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St. Louis pitcher Chris Carpenter, who has a 21-4 record and a winning percentage of .840, started Sunday but did not get a decision in the Cardinals’ 7-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Here are the top winning percentages of major league pitchers since 1930:

* Sutcliffe was 4-5 with Cleveland that season, 20-6 overall.

*--* PLAYER, TEAM YEAR RECORD WINNING % 1. Elroy Face, Pittsburgh 1959 18-1 947 2. Rick Sutcliffe, Chicago (NL) 1984 16-1 * 941 3. Johnny Allen, Cleveland 1937 15-1 938 4. Phil Regan, Dodgers (NL) 1966 14-1 933 5. Greg Maddux, Atlanta 1995 19-2 905 6. Randy Johnson, Seattle 1995 18-2 900 7. Ron Guidry, New York (AL) 1978 25-3 893 8. Freddie Fitzsimmons, Brooklyn 1940 16-2 889 9. Lefty Grove, Philadelphia 1931 31-4 886 10. Bob Stanley, Boston 1978 15-2 882 11. Preacher Roe, Brooklyn 1951 22-3 880 12. (tie) Ron Davis, New York (AL) 1979 14-2 875 Tom Seaver, Cincinnati 1981 14-2 875 14. (tie) Roger Clemens, New York (AL) 2001 20-3 870 David Cone, New York (NL) 1988 20-3 870

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