1939 MLB Winning Percentage by Team

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

The Homestead Grays led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1939, with .706, .004 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 29 MLB teams is .492.

Season

League

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB CG L BB W-L%

Led all of MLB in 1939 Homestead Grays 51 games

.706 Winning Percentage .004 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	W-L%
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	51	.706
2	New York Yankees	AL	152	.702
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	.630
4	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	60	.628
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	.601
6	Newark Eagles	NN2	61	.600
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	.589
8	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	.581
9	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	.571
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	.565
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	.552
12	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	.549
13	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	.546
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	.526
15	New York Giants	NL	151	.510
	MLB average			.492
16	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	64	.478
17	New York Black Yankees	NN2	47	.464
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	153	.444
19	St. Louis Stars	NAL	45	.429
20	Washington Senators	AL	153	.428
21	Boston Bees	NL	152	.417
22	Chicago American Giants	NAL	63	.415
23	New York Cubans	NN2	31	.381
24	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	19	.368
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	54	.364
26	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	.362
27	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	152	.298
28	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	.279
29	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	8	.273

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.