1929 NL Winning Percentage Leaders
Wins per decision
Charlie Root led the NL in winning percentage in 1929 with .760, 40 points ahead of Guy Bush (.720).
Showing pitchers with at least 156.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players
Led the NL in 1929
Charlie Root
Chicago Cubs
.760
Winning Percentage
.040 clear of Guy Bush
Showing Winning Percentage and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | W-L% | W | L | ERA | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Charlie Root
|
CHN | .760 | 19 | 6 | 3.47 | 272.0 |
| 2 |
 Guy Bush
|
CHN | .720 | 18 | 7 | 3.66 | 270.2 |
| 3 |
 Burleigh Grimes
|
PIT | .708 | 17 | 7 | 3.13 | 232.2 |
| 4 |
 Pat Malone
|
CHN | .688 | 22 | 10 | 3.57 | 267.0 |
| 5 |
 Bill Walker
|
NY1 | .667 | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 177.2 |
| 6 |
 Syl Johnson
|
SLN | .650 | 13 | 7 | 3.60 | 182.1 |
| 7 | Ray Moss | BRO | .647 | 11 | 6 | 5.04 | 182.0 |
| 8 |
 Ray Kremer
|
PIT | .643 | 18 | 10 | 4.26 | 221.2 |
| 9 |
 Carl Hubbell
|
NY1 | .621 | 18 | 11 | 3.69 | 268.0 |
| 10 |
 Red Lucas
|
CIN | .613 | 19 | 12 | 3.60 | 270.0 |
| 11 | Erv Brame | PIT | .593 | 16 | 11 | 4.55 | 229.2 |
| 12 |
 Freddie Fitzsimmons
|
NY1 | .577 | 15 | 11 | 4.10 | 221.2 |
| 13 |
 Jesse Haines
|
SLN | .565 | 13 | 10 | 5.71 | 179.2 |
| 14 |
 Les Sweetland
|
PHI | .542 | 13 | 11 | 5.11 | 204.1 |
| 15 |
 Jesse Petty
|
PIT | .524 | 11 | 10 | 3.71 | 184.1 |
| 16 |
 Sheriff Blake
|
CHN | .519 | 14 | 13 | 4.29 | 218.1 |
| 17 |
 Dazzy Vance
|
BRO | .519 | 14 | 13 | 3.89 | 231.1 |
| 18 |
 Claude Willoughby
|
PHI | .517 | 15 | 14 | 4.99 | 243.1 |
| 19 |
 Hal Haid
|
SLN | .500 | 9 | 9 | 4.07 | 154.2 |
| 20 |
 Watson Clark
|
BRO | .457 | 16 | 19 | 3.74 | 279.0 |
| 21 |
 Eppa Rixey
|
CIN | .435 | 10 | 13 | 4.16 | 201.0 |
| 22 |
 Pete Donohue
|
CIN | .435 | 10 | 13 | 5.42 | 177.2 |
| 23 |
 Ray Benge
|
PHI | .423 | 11 | 15 | 6.29 | 199.0 |
| 24 |
 Clarence Mitchell
|
SLN | .421 | 8 | 11 | 4.27 | 173.0 |
| 25 |
 Jakie May
|
CIN | .417 | 10 | 14 | 4.61 | 199.0 |
| 26 |
 Socks Seibold
|
BSN | .414 | 12 | 17 | 4.73 | 205.2 |
| 27 | Bill Sherdel | SLN | .400 | 10 | 15 | 5.93 | 195.2 |
| 28 |
 Larry Benton
|
NY1 | .393 | 11 | 17 | 4.14 | 237.0 |
| 29 |
 Bob Smith
|
BSN | .393 | 11 | 17 | 4.68 | 231.0 |
| 30 |
 Ed Brandt
|
BSN | .381 | 8 | 13 | 5.53 | 167.2 |
| 31 |
 Percy Jones
|
BSN | .318 | 7 | 15 | 4.64 | 188.1 |
| 32 |
 Clise Dudley
|
BRO | .300 | 6 | 14 | 5.69 | 156.2 |
| 33 |
 Dolf Luque
|
CIN | .238 | 5 | 16 | 4.50 | 176.0 |
| 34 |
 Ben Cantwell
|
BSN | .235 | 4 | 13 | 4.47 | 157.0 |