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1890 MLB Wins by Team

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

The Louisville Colonels led all of MLB in wins in 1890, with 87, 1 ahead of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The average across 25 MLB teams is 63.1.

Led all of MLB in 1890 Louisville Colonels 134 games
87 Wins 1 clear of Brooklyn Bridegrooms
# Team League G W
1 Louisville Colonels AA 134 87
2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL 129 86
3 Chicago Colts NL 139 83
4 Boston Reds PL 133 81
5 Columbus Solons AA 140 78
5 Philadelphia Phillies NL 133 78
7 Cincinnati Reds NL 134 77
7 St. Louis Browns AA 138 77
9 Boston Beaneaters NL 134 76
9 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders PL 133 76
11 Chicago Pirates PL 138 75
12 New York Giants PL 132 74
13 Philadelphia Athletics PL 132 68
13 Toledo Maumees AA 134 68
MLB average 63.1
15 New York Giants NL 135 63
15 Rochester Broncos AA 133 63
17 Pittsburgh Burghers PL 131 60
18 Cleveland Infants PL 131 55
19 Philadelphia Athletics AA 132 54
19 Syracuse Stars AA 127 54
21 Cleveland Spiders NL 136 44
22 Buffalo Bisons PL 134 36
23 Brooklyn Gladiators AA 100 26
24 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 138 23
25 Baltimore Orioles AA 38 15

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.