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The following are the baseball events of the year 1879 throughout the world.  


Contents

  • 1 Champions
  • 2 National League final standings
  • 3 Events
  • 4 Births
  • 5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

  • National League: Providence Grays

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Providence Grays 59 25 .702 --
Boston Red Caps 54 30 .643 5
Buffalo Bisons 46 32 .590 10
Chicago White Stockings 46 33 .582 10.5
Cincinnati Reds 43 37 .537 14
Cleveland Blues 27 55 .329 31
Syracuse Stars 22 48 .314 30
Troy Trojans 19 56 .253 35.5

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

  • March 27 - Miller Huggins
  • April 9 - Doc White
  • April 13 - Jake Stahl
  • April 29 - Noodles Hahn
  • June 11 - Roger Bresnahan
  • June 12 - Red Dooin
  • June 20 - Jim Delahanty
  • September 7 - Hooks Wiltse
  • September 17 - Rube Foster
  • October 16 - Art Devlin
  • December 8 - Jimmy Austin
  • December 12 - Mike Mitchell

[edit] Deaths

  • October 28 - Jimmy Hallinan, 30, shortstop for several teams who batted .321 in 1877 with Cincinnati and Chicago

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