League Leaders Daily Quiz

1959 NL Winning Percentage Leaders

Wins per decision

Vern Law led the NL in winning percentage in 1959 with .667, 12 points ahead of Johnny Antonelli (.655).

Showing pitchers with at least 155.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players

Vern Law Led the NL in 1959 Vern Law Pittsburgh Pirates
.667 Winning Percentage .012 clear of Johnny Antonelli
Showing Winning Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team W-L% W L ERA IP
1 Vern Law Vern Law PIT .667 18 9 2.98 266.0
2 Johnny Antonelli Johnny Antonelli SFN .655 19 10 3.10 282.0
3 Gene Conley Gene Conley PHI .632 12 7 3.00 180.0
4 Bob Buhl Bob Buhl ML1 .625 15 9 2.86 198.0
5 Don Newcombe Don Newcombe CIN .619 13 8 3.16 222.0
6 Johnny Podres Johnny Podres LAN .609 14 9 4.11 195.0
7 Sam Jones Sam Jones SFN .583 21 15 2.83 270.2
8 Lew Burdette Lew Burdette ML1 .583 21 15 4.07 289.2
9 Warren Spahn Warren Spahn ML1 .583 21 15 2.96 292.0
10 Don Drysdale Don Drysdale LAN .567 17 13 3.46 270.2
11 Vinegar Bend Mizell Vinegar Bend Mizell SLN .565 13 10 4.20 201.1
12 Jack Sanford Jack Sanford SFN .556 15 12 3.16 222.1
13 Glen Hobbie Glen Hobbie CHN .552 16 13 3.69 234.0
14 Stu Miller Stu Miller SFN .533 8 7 2.84 167.2
15 Larry Jackson Larry Jackson SLN .519 14 13 3.30 256.0
16 Harvey Haddix Harvey Haddix PIT .500 12 12 3.13 224.1
17 Jim Owens Jim Owens PHI .500 12 12 3.21 221.1
18 Bob Anderson Bob Anderson CHN .480 12 13 4.13 235.1
19 Robin Roberts Robin Roberts PHI .469 15 17 4.27 257.1
20 Ron Kline Ron Kline PIT .458 11 13 4.26 186.0
21 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick SFN .429 12 16 3.99 225.2
22 Dave Hillman CHN .421 8 11 3.53 191.0
23 Bob Purkey Bob Purkey CIN .419 13 18 4.25 218.0
24 Ernie Broglio Ernie Broglio SLN .368 7 12 4.72 181.1
25 Bob Friend Bob Friend PIT .296 8 19 4.03 234.2