325 1201 1178 1999 3.27 119 284 13853 35 30 10 48 DET-CHW-SFG 29 Al Leiter .551 162 1987 2005 21-39 419 382 16 10 9 132 2 2391 2152 1101 1010 1163 1974 3.80 112 198 10333 53 117 20 63 NYY-TOT-TOR-FLA-NYM 30 Slim Sallee .549 174 1908 1921 23-36 476 307 189 25 123 143 36 2821.2 2729 1091 804 573 836 2.56 113 68 11476 43 5 12 STL-TOT-NYG-CIN 31 Wilbur Cooper .548 216 1912 1926 20-34 517 408 279 35 84 178 14 3480 3415 1406 1119 853 1252 2.89 116 103 14377 100 0 44 PIT-CHC-TOT 32 Doc White .548 189 1901 1913 22-34 427 363 262 45 53 156 5 3041 2743 1115 808 670 1384 2.39 113 33 9414 119 7 62 PHI-CHW 33 Jim Kaat .544 283 1959 1983 20-44 898 625 180 31 102 237 18 4530.1 4620 2038 1738 1083 2461 3.45 107 395 19021 116 122 6 128 WSH-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI-TOT-STL 34 Earl Whitehill .541 218 1923 1939 24-40 541 473 226 16 46 185 11 3564.2 3917 2018 1726 1431 1350 4.36 100 192 15795 101 6 43 DET-WSH-CLE-CHC 35 Frank Viola .540 176 1982 1996 22-36 421 420 74 16 0 150 0 2836.1 2827 1303 1175 864 1844 3.73 112 294 11933 39 48 12 86 MIN-TOT-NYM-BOS-CIN-TOR 36 Mike Flanagan .539 167 1975 1992 23-40 526 404 101 19 49 143 4 2770 2806 1301 1199 890 1491 3.90 100 251 11684 41 41 12 84 BAL-TOT-TOR-BAL 37 Paul Splittorff .537 166 1970 1984 23-37 429 392 88 17 13 143 1 2554.2 2644 1243 1082 780 1057 3.81 101 192 10824 41 34 5 41 KCR 38 Ken Holtzman .537 174 1965 1979 19-33 451 410 127 31 18 150 3 2867.1 2787 1273 1111 910 1601 3.49 105 249 12069 70 49 2 98 CHC-OAK-TOT-NYY-CHC 39 Chuck Finley .536 200 1986 2002 23-39 524 467 63 15 24 173 0 3197.1 3069 1517 1366 1332 2610 3.85 115 304 13638 36 76 22 130 CAL-ANA-CLE-TOT 40 Jerry Reuss .535 220 1969 1990 20-41 628 547 127 39 41 191 11 3669.2 3734 1700 1483 1127 1907 3.64 100 245 15582 118 59 23 107 STL-HOU-PIT-LAD-TOT-CHW-PIT 41 Larry French .535 197 1929 1942 21-34 570 384 198 40 109 171 17 3152 3375 1440 1206 819 1187 3.44 114 164 13465 42 4 34 PIT-CHC-TOT-BRO 42 Mickey Lolich .532 217 1963 1979 22-38 586 496 195 41 40 191 11 3638.1 3366 1537 1390 1099 2832 3.44 105 347 15140 67 92 8 124 DET-NYM-SDP 43 Rube Marquard .532 201 1908 1925 21-38 536 403 197 30 83 177 19 3306.2 3233 1443 1130 858 1593 3.08 103 107 13657 39 5 81 NYG-TOT-BRO-CIN-BSN 44 Mark Langston .531 179 1984 1999 23-38 457 428 81 18 3 158 0 2962.2 2723 1438 1306 1289 2464 3.97 108 311 12562 34 46 22 89 SEA-TOT-CAL-ANA-SDP-CLE 45 Fernando Valenzue .531 173 1980 1997 19-36 453 424 113 31 10 153 2 2930 2718 1303 1154 1151 2074 3.54 104 226 12398 65 25 11 119 LAD-CAL-BAL-PHI-SDP-TOT 46 Bill Sherdel .531 165 1918 1932 21-35 514 272 159 11 163 146 26 2709.1 3018 1326 1120 661 839 3.72 103 149 11604 54 3 26 STL-TOT-BSN 47 Rube Walberg .524 155 1923 1937 26-40 544 307 140 15 145 141 32 2644 2795 1423 1223 1031 1085 4.16 107 163 11538 27 2 40 TOT-PHA-BOS 48 Jerry Koosman .515 222 1967 1985 24-42 612 527 140 33 43 209 17 3839.1 3635 1608 1433 1198 2556 3.36 110 290 15996 121 71 29 89 NYM-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI 49 Eppa Rixey .515 266 1912 1933 21-42 692 552 290 37 97 251 14 4494.2 4633 1986 1572 1082 1350 3.15 115 92 18754 76 10 97 PHI-CIN 50 Wilbur Wood .513 164 1961 1978 19-36 651 297 114 24 198 156 57 2684 2582 1130 965 724 1411 3.24 113 209 11154 71 63 6 72 BOS-TOT-PIT-CHW ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **W-L%** W From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF L SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Curt Simmons .513 193 1947 1967 18-38 569 462 163 36 54 183 5 3348.1 3313 1551 1318 1063 1697 3.54 111 255 14144 62 53 4 39 PHI-TOT-STL 52 Rube Benton .510 150 1910 1925 20-35 437 305 145 24 83 144 21 2517.1 2472 1115 863 712 950 3.09 101 52 10539 95 6 66 CIN-TOT-NYG-CIN 53 Frank Tanana .504 240 1973 1993 19-39 638 616 143 34 10 236 1 4188.1 4063 1910 1704 1255 2773 3.66 106 448 17641 116 129 27 119 CAL-BOS-TEX-TOT-DET 54 Claude Osteen .501 196 1957 1975 17-35 541 488 140 40 24 195 1 3460.1 3471 1435 1268 940 1612 3.30 104 249 14433 93 45 6 67 CIN-TOT-WSA-LAD-CHW 55 Rudy May .494 152 1965 1983 20-38 535 360 87 24 73 156 12 2622 2314 1150 1007 958 1760 3.46 102 199 10902 56 42 18 67 CAL-TOT-NYY-BAL-MON-NYY 56 Tom Zachary .493 186 1918 1936 22-40 533 409 186 24 84 191 22 3126.1 3580 1552 1295 914 720 3.73 106 119 13551 41 15 38 PHA-WSH-SLB-TOT-NYY-BSN-BRO Seasons/Careers found: 56.
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