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1955 MLB Winning Percentage Leaders

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Don Newcombe led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1955 with .800, 38 points ahead of Tommy Byrne (.762).

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Showing pitchers with at least 154.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players

Don Newcombe Led all of MLB in 1955 Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers
.800 Winning Percentage .038 clear of Tommy Byrne
Showing Winning Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team W-L% W L ERA IP
1 Don Newcombe Don Newcombe BRO .800 20 5 3.20 233.2
2 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne NYA .762 16 5 3.15 160.0
3 Whitey Ford Whitey Ford NYA .720 18 7 2.63 253.2
4 Billy Hoeft Billy Hoeft DET .696 16 7 2.99 220.0
5 Bob Lemon Bob Lemon CLE .643 18 10 3.88 211.1
6 Dick Donovan Dick Donovan CHA .625 15 9 3.32 187.0
7 Robin Roberts Robin Roberts PHI .622 23 14 3.28 305.0
8 Lew Burdette Lew Burdette ML1 .619 13 8 4.03 230.0
9 Virgil Trucks Virgil Trucks CHA .619 13 8 3.96 175.0
10 Herb Score Herb Score CLE .615 16 10 2.85 227.1
11 Jack Harshman Jack Harshman CHA .611 11 7 3.36 179.1
12 Gene Conley Gene Conley ML1 .611 11 7 4.16 158.0
13 Bob Friend Bob Friend PIT .609 14 9 2.83 200.1
14 Early Wynn Early Wynn CLE .607 17 11 2.82 230.0
15 Billy Pierce Billy Pierce CHA .600 15 10 1.97 205.2
16 Joe Nuxhall Joe Nuxhall CIN .586 17 12 3.47 257.0
17 Frank Sullivan Frank Sullivan BOS .581 18 13 2.91 260.0
18 Luis Arroyo Luis Arroyo SLN .579 11 8 4.19 159.0
19 Carl Erskine Carl Erskine BRO .579 11 8 3.79 194.2
20 Alex Kellner KC1 .579 11 8 4.20 162.2
21 Bob Turley Bob Turley NYA .567 17 13 3.06 246.2
22 Steve Gromek Steve Gromek DET .565 13 10 3.98 181.0
23 Sal Maglie Sal Maglie NY1 +1 .563 9 7 3.77 155.1
24 Warren Spahn Warren Spahn ML1 .548 17 14 3.26 245.2
25 Willard Nixon Willard Nixon BOS .545 12 10 4.07 208.0
26 Bob Buhl Bob Buhl ML1 .542 13 11 3.21 201.2
27 Bob Rush Bob Rush CHN .542 13 11 3.50 234.0
28 Art Fowler Art Fowler CIN .524 11 10 3.90 207.2
29 Tom Brewer Tom Brewer BOS .524 11 10 4.20 192.2
30 Murry Dickson Murry Dickson PHI .522 12 11 3.50 216.0
31 Vern Law Vern Law PIT .500 10 10 3.81 200.2
32 Art Ditmar Art Ditmar KC1 .500 12 12 5.03 175.1
33 Mickey McDermott Mickey McDermott WS1 .500 10 10 3.75 156.0
34 Paul Minner Paul Minner CHN .500 9 9 3.48 157.2
35 Frank Lary Frank Lary DET .483 14 15 3.10 235.0
36 Ruben Gomez Ruben Gomez NY1 .474 9 10 4.56 185.1
37 Johnny Podres Johnny Podres BRO .474 9 10 3.95 159.1
38 Harry Byrd Harry Byrd CHA +1 .467 7 8 4.61 156.1
39 Jim Hearn Jim Hearn NY1 .467 14 16 3.73 226.2
40 Johnny Antonelli Johnny Antonelli NY1 .467 14 16 3.33 235.1
41 Mike Garcia Mike Garcia CLE .458 11 13 4.02 210.2
42 Herm Wehmeier Herm Wehmeier PHI .455 10 12 4.41 193.2
43 Harvey Haddix Harvey Haddix SLN .429 12 16 4.46 208.0
44 Ned Garver Ned Garver DET .429 12 16 3.98 230.2
45 Warren Hacker Warren Hacker CHN .423 11 15 4.27 213.0
46 Sam Jones Sam Jones CHN .412 14 20 4.10 241.2
47 Johnny Schmitz Johnny Schmitz WS1 .412 7 10 3.71 165.0
48 Jim Wilson Jim Wilson BAL .400 12 18 3.44 235.1
49 Larry Jackson Larry Jackson SLN .391 9 14 4.31 177.1
50 Bob Porterfield Bob Porterfield WS1 .370 10 17 4.45 178.0
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