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1879 Independent League Before this season Fort Wayne TinCaps moved from North West Division to South West Division Ann Arbor Athletics joined the North West Division Manchester Fisher Cats joined the North East Division South Bend Cubs joined the North West Division Toms River Mariners joined the South East Division Final League Tables North East Division team pos w l pct gb attendance Springfield Cardinals 1 62 34 0.646 0 70003 Albany Dutchmen 2 60 36 0.625 2 68570 Troy Trojans 3 59 37 0.615 3 71502 New Haven Greys 4 52 44 0.542 10 68668 Manchester Fisher Cats 5 51 45 0.531 11 74887 Middletown Mansfields 6 48 48 0.5 14 74456 Boston Shamrocks 7 48 48 0.5 14 40295 Worcester Red Sox 8 46 50 0.479 16 56688 Pocono Peaks 9 43 53 0.448 19 66661 Cambridge Cantabs 10 41 55 0.427 21 63884 Bridgeport Bluefish 11 39 57 0.406 23 57149 Hartford Navies 12 39 57 0.406 23 49647 Providence Assasins 13 36 60 0.375 26 47588 North West Division team pos w l pct gb attendance Chicago Hitmen 1 84 12 0.875 0 65670 Cleveland Rockers 2 59 37 0.615 25 53305 Davenport River Bandits 3 51 45 0.531 33 64101 Rockford Rivets 4 49 47 0.51 35 68615 Detroit Motors 5 49 47 0.51 35 46194 Ann Arbor Athletics 6 48 48 0.5 36 63119 Kenosha Kingfish 7 47 49 0.49 37 61379 Buffalo Bisons 8 45 51 0.469 39 62289 Milwaukee Millers 9 45 51 0.469 39 57597 Syracuse Studs 10 41 55 0.427 43 57214 South Bend Cubs 11 41 55 0.427 43 57293 Grand Rapids Clippers 12 39 57 0.406 45 59637 Toledo Tomahawks 13 26 70 0.271 58 35822 South East Division team pos w l pct gb attendance Brooklyn Bankers 1 80 16 0.833 0 65500 New York Americans 2 73 23 0.76 7 54333 Jersey City Giants 3 63 33 0.656 17 69297 Trenton Black Sox 4 52 44 0.542 28 66674 Newark Bears 5 52 44 0.542 28 57094 Elizabeth Minutemen 6 46 50 0.479 34 53790 Baltimore Cannons 7 44 52 0.458 36 46926 Toms River Mariners 8 42 54 0.438 38 63486 Wilmington Blue Rocks 9 41 55 0.427 39 56673 Long Island Suns 10 38 58 0.396 42 55070 Allentown IronPigs 11 36 60 0.375 44 57429 Philadelphia Liberty 12 29 67 0.302 51 42937 Paterson Jackals 13 28 68 0.292 52 53239 South West Division team pos w l pct gb attendance Fort Wayne TinCaps 1 84 12 0.875 0 69343 Washington Governors 2 61 35 0.635 23 61157 Cincinnati Buckeyes 3 60 36 0.625 24 63741 Columbus Cavalry 4 56 40 0.583 28 61085 Pittsburgh Arsenal 5 54 42 0.563 30 47239 Indianapolis Racers 6 48 48 0.5 36 52183 Harrisburg Red Sox 7 46 50 0.479 38 57605 Terre Haute Phillies 8 46 50 0.479 38 57180 St. Louis Archers 9 39 57 0.406 45 52190 Wheeling Standard 10 37 59 0.385 47 55607 Keokuk Westerns 11 33 63 0.344 51 62180 Louisville Sluggers 12 31 65 0.323 53 49083 Dayton Dragons 13 29 67 0.302 55 39096 Awards Batter of the Year Award George Hall FWT .414/.439/.610, 454 AB, 13 HR, 45 SB, 129 R, 221 wRC+, 8.1 WAR Pitcher of the Year Award Bobby Mathews ALB 25-9, 1.06 ERA, 297.0 IP, 0.68 WHIP, 6.4 K/9, 11.4 WAR Rookie of the Year Award Curry Foley FWT .349/.363/.478, 441 AB, 8 HR, 46 SB, 103 R, 167 wRC+, 4.5 WAR Platinum Glove Award Pitcher T.J. Ziegenfuss .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Catcher Ruben Rosa .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.0 CS % First Base Mike Swanson .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Second Base Scott Hankla .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Third Base Davy Force .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Shortstop John Smith .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Left Field Lorenzo Mata .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Center Field Jack Gleason .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Right Field Henry Kessler .000 PCT., 0 PO, 0 A, 0.00 RANGE Platinum Bat Award Pitcher Curry Foley FWT .349/.363/.478, 8 HR, 81 RBI, 4.5 WAR Catcher King Kelly FWT .347/.386/.509, 2 HR, 82 RBI, 4.9 WAR First Base Dan Brouthers PIT .364/.397/.606, 14 HR, 71 RBI, 6.0 WAR Second Base Jack Farrell FWT .441/.468/.612, 6 HR, 90 RBI, 6.1 WAR Third Base Hardy Richardson CHH .387/.408/.576, 0 HR, 59 RBI, 6.5 WAR Shortstop George Wright CHH .348/.373/.553, 4 HR, 74 RBI, 4.6 WAR Left Field Abner Dalrymple NYA .405/.428/.570, 1 HR, 78 RBI, 6.4 WAR Center Field George Hall FWT .414/.439/.610, 13 HR, 87 RBI, 8.1 WAR Right Field Cal McVey WHE .376/.396/.612, 1 HR, 58 RBI, 5.8 WAR Following this season Akron RubberDucks joined the North West Division Arlington Storm joined the South West Division Medford Renegades joined the South East Division Yonkers LumberJacks joined the South East Division Syracuse Studs moved from the North West Division to the North East Division Baltimore Cannons moved from the South East Division to the South West Division Fort Wayne TinCaps moved from the South West Division to the North West Division