1894 NL

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The 1894 season of the National League was the nineteenth season of the league.

1 Season summary
2 Standings
3 League leaders
- 3.1 Batting
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Postseason
5 Notable events

[edit] Season summary

[edit] 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	129	89	39	1	.690	-.-	1171 (9.08)	819 (6.35)	0.343	0.407	0.483	5.00	0.944
2	New York Giants	137	88	44	5	.642	3.0	940 (6.86)	789 (5.76)	0.301	0.364	0.409	3.83	0.924
3	Boston Beaneaters	133	83	49	1	.624	8.0	1220 (9.17)	1002 (7.53)	0.331	0.395	0.484	5.41	0.925
4	Philadelphia Phillies	129	71	57	1	.550	18.0	1143 (8.86)	966 (7.49)	0.349	0.408	0.476	5.63	0.935
5	Brooklyn Grooms	134	70	61	3	.522	20.5	1021 (7.62)	1007 (7.51)	0.313	0.374	0.440	5.51	0.928
6	Cleveland Spiders	130	68	61	1	.523	21.5	932 (7.17)	896 (6.89)	0.303	0.365	0.414	4.97	0.935
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	132	65	65	2	.492	25.0	955 (7.23)	972 (7.36)	0.312	0.370	0.443	5.60	0.936
8	Chicago Colts	135	57	75	3	.422	34.0	1041 (7.71)	1066 (7.90)	0.314	0.376	0.441	5.68	0.918
9	St. Louis Browns	133	56	76	1	.421	35.0	771 (5.80)	953 (7.17)	0.286	0.349	0.408	5.29	0.923
10	Cincinnati Reds	132	55	75	2	.417	35.0	910 (6.89)	1085 (8.22)	0.294	0.363	0.410	5.99	0.925
11	Washington Senators	132	45	87	0	.341	46.0	882 (6.68)	1122 (8.50)	0.287	0.372	0.425	5.51	0.908
12	Louisville Colonels	130	36	94	0	.277	54.0	692 (5.32)	1001 (7.70)	0.269	0.322	0.375	5.45	0.920

[edit] League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

[edit] Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	George Van Haltren	New York Giants	137
At Bats	Bobby Lowe	Boston Beaneaters	613
Runs Scored	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	192
Hits	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	237
Doubles	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	51
Triples	Heinie Reitz	Baltimore Orioles	31
Home Runs	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	18
Total Bases	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	374
Runs Batted In	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	145
Stolen Bases	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	98
Walks	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	126
Hit by Pitch	Hughie Jennings	Baltimore Orioles	27
Strikeouts	Tom Brown	Louisville Colonels	73
Batting Average	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	'0.440
On-Base Percentage	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	0.523
Slugging Percentage	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	0.694
On-Base plus Slugging	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	1.196
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Bill Joyce	Washington Senators	177

[edit] Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	36
Losses	Pink Hawley	St. Louis Browns	27
Win-Loss Percentage	Jouett Meekin	New York Giants	0.786
Appearances	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	56
Games Started	Ted Breitenstein Amos Rusie	St. Louis Browns New York Giants	50
Complete Games	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	46
Shutouts	Nig Cuppy Kid Nichols Amos Rusie	Cleveland Spiders Boston Beaneaters New York Giants	3
Games Finished	Nig Cuppy Duke Esper Pink Hawley Win Mercer	Cleveland Spiders Washington Senators/Baltimore Orioles St. Louis Browns Washington Senators	10
Saves	Tony Mullane	Baltimore Orioles/Cleveland Spiders	4
Innings Pitched	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	447.1
Batters Faced	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	1843
Hits Allowed	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	497
Home Runs Allowed	Frank Dwyer Jack Stivetts	Cincinnati Reds Boston Beaneaters	27
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	200
Hit Batsmen	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	9
Strikeouts	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	195
Wild Pitches	Pink Hawley Brickyard Kennedy Jouett Meekin	St. Louis Browns Brooklyn Grooms New York Giants	21
Balks	George Sharrott Adonis Terry	Brooklyn Grooms Pittsburgh Pirates/Chicago Colts	1
Runs Allowed	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	321
Earned Runs Allowed	Ted Breitenstein	St. Louis Browns	238
Earned Run Average	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	2.78
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Jouett Meekin	New York Giants	1.406

[edit] Postseason

The Temple Cup featured a match-up between two National League teams, the first place Baltimore Orioles against the second place New York Giants. The New York club won the series four games to none.