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1899 MLB Innings Pitched by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Innings pitched

The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates shared the lead of all of MLB in innings pitched in 1899, with 1373.0. The average across 12 MLB teams is 1324.0.

Led all of MLB in 1899 Cincinnati Reds 157 games
1373.0 Innings Pitched Tied with Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team League G IP
1 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 1373.0
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 1373.0
3 Louisville Colonels NL 156 1360.1
4 Boston Beaneaters NL 153 1348.0
5 St. Louis Perfectos NL 155 1340.2
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 1333.1
7 Chicago Orphans NL 152 1331.1
MLB average 1324.0
8 Baltimore Orioles NL 151 1304.1
9 Washington Senators NL 155 1300.1
10 New York Giants NL 152 1290.2
11 Brooklyn Superbas NL 148 1269.1
12 Cleveland Spiders NL 154 1264.0

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.