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1941 MLB Winning Percentage Leaders

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Hilton Smith led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1941 with 1.000, tied with Satchel Paige. It is the best single-season winning percentage mark in MLB history.

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Hilton Smith Led all of MLB in 1941 Hilton Smith Kansas City Monarchs
1.000 Winning Percentage Tied with Satchel Paige
Showing Winning Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team W-L% W L ERA IP
1 Hilton Smith Hilton Smith KCM 1.000 10 0 1.66 92.1
2 Satchel Paige Satchel Paige KCM +1 1.000 8 0 2.06 65.2
3 Johnny Wright Johnny Wright HG 1.000 6 0 2.75 55.2
4 Dan Bankhead Dan Bankhead BBB .875 7 1 1.95 69.1
5 Elmer Riddle Elmer Riddle CIN .826 19 4 2.24 216.2
6 Lefty Gomez Lefty Gomez NYA .750 15 5 3.74 156.1
7 Bill Byrd Bill Byrd BEG .750 9 3 2.23 101.0
8 Al Benton Al Benton DET .714 15 6 2.97 157.2
9 Spud Chandler Spud Chandler NYA .714 10 4 3.19 163.2
10 Red Ruffing Red Ruffing NYA .714 15 6 3.54 185.2
11 Bob Evans Bob Evans NBY .714 5 2 3.77 59.2
12 Kirby Higbe Kirby Higbe BRO .710 22 9 3.14 298.0
13 Ernie White Ernie White SLN .708 17 7 2.40 210.0
14 Emery Adams BEG .700 7 3 2.91 86.2
15 Dave Barnhill Dave Barnhill NYC .692 9 4 3.02 122.1
16 Whit Wyatt Whit Wyatt BRO .688 22 10 2.34 288.1
17 Terris McDuffie Terris McDuffie HG .688 11 5 2.80 132.0
18 Harry Gumbert Harry Gumbert SLN +1 .667 12 6 3.06 176.2
19 Thornton Lee Thornton Lee CHA .667 22 11 2.37 300.1
20 J. C. Hamilton HG .667 4 2 5.19 52.0
21 James Brown NE .667 2 1 8.08 39.0
22 Bob Feller Bob Feller CLE .658 25 13 3.15 343.0
23 Dick Newsome Dick Newsome BOS .655 19 10 4.13 213.2
24 Lon Warneke Lon Warneke SLN .654 17 9 3.15 246.0
25 Atley Donald Atley Donald NYA .643 9 5 3.57 159.0
26 Roy K. Williams BEG .636 7 4 4.24 102.0
27 Jonas Gaines Jonas Gaines BEG .625 5 3 2.39 67.2
28 Max Manning Max Manning NE .615 8 5 4.51 113.2
29 Charlie Wagner Charlie Wagner BOS .600 12 8 3.07 187.1
30 Roy Partlow Roy Partlow HG .600 3 2 5.13 47.1
31 Bob Muncrief Bob Muncrief SLA .591 13 9 3.65 214.1
32 Mort Cooper Mort Cooper SLN .591 13 9 3.91 186.2
33 Max Butcher Max Butcher PIT .586 17 12 3.05 236.0
34 Marius Russo Marius Russo NYA .583 14 10 3.09 209.2
35 Dutch Leonard Dutch Leonard WS1 .581 18 13 3.45 256.0
36 Ray Brown Ray Brown HG .571 8 6 3.41 129.1
37 Hugh Casey Hugh Casey BRO .560 14 11 3.89 162.0
38 Bucky Walters Bucky Walters CIN .559 19 15 2.83 302.0
39 Vern Olsen CHN .556 10 8 3.15 185.2
40 Fred Hobgood NE .556 5 4 4.38 86.1
41 Johnny Vander Meer Johnny Vander Meer CIN .552 16 13 2.82 226.1
42 Carl Hubbell Carl Hubbell NY1 .550 11 9 3.57 164.0
43 Hal Schumacher Hal Schumacher NY1 .545 12 10 3.36 206.0
44 Ted Lyons Ted Lyons CHA .545 12 10 3.70 187.1
45 Jack Knott Jack Knott PHA .542 13 11 4.40 194.1
46 Ken Heintzelman Ken Heintzelman PIT .500 11 11 3.44 196.0
47 Johnny Lanning PIT .500 11 11 3.13 175.2
48 Claude Passeau Claude Passeau CHN .500 14 14 3.35 231.0
49 Jim Tobin Jim Tobin BSN .500 12 12 3.10 238.0
50 Johnny Rigney Johnny Rigney CHA .500 13 13 3.84 237.0
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