1903 National League

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The 1903 season of the National League was the twenty-eighth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	141	91	49	1	.645	-.-	793 (5.62)	613 (4.35)	0.286	0.335	0.393	2.91	0.951
2	New York Giants	142	84	55	3	.592	6.5	729 (5.13)	567 (3.99)	0.272	0.326	0.344	2.95	0.951
3	Chicago Cubs	139	82	56	1	.590	8.0	695 (5.00)	599 (4.31)	0.275	0.334	0.347	2.77	0.943
4	Cincinnati Reds	141	74	65	2	.525	16.5	765 (5.43)	656 (4.65)	0.288	0.343	0.390	3.07	0.946
5	Brooklyn Superbas	139	70	66	3	.504	19.0	667 (4.80)	682 (4.91)	0.265	0.341	0.339	3.44	0.951
6	Boston Beaneaters	140	58	80	2	.414	32.0	578 (4.13)	699 (4.99)	0.245	0.304	0.318	3.34	0.938
7	Philadelphia Phillies	139	49	86	4	.353	39.5	617 (4.44)	738 (5.31)	0.268	0.317	0.341	3.96	0.947
8	St. Louis Cardinals	139	43	94	2	.309	46.5	505 (3.63)	795 (5.72)	0.251	0.293	0.313	3.67	0.943

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ginger Beaumont George Browne	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	141
At Bats	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	613
Runs Scored	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	137
Hits	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	209
Doubles	Fred Clarke Sam Mertes Harry Steinfeldt	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants Cincinnati Reds	32
Triples	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Home Runs	Jimmy Sheckard	Brooklyn Superbas	9
Total Bases	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	272
Runs Batted In	Sam Mertes	New York Giants	104
Stolen Bases	Frank Chance Jimmy Sheckard	Chicago Cubs Brooklyn Superbas	67
Walks	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	107
Hit by Pitch	Charlie Babb	New York Giants	22
Sacrifice Hits	Dan McGann	New York Giants	30
Batting Average	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.355
On-Base Percentage	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	0.453
Slugging Percentage	Fred Clarke	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.532
On-Base plus Slugging	Fred Clarke	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.946
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Fred Clarke	Pittsburgh Pirates	165

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	31
Losses	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.781
Appearances	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	55
Games Started	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	48
Complete Games	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	44
Shutouts	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Games Finished	Jack Cronin Clarence Currie	New York Giants St. Louis Cardinals/Chicago Cubs	8
Saves	Carl Lundgren Roscoe Miller	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	3
Innings Pitched	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	434.0
Batters Faced	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	1814
Hits Allowed	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	396
Home Runs Allowed	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	12
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	143
Hit Batsmen	Henry Schmidt	Brooklyn Superbas	21
Strikeouts	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	267
Wild Pitches	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	18
Balks	Chappie McFarland	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Runs Allowed	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	205
Earned Runs Allowed	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	136
Earned Run Average	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.06
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Deacon Phillippe	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.030

Postseason

In the first World Series, the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated by the American League's Boston Pilgrims, 5 games to 3.

Umpires

• Jack Cronin*
• Klondike Douglass*
• Bob Emslie
• Bill Hallman*
• Bug Holliday
• Tim Hurst
• Jim Johnstone
• Jock Menefee*
• Augie Moran
• Hank O'Day
• Deacon Phillippe*
• Henry Schmidt*
• Harry Smith*
• John Warner*
• Vic Willis*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1903 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]