2005 AL Winning Percentage Leaders
Wins per decision
Cliff Lee led the AL in winning percentage in 2005 with .783, 46 points ahead of John Lackey (.737).
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Led the AL in 2005
Cliff Lee
Cleveland Indians
.783
Winning Percentage
.046 clear of John Lackey
Showing Winning Percentage and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | W-L% | W | L | ERA | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Cliff Lee
|
CLE | .783 | 18 | 5 | 3.79 | 202.0 |
| 2 |
 John Lackey
|
LAA | .737 | 14 | 5 | 3.44 | 209.0 |
| 3 |
 Bartolo Colon
|
LAA | .724 | 21 | 8 | 3.48 | 222.2 |
| 4 |
 Johan Santana
|
MIN | .696 | 16 | 7 | 2.87 | 231.2 |
| 5 |
 Matt Clement
|
BOS | .684 | 13 | 6 | 4.57 | 191.0 |
| 6 |
 Jose Contreras
|
CHA | .682 | 15 | 7 | 3.61 | 204.2 |
| 7 |
 David Wells
|
BOS | .682 | 15 | 7 | 4.45 | 184.0 |
| 8 |
 Randy Johnson
|
NYA | .680 | 17 | 8 | 3.79 | 225.2 |
| 9 |
 Mark Buehrle
|
CHA | .667 | 16 | 8 | 3.12 | 236.2 |
| 10 |
 Jamie Moyer
|
SEA | .650 | 13 | 7 | 4.28 | 200.0 |
| 11 |
 Jon Garland
|
CHA | .643 | 18 | 10 | 3.50 | 221.0 |
| 12 |
 Freddy Garcia
|
CHA | .636 | 14 | 8 | 3.87 | 228.0 |
| 13 |
 Kenny Rogers
|
TEX | .636 | 14 | 8 | 3.46 | 195.1 |
| 14 |
 Chris Young
|
TEX | .632 | 12 | 7 | 4.26 | 164.2 |
| 15 |
 Mike Mussina
|
NYA | .619 | 13 | 8 | 4.41 | 179.2 |
| 16 |
 CC Sabathia
|
CLE | .600 | 15 | 10 | 4.03 | 196.2 |
| 17 |
 Gustavo Chacin
|
TOR | .591 | 13 | 9 | 3.72 | 203.0 |
| 18 |
 Bronson Arroyo
|
BOS | .583 | 14 | 10 | 4.51 | 205.1 |
| 19 |
 Mark Hendrickson
|
TBA | .579 | 11 | 8 | 5.90 | 178.1 |
| 20 |
 Tim Wakefield
|
BOS | .571 | 16 | 12 | 4.15 | 225.1 |
| 21 |
 Bruce Chen
|
BAL | .565 | 13 | 10 | 3.83 | 197.1 |
| 22 |
 Rodrigo Lopez
|
BAL | .556 | 15 | 12 | 4.90 | 209.1 |
| 23 | Scott Elarton | CLE | .550 | 11 | 9 | 4.61 | 181.2 |
| 24 |
 Dan Haren
|
OAK | .538 | 14 | 12 | 3.73 | 217.0 |
| 25 |
 Carlos Silva
|
MIN | .529 | 9 | 8 | 3.44 | 188.1 |
| 26 |
 Scott Kazmir
|
TBA | .526 | 10 | 9 | 3.77 | 186.0 |
| 27 |
 Paul Byrd
|
LAA | .522 | 12 | 11 | 3.74 | 204.1 |
| 28 |
 Josh Towers
|
TOR | .520 | 13 | 12 | 3.71 | 208.2 |
| 29 |
 Barry Zito
|
OAK | .519 | 14 | 13 | 3.86 | 228.1 |
| 30 |
 Jeremy Bonderman
|
DET | .519 | 14 | 13 | 4.57 | 189.0 |
| 31 |
 Mike Maroth
|
DET | .500 | 14 | 14 | 4.74 | 209.0 |
| 32 |
 Jake Westbrook
|
CLE | .500 | 15 | 15 | 4.49 | 210.2 |
| 33 |
 Joe Blanton
|
OAK | .500 | 12 | 12 | 3.53 | 201.1 |
| 34 |
 Jarrod Washburn
|
LAA | .500 | 8 | 8 | 3.20 | 177.1 |
| 35 |
 Kevin Millwood
|
CLE | .450 | 9 | 11 | 2.86 | 192.0 |
| 36 |
 Brad Radke
|
MIN | .429 | 9 | 12 | 4.04 | 200.2 |
| 37 |
 Kyle Lohse
|
MIN | .409 | 9 | 13 | 4.18 | 178.2 |
| 38 |
 Casey Fossum
|
TBA | .400 | 8 | 12 | 4.92 | 162.2 |
| 39 |
 Joel Pineiro
|
SEA | .389 | 7 | 11 | 5.62 | 189.0 |
| 40 |
 Jason Johnson
|
DET | .381 | 8 | 13 | 4.54 | 210.0 |
| 41 |
 Ryan Franklin
|
SEA | .348 | 8 | 15 | 5.10 | 190.2 |
| 42 |
 Nate Robertson
|
DET | .304 | 7 | 16 | 4.48 | 196.2 |
| 43 |
 Jose Lima
|
KCA | .238 | 5 | 16 | 6.99 | 168.2 |
| 44 |
 Zack Greinke
|
KCA | .227 | 5 | 17 | 5.80 | 183.0 |