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1903 MLB Winning Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Wins per decision

The Boston Americans led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1903, with .659, .009 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 16 MLB teams is .500.

Led all of MLB in 1903 Boston Americans 141 games
.659 Winning Percentage .009 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team League G W-L%
1 Boston Americans AL 141 .659
2 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 141 .650
3 New York Giants NL 142 .604
4 Chicago Cubs NL 139 .594
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 137 .556
6 Cleveland Naps AL 140 .550
7 New York Highlanders AL 136 .537
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 141 .532
9 Brooklyn Superbas NL 139 .515
MLB average .500
10 Detroit Tigers AL 137 .478
11 St. Louis Browns AL 139 .468
12 Chicago White Sox AL 138 .438
13 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 .420
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 139 .363
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 139 .314
15 Washington Senators AL 140 .314

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.