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Progressive Leaders & Records for Offensive Win %


Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Yearly League 

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Minimum of 3.1 PA/G, 1.0 IP/G, and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. Explanation of min. requirements

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This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerOWn%  Single-SeasonOWn%  ActiveOWn%  YearlyOWn%
1871 Levi Meyerle .9080 Levi Meyerle .9080
1872 Levi Meyerle .9080 Ross Barnes .8660
1873 Levi Meyerle .9080 Ross Barnes .8520
1874 Levi Meyerle .9080 Levi Meyerle .8020
1875 Levi Meyerle .9080 Cal McVey .8290
1876 Ross Barnes .9130 Ross Barnes .9130
1877 Ross Barnes .9130 Deacon White .8460
1878 Ross Barnes .9130 Paul Hines .8020
1879 Ross Barnes .9130 John O'Rourke .8070
1880 Ross Barnes .9130 George Gore .8380
1881 Cap Anson+ .7440 Ross Barnes .9130 Cap Anson+ .7440 Cap Anson+ .8610
1882 Cap Anson+ .7540 Ross Barnes .9130 Cap Anson+ .7540 Pete Browning .8770
1883 Cap Anson+ .7420 Ross Barnes .9130 Cap Anson+ .7420 Dan Brouthers+ .8320
1884 Cap Anson+ .7510 Fred Dunlap .9190 Cap Anson+ .7510 Fred Dunlap .9190
1885 Cap Anson+ .7510 Fred Dunlap .9190 Cap Anson+ .7510 Dan Brouthers+ .8600
1886 Roger Connor+ .7830 Fred Dunlap .9190 Roger Connor+ .7830 King Kelly+ .8780
1887 Dan Brouthers+ .8260 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .8260 Tip O'Neill .9070
1888 Dan Brouthers+ .8220 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .8220 Cap Anson+ .8370
1889 Dan Brouthers+ .8210 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .8210 Dan Brouthers+ .8100
1890 Dan Brouthers+ .8090 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .8090 Denny Lyons .8420
1891 Dan Brouthers+ .8100 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .8100 Dan Brouthers+ .8210
1892 Dan Brouthers+ .8100 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .8100 Dan Brouthers+ .8050
1893 Dan Brouthers+ .8070 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .8070 Billy Hamilton+ .8040
1894 Dan Brouthers+ .7970 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7970 Hugh Duffy+ .8600
1895 Dan Brouthers+ .7940 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7940 Ed Delahanty+ .8430
1896 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Ed Delahanty+ .8500
1897 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Willie Keeler+ .8130
1898 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Billy Hamilton+ .8140
1899 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Ed Delahanty+ .8600
1900 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Honus Wagner+ .8310
1901 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Nap Lajoie+ .8850
1902 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Ed Delahanty+ .8540
1903 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Mike Donlin .8040
1904 Nap Lajoie+ .7950 Fred Dunlap .9190 Nap Lajoie+ .7950 Nap Lajoie+ .8790
1905 Nap Lajoie+ .7930 Fred Dunlap .9190 Nap Lajoie+ .7930 Cy Seymour .8700
1906 Nap Lajoie+ .7950 Fred Dunlap .9190 Nap Lajoie+ .7950 George Stone .8460
1907 Dan Brouthers+ .7910 Fred Dunlap .9190 Honus Wagner+ .7900 Honus Wagner+ .8530
1908 Honus Wagner+ .8000 Fred Dunlap .9190 Honus Wagner+ .8000 Honus Wagner+ .8800
1909 Honus Wagner+ .8020 Fred Dunlap .9190 Honus Wagner+ .8020 Ty Cobb+ .8740
1910 Ty Cobb+ .8280 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8280 Ty Cobb+ .8950
1911 Ty Cobb+ .8420 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8420 Ty Cobb+ .8870
1912 Ty Cobb+ .8480 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8480 Ty Cobb+ .8790
1913 Ty Cobb+ .8510 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8510 Joe Jackson .8730
1914 Ty Cobb+ .8530 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8530 Ty Cobb+ .8670
1915 Ty Cobb+ .8530 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8530 Ty Cobb+ .8590
1916 Ty Cobb+ .8530 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8530 Ty Cobb+ .8510
1917 Ty Cobb+ .8560 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8560 Ty Cobb+ .8890
1918 Ty Cobb+ .8570 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8570 Ty Cobb+ .8640
1919 Ty Cobb+ .8550 Fred Dunlap .9190 Ty Cobb+ .8550 Babe Ruth+ .8720
1920 Ty Cobb+ .8470 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ty Cobb+ .8470 Babe Ruth+ .9220
1921 Ty Cobb+ .8430 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ty Cobb+ .8430 Babe Ruth+ .9050
1922 Babe Ruth+ .8740 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8740 Rogers Hornsby+ .8630
1923 Babe Ruth+ .8810 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8810 Babe Ruth+ .9080
1924 Babe Ruth+ .8820 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8820 Rogers Hornsby+ .8950
1925 Babe Ruth+ .8700 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8700 Rogers Hornsby+ .8830
1926 Babe Ruth+ .8730 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8730 Babe Ruth+ .8930
1927 Babe Ruth+ .8740 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8740 Babe Ruth+ .8820
1928 Babe Ruth+ .8720 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8720 Rogers Hornsby+ .8550
1929 Babe Ruth+ .8690 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8690 Babe Ruth+ .8240
1930 Babe Ruth+ .8670 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8670 Babe Ruth+ .8470
1931 Babe Ruth+ .8680 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8680 Babe Ruth+ .8790
1932 Babe Ruth+ .8670 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8670 Jimmie Foxx+ .8720
1933 Babe Ruth+ .8630 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8630 Jimmie Foxx+ .8630
1934 Babe Ruth+ .8600 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8600 Lou Gehrig+ .8590
1935 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Arky Vaughan+ .8540
1936 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Rogers Hornsby+ .8160 Lou Gehrig+ .8300
1937 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Rogers Hornsby+ .8150 Joe Medwick+ .8350
1938 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Lou Gehrig+ .8040 Jimmie Foxx+ .8370
1939 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Lou Gehrig+ .8030 Jimmie Foxx+ .8330
1940 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Johnny Mize+ .8130 Johnny Mize+ .8130
1941 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Johnny Mize+ .8080 Ted Williams+ .9140
1942 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Johnny Mize+ .8040 Ted Williams+ .8900
1943 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Johnny Mize+ .8040 Stan Musial+ .8290
1944 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Johnny Mize+ .8040 Stan Musial+ .8180
1945 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Johnny Mize+ .8040 Tommy Holmes .8150
1946 Ted Williams+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8580 Ted Williams+ .8890
1947 Ted Williams+ .8620 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8620 Ted Williams+ .8790
1948 Ted Williams+ .8620 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8620 Stan Musial+ .8730
1949 Ted Williams+ .8610 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8610 Ted Williams+ .8560
1950 Ted Williams+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8580 Stan Musial+ .8060
1951 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8530 Stan Musial+ .8350
1952 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8530 Stan Musial+ .7980
1953 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8560 Al Rosen .8010
1954 Ted Williams+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8580 Ted Williams+ .8810
1955 Ted Williams+ .8600 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8600 Mickey Mantle+ .8260
1956 Ted Williams+ .8590 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8590 Mickey Mantle+ .8790
1957 Ted Williams+ .8640 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8640 Ted Williams+ .9200
1958 Ted Williams+ .8620 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8620 Mickey Mantle+ .8340
1959 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8570 Hank Aaron+ .7930
1960 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Ted Williams+ .8570 Frank Robinson+ .7730
1961 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8110 Norm Cash .8670
1962 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8160 Mickey Mantle+ .8710
1963 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8170 Hank Aaron+ .8180
1964 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8170 Mickey Mantle+ .8170
1965 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8120 Willie Mays+ .8250
1966 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8100 Frank Robinson+ .8260
1967 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8060 Carl Yastrzemski+ .8630
1968 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mickey Mantle+ .8030 Carl Yastrzemski+ .8240
1969 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Dick Allen .7700 Willie McCovey+ .8650
1970 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Willie McCovey+ .7630 Carl Yastrzemski+ .8340
1971 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Willie McCovey+ .7610 Hank Aaron+ .8520
1972 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Dick Allen .7680 Dick Allen .8510
1973 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Dick Allen .7680 Willie Stargell+ .8180
1974 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Dick Allen .7670 Joe Morgan+ .7880
1975 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Dick Allen .7530 Joe Morgan+ .8480
1976 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Dick Allen .7470 Joe Morgan+ .8650
1977 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Dick Allen .7410 Rod Carew+ .8210
1978 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Willie McCovey+ .7290 Dave Parker .7990
1979 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Fred Lynn .7270 Fred Lynn .8150
1980 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Fred Lynn .7210 George Brett+ .8560
1981 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mike Schmidt+ .7340 Mike Schmidt+ .8520
1982 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mike Schmidt+ .7370 Mike Schmidt+ .7660
1983 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mike Schmidt+ .7370 Wade Boggs+ .7660
1984 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mike Schmidt+ .7360 Eddie Murray+ .7470
1985 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mike Schmidt+ .7360 Pedro Guerrero .8090
1986 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Mike Schmidt+ .7380 Tim Raines .7820
1987 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Wade Boggs+ .7520 Jack Clark .8240
1988 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Wade Boggs+ .7590 Wade Boggs+ .7970
1989 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Wade Boggs+ .7540 Kevin Mitchell .8150
1990 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Wade Boggs+ .7440 Rickey Henderson+ .8260
1991 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Wade Boggs+ .7410 Frank Thomas .7980
1992 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Fred McGriff .7320 Barry Bonds .8650
1993 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Barry Bonds .7490 Barry Bonds .8480
1994 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Barry Bonds .7560 Jeff Bagwell .8580
1995 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Frank Thomas .8010 Edgar Martinez .8290
1996 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Frank Thomas .7960 Barry Bonds .8270
1997 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Frank Thomas .7960 Larry Walker .8570
1998 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Frank Thomas .7790 Mark McGwire .8750
1999 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Frank Thomas .7670 Larry Walker .8380
2000 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Barry Bonds .7700 Todd Helton .8400
2001 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Babe Ruth+ .9220 Barry Bonds .7860 Barry Bonds .9170
2002 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Barry Bonds .8020 Barry Bonds .9380
2003 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Barry Bonds .8080 Barry Bonds .9030
2004 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Barry Bonds .8180 Barry Bonds .9370
2005 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Barry Bonds .8180 Derrek Lee .8110
2006 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Barry Bonds .8170 Ryan Howard .8030
2007 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Barry Bonds .8150 David Ortiz .8000
2008 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Albert Pujols .7770 Albert Pujols .8330
2009 Babe Ruth+ .8580 Barry Bonds .9380 Albert Pujols .7810 Albert Pujols .8100

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