1879 NL Wins Leaders

John Ward led the NL in wins in 1879 with 47, 4 ahead of Will White (43).

Led the NL in 1879 John Ward Providence Grays

47 Wins 4 clear of Will White

Showing Wins and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	W	L	ERA	IP	SO
1	John Ward	PRO	47	19	2.15	587.0	239
2	Will White	CN1	43	31	1.99	680.0	232
3	Tommy Bond	BSN	43	19	1.96	555.1	155
4	Pud Galvin	BFN	37	27	2.28	593.0	136
5	Terry Larkin	CHN	31	23	2.44	513.1	142
6	Jim McCormick	CL2	20	40	2.42	546.1	197
7	Harry McCormick	SR1	18	33	2.99	457.1	96
8	Frank Hankinson	CHN	15	10	2.50	230.2	69
9	George Bradley	TRN	13	40	2.85	487.0	133
10	Bobby Mathews	PRO	12	6	2.29	189.0	90
11	Curry Foley	BSN	9	9	2.51	161.2	57
12	BM Bill McGunnigle	BFN	9	5	2.62	120.0	62
13	BM Bobby Mitchell	CL2	7	15	3.28	194.2	90
14	Blondie Purcell	SR1 +1	4	17	3.78	197.2	31
15	HS Harry Salisbury	TRN	4	6	2.22	89.0	31
16	FG Fred Goldsmith	TRN	2	4	1.57	63.0	31
17	Jim Tyng	BSN	1	2	5.00	27.0	7
18	Lee Richmond	BSN	1	0	2.00	9.0	11
19	Dan Brouthers	TRN	0	2	5.57	21.0	6
20	Cal McVey	CN1	0	2	8.36	14.0	7
21	MD Mike Dorgan	SR1	0	0	2.25	12.0	8
22	Gid Gardner	TRN	0	2	5.79	14.0	3
23	PM Pat McManus	TRN	0	2	3.00	21.0	6
24	JN Jack Neagle	CN1	0	1	3.46	13.0	4
25	HW Harry Wheeler	CN1	0	1	81.00	1.0	0