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1901 MLB Winning Percentage Leaders

Wins per decision

Clark Griffith led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1901 with .774, 7 points ahead of Cy Young (.767).

Showing pitchers with at least 137.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players

Clark Griffith Led all of MLB in 1901 Clark Griffith Chicago White Sox
.774 Winning Percentage .007 clear of Cy Young
Showing Winning Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team W-L% W L ERA IP
1 Clark Griffith Clark Griffith CHA .774 24 7 2.67 266.2
2 Cy Young Cy Young BOS .767 33 10 1.62 371.1
3 Sam Leever Sam Leever PIT .737 14 5 2.86 176.0
4 Jack Chesbro Jack Chesbro PIT .677 21 10 2.38 287.2
5 Jimmy Callahan Jimmy Callahan CHA .652 15 8 2.42 215.1
6 Deacon Phillippe Deacon Phillippe PIT .647 22 12 2.22 296.0
7 Casey Patten Casey Patten WS1 .643 18 10 3.93 254.1
8 Jesse Tannehill PIT .643 18 10 2.18 252.1
9 Jack Harper Jack Harper SLN .639 23 13 3.62 308.2
10 Roscoe Miller Roscoe Miller DET .639 23 13 2.95 332.0
11 Frank Kitson Frank Kitson BRO .633 19 11 2.98 280.2
12 Frank Foreman Frank Foreman BLA +1 .632 12 7 3.88 199.1
13 Bill Bernhard Bill Bernhard PHA .630 17 10 4.52 257.0
14 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan BRO .625 25 15 2.77 351.0
15 Bill Duggleby Bill Duggleby PHI .625 20 12 2.88 284.2
16 Al Orth Al Orth PHI .625 20 12 2.27 281.2
17 Lewis Wiltse Lewis Wiltse PHA +1 .609 14 9 3.72 210.1
18 Willie Sudhoff Willie Sudhoff SLN .607 17 11 3.52 276.1
19 Red Donahue Red Donahue PHI .606 20 13 2.59 295.1
20 Happy Townsend Happy Townsend PHI .600 9 6 3.45 143.2
21 Jay Hughes Jay Hughes BRO .586 17 12 3.27 250.2
22 Chick Fraser Chick Fraser PHA .579 22 16 3.81 331.0
23 Roy Patterson Roy Patterson CHA .571 20 15 3.37 312.1
24 George Winter George Winter BOS .571 16 12 2.80 241.0
25 Eddie Plank Eddie Plank PHA .567 17 13 3.31 260.2
26 Joe McGinnity Joe McGinnity BLA .565 26 20 3.56 382.0
27 Ed Siever Ed Siever DET .563 18 14 3.24 288.2
28 Jerry Nops BLA .545 12 10 4.08 176.2
29 Kid Nichols Kid Nichols BSN .543 19 16 3.22 321.0
30 Christy Mathewson Christy Mathewson NY1 .541 20 17 2.41 336.0
31 Vic Willis Vic Willis BSN .541 20 17 2.36 305.1
32 Noodles Hahn Noodles Hahn CIN .537 22 19 2.71 375.1
33 Earl Moore Earl Moore CLE .533 16 14 2.90 251.1
34 Ed Doheny Ed Doheny PIT +1 .533 8 7 3.23 150.2
35 Ed Murphy SLN .526 10 9 4.20 165.0
36 Jack Katoll Jack Katoll CHA .524 11 10 2.81 208.0
37 Joe Yeager Joe Yeager DET .522 12 11 2.61 199.2
38 Doc White Doc White PHI .519 14 13 3.19 236.2
39 Jack Powell Jack Powell SLN .500 19 19 3.54 338.1
40 Wyatt Lee WS1 .500 16 16 4.40 262.0
41 Ted Lewis Ted Lewis BOS .485 16 17 3.53 316.1
42 Rube Waddell Rube Waddell CHN +1 .467 14 16 3.01 251.1
43 Bill Dinneen Bill Dinneen BSN .455 15 18 2.94 309.1
44 Togie Pittinger Togie Pittinger BSN .448 13 16 3.01 281.1
45 Jack Cronin Jack Cronin DET .448 13 16 3.89 219.2
46 Bill Reidy Bill Reidy MLA .444 16 20 4.21 301.1
47 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CIN .438 14 18 4.64 281.1
48 Bill Phyle Bill Phyle NY1 .412 7 10 4.27 168.2
49 Win Mercer Win Mercer WS1 .409 9 13 4.56 179.2
50 Jack Taylor Jack Taylor CHN .406 13 19 3.36 275.2
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