Baseball DIY

Stick with me, folks. For my own edification, I'm attempting to do something like a year-in-review for every National League and American League season from 1901 on. Why start with 1901? Because that's when (a) the American League became a major league and (b) the National League started counting foul balls as strikes, pretty much bringing the game up to its current rules and regulations. The "Big sticks" group will cover each team's two best hitters, provided that they have hitters who either hit for an >800 OPS or >.400 slugging percentage (if I'm too lazy to add a player's on-base and slugging percentages that day). I won't list batting averages, because I prefer OPS; it tells you more about a player's abilities. "Live arms" will list each team's best pitcher (in my opinion) based on shutouts (though this may change as I get closer to recent years), strikeouts/walks, and ERA. As always, feel free to add anything I've missed.

Standings
1. Pittsburgh (103-36, best record of any NL team to that point)...Most runs (775)
2. Brooklyn (75-63)
3. Boston (73-64)
4. Cincinnati (70-70)
5. Chicago (68-69)...Best ERA (2.19)
6. St. Louis (56-78)
7. Philadelphia (56-81)...Worst ERA (3.50)
8. New York (48-88)...Fewest runs (405)

Leaders
Hits: Ginger Beaumont-Pitt (193)
2B: Honus Wagner-Pitt (30)
3B: Tommy Leach-Pitt; Sam Crawford-Cin (22)
HR: Tommy Leach-Pitt (6)
OPS: Honus Wagner-Pitt (857)
SB: Honus Wagner-Pitt (42)
Pitcher wins: Jack Chesbro-Pitt (28)
Pitcher K's: Vic Willis-Bos (225)
Pitcher ERA: Jack Taylor-Chi (1.29)

Big sticks
Pitt: Honus Wagner-Util (857 OPS, 30 2B, 16 3B, 3 HR); Fred Clarke-OF (850, 27, 14, 2)
Brook: Nope.
Bos: Nope.
Cin: Jake Beckley-1B (804, 21, 7, 5); Sam Crawford-OF (848, 16, 23, 3)
Chi: Nope.
StL: Nope.
Phil: Nope.
NY: Nope.

Live arms
Pitt: Jack Chesbro (8 SHO, 136 K/62 BB, 2.17 ERA)
Brook: Wild Bill Donovan (4, 170/111, 2.78)
Bos: Vic Willis (4, 225/101, 2.20)
Cin: Noodles Hahn (6, 142/58, 1.77)
Chi: Jack Taylor (7, 83/43, 1.33)
StL: Mike O'Neill (2, 105/66, 2.91)
Phi: Doc White (3, 185/72, 2.53)
NY: Christy Mathewson (8, 159/73, 2.11)

Notes

• Scoring down 14% due to new rule counting foul bunts as strikes.
• Continued raiding by American League weakens most teams (though not Pittsburgh, apparently).