1895 National League

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The 1895 season of the National League was the twentieth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Baltimore Orioles	132	87	43	2	.659	-.-	1009 (7.64)	646 (4.89)	0.324	0.371	0.427	3.80	0.946
2	Cleveland Spiders	131	84	46	1	.641	3.0	917 (7.00)	720 (5.50)	0.305	0.369	0.395	3.91	0.936
3	Philadelphia Phillies	133	78	53	2	.586	9.5	1068 (8.03)	957 (7.20)	0.330	0.387	0.450	5.47	0.933
4	Chicago Colts	133	72	58	3	.541	15.0	866 (6.51)	854 (6.42)	0.298	0.355	0.405	4.67	0.928
5	Brooklyn Grooms	133	71	60	2	.534	16.5	867 (6.52)	834 (6.27)	0.282	0.338	0.379	4.94	0.941
6	Boston Beaneaters	132	71	60	1	.538	16.5	907 (6.87)	826 (6.26)	0.290	0.358	0.391	4.27	0.934
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	134	71	61	2	.530	17.0	811 (6.05)	787 (5.87)	0.290	0.344	0.386	4.05	0.930
8	Cincinnati Reds	132	66	64	2	.500	21.0	903 (6.84)	854 (6.47)	0.298	0.355	0.416	4.81	0.931
9	New York Giants	132	66	65	1	.500	21.5	852 (6.45)	834 (6.32)	0.288	0.351	0.389	4.51	0.922
10	Washington Senators	132	43	85	4	.326	43.0	837 (6.34)	1048 (7.94)	0.287	0.360	0.412	5.28	0.918
11	St. Louis Browns	135	39	92	4	.289	48.5	747 (5.53)	1032 (7.64)	0.281	0.335	0.374	5.76	0.930
12	Louisville Colonels	133	35	96	2	.263	52.5	698 (5.25)	1090 (8.20)	0.279	0.329	0.368	5.90	0.913

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Joe Quinn	St. Louis Browns	134
At Bats	Jack Boyle Willie Keeler Ed McKean	Philadelphia Phillies Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Spiders	565
Runs Scored	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	166
Hits	Jesse Burkett	Cleveland Spiders	225
Doubles	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	49
Triples	Kip Selbach	Washington Senators	22
Home Runs	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Total Bases	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	352
Runs Batted In	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	165
Stolen Bases	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	97
Walks	Billy Hamilton Bill Joyce	Philadelphia Phillies Washington Senators	96
Hit by Pitch	Hughie Jennings	Baltimore Orioles	32
Strikeouts	Tom Brown	St. Louis Browns/Washington Senators	60
Sacrifice Hits	Hughie Jennings	Baltimore Orioles	28
Batting Average	Jesse Burkett	Cleveland Spiders	0.409
On-Base Percentage	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	0.500
Slugging Percentage	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	0.654
On-Base plus Slugging	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	1.117
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	187

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	35
Losses	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	30
Win-Loss Percentage	Bill Hoffer	Baltimore Orioles	0.838
Appearances	Pink Hawley	Pittsburgh Pirates	56
Games Started	Ted Breitenstein Pink Hawley	St. Louis Browns Pittsburgh Pirates	50
Complete Games	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	46
Shutouts	Pink Hawley Bill Hoffer Sadie McMahon Amos Rusie Cy Young	Pittsburgh Pirates Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles New York Giants Cleveland Spiders	4
Games Finished	John Malarkey	Washington Senators	12
Saves	Ernie Beam Kid Nichols Tom Parrott	Philadelphia Phillies Boston Beaneaters Cincinnati Reds	3
Innings Pitched	Pink Hawley	Pittsburgh Pirates	444.1
Batters Faced	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	1657
Hits Allowed	Kid Carsey	Philadelphia Phillies	460
Home Runs Allowed	Win Mercer	Washington Senators	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	178
Hit Batsmen	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	8
Strikeouts	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	201
Wild Pitches	Mike McDermott	Louisville Colonels	16
Balks	Nig Cuppy Les German Mike McDermott Tom Smith	Cleveland Spiders New York Giants Louisville Colonels Philadelphia Phillies	1
Runs Allowed	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	295
Earned Runs Allowed	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	212
Earned Run Average	Al Maul	Washington Senators	2.45
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	1.185

Postseason

The Temple Cup featured a match-up between two National League teams, the first place Baltimore Orioles against the second place Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland club won the series four games to one.

Umpires

• Ed Andrews
• Joe Battin*
• Frank Behle*
• Bill Betts
• Red Bittmann*
• Watch Burnham
• Oyster Burns*
• Dan Campbell
• Dad Clarkson*
• Dan Coogan*
• Tim Donahue*
• Red Ehret*
• Bob Emslie
• Frank Foreman*
• Pud Galvin
• Les German*
• Mike Grady*
• Frank Graves*
• Clark Griffith*
• John Grim*
• Ad Gumbert*
• George Hemming*
• Hardie Henderson
• John Heydler*
• John Hunt
• Tim Hurst
• Fred Jevne
• Tim Keefe
• Phil Knell*
• Billy Long
• Tom Lynch
• Jim McDonald
• Chippy McGarr*
• Jouett Meekin*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire