1879 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1879 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1879 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Providence Grays	T - S - R	85	59	25	.702	--	612	355	257	dnq	0	0	---	---	Messer Street Grounds
2	2	2	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	84	54	30	.643	5.0	562	348	214	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Wright	South End Grounds
3	3	3	Buffalo Bisons	T - S - R	79	46	32	.590	10.0	394	365	29	dnq	0	0	---	---	Riverside Grounds
4	4	4	Chicago White Stockings	T - S - R	83	46	33	.582	10.5	437	411	26	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	Lake Front Park
5	5	5	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	81	43	37	.538	14.0	485	464	21	dnq	0	0	---	---	Bank Street Grounds
6	6	6	Cleveland Blues	T - S - R	82	27	55	.329	31.0	322	461	-139	dnq	0	0	---	---	League Park I
7	7	7	Syracuse Stars	T - S - R	71	22	48	.314	30.0	276	462	-186	dnq	0	0	---	---	Star Park 1
8	8	8	Troy Trojans	T - S - R	77	19	56	.253	35.5	321	543	-222	dnq	0	0	---	---	Putnam Grounds
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Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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