1880 NL

The 1880 season of the National League was the fifth 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	Chicago White Stockings	86	67	17	2	.779	-.-	538 (6.26)	317 (3.69)	0.279	0.303	0.360	1.93	0.913
2	Providence Grays	87	52	32	3	.598	15.0	419 (4.82)	299 (3.44)	0.248	0.268	0.313	1.64	0.910
3	Cleveland Blues	85	47	37	1	.553	20.0	387 (4.55)	337 (3.96)	0.242	0.261	0.327	1.90	0.910
4	Troy Trojans	83	41	42	0	.494	25.5	392 (4.72)	438 (5.28)	0.251	0.280	0.319	2.74	0.900
5	Worcester Ruby Legs	85	40	43	2	.471	26.5	412 (4.85)	370 (4.35)	0.231	0.251	0.316	2.27	0.906
6	Boston Red Caps	86	40	44	2	.465	27.0	416 (4.84)	456 (5.30)	0.253	0.278	0.343	3.08	0.901
7	Buffalo Bisons	85	24	58	3	.282	42.0	331 (3.89)	502 (5.91)	0.226	0.249	0.289	3.09	0.891
8	Cincinnati Reds	83	21	59	3	.253	44.0	296 (3.57)	472 (5.69)	0.224	0.244	0.288	2.44	0.876

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Emil Gross	Providence Grays	87
At Bats	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	382
Runs Scored	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	91
Hits	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	126
Doubles	Fred Dunlap	Cleveland Blues	27
Triples	Harry Stovey	Worcester Ruby Legs	14
Home Runs	Jim O'Rourke Harry Stovey	Boston Red Caps Worcester Ruby Legs	6
Total Bases	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	175
Runs Batted In	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	74
Walks	Bob Ferguson	Troy Trojans	24
Strikeouts	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	57
Batting Average	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	0.360
On-Base Percentage	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	0.399
Slugging Percentage	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	0.463
On-Base plus Slugging	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	0.862
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	183

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	45
Losses	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	42
Win-Loss Percentage	Fred Goldsmith	Chicago White Stockings	0.875
Appearances	Jim McCormick Lee Richmond	Cleveland Blues Worcester Ruby Legs	74
Games Started	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	74
Complete Games	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	72
Shutouts	John Ward	Providence Grays	8
Games Finished	Lee Richmond	Worcester Ruby Legs	9
Saves	Lee Richmond	Worcester Ruby Legs	3
Innings Pitched	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	657.2
Batters Faced	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	2669
Hits Allowed	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	585
Home Runs Allowed	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	9
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Larry Corcoran	Chicago White Stockings	99
Strikeouts	Larry Corcoran	Chicago White Stockings	268
Wild Pitches	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	35
Balks	32 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	323
Earned Runs Allowed	Mickey Welch	Troy Trojans	162
Earned Run Average	Tim Keefe	Troy Trojans	0.86
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	George Bradley	Providence Grays	0.837