1899 National League

1899 in baseball
1899 National League
Japanese baseball
Negro Leagues
<< 1898 1900 >>

The 1899 season of the National League was the twenty-fourth season of the league.

BR page

Season summary

After the season the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Spiders, Louisville Colonels, and Washington Senators were contracted.

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	Brooklyn Superbas	150	101	47	2	.673	-.-	892 (5.95)	658 (4.39)	0.291	0.353	0.383	3.25	0.948
2	Boston Beaneaters	153	95	57	1	.621	8.0	858 (5.61)	645 (4.22)	0.287	0.340	0.377	3.26	0.952
3	Philadelphia Phillies	154	94	58	2	.610	9.0	916 (5.95)	743 (4.82)	0.301	0.355	0.395	3.47	0.940
4	Baltimore Orioles	152	86	62	4	.566	15.0	827 (5.44)	691 (4.55)	0.297	0.351	0.376	3.31	0.949
5	St. Louis Perfectos	155	84	67	4	.542	18.5	819 (5.28)	739 (4.77)	0.285	0.343	0.378	3.36	0.939
6	Cincinnati Reds	156	83	67	6	.532	19.0	856 (5.49)	770 (4.94)	0.275	0.337	0.360	3.70	0.947
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	76	73	5	.494	25.5	834 (5.42)	765 (4.97)	0.289	0.336	0.384	3.60	0.945
8	Chicago Orphans	152	75	73	4	.493	26.0	812 (5.34)	763 (5.02)	0.277	0.330	0.359	3.37	0.935
9	Louisville Colonels	155	75	77	3	.484	28.0	827 (5.34)	775 (5.00)	0.280	0.334	0.364	3.45	0.939
10	New York Giants	152	60	90	2	.395	42.0	734 (4.83)	863 (5.68)	0.281	0.332	0.352	4.29	0.932
11	Washington Senators	155	54	98	3	.348	49.0	743 (4.79)	983 (6.34)	0.272	0.317	0.363	4.93	0.935
12	Cleveland Spiders	154	20	134	0	.130	84.0	529 (3.44)	1252 (8.13)	0.253	0.291	0.305	6.37	0.937

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Buck Freeman	Washington Senators	155
At Bats	Dummy Hoy	Louisville Colonels	633
Runs Scored	Willie Keeler John McGraw	Brooklyn Superbas Baltimore Orioles	140
Hits	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	238
Doubles	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	55
Triples	Jimmy Williams	Pittsburgh Pirates	28
Home Runs	Buck Freeman	Washington Senators	25
Total Bases	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	338
Runs Batted In	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	137
Stolen Bases	Jimmy Sheckard	Baltimore Orioles	77
Walks	John McGraw	Baltimore Orioles	124
Hit by Pitch	Dan McGann	Brooklyn Superbas/Washington Senators	37
Sacrifice Hits	Bones Ely	Pittsburgh Pirates	29
Batting Average	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	0.410
On-Base Percentage	John McGraw	Baltimore Orioles	0.547
Slugging Percentage	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	0.582
On-Base plus Slugging	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	1.046
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	189

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jay Hughes Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Superbas Baltimore Orioles	28
Losses	Jim Hughey	Cleveland Spiders	30
Win-Loss Percentage	Jay Hughes Al Orth	Brooklyn Superbas Philadelphia Phillies	0.824
Appearances	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	51
Games Started	Bill Carrick Jack Powell	New York Giants St. Louis Perfectos	43
Complete Games	Bill Carrick Jack Powell Cy Young	New York Giants St. Louis Perfectos St. Louis Perfectos	40
Shutouts	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	5
Games Finished	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
Saves	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Innings Pitched	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	379.0
Batters Faced	Joe McGinnity	Baltimore Orioles	1573
Hits Allowed	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	485
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Powell	St. Louis Perfectos	15
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Cy Seymour	New York Giants	170
Hit Batsmen	Ed Doheny	New York Giants	37
Strikeouts	Noodles Hahn	Cincinnati Reds	145
Wild Pitches	Ed Doheny	New York Giants	21
Balks	Bert Cunningham Cy Seymour	Louisville Colonels New York Giants	4
Runs Allowed	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	250
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Carrick	New York Giants	187
Earned Run Average	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	2.50
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Cy Young	St. Louis Perfectos	1.116

Umpires

• Ed Andrews
• Bill Betts
• Jack Brennan
• Tom Brown
• Oyster Burns
• Harry Colgan*
• Tom Connolly
• Frank Dwyer
• Bob Emslie
• John Gaffney
• Jim Gardner*
• John Hunt
• Malachi Kittridge*
• Arlie Latham
• Tom Lynch
• Al Mannassau
• Sport McAllister*
• Jim McDonald
• Chippy McGarr
• Hank O'Day
• Billy Smith
• Pop Snyder
• Ed Swartwood
• Jack Taylor*
• Farmer Vaughn*
• Al Warner
• Gus Weyhing*
• Parke Wilson*
• Zeke Wilson*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Jonathan Frankel: "1899 National League Strikeouts", in The Baseball Research Journal, Number 36 (2007), SABR, Cleveland, OH, pp. 46-52.