Can anyone help me find the answer to this trivia question?  I would like to know what MLB player has the highest overall personal winning percentage.  I'm not just talking about a pitcher's overall winning percentage, based on his decisions; I'm talking about a player's winning percentage for all games in which they've appeared, whether a position player or a pitcher.

I believe Derek Jeter has an overall winning percentage of over .600, but I don't know if that's the highest among active players, nor do I know who owns the highest all-time. 

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Andy

Yikes, Ron Borges has some pretty harsh words for our Cubs in this MSNBC article: "Horrible Cubs must blow it all up, start over".  And as if our current sitation weren't bad enough, he even works in a slam on our Bears; I mean, at least they made the playoffs last year!

Interestingly, the article mentions the Red Sox fans, comparing our loyalty to theirs, and that brings up something I have been thinking about lately.  I know other people on this website, Al included, have used the Red Sox as an example of long-suffering but loyal fans who fill their ballpark, and were eventually rewarded with a championship.  This comparison is usually intended to disprove the notion that a full ballpark every day, no matter the quality of the team, means the Tribune has no real incentive for winning, and that fans can (and should) change the situation by staying away from Wrigley.

What this argument neglects, however, is that in 2002, the Red Sox were SOLD to the consortium led by John Henry, who promptly brought in Theo Epstein to implement a modified Moneyball approach to running the team, and THEN they won two years later.  To me, THIS is the lesson to learn from the Red Sox.

Don't misunderstand -- I am NOT saying the Tribune only cares about filling the ballpark, or that they're not really dedicated to winning; I think those are convenient punching bags.  I do believe, however, that the intensity and attitude pervading an organization is different when the man (or woman) at the top is passionate about winning, and sees the team as more than just a business unit or profit center.

Now, this doesn't mean I'm going to sell my season tickets; I don't think that's the answer. But I do think that this franchise and its wonderful fans deserve someone at the top who is as passionate as they are; until that happens, I just feel like we're going to keep finding ourselves in this painful position of knowing there's 3 months of meaningless baseball left.

Thoughts?