1883 National League

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The 1883 season of the National League was the eighth 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	Boston Beaneaters	98	63	35	0	.643	-.-	669 (6.83)	456 (4.65)	0.276	0.300	0.408	2.55	0.902
2	Chicago White Stockings	98	59	39	0	.602	4.0	679 (6.93)	540 (5.51)	0.273	0.298	0.393	2.78	0.879
3	Providence Grays	98	58	40	0	.592	5.0	636 (6.49)	436 (4.45)	0.272	0.300	0.372	2.37	0.903
4	Cleveland Blues	100	55	42	3	.550	7.5	476 (4.76)	443 (4.43)	0.246	0.276	0.329	2.22	0.909
5	Buffalo Bisons	98	52	45	1	.531	10.5	614 (6.27)	576 (5.88)	0.284	0.311	0.371	3.32	0.896
6	New York Gothams	98	46	50	2	.469	16.0	530 (5.41)	577 (5.89)	0.255	0.281	0.354	2.94	0.889
7	Detroit Wolverines	101	40	58	3	.396	23.0	524 (5.19)	650 (6.44)	0.250	0.282	0.330	3.58	0.894
8	Philadelphia Quakers	99	17	81	1	.172	46.0	437 (4.41)	887 (8.96)	0.240	0.269	0.320	5.34	0.858

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Joe Farrell Sadie Houck Martin Powell	Detroit Wolverines Detroit Wolverines Detroit Wolverines	101
At Bats	Joe Hornung	Boston Beaneaters	446
Runs Scored	Joe Hornung	Boston Beaneaters	107
Hits	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	159
Doubles	Ned Williamson	Chicago White Stockings	49
Triples	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	17
Home Runs	Buck Ewing	New York Gothams	10
Total Bases	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	243
Runs Batted In	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	97
Walks	Tom York	Cleveland Blues	37
Strikeouts	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	79
Batting Average	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.374
On-Base Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.397
Slugging Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.572
On-Base plus Slugging	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.969
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	187

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	48
Losses	John Coleman	Philadelphia Quakers	48
Win-Loss Percentage	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	0.700
Appearances	Pud Galvin Charley Radbourn	Buffalo Bisons Providence Grays	76
Games Started	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	75
Complete Games	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	72
Shutouts	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	5
Games Finished	John Ward	New York Gothams	9
Saves	Jim Whitney Stump Wiedman	Boston Beaneaters Detroit Wolverines	2
Innings Pitched	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	656.1
Batters Faced	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	2741
Hits Allowed	John Coleman	Philadelphia Quakers	772
Home Runs Allowed	John Coleman	Philadelphia Quakers	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Hugh Daily	Cleveland Blues	99
Strikeouts	Jim Whitney	Boston Beaneaters	345
Wild Pitches	Jim Whitney	Boston Beaneaters	37
Balks	Fred Goldsmith	Chicago White Stockings	1
Runs Allowed	John Coleman	Philadelphia Quakers	510
Earned Runs Allowed	John Coleman	Philadelphia Quakers	291
Earned Run Average	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	1.84
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	0.979

Umpires

• Tommy Bond
• Foghorn Bradley
• Charlie Buffinton*
• Watch Burnham
• Harry Chipman
• Stewart Decker
• Bill Furlong
• Ben Guiney*
• Frank Lane
• Billy McLean
• Arthur Odlin
• Lee Richmond*
• Edgar Smith*
• Dave Sullivan

* Denotes a fill-in umpire