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1977 MLB Winning Percentage by Team

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

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1977, with .630, .006 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 26 MLB teams is .500.

Led all of MLB in 1977 Kansas City Royals 162 games
.630 Winning Percentage .006 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G W-L%
1 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .630
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .624
3 New York Yankees AL 162 .617
4 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .605
5 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 .603
5 Boston Red Sox AL 161 .603
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .593
8 Texas Rangers AL 162 .580
9 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .556
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .543
11 Minnesota Twins AL 161 .522
12 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .512
13 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .500
13 Houston Astros NL 162 .500
MLB average .500
15 Montreal Expos NL 162 .463
15 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .463
17 California Angels AL 162 .457
17 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .457
19 Cleveland Indians AL 161 .441
20 San Diego Padres NL 162 .426
21 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 .414
22 New York Mets NL 162 .395
22 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .395
24 Oakland Athletics AL 161 .391
25 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .377
26 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 .335

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.