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1879 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Provdnce PRO 59 25 .702 -- BostonBr BSN 54 30 .643 5.0 Buffalo BUF 46 32 .590 10.0 ChicagoC CHC 46 33 .582 10.5 Cincnnti CIN 43 37 .538 14.0 Clvlnd CLV 27 55 .329 31.0 Syracuse SYR 22 48 .314 30.0 TroyTroj TRO 19 56 .253 35.5 At some point in the 1880's the pennant winner in the NL and presumably other leagues was changed from the team with the most wins to the team with the highest winning percentage. We make this changeover in 1883. BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

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1879 NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: NL - Expanded Leaderboards: ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 PRO  7.20   612   85  3392  1003  142  55   12   91   172  .296  .314  .381           135  7.69  6.72
 BSN  6.69   562   84  3217   883  138  51   20   90   222  .274  .294  .368           118  7.33  6.05
 CIN  5.99   485   81  3085   813  127  53    8   66   207  .264  .279  .347           120  5.81  6.14
 CHC  5.27   437   83  3116   808  167  32    3   73   294  .259  .276  .336           102  6.14  4.33
 BUF  4.99   394   79  2906   733  105  54    2   78   314  .252  .272  .328            95  5.55  4.28
 TRO  4.17   321   77  2841   673  102  24    4   45   182  .237  .249  .294            85  4.66  3.61
 CLV  3.93   322   82  2987   666  116  29    4   37   214  .223  .232  .285            73  3.98  3.88
 SYR  3.89   276   71  2611   592   61  19    5   28   238  .227  .235  .270            75  3.38  4.35
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  5.31  3409  642 24155  6171  958 317   58  508  1843  .255  .271  .329    0   --

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 PRO  4.18   355   85  2.18   776   765   9.0    62  0.7    9   329   73     3     0   2 109  3.40  4.93
 BSN  4.14   348   84  2.19   753   757   9.0    46  0.5    9   230   80    12     0   0 114  3.93  4.36
 CIN  5.73   464   81  2.29   726   756   9.3    81  1.0   11   246   79     4     0   0 102  5.30  6.09
 BUF  4.62   365   79  2.34   713   698   8.8    47  0.6    3   198   78     8     0   0 112  5.10  4.13
 CHC  4.95   411   83  2.46   744   762   9.2    57  0.7    5   211   82     6     0   0 105  4.47  5.48
 CLV  5.62   461   82  2.65   741   818  10.0   116  1.4    4   287   79     3     0   0  94  5.62  5.63
 TRO  7.05   543   77  2.80   695   840  10.9    47  0.6   13   210   75     3     0   0  89  6.41  7.78
 SYR  6.51   462   71  3.19   649   775  10.9    52  0.7    4   132   64     5     0   0  74  5.88  6.95
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  5.31  3409  642  2.50  5797  6171   9.6   508  0.8   58  1843  610          45   2

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 PRO  382   41  .902   .642                      61-23  34-8  25-17  99  95 26.7 21.3   3   0   0 Wright
 BSN  319   58  .913   .656                      59-25  29-13 25-17 102 100 25.7 23.0   0   0   0 Wright
 BUF  331   62  .906   .659                      42-36  23-16 23-16 102 105 25.4 22.3   1   0   0 Clapp
 CHC  381   52  .900   .647                      42-37  29-13 17-20 106 103 24.7 23.0   1   0   0 Anson and Flint
 CIN  426   48  .879   .631                      42-38  21-16 22-21  95  94 24.8 24.0   1   0   0 White and McVey
 CLV  405   42  .889   .616                      28-54  15-27 12-28  99 100 24.0 22.3   0   0   0 McCormick
 SYR  398   37  .872   .614                      20-50  11-22 11-26  89  95 23.5 23.5   0   0   0 Dorgan, Holbert, and Macullar
 TRO  460   44  .875   .599                      21-54  12-27  7-29  93 100 25.0 25.0   1   0   0 Phillips and Ferguson
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Hines-PRO .357 O'Rourke-PRO .348 Kelly-CIN .348 O'Rourke-BSN .341 White-CIN .330	On-base % O'Rourke-PRO .371 Hines-PRO .369 Jones-BSN .367 Kelly-CIN .363 O'Rourke-BSN .357	Slugging % O'Rourke-BSN .520 Jones-BSN .510 Kelly-CIN .493 Hines-PRO .482 O'Rourke-PRO .459	OPS O'Rourke-BSN .877 Jones-BSN .877 Kelly-CIN .855 Hines-PRO .851 O'Rourke-PRO .829
Games Hines-PRO 85 McGeary-PRO 85 Wright-PRO 85 Burdock-BSN 84 Morrill-BSN 84 Sutton-BSN 84	At Bats Hines-PRO 409 Wright-PRO 388 Peters-CHC 379 McGeary-PRO 374 Hotaling-CIN 369	Plate Appearances (approx.) Hines-PRO 417 Wright-PRO 401 Jones-BSN 384 Hotaling-CIN 381 Peters-CHC 380	Runs Jones-BSN 85 Hines-PRO 81 Wright-PRO 79 Kelly-CIN 78 Dickerson-CIN 73
Hits Hines-PRO 146 O'Rourke-PRO 126 Kelly-CIN 120 Jones-BSN 112 White-CIN 110	Total Bases Hines-PRO 197 Jones-BSN 181 Kelly-CIN 170 O'Rourke-PRO 166 O'Rourke-BSN 165	Doubles Eden-CLV 31 Dalrymple-CHC 25 Hines-PRO 25 York-PRO 25 Houck-BSN 24	Triples Dickerson-CIN 14 Williamson-CHC 13 Kelly-CIN 12 O'Rourke-BSN 11 Hines-PRO 10 Jones-BSN 10 Richardson-BUF 10 Wright-PRO 10
Home Runs Jones-BSN 9 O'Rourke-BSN 6 Brouthers-TRO 4 Eden-CLV 3 Brown-TOT 2 Dickerson-CIN 2 Hines-PRO 2 Houck-BSN 2 Kelly-CIN 2 Snyder-BSN 2 Start-PRO 2 Ward-PRO 2	RBI Jones-BSN 62 O'Rourke-BSN 62 Dickerson-CIN 57 McVey-CIN 55 Hines-PRO 52 White-CIN 52	Bases on Balls Jones-BSN 29 Williamson-CHC 24 York-PRO 19 Barnes-CIN 16 Richardson-BUF 16	Strikeouts Galvin-BUF 56 White-CIN 56 Mansell-SYR 45 Flint-CHC 44 Eggler-BUF 41
Singles Hines-PRO 109 O'Rourke-PRO 97 McGeary-PRO 94 Ward-PRO 89 White-CIN 87	Adjusted OPS+ Kelly-CIN 184 Jones-BSN 183 O'Rourke-BSN 182 Hines-PRO 178 O'Rourke-PRO 172	Runs Created Hines-PRO 73 Jones-BSN 66 Kelly-CIN 62 O'Rourke-PRO 62 O'Rourke-BSN 59	Adjusted Batting Runs Hines-PRO 33 Jones-BSN 33 Kelly-CIN 30 O'Rourke-PRO 28 O'Rourke-BSN 27
Batting Wins Hines-PRO 3.7 Jones-BSN 3.6 Kelly-CIN 3.3 O'Rourke-PRO 3.1 O'Rourke-BSN 3.0	Extra-Base Hits Eden-CLV 41 Jones-BSN 41 Hines-PRO 37 Houck-BSN 35 Dickerson-CIN 34 Kelly-CIN 34 O'Rourke-BSN 34 Williamson-CHC 34	Times on Base Hines-PRO 154 Jones-BSN 141 O'Rourke-PRO 139 Kelly-CIN 128 York-PRO 125	Offensive Win% O'Rourke-BSN .807 Hines-PRO .802 Kelly-CIN .800 Jones-BSN .796 O'Rourke-PRO .786
At Bats per Strikeout Anson-CHC 113.5 Start-PRO 79.3 Cogswell-BSN 47.2 White-CIN 37.0 O'Rourke-PRO 36.2	At Bats per Home Run Jones-BSN 39.4 O'Rourke-BSN 52.8 Eden-CLV 117.7 Brown-TOT 125.0 Start-PRO 158.5	Outs Peters-CHC 286 Wright-PRO 281 Burdock-BSN 273 McGeary-PRO 271 Hotaling-CIN 266 Phillips-CLV 266	ERA Bond-BSN 1.96 White-CIN 1.99 Ward-PRO 2.15 Salisbury-TRO 2.22 Galvin-BUF 2.28
Wins Ward-PRO 47 Bond-BSN 43 White-CIN 43 Galvin-BUF 37 Larkin-CHC 31	Won-Loss % Ward-PRO .712 Bond-BSN .694 Mathews-PRO .667 McGunnigle-BUF .643 Hankinson-CHC .600	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bond-BSN 1.021 Ward-PRO 1.034 Galvin-BUF 1.039 Larkin-CHC 1.060 McGunnigle-BUF 1.075	Hits Allowed/9IP McGunnigle-BUF 8.47 Ward-PRO 8.75 Bond-BSN 8.80 Galvin-BUF 8.88 White-CIN 8.95
Bases on Balls/9IP Bond-BSN 0.39 Galvin-BUF 0.47 Bradley-TRO 0.48 Larkin-CHC 0.53 Ward-PRO 0.55	Strikeouts/9IP McGunnigle-BUF 4.65 Mathews-PRO 4.29 Mitchell-CLV 4.16 Ward-PRO 3.66 McCormick-CLV 3.25	Games White-CIN 76 Ward-PRO 70 Galvin-BUF 66 Bond-BSN 64 McCormick-CLV 62	Saves Mathews-PRO 1 Ward-PRO 1
Innings White-CIN 680.0 Galvin-BUF 593.0 Ward-PRO 587.0 Bond-BSN 555.3 McCormick-CLV 546.3	Strikeouts Ward-PRO 239 White-CIN 232 McCormick-CLV 197 Bond-BSN 155 Larkin-CHC 142	Games Started White-CIN 75 Galvin-BUF 66 Bond-BSN 64 McCormick-CLV 60 Ward-PRO 60	Comp. Games White-CIN 75 Galvin-BUF 65 Bond-BSN 59 McCormick-CLV 59 Ward-PRO 58
Shutouts Bond-BSN 11 Galvin-BUF 6 McCormick-SYR 5 Larkin-CHC 4 White-CIN 4	Home Runs Allow. Bradley-TRO 12 White-CIN 10 Bond-BSN 8 Larkin-CHC 5 Ward-PRO 5	Bases On Balls Allow. McCormick-CLV 74 White-CIN 68 Mitchell-CLV 42 Ward-PRO 36 Galvin-BUF 31 McCormick-SYR 31	Hits Allowed White-CIN 676 Bradley-TRO 590 Galvin-BUF 585 McCormick-CLV 582 Ward-PRO 571
SO to Walk Ward-PRO 6.64 Bond-BSN 6.46 Bradley-TRO 5.12 Larkin-CHC 4.73 Galvin-BUF 4.39	Losses Bradley-TRO 40 McCormick-CLV 40 McCormick-SYR 33 White-CIN 31 Galvin-BUF 27	Earned Runs Allow. Bradley-TRO 154 McCormick-SYR 152 Galvin-BUF 150 White-CIN 150 McCormick-CLV 147	Wild Pitches White-CIN 49 Bradley-TRO 43 Purcell-TOT 34 McCormick-SYR 31 McCormick-CLV 30
Batters Faced White-CIN 2906 Galvin-BUF 2436 Ward-PRO 2425 McCormick-CLV 2325 Bond-BSN 2189	Games Finished Ward-PRO 10 Foley-BSN 4 McCormick-SYR 4 Purcell-TOT 3 Mathews-PRO 2 Mitchell-CLV 2	Adjusted ERA+ Bond-BSN 127 White-CIN 118 Galvin-BUF 115 Salisbury-TRO 112 Ward-PRO 110	Oldest Player Start-PRO 1842-10-14 (36) Ferguson-TRO 1845-01-31 (34) Carey-CLV 1846-02 (33) Allison-PRO 1846-07-12 (32) Wright-PRO 1847-01-28 (32)
Youngest Player Ward-PRO 1860-03-03 (19) Kemmler-PRO 1860 (19) McManus-TRO 1859-09 (19) Stockwell-CLV 1859-08-25 (19) Gardner-TRO 1859-05-06 (20)

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