Career Leaders for Winning Percentage

Not just winning, but winning more often than losing. To make this chart you first need at least 1,000 innings pitched. This eliminates those one year wonders with a winning percentage of 1.000. After they put that experience under their belt, they then need some seriously good pitching skill, a good team around them, and a lot more victories than losses. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time winningest Major League pitchers along with raw averages to further clarify their position on this all-important chart. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Whitey Ford (#3 Ranked Winning Percentage Leader)
Winning Percentage
All Time Leaders

'Top 100'
Spud Chandler 0.717 (0.71711) 1
Pedro Martinez 0.692 (0.69205) 2
Dave Foutz 0.690 (0.69014) 3
Whitey Ford 0.690 (0.69006) 4
Bob Caruthers 0.688 (0.68770) 5
Don Gullett 0.686 (0.68553) 6
Lefty Grove 0.680 (0.68027) 7
Babe Ruth 0.671 (0.67143) 8
Joe Wood 0.671 (0.67052) 9
Jay Hughes 0.669 (0.66935) 10
Bill Hoffer 0.667 (0.66667) 11
Vic Raschi 0.667 (0.66667)  
Larry Corcoran 0.665 (0.66541) 13
Christy Mathewson 0.665 (0.66488) 14
Sam Leever 0.660 (0.65986) 15
Tim Hudson 0.659 (0.65854) 16
Roger Clemens 0.658 (0.65799) 17
Sal Maglie 0.657 (0.65746) 18
Sandy Koufax 0.655 (0.65476) 19
Johnny Allen 0.654 (0.65438) 20
Randy Johnson 0.654 (0.65438)  
Ron Guidry 0.651 (0.65134) 22
Lefty Gomez 0.649 (0.64948) 23
John Clarkson 0.648 (0.64822) 24
Mordecai Brown 0.648 (0.64770) 25
Dizzy Dean 0.644 (0.64378) 26
Grover Alexander 0.642 (0.64200) 27
Lady Baldwin 0.640 (0.64035) 28
Andy Pettitte 0.640 (0.64013) 29
Tex Hughson 0.640 (0.64000) 30
Pedro Borbon 0.639 (0.63889) 31
Jim Palmer 0.638 (0.63810) 32
Johnny Murphy 0.637 (0.63699) 33
Mike Mussina 0.635 (0.63452) 34
Kid Nichols 0.634 (0.63445) 35
Deacon Phillippe 0.634 (0.63423) 36
Joe McGinnity 0.634 (0.63402) 37
Dwight Gooden 0.634 (0.63399) 38
Ed Reulbach 0.632 (0.63194) 39
Mark Mulder 0.632 (0.63190) 40
Juan Marichal 0.631 (0.63117) 41
Lefty Williams 0.631 (0.63077) 42
Mort Cooper 0.631 (0.63054) 43
Allie Reynolds 0.630 (0.62976) 44
Jesse Tannehill 0.629 (0.62939) 45
Ray Kremer 0.627 (0.62719) 46
Firpo Marberry 0.627 (0.62712) 47
Eddie Plank 0.627 (0.62692) 48
Tommy Bond 0.627 (0.62662) 49
Chief Bender 0.625 (0.62537) 50
Don Newcombe 0.623 (0.62343) 51
Carl Lundgren 0.623 (0.62329) 52
Nig Cuppy 0.623 (0.62308) 53
Addie Joss 0.623 (0.62257) 54
Fred Goldsmith 0.622 (0.62222) 55
Carl Hubbell 0.622 (0.62162) 56
Carl Mays 0.622 (0.62162)  
Bob Feller 0.621 (0.62150) 58
Mel Parnell 0.621 (0.62121) 59
Monte Pearson 0.621 (0.62112) 60
John Tudor 0.619 (0.61905) 61
Clark Griffith 0.619 (0.61880) 62
Greg Maddux 0.619 (0.61854) 63
Bob Lemon 0.618 (0.61791) 64
Cy Young 0.618 (0.61790) 65
Jack Pfiester 0.617 (0.61739) 66
Doc Crandall 0.617 (0.61728) 67
John Ward 0.617 (0.61654) 68
Urban Shocker 0.615 (0.61513) 69
Jeff Tesreau 0.615 (0.61497) 70
Jim Maloney 0.615 (0.61468) 71
Jimmy Key 0.614 (0.61386) 72
Lon Warneke 0.613 (0.61342) 73
Old Hoss Radbourn 0.613 (0.61310) 74
Joe Heving 0.613 (0.61290) 75
Gary Nolan 0.611 (0.61111) 76
Schoolboy Rowe 0.610 (0.61004) 77
Carl Erskine 0.610 (0.61000) 78
Ed Walsh 0.607 (0.60748) 79
Charlie Ferguson 0.607 (0.60736) 80
Dave McNally 0.607 (0.60726) 81
Hooks Wiltse 0.607 (0.60699) 82
David Cone 0.606 (0.60625) 83
Freddy Garcia 0.606 (0.60622) 84
Jack Stivetts 0.606 (0.60597) 85
Bartolo Colon 0.606 (0.60581) 86
Ramon Martinez 0.605 (0.60538) 87
Art Nehf 0.605 (0.60526) 88
Charlie Buffinton 0.605 (0.60519) 89
Tom Glavine 0.604 (0.60359) 90
David Wells 0.604 (0.60354) 91
Orval Overall 0.603 (0.60335) 92
Tim Keefe 0.603 (0.60317) 93
Tom Seaver 0.603 (0.60271) 94
Al Brazle 0.602 (0.60248) 95
Stan Coveleski 0.602 (0.60224) 96
Preacher Roe 0.602 (0.60190) 97
Wes Ferrell 0.601 (0.60125) 98
J.R. Richard 0.601 (0.60112) 99
Jack Chesbro 0.600 (0.60000) 100
Current Through 2007 Season


Do you remember how to calculate a Major League pitcher's career winning percentage? See the pitching statistics page for a refresher on that and many other pitching statistics.

Pedro Martinez, who only became eligible for the career leaders for winning percentage chart after the 2000 regular season, took over the number two position during his first year and has not lost it since that season.

Cy Young, who is the all time wins leader and the all time loss leader, makes the chart here at number sixty-eight. New to the list in 2004 was Bartolo Colon who debuted at fifty-seventh then climbed to forty-sixth in 2005. New to the list in 2005 is Barry Zito who debuted at sixty-sixth & Mark Buehrle who debuted at seventy-second — welcome aboard.
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