League Leaders Daily Quiz

1926 MLB Winning Percentage by Team

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

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1926, with .731, .039 ahead of the Chicago American Giants. The average across 32 MLB teams is .473.

Led all of MLB in 1926 Kansas City Monarchs 78 games
.731 Winning Percentage .039 clear of Chicago American Giants
# Team League G W-L%
1 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 78 .731
2 Chicago American Giants NNL 82 .692
3 Hilldale Club ECL 86 .616
4 St. Louis Stars NNL 85 .615
5 Cuban Stars East ECL 51 .605
6 New York Yankees AL 155 .591
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 .578
8 Cleveland Indians AL 154 .571
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 .565
10 Harrisburg Giants ECL 49 .563
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 150 .553
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 .549
13 Washington Senators AL 152 .540
14 Chicago Cubs NL 155 .533
15 Detroit Stars NNL 98 .532
16 Chicago White Sox AL 155 .529
17 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ECL 72 .518
18 Detroit Tigers AL 157 .513
19 New York Giants NL 151 .490
MLB average .473
20 Brooklyn Robins NL 155 .464
21 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 86 .463
22 New York Lincoln Giants ECL 52 .438
23 Boston Braves NL 153 .434
24 St. Louis Browns AL 155 .403
25 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 .384
26 Brooklyn Royal Giants ECL 35 .357
27 Baltimore Black Sox ECL 62 .356
28 Boston Red Sox AL 154 .301
29 Cuban Stars West NNL 68 .258
30 Dayton Marcos NNL 42 .139
31 Cleveland Elites NNL 49 .136
32 Newark Stars ECL 11 .111

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.