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2006 MLB Winning Percentage by Team

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

The New York Mets and the New York Yankees shared the lead of all of MLB in winning percentage in 2006, with .599. The average across 30 MLB teams is .500.

Led all of MLB in 2006 New York Mets 162 games
.599 Winning Percentage Tied with New York Yankees
# Team League G W-L%
1 New York Mets NL 162 .599
1 New York Yankees AL 162 .599
3 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .593
4 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .586
5 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .574
6 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .556
7 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 .549
8 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .543
8 San Diego Padres NL 162 .543
10 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .537
11 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .531
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .525
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 .516
14 Houston Astros NL 162 .506
MLB average .500
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .494
15 Texas Rangers AL 162 .494
17 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .488
18 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .482
18 Florida Marlins NL 162 .482
18 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .482
21 San Francisco Giants NL 161 .472
22 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .469
22 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .469
24 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 .463
25 Washington Nationals NL 162 .438
26 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .432
27 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .414
28 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .407
29 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .383
30 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 .377

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.