Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2008, (requiring DECISION≥100), 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 Al Spalding .796 318 1871 1877 20-26 347 327 281 24 3 253 65 11 2890.2 3271 1791 686 156 142 2.14 142 15 2272 2 1 BOS-CHC 2 Spud Chandler .717 152 1937 1947 29-39 211 184 109 26 14 109 43 6 1485 1327 549 468 463 614 2.84 132 64 6102 19 5 20 NYY 3 Pedro Martinez .692 302 1992 2008 20-36 448 381 46 17 23 209 93 3 2677 2050 922 837 709 3031 2.81 160 215 10726 27 132 5 60 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM 4 Whitey Ford .690 342 1950 1967 21-38 498 438 156 45 35 236 106 10 3170.1 2766 1107 967 1086 1956 2.75 133 228 13036 44 28 5 75 NYY 5 Dave Foutz .690 213 1884 1894 27-37 251 216 202 16 33 147 66 4 1997.1 1843 1068 631 510 790 2.84 124 38 6776 47 0 55 STL-BRO 6 Bob Caruthers .688 317 1884 1892 20-28 340 310 298 24 29 218 99 3 2828.2 2678 1393 891 597 900 2.83 123 59 8714 45 0 78 STL-BRO 7 Don Gullett .686 159 1970 1978 19-27 266 186 44 14 35 109 50 11 1390 1205 528 481 501 921 3.11 113 115 5763 42 12 6 36 CIN-NYY 8 Johan Santana .680 147 2000 2008 21-29 263 187 6 4 23 100 47 1 1390.1 1146 531 497 384 1452 3.22 140 156 5619 4 28 8 64 MIN-NYM 9 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 10 Joe Wood .672 174 1908 1920 18-30 225 158 121 28 57 117 57 11 1436.1 1138 497 324 421 989 2.03 146 10 5675 49 0 43 BOS-CLE 11 Babe Ruth .671 140 1914 1933 19-38 163 148 107 17 11 94 46 4 1221.1 974 398 309 441 488 2.28 122 10 5006 29 4 25 BOS-NYY 12 Jay Hughes .669 124 1898 1902 24-28 135 129 112 8 6 83 41 0 1097 1011 512 366 376 370 3.00 114 16 0 53 1 33 BLN-BRO 13 Vic Raschi .667 198 1946 1955 27-36 269 255 106 26 5 132 66 3 1819 1666 828 752 727 944 3.72 105 139 7675 5 26 8 44 NYY-STL-TOT 14 Bill Hoffer .667 138 1895 1901 24-30 161 142 125 10 18 92 46 3 1254.1 1333 712 523 453 314 3.75 112 22 0 29 1 22 BLN-TOT-PIT-CLE 15 Christy Mathewson .665 561 1900 1916 19-35 635 551 434 79 74 373 188 28 4780.2 4218 1616 1133 844 2502 2.13 135 91 19136 59 6 114 NYG-TOT 16 Larry Corcoran .665 266 1880 1887 20-27 277 268 256 22 9 177 89 2 2392.1 2147 1234 626 496 1103 2.36 123 69 10001 2 0 113 CHC-TOT-WHS-IND 17 Roy Oswalt .663 175 2001 2008 23-30 233 221 12 4 5 116 59 0 1489.1 1464 571 528 343 1225 3.19 137 128 6171 25 50 4 16 HOU 18 Roy Halladay .661 177 1998 2008 21-31 259 233 36 9 6 117 60 1 1650.2 1620 731 659 392 1152 3.59 129 137 6828 21 42 7 38 TOR 19 Sam Leever .660 294 1898 1910 26-38 388 299 241 39 75 194 100 13 2660.2 2449 1024 731 587 847 2.47 123 29 6428 90 4 46 PIT 20 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 21 Tim Hudson .657 216 1999 2008 23-32 294 294 22 11 0 142 74 0 1959 1860 835 759 598 1338 3.49 126 156 8186 59 74 6 56 OAK-ATL 22 Sal Maglie .657 181 1945 1958 28-41 303 232 93 25 35 119 62 14 1723 1591 684 603 562 862 3.15 127 169 7182 8 44 7 18 NYG-TOT 23 Randy Johnson .656 439 1988 2008 24-44 575 565 98 37 5 288 151 2 3907 3118 1583 1403 1436 4672 3.23 138 374 16101 29 185 32 103 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY 24 Dick McBride .656 227 1871 1876 26-31 237 237 227 10 0 149 78 0 2081.2 2420 1573 660 172 106 2.85 115 19 155 0 1 ATH-BSN 25 Sandy Koufax .655 252 1955 1966 19-30 397 314 137 40 44 165 87 9 2324.1 1754 806 713 817 2396 2.76 131 204 9497 48 18 7 87 BRO-LAD ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 Johnny Allen .654 217 1932 1944 27-39 352 241 109 17 68 142 75 18 1950.1 1849 924 813 738 1070 3.75 113 104 8292 38 5 68 NYY-CLE-TOT-BRO-NYG 27 Ron Guidry .651 261 1975 1988 24-37 368 323 95 26 24 170 91 4 2392 2198 953 874 633 1778 3.29 119 226 9794 24 13 8 56 NYY 28 Lefty Gomez .649 291 1930 1943 21-34 368 320 173 28 31 189 102 9 2503 2290 1091 930 1095 1468 3.34 125 138 10729 19 0 39 NYY-WSH 29 Mordecai Brown .648 369 1903 1916 26-39 481 332 271 55 138 239 130 49 3172.1 2708 1044 725 673 1375 2.06 138 43 12642 63 4 59 STL-CHC-CIN-TOT-CHI 30 John Clarkson .648 506 1882 1894 20-32 531 518 485 37 12 328 178 5 4536.1 4295 2376 1417 1191 1978 2.81 134 161 11954 35 0 182 WOR-CHC-BSN-TOT-CLV 31 Dizzy Dean .644 233 1930 1947 20-37 317 230 154 26 76 150 83 30 1967.1 1919 774 661 453 1163 3.02 130 95 8171 27 5 12 STL-CHC-SLB 32 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 33 Hugh Casey .641 117 1935 1949 21-35 343 56 24 3 189 75 42 55 939.2 935 414 360 321 349 3.45 111 58 4013 27 4 15 CHC-BRO-TOT 34 Tex Hughson .640 150 1941 1949 25-33 225 156 99 19 50 96 54 17 1375.2 1270 504 450 372 693 2.94 125 77 5663 11 2 5 BOS 35 Lady Baldwin .640 114 1884 1890 25-31 118 116 112 9 4 73 41 1 1017 921 547 322 233 582 2.85 118 31 4123 7 0 44 MIL-DTN-TOT 36 Pedro Borbon .639 108 1969 1980 22-33 593 4 0 0 278 69 39 80 1026.2 1098 436 401 251 409 3.52 101 63 4326 83 28 7 24 CAL-CIN-TOT-STL 37 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 38 Johnny Murphy .637 146 1932 1947 23-38 415 40 17 0 293 93 53 107 1045 985 464 406 444 378 3.50 117 52 4471 5 0 15 NYY-BOS 39 Jerry Nops .637 113 1896 1901 21-26 136 122 99 7 11 72 41 1 988.1 1083 581 406 281 294 3.70 105 17 132 51 0 24 TOT-BLN-BRO-BLA 40 Andy Pettitte .636 324 1995 2008 23-36 414 404 25 4 3 206 118 0 2593.1 2713 1229 1107 807 1894 3.84 118 218 11021 33 40 10 54 NYY-HOU 41 Mike Mussina .635 406 1991 2008 22-39 515 514 57 23 0 258 148 0 3423.2 3316 1512 1412 764 2696 3.71 121 368 14035 26 56 1 69 BAL-NYY 42 Dwight Gooden .634 306 1984 2000 19-35 430 410 68 24 4 194 112 3 2800.2 2564 1198 1091 954 2293 3.51 111 210 11705 42 78 33 76 NYM-NYY-CLE-TOT 43 Deacon Phillippe .634 298 1899 1911 27-39 372 288 242 27 71 189 109 12 2607 2518 1077 749 363 929 2.59 120 41 8016 60 6 45 LOU-PIT 44 Joe McGinnity .634 388 1899 1908 28-37 465 381 314 32 73 246 142 24 3441.1 3276 1438 1016 812 1068 2.66 120 52 14495 182 4 30 BLN-BRO-BLA-TOT-NYG 45 Kid Nichols .634 569 1890 1906 20-36 620 561 531 48 56 361 208 17 5056.1 4912 2477 1660 1268 1868 2.95 140 156 21243 133 1 169 BSN-STL-TOT-PHI 46 Mark Mulder .632 163 2000 2007 22-29 202 202 25 10 0 103 60 0 1312.1 1348 655 609 410 832 4.18 106 141 5550 15 49 1 46 OAK-STL 47 Ed Reulbach .632 288 1905 1917 22-34 399 300 201 40 78 182 106 13 2632.1 2117 887 668 892 1137 2.28 123 33 10700 107 8 49 CHC-TOT-BRO-NEW-BSN 48 Juan Marichal .631 385 1960 1975 22-37 471 457 244 52 11 243 142 2 3507.1 3153 1329 1126 709 2303 2.89 123 320 14236 82 40 20 51 SFG-BOS-LAD 49 Mort Cooper .631 203 1938 1949 25-36 295 239 128 33 39 128 75 14 1840.2 1666 703 607 571 913 2.97 124 85 7648 28 7 28 STL-TOT-BSN-CHC 50 Lefty Williams .631 130 1913 1920 20-27 189 152 80 10 27 82 48 5 1186 1121 497 413 347 515 3.13 99 30 4799 46 1 14 DET-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 Allie Reynolds .630 289 1942 1954 25-37 434 309 137 36 97 182 107 49 2492.1 2193 1026 915 1261 1423 3.30 110 133 10660 57 6 59 CLE-NYY 52 Jesse Tannehill .629 313 1894 1911 19-36 358 319 263 34 38 197 116 7 2750.1 2787 1195 852 477 940 2.79 114 40 3137 130 1 28 CIN-PIT-NYY-BOS-TOT-WSH-CIN 53 Firpo Marberry .627 236 1923 1936 24-37 551 187 86 7 271 148 88 101 2067.1 2049 971 834 686 822 3.63 116 96 8769 38 4 14 WSH-DET-TOT 54 Ray Kremer .627 228 1924 1933 31-40 308 247 134 14 36 143 85 10 1954.2 2108 950 816 483 516 3.76 113 122 8330 29 2 23 PIT 55 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 56 Chief Bender .625 339 1903 1925 19-41 459 334 255 40 109 212 127 34 3017 2645 1110 823 712 1711 2.46 112 40 10124 102 3 72 PHA-BAL-PHI-CHW 57 Don Newcombe .623 239 1949 1960 23-34 344 294 136 24 34 149 90 7 2154.2 2102 956 852 490 1129 3.56 114 252 8891 21 30 3 22 BRO-TOT-CIN 58 Addie Joss .623 257 1902 1910 22-30 286 260 234 45 22 160 97 5 2327 1888 729 488 364 920 1.89 142 19 9209 60 2 28 CLE 59 Carl Lundgren .623 146 1902 1909 22-29 179 149 125 19 28 91 55 6 1322 1129 495 355 476 535 2.42 112 16 4656 35 3 26 CHC 60 Nig Cuppy .623 260 1892 1901 22-31 302 262 224 9 39 162 98 5 2284.1 2520 1346 884 609 504 3.48 127 62 0 24 2 32 CLV-STL-BSN-BOS 61 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 62 Carl Mays .622 333 1915 1929 23-37 490 325 231 29 125 207 126 31 3021.1 2912 1211 979 734 862 2.92 120 73 12385 89 1 34 BOS-TOT-NYY-CIN-NYG 63 Doc Crandall .622 164 1908 1918 20-30 302 134 91 9 145 102 62 25 1546.2 1538 669 502 379 606 2.92 104 52 6355 49 1 8 NYG-TOT-SLM-SLB-BSN 64 Fred Goldsmith .622 180 1879 1884 23-28 189 185 174 16 3 112 68 1 1609.2 1685 885 488 171 433 2.73 107 38 6765 1 2 57 TRO-CHC-TOT 65 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 66 Mel Parnell .621 198 1947 1956 25-34 289 232 113 20 36 123 75 10 1752.2 1715 797 682 758 732 3.50 125 104 7547 3 28 3 41 BOS 67 Monte Pearson .621 161 1932 1941 23-32 224 191 94 5 24 100 61 4 1429.2 1392 721 635 740 703 4.00 111 82 6259 6 1 43 CLE-NYY-CIN 68 John Tudor .619 189 1979 1990 25-36 281 263 50 16 5 117 72 1 1797 1677 700 623 475 988 3.12 124 156 7368 32 29 10 18 BOS-PIT-STL-TOT-LAD-STL 69 Clark Griffith .619 383 1891 1914 21-44 453 372 337 22 78 237 146 6 3385.2 3670 1852 1246 774 955 3.31 121 76 1366 102 3 57 TOT-CHC-CHW-NYY-CIN-WSH 70 Bob Lemon .618 335 1946 1958 25-37 460 350 188 31 73 207 128 22 2850 2559 1185 1024 1251 1277 3.23 119 181 12099 13 57 2 63 CLE 71 Cy Young .618 827 1890 1911 23-44 906 815 749 76 84 511 316 17 7354.2 7092 3167 2147 1217 2803 2.63 138 138 30058 163 3 156 CLV-STL-BOS-CLE-TOT 72 Jack Pfiester .617 115 1903 1911 25-33 149 128 75 17 12 71 44 0 1067.1 869 363 240 293 503 2.02 127 6 4226 39 3 16 PIT-CHC 73 John Ward .617 266 1878 1884 18-24 292 261 244 24 32 164 102 3 2461.2 2317 1183 575 253 920 2.10 119 26 10132 0 0 144 PRO-NYG 74 Greg Maddux .616 568 1986 2008 20-42 723 719 109 35 3 350 218 0 4885 4599 1911 1694 981 3311 3.12 133 338 19913 175 131 27 68 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 75 Jim Maloney .615 218 1960 1971 20-31 302 262 74 30 18 134 84 4 1849 1518 729 655 810 1605 3.19 115 138 7745 39 36 2 124 CIN-CAL ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 76 Urban Shocker .615 304 1916 1928 25-37 412 317 200 28 68 187 117 25 2681.2 2709 1127 945 657 983 3.17 124 126 11140 37 3 20 NYY-SLB 77 Jeff Tesreau .615 187 1912 1918 24-30 247 206 123 27 26 115 72 9 1679 1350 591 453 572 880 2.43 114 37 6805 38 3 42 NYG 78 Carlos Zambrano .614 145 2001 2008 20-27 213 192 7 2 4 89 56 0 1274.1 1058 528 473 572 1097 3.34 133 102 5393 29 68 4 40 CHC 79 Jimmy Key .614 303 1984 1998 23-37 470 389 34 13 28 186 117 10 2591.2 2518 1104 1010 668 1538 3.51 122 254 10719 29 38 12 50 TOR-NYY-BAL 80 Joe Heving .613 124 1930 1945 29-44 430 40 17 3 232 76 48 63 1038.2 1136 559 450 380 429 3.90 108 64 4579 24 3 14 NYG-CHW-CLE-TOT-BOS-CLE-BSN 81 Lon Warneke .613 313 1930 1945 21-36 445 343 192 30 65 192 121 13 2782.1 2726 1164 984 739 1140 3.18 119 175 11608 27 1 50 CHC-STL-TOT-CHC 82 Charley Radbourn .613 504 1881 1891 26-36 528 503 489 35 24 309 195 2 4535.1 4335 2275 1348 875 1830 2.67 119 117 18910 54 0 217 PRO-BSN-BOS-CIN 83 Bartolo Colon .611 244 1997 2008 24-35 312 309 31 8 0 149 95 0 1993.1 1973 973 906 684 1555 4.09 112 239 8458 27 42 5 38 CLE-TOT-CHW-ANA-LAA-BOS 84 Gary Nolan .611 180 1967 1977 19-29 250 247 45 14 1 110 70 0 1674.2 1505 623 573 413 1039 3.08 117 146 6836 46 14 10 26 CIN-TOT 85 Carl Erskine .610 200 1948 1959 21-32 335 216 71 14 61 122 78 13 1718.2 1637 830 763 646 981 4.00 101 199 7270 13 16 1 38 BRO-LAD 86 Schoolboy Rowe .610 259 1933 1949 23-39 382 278 137 22 74 158 101 12 2219.1 2332 1075 955 558 913 3.87 110 132 9398 27 5 22 DET-TOT-PHI 87 Ferdie Schupp .610 100 1913 1922 22-31 216 120 62 11 70 61 39 6 1054 938 470 389 464 553 3.32 88 30 4463 33 1 24 NYG-TOT-STL-CHW 88 Dave McNally .607 303 1962 1975 19-32 424 396 120 33 7 184 119 2 2730 2488 1070 982 826 1512 3.24 106 230 11229 56 72 11 59 BAL-MON 89 Ed Walsh .607 321 1904 1917 23-36 430 315 250 57 102 195 126 34 2964.1 2346 877 598 617 1736 1.82 146 23 11713 54 14 84 CHW-BSN 90 Hooks Wiltse .607 229 1904 1915 24-35 357 226 154 27 108 139 90 34 2112.1 1892 786 580 498 965 2.47 112 54 8413 40 0 41 NYG-BTT 91 Charlie Ferguson .607 163 1884 1887 21-24 183 170 165 13 12 99 64 4 1514.2 1402 793 450 290 728 2.67 121 42 6310 11 3 64 PHI 92 Candy Cummings .607 239 1872 1877 23-28 242 241 233 19 0 145 94 0 2149.2 2507 1450 595 117 130 2.49 120 12 1622 0 22 NYU-BAL-PHI-HAR-CIN 93 Freddy Garcia .606 193 1999 2007 24-32 263 262 12 4 0 117 76 0 1701.2 1658 814 770 548 1252 4.07 111 203 7216 30 56 8 74 SEA-TOT-CHW-PHI 94 David Cone .606 320 1986 2003 23-40 450 419 56 22 9 194 126 1 2898.2 2504 1222 1115 1137 2668 3.46 120 258 12184 42 106 32 149 KCR-NYM-TOT-KCR-NYY-BOS 95 Jack Stivetts .606 335 1889 1899 21-31 388 333 278 14 52 203 132 4 2887.2 2905 1836 1199 1155 1223 3.74 120 131 4297 21 0 122 STL-BSN-CLV 96 Ramon Martinez .605 223 1988 2001 20-33 301 297 37 20 1 135 88 0 1895.2 1691 880 772 795 1427 3.67 105 170 8075 41 66 7 33 LAD-BOS-PIT 97 Art Nehf .605 304 1915 1929 22-36 451 319 182 28 84 184 120 13 2707.2 2715 1164 964 640 844 3.20 105 107 11185 40 3 34 BSN-TOT-NYG-CHC 98 Charlie Buffinton .605 385 1882 1892 21-31 414 396 351 30 17 233 152 3 3404 3344 1824 1120 856 1700 2.96 115 87 12577 20 2 154 BSN-PHI-PHQ-BOS-BLN 99 David Wells .604 396 1987 2007 24-44 660 489 54 12 65 239 157 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 100 Tom Glavine .603 506 1987 2008 21-42 679 679 56 25 0 305 201 0 4401.1 4279 1887 1721 1490 2599 3.52 118 352 18543 143 65 7 65 ATL-NYM ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 101 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 102 Orval Overall .603 179 1905 1913 24-32 218 182 133 30 31 108 71 12 1535.1 1232 520 381 551 935 2.23 122 16 6169 45 0 57 CIN-TOT-CHC 103 Tim Keefe .603 567 1880 1893 23-36 600 594 554 39 7 342 225 2 5047.2 4439 2468 1472 1220 2562 2.62 127 81 20975 96 0 233 TRO-NYP-NYG-NYI-TOT-PHI 104 Al Brazle .602 161 1943 1954 29-40 441 117 47 7 178 97 64 60 1376.2 1387 589 506 492 554 3.31 120 84 5853 25 3 22 STL 105 Preacher Roe .602 211 1938 1954 23-39 333 261 101 17 42 127 84 10 1914.1 1907 799 730 504 956 3.43 116 199 7904 17 1 15 STL-PIT-BRO 106 Stan Coveleski .602 357 1912 1928 22-38 450 385 224 38 52 215 142 21 3082 3055 1237 990 802 981 2.89 127 66 12746 30 1 35 PHA-CLE-WSH-NYY 107 Ernie Shore .602 108 1912 1920 21-29 160 121 56 9 23 65 43 5 979.1 906 373 269 270 309 2.47 113 12 3987 27 3 16 NYG-BOS-NYY 108 Ed Summers .602 113 1908 1912 23-27 138 112 79 9 22 68 45 3 999 930 404 269 221 362 2.42 111 19 4040 46 2 15 DET 109 J.R. Richard .601 178 1971 1980 21-30 238 221 76 19 3 107 71 0 1606 1227 625 562 770 1493 3.15 108 73 6674 15 17 14 92 HOU 110 Wes Ferrell .601 321 1927 1941 19-33 374 323 227 17 43 193 128 13 2623 2845 1382 1177 1040 985 4.04 116 132 11568 23 6 35 CLE-BOS-TOT-NYY-BRO-BSN 111 Hod Eller .600 100 1917 1921 22-26 160 88 52 9 58 60 40 5 863 806 313 251 213 381 2.62 108 19 3523 18 1 5 CIN 112 Jack Chesbro .600 330 1899 1909 25-35 392 332 260 35 52 198 132 5 2896.2 2642 1209 864 690 1265 2.68 110 39 12013 113 2 62 PIT-NYY-TOT 113 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 114 Tom Lovett .599 147 1885 1894 21-30 162 149 132 9 11 88 59 1 1305.1 1341 840 571 444 439 3.94 94 48 1544 5 1 68 PHA-BRO-BSN 115 Bob Grim .598 102 1954 1962 24-32 268 60 18 4 120 61 41 37 759.2 708 346 305 330 443 3.61 104 50 3234 22 15 0 13 NYY-TOT-KCA 116 Freddie Fitzsimmo .598 363 1925 1943 23-41 513 426 186 29 64 217 146 13 3223.2 3335 1505 1257 846 870 3.51 111 186 13570 33 3 58 NYG-TOT-BRO 117 Jake Peavy .597 134 2002 2008 21-27 181 181 6 3 0 80 54 0 1146 991 446 419 368 1150 3.29 119 117 4744 30 40 3 21 SDP 118 Curt Schilling .597 362 1988 2007 21-40 569 436 83 20 81 216 146 22 3261 2998 1318 1253 711 3116 3.46 127 347 13284 43 52 8 72 BAL-HOU-PHI-TOT-ARI-BOS 119 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 120 Ed Lopat .597 278 1944 1955 26-37 340 318 164 27 14 166 112 3 2439.1 2464 1008 869 650 859 3.21 116 179 10197 5 43 6 16 CHW-NYY-TOT 121 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 122 Rip Sewell .596 240 1932 1949 25-42 390 243 137 20 88 143 97 15 2119.1 2101 983 819 748 636 3.48 107 116 9101 23 2 30 DET-PIT 123 Harry Coveleski .596 136 1907 1918 21-32 198 151 83 13 31 81 55 9 1248 1070 486 332 376 511 2.39 118 13 5004 62 2 25 PHI-CIN-DET 124 C.C. Sabathia .595 173 2001 2008 20-27 231 231 18 6 0 103 70 0 1482.2 1399 686 638 489 1216 3.87 114 141 6200 15 45 11 29 CLE 125 Teddy Higuera .595 158 1985 1994 26-35 213 205 50 12 7 94 64 0 1380 1262 608 554 443 1081 3.61 117 131 5752 17 25 17 13 MIL ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 126 Ted Lewis .595 158 1896 1901 23-28 183 153 136 7 28 94 64 4 1405 1379 753 551 511 378 3.53 113 57 0 40 1 39 BSN-BOS 127 Josh Beckett .594 138 2001 2008 21-28 179 176 4 2 1 82 56 0 1081.1 968 495 453 351 1034 3.77 115 119 4501 12 33 2 38 FLA-BOS 128 Kevin Brown .594 355 1986 2005 21-40 486 476 72 17 1 211 144 0 3256.1 3079 1357 1185 901 2397 3.28 127 208 13542 42 139 15 108 TEX-BAL-FLA-SDP-LAD-NYY 129 Mike Garcia .594 239 1948 1961 24-37 428 281 111 27 77 142 97 23 2174.2 2148 888 789 719 1117 3.27 117 122 9237 23 33 2 30 CLE-CHW-WSA 130 Vean Gregg .594 155 1911 1925 26-40 239 161 105 14 53 92 63 12 1393 1240 550 418 552 720 2.70 117 17 5627 52 4 39 CLE-TOT-BOS-PHA-WSH 131 Mickey Welch .594 517 1880 1892 20-32 565 549 525 41 15 307 210 4 4802 4587 2556 1447 1297 1850 2.71 114 106 18186 29 1 274 TRO-NYG 132 Kenny Rogers .593 361 1989 2008 24-43 743 455 36 9 133 214 147 28 3188.2 3322 1663 1497 1132 1913 4.23 109 324 13777 50 120 23 78 TEX-NYY-OAK-TOT-TEX-MIN-DET 133 Jack McDowell .593 214 1987 1999 21-33 277 275 62 13 0 127 87 0 1889 1854 874 809 606 1311 3.85 111 173 7966 29 48 5 63 CHW-NYY-CLE-ANA 134 Pat Malone .593 226 1928 1937 25-34 357 220 115 15 107 134 92 26 1915 1934 936 795 705 1024 3.74 111 103 8276 45 2 51 CHC-NYY 135 Chris Carpenter .592 169 1997 2007 22-32 246 229 25 12 6 100 69 0 1522 1560 763 694 464 1164 4.10 111 174 6455 13 57 2 44 TOR-STL 136 John Candelaria .592 299 1975 1993 21-39 600 356 54 13 82 177 122 29 2525.2 2399 1038 935 592 1673 3.33 114 245 10366 63 37 26 28 PIT-TOT-CAL-NYY-LAD-PIT 137 Mark Clear .592 120 1979 1990 23-34 481 1 0 0 338 71 49 83 804.1 674 397 344 554 804 3.85 109 60 3614 45 35 8 49 CAL-BOS-MIL-CAL 138 Alvin Crowder .592 282 1926 1936 27-37 402 292 150 16 71 167 115 22 2344.1 2453 1204 1072 800 799 4.12 105 136 10106 16 3 20 WSH-TOT-SLB-WSH-DET 139 Bob Welch .591 357 1978 1994 21-37 506 462 61 28 20 211 146 8 3092 2894 1310 1191 1034 1969 3.47 106 267 12956 60 79 45 55 LAD-OAK 140 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 141 Harry Brecheen .591 225 1940 1953 25-38 318 240 125 25 53 133 92 18 1907.2 1731 701 618 536 901 2.92 133 117 7821 37 5 18 STL-SLB 142 Dutch Ruether .591 232 1917 1927 23-33 309 272 155 18 30 137 95 8 2124.2 2244 987 826 739 708 3.50 104 54 9157 66 2 26 TOT-CIN-BRO-WSH-TOT-NYY 143 Jim Bagby .591 215 1912 1923 22-33 316 208 133 16 92 127 88 29 1821.2 1884 769 629 458 450 3.11 109 47 7533 33 0 19 CIN-CLE-PIT 144 La Marr Hoyt .590 166 1979 1986 24-31 244 172 48 8 40 98 68 10 1311.1 1313 637 582 279 681 3.99 99 140 5419 24 18 7 13 CHW-SDP 145 Tom Burgmeier .590 134 1968 1984 24-40 745 3 0 0 370 79 55 102 1258.2 1231 521 452 384 584 3.23 118 94 5272 55 32 7 23 CAL-KCR-MIN-BOS-OAK 146 Denny McLain .590 222 1963 1972 19-28 280 264 105 29 8 131 91 2 1886 1646 778 711 548 1282 3.39 101 242 7719 24 26 9 27 DET-WSA-TOT 147 Ellis Kinder .590 173 1946 1957 31-42 484 122 56 10 255 102 71 102 1479.2 1421 627 564 539 749 3.43 124 118 6306 8 9 2 11 SLB-BOS-TOT-CHW 148 Eddie Rommel .590 290 1920 1932 22-34 500 249 147 18 182 171 119 29 2556.1 2729 1213 1006 724 599 3.54 121 138 10873 31 5 34 PHA 149 Jack Coombs .590 268 1906 1920 23-37 354 270 187 35 68 158 110 8 2320 2034 925 717 841 1052 2.78 99 38 8814 88 1 54 PHA-BRO-DET 150 Tiny Bonham .589 175 1940 1949 26-35 231 193 110 21 27 103 72 9 1551 1501 580 528 287 478 3.06 120 117 6284 9 2 4 NYY-PIT ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 151 Tom Seaton .589 158 1912 1917 24-29 231 154 90 15 60 93 65 11 1340 1235 609 468 530 644 3.14 102 30 4473 42 0 34 PHI-BTT-TOT-CHC 152 Tommy Bond .589 397 1874 1884 18-28 417 408 386 42 10 234 163 0 3628.2 3767 1931 932 198 879 2.31 111 51 10599 2 0 80 BRA-HAR-BSN-WOR-TOT 153 John Smoltz .588 357 1988 2008 21-41 707 466 53 16 204 210 147 154 3394 2976 1334 1227 992 3011 3.25 127 277 13921 82 54 16 145 ATL 154 Bret Saberhagen .588 284 1984 2001 20-37 399 371 76 16 13 167 117 1 2562.2 2452 1036 952 471 1715 3.34 126 218 10421 34 59 12 53 KCR-NYM-TOT-BOS 155 Tom Morgan .588 114 1951 1963 21-33 443 61 18 7 204 67 47 64 1023.1 1040 467 410 300 364 3.61 106 95 4293 34 40 3 12 NYY-KCA-DET-TOT-LAA 156 Mike Cuellar .587 315 1959 1977 22-40 453 379 172 36 33 185 130 11 2808 2538 1130 979 822 1632 3.14 109 222 11505 61 12 6 53 CIN-STL-HOU-BAL-CAL 157 Monte Weaver .587 121 1931 1939 25-33 201 135 57 2 38 71 50 4 1052 1137 591 510 435 297 4.36 101 62 4632 5 5 17 WSH-BOS 158 Kirk Rueter .586 222 1993 2005 22-34 340 336 4 1 1 130 92 0 1918 2092 1004 911 582 818 4.27 97 220 8210 41 25 0 24 MON-TOT-SFG 159 Bill Bernhard .586 198 1899 1907 28-36 231 200 175 14 29 116 82 3 1792 1860 858 605 365 545 3.04 102 26 2191 28 3 46 PHI-PHA-TOT-CLE 160 Lew Burdette .585 347 1950 1967 23-40 626 373 158 33 128 203 144 31 3067.1 3186 1400 1246 628 1074 3.66 98 289 12745 63 56 7 23 NYY-BSN-MLN-TOT-CAL 161 Dazzy Vance .585 337 1915 1935 24-44 442 347 216 29 53 197 140 11 2966.2 2809 1246 1068 840 2045 3.24 125 132 12369 77 2 37 TOT-NYY-BRO-STL-TOT-BRO 162 Jeff Pfeffer .585 270 1911 1924 23-36 347 280 194 28 50 158 112 10 2407.1 2320 921 742 592 836 2.77 113 67 9968 105 4 34 SLB-BRO-TOT-STL 163 Amos Rusie .585 419 1889 1901 18-30 462 427 392 30 35 245 174 5 3769.2 3384 2066 1287 1704 1934 3.07 129 76 1060 29 1 153 IND-NYG-CIN 164 Tommy Bridges .584 332 1930 1946 23-39 424 362 200 33 47 194 138 10 2826.1 2675 1321 1122 1192 1674 3.57 126 181 12165 35 8 59 DET 165 Jake Weimer .584 166 1903 1909 29-35 191 180 143 21 9 97 69 2 1472.2 1227 511 365 493 657 2.23 125 14 5968 73 3 27 CHC-CIN-NYG 166 Ed Morris .584 293 1884 1890 21-27 311 307 297 29 4 171 122 1 2678 2468 1312 838 498 1217 2.82 115 42 11120 60 0 84 COL-PIT-PBB 167 Mariano Rivera .583 108 1995 2008 25-38 810 10 0 0 680 63 45 458 978 770 271 250 240 881 2.30 198 49 3923 30 35 3 10 NYY 168 George Pipgras .583 175 1923 1935 23-35 276 189 93 16 64 102 73 12 1488.1 1529 801 676 598 714 4.09 98 66 6587 33 1 36 NYY-TOT-BOS 169 Eddie Cicotte .583 357 1905 1920 21-36 502 361 249 35 106 208 149 25 3223.1 2897 1149 853 827 1374 2.38 123 32 12657 49 5 58 DET-BOS-TOT-CHW 170 Ed Stein .583 187 1890 1898 20-28 215 183 158 12 30 109 78 3 1656 1689 1051 731 732 535 3.97 103 51 0 0 1 90 CHC-BRO 171 Dennis Cook .582 110 1988 2002 25-39 665 71 6 3 116 64 46 9 1011.2 950 486 440 390 739 3.91 106 130 4298 49 31 16 23 SFG-TOT-LAD-CLE-CHW-TEX-FLA-NYM-TOT-ANA 172 Russ Ford .582 170 1909 1915 26-32 199 170 126 15 28 99 71 9 1487.1 1340 602 428 376 710 2.59 124 44 6072 34 3 20 NYY-BUF 173 Orlando Hernandez .581 155 1998 2007 32-41 219 211 9 2 2 90 65 2 1314.2 1181 641 604 479 1086 4.13 110 177 5558 18 67 7 27 NYY-CHW-TOT-NYM 174 Paul Assenmacher .581 105 1986 1999 25-38 884 1 0 0 275 61 44 56 855.2 817 371 336 315 807 3.53 117 73 3664 78 22 5 31 ATL-TOT-CHC-CHW-CLE 175 Babe Adams .581 334 1906 1926 24-44 482 355 206 44 89 194 140 15 2995.1 2841 1129 917 430 1036 2.76 117 68 11947 47 2 26 STL-PIT ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 176 Hal Newhouser .580 357 1939 1955 18-34 488 374 212 33 79 207 150 26 2993 2674 1197 1016 1249 1796 3.06 130 137 12648 1 19 7 65 DET-CLE 177 Noodles Hahn .580 224 1899 1906 20-27 243 231 212 25 11 130 94 0 2029.1 1916 822 574 381 917 2.55 132 27 5496 52 1 28 CIN-NYY 178 Will White .580 395 1877 1886 22-31 403 401 394 36 2 229 166 0 3542.2 3440 1844 896 496 1041 2.28 120 65 14829 68 0 168 BSN-CIN-DTN 179 Clem Labine .579 133 1950 1962 23-35 513 38 7 2 288 77 56 96 1079.2 1043 492 435 396 551 3.63 112 81 4577 54 11 0 27 BRO-LAD-TOT-PIT-NYM 180 Jim Konstanty .579 114 1944 1956 27-39 433 36 14 2 267 66 48 74 945.2 957 420 364 269 268 3.46 112 88 3931 3 5 6 8 CIN-BSN-PHI-TOT-NYY 181 Red Munger .579 133 1943 1956 24-37 273 161 54 13 51 77 56 12 1228.2 1243 574 523 500 564 3.83 103 86 5287 6 11 1 17 STL-TOT-PIT 182 Reb Russell .579 140 1913 1919 24-30 242 148 81 24 57 81 59 13 1291.2 1128 453 335 267 495 2.33 121 7 5031 19 4 19 CHW 183 Larry Jansen .578 211 1947 1956 26-35 291 237 107 17 30 122 89 10 1765.2 1751 804 703 410 842 3.58 112 191 7291 1 20 1 10 NYG-CIN 184 Roy Mahaffey .578 116 1926 1936 22-32 224 128 45 0 47 67 49 5 1056 1181 673 588 452 365 5.01 90 84 4718 24 0 31 PIT-PHA-SLB 185 Jason Schmidt .577 222 1995 2007 22-34 319 310 20 9 1 128 94 0 1978.2 1830 946 867 780 1750 3.94 110 183 8449 34 49 11 93 ATL-TOT-PIT-SFG-LAD 186 Mike Hampton .577 239 1993 2005 20-32 375 321 21 9 9 138 101 1 2074 2156 1041 916 826 1272 3.97 110 177 8983 36 46 13 74 SEA-HOU-NYM-COL-ATL 187 Tom Browning .577 213 1984 1995 24-35 302 300 31 12 1 123 90 0 1921 1931 913 841 511 1000 3.94 97 236 8066 61 32 13 25 CIN-KCR 188 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 189 George Earnshaw .577 220 1928 1936 28-36 319 249 115 18 45 127 93 12 1915.1 1981 1063 933 809 1002 4.38 100 142 8465 25 2 55 PHA-CHW-TOT 190 Fred Toney .577 241 1911 1923 22-34 336 271 158 28 48 139 102 12 2206 2037 835 659 583 718 2.69 113 59 8988 46 5 37 CHC-CIN-TOT-NYG-STL 191 Sadie McMahon .577 300 1889 1897 21-29 321 305 279 14 16 173 127 4 2634 2726 1593 1026 945 967 3.51 118 52 4915 25 0 91 PHA-TOT-BAL-BLN-BRO 192 John Lackey .576 139 2002 2008 23-29 187 186 11 7 0 80 59 0 1191.1 1206 554 499 360 952 3.77 118 112 5062 17 56 5 73 ANA-LAA 193 Barry Zito .576 198 2000 2008 22-30 267 266 9 4 0 114 84 0 1684 1480 766 698 674 1259 3.73 118 179 7113 19 70 5 32 OAK-SFG 194 Orel Hershiser .576 354 1983 2000 24-41 510 466 68 25 19 204 150 5 3130.1 2939 1366 1211 1007 2014 3.48 112 235 13150 108 117 23 121 LAD-CLE-SFG-NYM-LAD 195 Dennis Leonard .576 250 1974 1986 23-35 312 302 103 23 3 144 106 1 2187 2137 1008 898 622 1323 3.70 107 202 9149 39 52 6 73 KCR 196 Jack Sanford .576 238 1956 1967 27-38 388 293 76 14 42 137 101 11 2049.1 1907 952 840 737 1182 3.69 98 174 8659 59 46 21 59 PHI-SFG-TOT-CAL 197 Nixey Callahan .576 172 1894 1903 20-29 195 177 169 11 15 99 73 2 1603 1748 918 603 437 445 3.39 109 33 130 86 3 42 PHI-CHC-CHW 198 Steve Blass .575 179 1964 1974 22-32 282 231 57 16 14 103 76 2 1597.1 1558 739 644 597 896 3.63 95 128 6780 49 38 4 56 PIT 199 Ray Collins .575 146 1909 1915 22-28 199 151 90 19 35 84 62 4 1336 1246 494 373 269 511 2.51 115 15 5188 10 2 11 BOS 200 Mark Buehrle .574 190 2000 2008 21-29 271 246 23 7 6 109 81 0 1701.2 1767 818 730 396 985 3.86 120 193 7083 30 44 9 13 CHW Seasons/Careers found: 1,262.
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