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1891 MLB Wins by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games won

The Boston Reds led all of MLB in wins in 1891, with 93, 6 ahead of the Boston Beaneaters. The average across 17 MLB teams is 64.0.

Led all of MLB in 1891 Boston Reds 139 games
93 Wins 6 clear of Boston Beaneaters
# Team League G W
1 Boston Reds AA 139 93
2 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 87
3 St. Louis Browns AA 139 85
4 Chicago Colts NL 137 82
5 Philadelphia Athletics AA 142 73
6 Baltimore Orioles AA 139 71
6 New York Giants NL 136 71
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 68
9 Cleveland Spiders NL 141 65
MLB average 64.0
10 Brooklyn Grooms NL 137 61
10 Columbus Solons AA 138 61
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 138 56
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 137 55
14 Louisville Colonels AA 138 53
15 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers AA 102 43
15 Washington Statesmen AA 139 43
17 Milwaukee Brewers AA 36 21

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.