1879 NL

The 1879 season of the National League was the fourth season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Providence Grays	85	59	25	1	.694	-.-	612 (7.20)	355 (4.18)	0.296	0.314	0.381	2.18	0.902
2	Boston Red Caps	84	54	30	0	.643	5.0	562 (6.69)	348 (4.14)	0.274	0.294	0.368	2.19	0.913
3	Chicago White Stockings	83	46	33	4	.554	10.5	437 (5.27)	411 (4.95)	0.259	0.276	0.336	2.46	0.900
4	Buffalo Bisons	79	46	32	1	.582	10.0	394 (4.99)	365 (4.62)	0.252	0.272	0.328	2.34	0.906
5	Cincinnati Reds	81	43	37	1	.531	14.0	485 (5.99)	464 (5.73)	0.264	0.279	0.347	2.29	0.879
6	Cleveland Blues	82	27	55	0	.329	31.0	322 (3.93)	461 (5.62)	0.223	0.232	0.285	2.65	0.889
7	Syracuse Stars	71	22	48	1	.310	30.0	276 (3.89)	462 (6.51)	0.227	0.235	0.270	3.19	0.872
8	Troy Trojans	77	19	56	2	.247	35.5	321 (4.17)	543 (7.05)	0.237	0.249	0.294	2.80	0.875

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Paul Hines Mike McGeary George Wright	Providence Grays Providence Grays Providence Grays	85
At Bats	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	409
Runs Scored	Charley Jones	Boston Red Caps	85
Hits	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	146
Doubles	Charlie Eden	Cleveland Blues	31
Triples	Buttercup Dickerson	Cincinnati Reds	14
Home Runs	Charley Jones	Boston Red Caps	9
Total Bases	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	197
Runs Batted In	Charley Jones John O'Rourke	Boston Red Caps Boston Red Caps	62
Walks	Charley Jones	Boston Red Caps	29
Strikeouts	Pud Galvin Will White	Buffalo Bisons Cincinnati Reds	56
Batting Average	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	0.357
On-Base Percentage	Jim O'Rourke	Providence Grays	0.371
Slugging Percentage	John O'Rourke	Boston Red Caps	0.521
On-Base plus Slugging	John O'Rourke	Boston Red Caps	0.878
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	King Kelly	Cincinnati Reds	184

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	John Ward	Providence Grays	47
Losses	George Bradley Jim McCormick	Troy Trojans Cleveland Blues	40
Win-Loss Percentage	John Ward	Providence Grays	0.712
Appearances	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	76
Games Started	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	75
Complete Games	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	75
Shutouts	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	11
Games Finished	John Ward	Providence Grays	10
Saves	Bobby Mathews John Ward	Providence Grays Providence Grays	1
Innings Pitched	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	680.0
Batters Faced	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	2906
Hits Allowed	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	676
Home Runs Allowed	George Bradley	Troy Trojans	12
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	74
Strikeouts	John Ward	Providence Grays	239
Wild Pitches	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	49
Balks	25 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	404
Earned Runs Allowed	George Bradley	Troy Trojans	154
Earned Run Average	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	1.96
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	1.021