1881 National League

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The 1881 season of the National League was the sixth 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	Chicago White Stockings	84	56	28	0	.667	-.-	550 (6.55)	379 (4.51)	0.295	0.325	0.380	2.43	0.916
2	Providence Grays	85	47	37	1	.553	9.0	447 (5.26)	426 (5.01)	0.253	0.287	0.335	2.40	0.896
3	Buffalo Bisons	83	45	38	0	.542	10.5	440 (5.30)	447 (5.39)	0.264	0.289	0.361	2.84	0.892
4	Detroit Wolverines	84	41	43	0	.488	15.0	439 (5.23)	429 (5.11)	0.260	0.293	0.357	2.65	0.906
5	Troy Trojans	85	39	45	1	.459	17.0	399 (4.69)	429 (5.05)	0.248	0.281	0.314	2.97	0.917
6	Boston Red Caps	83	38	45	0	.458	17.5	349 (4.20)	410 (4.94)	0.251	0.279	0.317	2.71	0.913
7	Cleveland Blues	85	36	48	1	.424	20.0	392 (4.61)	414 (4.87)	0.255	0.286	0.326	2.68	0.904
8	Worcester Ruby Legs	83	32	50	1	.386	23.0	410 (4.94)	492 (5.93)	0.253	0.281	0.316	3.54	0.903

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	10 players tied		85
At Bats	Curry Foley	Buffalo Bisons	375
Runs Scored	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	86
Hits	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	137
Doubles	Paul Hines King Kelly	Providence Grays Chicago White Stockings	27
Triples	Jack Rowe	Buffalo Bisons	11
Home Runs	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	8
Total Bases	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	175
Runs Batted In	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	82
Walks	John Clapp	Cleveland Blues	35
Strikeouts	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	70
Batting Average	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	0.399
On-Base Percentage	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	0.442
Slugging Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.541
On-Base plus Slugging	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	0.952
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	191

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Larry Corcoran Jim Whitney	Chicago White Stockings Boston Red Caps	31
Losses	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	33
Win-Loss Percentage	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	0.694
Appearances	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	66
Games Started	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	63
Complete Games	Jim McCormick Jim Whitney	Cleveland Blues Boston Red Caps	57
Shutouts	George Derby	Detroit Wolverines	9
Games Finished	John Ward	Providence Grays	5
Saves	Bobby Mathews	Providence Grays/Boston Red Caps	2
Innings Pitched	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	552.1
Batters Faced	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	2301
Hits Allowed	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	548
Home Runs Allowed	Larry Corcoran	Chicago White Stockings	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	90
Strikeouts	George Derby	Detroit Wolverines	212
Wild Pitches	Jim Whitney	Boston Red Caps	46
Balks	Fred Goldsmith Jack Lynch Lee Richmond Jim Whitney	Chicago White Stockings Buffalo Bisons Worcester Ruby Legs Boston Red Caps	1
Runs Allowed	Lee Richmond	Worcester Ruby Legs	302
Earned Runs Allowed	Lee Richmond	Worcester Ruby Legs	174
Earned Run Average	Stump Wiedman	Detroit Wolverines	1.80
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Stump Wiedman	Detroit Wolverines	1.043

Umpires

• Al Barker*
• Foghorn Bradley
• Fatty Briody*
• Jack Burdock*
• Doc Bushong*
• Ed Callahan
• Joe Donnegan
• Herm Doscher
• Davy Force*
• Chick Fulmer*
• Pud Galvin*
• Jim Gifford*
• Emil Gross*
• Bill Hawes*
• Doctor Hegeman*
• Dick Higham
• Arthur Irwin*
• W.W. Jeffers
• Tim Keefe*
• King Kelly*
• Eden Kipp
• Jack Manning*
• The Only Nolan*
• Phil Powers
• Joe Quinn*
• Jack Rowe*
• Pop Smith
• Dan Stearns*
• Sleeper Sullivan*
• Mickey Welch*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire