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1999 AL Winning Percentage by Team

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

The New York Yankees led the AL in winning percentage in 1999, with .605, .006 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 14 AL teams is .496.

Led the AL in 1999 New York Yankees 162 games
.605 Winning Percentage .006 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G W-L%
1 New York Yankees 162 .605
2 Cleveland Indians 162 .599
3 Texas Rangers 162 .586
4 Boston Red Sox 162 .580
5 Oakland Athletics 162 .537
6 Toronto Blue Jays 162 .519
AL average .496
7 Seattle Mariners 162 .488
8 Baltimore Orioles 162 .482
9 Chicago White Sox 162 .466
10 Anaheim Angels 162 .432
11 Detroit Tigers 161 .429
12 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 162 .426
13 Kansas City Royals 161 .398
14 Minnesota Twins 161 .394

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.