1919 National League

The 1919 season of the National League was the forty-fourth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

The season was shorted by fourteen games, two against each club, to 140 games from the normal 154 games.

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	Cincinnati Reds	140	96	44	0	.686	-.-	577 (4.12)	401 (2.86)	0.263	0.323	0.342	2.23	0.974
2	New York Giants	140	87	53	0	.621	9.0	605 (4.32)	470 (3.36)	0.269	0.317	0.366	2.70	0.964
3	Chicago Cubs	140	75	65	0	.536	21.0	454 (3.24)	407 (2.91)	0.256	0.302	0.332	2.21	0.969
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	139	71	68	0	.511	24.5	472 (3.40)	466 (3.35)	0.249	0.302	0.325	2.88	0.969
5	Brooklyn Robins	141	69	71	1	.489	27.0	525 (3.72)	513 (3.64)	0.263	0.300	0.340	2.73	0.963
6	Boston Braves	140	57	82	1	.407	38.5	465 (3.32)	563 (4.02)	0.253	0.305	0.324	3.17	0.966
7	St. Louis Cardinals	138	54	83	1	.391	40.5	463 (3.36)	552 (4.00)	0.256	0.302	0.326	3.23	0.963
8	Philadelphia Phillies	138	47	90	1	.341	47.5	510 (3.70)	699 (5.07)	0.251	0.299	0.342	4.14	0.963

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Tony Boeckel Jake Daubert Ivy Olson	Pittsburgh Pirates/Boston Braves Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Robins	140
At Bats	Ivy Olson	Brooklyn Robins	590
Runs Scored	George Burns	New York Giants	86
Hits	Ivy Olson	Brooklyn Robins	164
Doubles	Ross Youngs	New York Giants	31
Triples	Hy Myers Billy Southworth	Brooklyn Robins Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Home Runs	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Total Bases	Hy Myers	Brooklyn Robins	223
Runs Batted In	Hy Myers	Brooklyn Robins	73
Stolen Bases	George Burns	New York Giants	40
Walks	George Burns	New York Giants	82
Hit by Pitch	Buck Herzog	Boston Braves/Chicago Cubs	14
Strikeouts	Ray Powell	Boston Braves	79
Sacrifice Hits	Jake Daubert	Cincinnati Reds	39
Batting Average	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	0.321
On-Base Percentage	George Burns	New York Giants	0.396
Slugging Percentage	Hy Myers	Brooklyn Robins	0.436
On-Base plus Slugging	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds	0.823
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	151

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jesse Barnes	New York Giants	25
Losses	Lee Meadows	St. Louis Cardinals/Philadelphia Phillies	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Dolf Luque	Cincinnati Reds	0.769
Appearances	Oscar Tuero	St. Louis Cardinals	45
Games Started	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	37
Complete Games	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	27
Shutouts	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	9
Games Finished	Jean Dubuc	New York Giants	22
Saves	Oscar Tuero	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Innings Pitched	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	306.2
Batters Faced	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	1224
Hits Allowed	Dick Rudolph	Boston Braves	282
Home Runs Allowed	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Jakie May	St. Louis Cardinals	87
Hit Batsmen	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Strikeouts	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	141
Wild Pitches	Dick Rudolph Frank Woodward	Boston Braves Philadelphia Phillies/St. Louis Cardinals	11
Balks	Burleigh Grimes Elmer Jacobs	Brooklyn Robins Philadelphia Phillies/St. Louis Cardinals	3
Runs Allowed	George Smith	New York Giants/Philadelphia Phillies	102
Earned Runs Allowed	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	85
Earned Run Average	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	1.72
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Babe Adams	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.896

In the World Series, the National League champion Cincinnati Reds defeated the American League's Chicago White Sox, 5 games to 3.