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1905 AL Winning Percentage by Team

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

The Philadelphia Athletics led the AL in winning percentage in 1905, with .622, .017 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 8 AL teams is .500.

Led the AL in 1905 Philadelphia Athletics 152 games
.622 Winning Percentage .017 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team G W-L%
1 Philadelphia Athletics 152 .622
2 Chicago White Sox 158 .605
3 Detroit Tigers 154 .516
4 Boston Americans 153 .513
AL average .500
5 Cleveland Naps 155 .494
6 New York Highlanders 152 .477
7 Washington Senators 154 .424
8 St. Louis Browns 156 .353

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.