Boston won the pennant, the first of three in a row, in a close race with Chicago. New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh followed in that order.
Billy Hamilton took the batting title with a .340 average. Bug Holliday hit .319, Pete Browning .317, Jack Clements .310, and Mike Tiernan .306. Hamilton scored 141 runs, Herman Long 129 and Cupid Childs 120. Hamilton had 179 hits, Ed McKean 170. Mike Griffin had 36 doubles and George Davis 35. Harry Stovey led with 20 triples, Jake Beckley had 19. Stovey and Tiernan had 16 homers each. Cap Anson led with 120 RBI, Stovey, Billy Nash, and Jim O'Rourke had 95 each. Hamilton had 111 steals and Arlie Latham was second with 87.
Bill Hutchinson led the league with 44 victories. John Clarkson and Amos Rusie were next with 33 wins each. Kid Nichols notched 30 and Cy Young 27. John Ewing led the league with a 2.27 ERA, followed by Nichols at 2.39 and Rusie at 2.55. Rusie had 337 strikeouts, Hutchinson 261, Nichols 240.
1891 NL Win Shares, pitchers; Bill Hutchinson (Chicago) 49, John Clarkson (Boston) 42, Kid Nichols (Boston) 39, Amos Rusie (New York) 36, Harry Staley (Pittsburgh/Boston) and Kid Gleason (Philadelphia) 29, Cy Young (Cleveland) 28, Mark Baldwin (Pittsburgh) 25, Tony Mullane (Cincinnati) 24, Ad Gumbert (Chicago) 23.
Position players; Billy Hamilton (Philadelphia) 36, Herman Long (Boston) 29, Harry Stovey (Boston) and Mike Tiernan (New York) 26, Arlie Latham (Cincinnati) 25, Roger Connor (New York) 23, Jimmy Ryan (Chicago) and Sam Thompson (Philadelphia) 22, Cap Anson, Bill Dahlen, Fred Pfeffer, Walt Wilmot (Chicago) and Cupid Childs and George Davis (Cleveland) 21.
WARP3 scores: Rusie 7.5, Hutchinson 7.2, Clarkson 7.1, Young 6.3, Gleason 4.9, Staley 4.6, Nichols 4.5, Mullane 4.3. Not among WARP leaders: Baldwin 3.4, Gumbert 2.2.
Players; Hamilton 9.0, Long 7.8, Latham 7.0, Connor 6.8, Chief Zimmer (Cleveland) 6.7, Stovey and Thompson 6.4, Tiernan 6.3, Jack Clements (Philadelphia) and Mike Griffin (Brooklyn) 6.1, George Gore (New York) and Bid McPhee (Cincinnati) 5.6, Dahlen (rookie) 5.3. Not among WARP leaders: Ryan 4.5, Anson 4.8, Pfeffer 3.4, Wilmot 4.1, Childs 3.4, Davis 3.4.
WAR leaders, pitchers: Hutchinson 9.0, Clarkson 8.8, Nichols 8.7, Rusie 8.2, Staley 6.8, Young 6.3, John Ewing (New York) 5.6, Gleason 5.4. Position players, Hamilton 7.1, Latham 5.9, Connor 5.6, Long 5.3, Stovey 5.2, Tiernan 4.6, McPhee 4.5, Anson 4.0.
Top pitcher: Bill Hutchison, Chicago workhorse. Cap Anson worked his best pitchers hard. Hutchison led in wins and innings, 2nd in strikeouts.
#1 Bill Hutchison, #2 Amos Rusie, #3 John Clarkson, #4 Kid Nichols, #5 Cy Young.
Top player: Sliding Billy Hamilton, leader in average, hits, runs, walks, and steals.
#1 Billy Hamilton, #2 Herman Long, #3 Roger Connor, #4 Mike Tiernan, #5 Harry Stovey.
Top rookie: Bill Dahlen, batting .260 and scoring 114 runs for Chicago.
Top manager: Frank Selee, the Boston skipper.
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