Show SMALL WINNING percentage detroit won american league pennant flag in 1908 with other close races the lowest percentage in victories a pennant winning team registered was in 1908 the detroit team captured the flag with this remarkably low percentage in games won in the race for the pennant in the national league in 1017 1917 the philadelphia club won von with a percentage of the remarkable feature of the race that season was the fact that the now new york club graced the tall end p position 0 with the splendid percentage in games won of the narrow margin of points sop separated the leaders from the cellar outfit this Is IB the closest race when including all teams that ever took place in major league baseball the roost most one sided race took place in the first season the present national league was organized in 1876 the chicago club won the pennant with a percentage of cincinnati the tall ender finished with a percentage of a difference of points |