1878 MLB Wins Leaders
Games won
Tommy Bond led all of MLB in wins in 1878 with 40, 10 ahead of Will White (30). It stands 35th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times Tommy Bond led in wins.
Led all of MLB in 1878
Tommy Bond
Boston Red Caps
40
Wins
10 clear of Will White
Showing Wins and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | W | L | ERA | IP | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Tommy Bond
|
BSN | 40 | 19 | 2.06 | 532.2 | 182 |
| 2 |
 Will White
|
CN1 | 30 | 21 | 1.79 | 468.0 | 169 |
| 3 |
 Terry Larkin
|
CHN | 29 | 26 | 2.24 | 506.0 | 163 |
| 4 |
 John Ward
|
PRO | 22 | 13 | 1.51 | 334.0 | 116 |
| 5 |
 The Only Nolan
|
IN1 | 13 | 22 | 2.57 | 347.0 | 125 |
| 6 | Sam Weaver | ML2 | 12 | 31 | 1.95 | 383.0 | 95 |
| 7 | Bobby Mitchell | CN1 | 7 | 2 | 2.14 | 80.0 | 51 |
| 8 | Tom Healey | IN1 +1 | 6 | 7 | 2.39 | 113.0 | 20 |
| 9 | Harry Wheeler | PRO | 6 | 1 | 3.48 | 62.0 | 25 |
| 10 |
 Jim McCormick
|
IN1 | 5 | 8 | 1.69 | 117.0 | 36 |
| 11 |
 Tricky Nichols
|
PRO | 4 | 7 | 4.22 | 98.0 | 21 |
| 12 |
 Mike Golden
|
ML2 | 3 | 13 | 4.14 | 161.0 | 52 |
| 13 | Fred Corey | PRO | 1 | 2 | 2.35 | 23.0 | 7 |
| 14 | Laurie Reis | CHN | 1 | 3 | 3.25 | 36.0 | 8 |
| 15 |
 Jack Manning
|
BSN | 1 | 0 | 14.29 | 11.1 | 2 |
| 16 | Russ McKelvy | IN1 | 0 | 2 | 2.16 | 25.0 | 3 |
| 17 |
 Doug Allison
|
PRO | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 18 |
 Lew Brown
|
PRO | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 19 |
 Joe Ellick
|
ML2 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 20 |
 Cherokee Fisher
|
PRO | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 9.0 | 2 |
| 21 |
 Frank Hankinson
|
CHN | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 9.0 | 4 |