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1901 MLB Wins by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in wins in 1901, with 90, 7 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 68.4.

Led all of MLB in 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 140 games
90 Wins 7 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team League G W
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 140 90
2 Chicago White Sox AL 137 83
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 140 83
4 Boston Americans AL 138 79
4 Brooklyn Superbas NL 137 79
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 142 76
7 Philadelphia Athletics AL 137 74
8 Detroit Tigers AL 135 73
9 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 69
MLB average 68.4
10 Baltimore Orioles AL 134 68
11 Washington Senators AL 138 61
12 Cleveland Blues AL 138 54
13 Chicago Orphans NL 140 53
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 142 52
14 New York Giants NL 141 52
16 Milwaukee Brewers AL 139 48

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.