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1985 MLB Winning Percentage by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in winning percentage in 1985, with .624, .009 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 26 MLB teams is .500.

Led all of MLB in 1985 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
.624 Winning Percentage .009 clear of Toronto Blue Jays
# Team League G W-L%
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .624
2 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 .615
3 New York Mets NL 162 .605
4 New York Yankees AL 161 .603
5 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .586
6 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .562
7 California Angels AL 162 .556
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .553
9 Chicago White Sox AL 163 .525
10 Detroit Tigers AL 161 .522
10 Montreal Expos NL 161 .522
12 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 .516
13 Houston Astros NL 162 .512
13 San Diego Padres NL 162 .512
15 Boston Red Sox AL 163 .500
MLB average .500
16 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .478
17 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .475
17 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .475
19 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .463
20 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .457
21 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 .441
22 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .407
23 Texas Rangers AL 161 .385
24 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .383
25 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .370
26 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 .354

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.