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The 1900 season of the National League was the twenty-fifth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates winner of Chronicle-Telegraph Cup

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Brooklyn Superbas	142	82	54	6	.577	-.-	816 (5.75)	722 (5.08)	0.293	0.349	0.383	3.89	0.948
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	140	79	60	1	.564	4.5	733 (5.24)	612 (4.37)	0.272	0.319	0.368	3.06	0.945
3	Philadelphia Phillies	141	75	63	3	.532	8.0	810 (5.74)	792 (5.62)	0.290	0.347	0.378	4.12	0.945
4	Boston Beaneaters	142	66	72	4	.465	17.0	778 (5.48)	739 (5.20)	0.283	0.336	0.373	3.72	0.953
5	St. Louis Cardinals	142	65	75	2	.458	19.0	744 (5.24)	748 (5.27)	0.291	0.346	0.375	3.75	0.943
6	Chicago Orphans	146	65	75	6	.445	19.0	635 (4.35)	751 (5.14)	0.260	0.308	0.342	3.23	0.933
7	Cincinnati Reds	144	62	77	5	.431	21.5	703 (4.88)	745 (5.17)	0.266	0.311	0.354	3.83	0.945
8	New York Giants	141	60	78	3	.426	23.0	713 (5.06)	823 (5.84)	0.279	0.331	0.357	3.96	0.928

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jimmy Collins	Boston Beaneaters	142
At Bats	Jimmy Collins	Boston Beaneaters	586
Runs Scored	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	132
Hits	Willie Keeler	Brooklyn Superbas	204
Doubles	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	45
Triples	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Home Runs	Herman Long	Boston Beaneaters	12
Total Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	302
Runs Batted In	Elmer Flick	Philadelphia Phillies	110
Stolen Bases	Patsy Donovan George Van Haltren	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	45
Walks	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	115
Hit by Pitch	Dan McGann	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Sacrifice Hits	Jimmy Slagle	Philadelphia Phillies	27
Batting Average	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.381
On-Base Percentage	John McGraw	St. Louis Cardinals	0.505
Slugging Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.573
On-Base plus Slugging	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.007
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	175

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Superbas	28
Losses	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Superbas	0.778
Appearances	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	45
Games Started	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	41
Complete Games	Pink Hawley	New York Giants	34
Shutouts	Clark Griffith Noodles Hahn Kid Nichols Cy Young	Chicago Orphans Cincinnati Reds Boston Beaneaters St. Louis Cardinals	4
Games Finished	Harry Howell	Brooklyn Superbas	10
Saves	Frank Kitson	Brooklyn Superbas	4
Innings Pitched	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Superbas	343.0
Batters Faced	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Superbas	1498
Hits Allowed	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	415
Home Runs Allowed	Frank Kitson	Brooklyn Superbas	12
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Superbas	113
Hit Batsmen	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Superbas	41
Strikeouts	Noodles Hahn	Cincinnati Reds	132
Wild Pitches	Bill Bernhard Bill Dineen Ed Scott	Philadelphia Phillies Boston Beaneaters Cincinnati Reds	11
Balks	Bill Dineen Ed Doheny Pink Hawley	Boston Beaneaters New York Giants New York Giants	2
Runs Allowed	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	224
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Powell	St. Louis Cardinals	142
Earned Run Average	Rube Waddell	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.37
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Rube Waddell	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.107

Postseason

The Chronicle-Telegraph Cup featured a match-up between two National League teams, the first place Brooklyn Superbas against the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The Brooklyn club won the series three games to one.

Umpires

• Ted Breitenstein*
• Bill Carrick*
• Tom Connolly
• Bert Cunningham*
• Mike Donlin*
• Bob Emslie
• Pop Foster*
• Buck Freeman*
• John Gaffney
• Tim Hurst
• Hughie Jennings*
• Arlie Latham
• Sam Leever*
• Joe McGinnity*
• Miah Murray*
• Kid Nichols*
• Hank O'Day
• Pop Snyder
• Ed Swartwood
• Adonis Terry

* Denotes a fill-in umpire