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2005 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 2005, with .617, .006 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is .500.

Led all of MLB in 2005 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
.617 Winning Percentage .006 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team League G W-L%
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .617
2 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .611
3 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .586
3 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 .586
3 New York Yankees AL 162 .586
6 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .574
7 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .556
8 Houston Astros NL 163 .549
9 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .543
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .543
11 Florida Marlins NL 162 .512
11 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .512
11 New York Mets NL 162 .512
14 San Diego Padres NL 162 .506
MLB average .500
15 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 .500
15 Washington Nationals NL 162 .500
17 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .494
18 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .488
18 Texas Rangers AL 162 .488
20 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .475
21 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .463
22 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .457
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 .451
24 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .438
24 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .438
26 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .426
27 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .414
27 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .414
27 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 .414
30 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .346

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.