1889 MLB Wins by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games won
The Brooklyn Bridegrooms led all of MLB in wins in 1889, with 91, 1 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 16 MLB teams is 66.4.
Led all of MLB in 1889
Brooklyn Bridegrooms
138 games
91
Wins
1 clear of St. Louis Browns
| # | Team | League | G | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms
|
AA | 138 | 91 |
| 2 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AA | 140 | 90 |
| 3 |
 Boston Beaneaters
|
NL | 133 | 83 |
| 3 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 131 | 83 |
| 5 |
 Cincinnati Red Stockings
|
AA | 141 | 76 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Athletics | AA | 138 | 75 |
| 7 | Baltimore Orioles | AA | 139 | 70 |
| 8 |
 Chicago White Stockings
|
NL | 136 | 67 |
| MLB average | 66.4 | |||
| 9 |
 Philadelphia Quakers
|
NL | 130 | 63 |
| 10 | Cleveland Spiders | NL | 136 | 61 |
| 10 |
 Pittsburg Alleghenys
|
NL | 134 | 61 |
| 12 | Columbus Solons | AA | 139 | 60 |
| 13 | Indianapolis Hoosiers | NL | 135 | 59 |
| 14 | Kansas City Cowboys | AA | 139 | 55 |
| 15 | Washington Nationals | NL | 127 | 41 |
| 16 | Louisville Colonels | AA | 140 | 27 |
A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.