1933 National League

The 1933 season of the National League was the fifty-eighth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

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	New York Giants	156	91	61	4	.583	-.-	636 (4.08)	515 (3.30)	0.263	0.311	0.361	2.71	0.973
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	87	67	0	.565	5.0	667 (4.33)	619 (4.02)	0.285	0.330	0.383	3.27	0.972
3	Chicago Cubs	154	86	68	0	.558	6.0	646 (4.19)	536 (3.48)	0.271	0.321	0.380	2.93	0.973
4	Boston Braves	156	83	71	2	.532	9.0	552 (3.54)	531 (3.40)	0.252	0.296	0.345	2.96	0.978
5	St. Louis Cardinals	154	82	71	1	.532	9.5	687 (4.46)	609 (3.95)	0.276	0.325	0.378	3.37	0.973
6	Brooklyn Dodgers	157	65	88	4	.414	26.5	617 (3.93)	695 (4.43)	0.263	0.314	0.359	3.73	0.971
7	Philadelphia Phillies	152	60	92	0	.395	31.0	607 (3.99)	760 (5.00)	0.274	0.323	0.369	4.34	0.970
8	Cincinnati Reds	153	58	94	1	.379	33.0	496 (3.24)	643 (4.20)	0.246	0.294	0.320	3.42	0.971

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Gus Suhr Pie Traynor Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates	154
At Bats	Chick Fullis	Philadelphia Phillies	647
Runs Scored	Pepper Martin	St. Louis Cardinals	122
Hits	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	223
Doubles	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	44
Triples	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Home Runs	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	28
Total Bases	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	365
Runs Batted In	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	120
Stolen Bases	Pepper Martin	St. Louis Cardinals	26
Walks	Mel Ott	New York Giants	75
Hit by Pitch	George Watkins	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Strikeouts	Wally Berger	Boston Braves	77
Sacrifice Hits	Dick Bartell	Philadelphia Phillies	37
Grounded into Double Plays	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	26
Batting Average	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	0.368
On-Base Percentage	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	0.422
Slugging Percentage	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	0.602
On-Base plus Slugging	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	1.024
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	175

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	23
Losses	Paul Derringer	St. Louis Cardinals/Cincinnati Reds	27
Win-Loss Percentage	Bud Tinning	Chicago Cubs	0.684
Appearances	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	48
Games Started	Boom-Boom Beck Freddie Fitzsimmons Larry French	Brooklyn Dodgers New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	35
Complete Games	Dizzy Dean Lon Warneke	St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs	26
Shutouts	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	10
Games Finished	Ad Liska	Philadelphia Phillies	25
Saves	Phil Collins	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Innings Pitched	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	308.2
Batters Faced	Larry French	Pittsburgh Pirates	1209
Hits Allowed	Larry French	Pittsburgh Pirates	290
Home Runs Allowed	Ed Holley	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bill Hallahan	St. Louis Cardinals	98
Hit Batsmen	Roy Parmelee	New York Giants	14
Strikeouts	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	199
Wild Pitches	Roy Parmelee	New York Giants	14
Balks	Bob Brown John Jackson	Boston Braves Philadelphia Phillies	2
Runs Allowed	Boom-Boom Beck	Brooklyn Dodgers	128
Earned Runs Allowed	Tex Carleton	St. Louis Cardinals	104
Earned Run Average	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	1.66
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	0.982

The National League lost the first midsummer classic at Comiskey Park in Chicago, IL on Thursday, July 6, 1933 by a score of 4 to 2. The league's manager was John McGraw.

In the World Series, the National League champion New York Giants defeated the American League's Washington Senators, 4 games to 1.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Carl Hubbell, a pitcher with the New York Giants. In the award's voting, he had 77 out of a possible 80 points.

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