De National League is een van de twee leagues die samen de Major League Baseball vormen. De league wordt ook wel the Senior Circuit genoemd, omdat de league 25 jaar voor de American League (andere league van de MLB) gevormd werd. De National League heeft 51 van de 118 (tot en met 2022) gespeelde World Series gewonnen.
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Kampioenschappen 1876 tot en met 1968 Vanaf de oprichting tot 1968 werd de titel bepaald in het competitieproces; het team met de hoogste kansen (aantal overwinningen gedeeld door het aantal games) won de titel. Voor deze procedure is gekozen omdat de teams, gezien de frequente spelonderbrekingen of afgelastingen (bijvoorbeeld door duisternis of slecht weer) in het verleden, zelden exact hetzelfde aantal keren speelden. Met hetzelfde winstgemiddelde (percentage, traditioneel uitgedrukt met drie cijfers achter de komma), werd viermaal een best-of-3-reeks beslist (in 1946, 1951, 1959 en 1962).
Jaar Kampioen Titel nummer Gewonnen - Verloren Gemiddelde Manager 1876 Chicago White Stockings 1 52 - 14 .788 Albert Spalding 1877 Boston Red Caps 1 42 - 18 .700 Harry Wright 1878 Boston Red Caps 2 41 - 19 .683 Harry Wright 1879 Providence Grays 1 59 - 25 .702 George Wright 1880 Chicago White Stockings 2 67 - 17 .798 Cap Anson 1881 Chicago White Stockings 3 56 - 28 .667 Cap Anson 1882 Chicago White Stockings 4 55 - 29 .655 Cap Anson 1883 Boston Beaneaters 3 63 - 35 .643 Jack Burdock, John Morril 1884 Providence Grays 2 94 - 28 .750 Frank Bancroft 1885 Chicago White Stockings 5 67 - 25 .777 Cap Anson 1886 Chicago White Stockings 6 90 - 34 .726 Cap Anson 1887 Detroit Wolverines 1 79 - 45 .637 Bill Watkins 1888 New York Giants 1 84 - 47 .641 Jim Mutrie 1889 New York Giants 2 83 - 43 .659 Jim Mutrie 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1 86 - 43 .667 Bill McGunnigle 1891 Boston Beaneaters 4 87 - 51 .630 Frank Selee 1892 Boston Beaneaters 5 102 - 48 .680 Frank Selee 1893 Boston Beaneaters 6 86 - 43 .667 Frank Selee 1894 Baltimore Orioles 1 89 - 39 .695 Ned Hanlon 1895 Baltimore Orioles 2 87 - 43 .669 Ned Hanlon 1896 Baltimore Orioles 3 90 - 39 .698 Ned Hanlon 1897 Boston Beaneaters 7 93 - 39 .705 Frank Selee 1898 Boston Beaneaters 8 102 - 47 .685 Frank Selee 1899 Brooklyn Superbas 2 101 - 47 .682 Ned Hanlon 1900 Brooklyn Superbas 3 82 - 54 .603 Ned Hanlon 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 90 - 49 .647 Fred Clarke 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 103 - 36 .741 Fred Clarke 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 91 - 49 .650 Fred Clarke 1904 New York Giants 3 106 - 47 .693 John McGraw 1905 New York Giants 4 105 - 48 .686 John McGraw 1906 Chicago Cubs 7 116 - 38 .763 Frank Chance 1907 Chicago Cubs 8 107 - 45 .704 Frank Chance 1908 Chicago Cubs 9 99 - 55 .643 Frank Chance 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 110 - 42 .724 Fred Clarke 1910 Chicago Cubs 10 104 - 50 .675 Frank Chance 1911 New York Giants 5 99 - 54 .647 John McGraw 1912 New York Giants 6 103 - 48 .682 John McGraw 1913 New York Giants 7 101 - 51 .664 John McGraw 1914 Boston Braves 9 94 - 59 .614 George Stallings 1915 Philadelphia Phillies 1 90 - 62 .592 Pat Moran 1916 Brooklyn Robins 4 94 - 60 .610 Wilbert Robinson 1917 New York Giants 8 98 - 56 .638 John McGraw 1918 Chicago Cubs 11 84 - 45 .651 Fred Mitchell 1919 Cincinnati Reds 1 96 - 44 .686 Pat Moran 1920 Brooklyn Robins 5 93 - 61 .604 Wilbert Robinson 1921 New York Giants 9 94 - 59 .614 John McGraw 1922 New York Giants 10 93 - 61 .604 John McGraw 1923 New York Giants 11 95 - 58 .621 John McGraw 1924 New York Giants 12 93 - 60 .608 John McGraw 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 95 - 58 .621 Bill McKechnie 1926 St. Louis Cardinals 1 89 - 85 .578 Rogers Hornsby 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 94 - 60 .610 Donie Bush 1928 St. Louis Cardinals 2 95 - 59 .617 Bill McKechnie 1929 Chicago Cubs 12 98 - 54 .645 Joe McCarthy 1930 St. Louis Cardinals 3 92 - 62 .597 Gabby Street 1931 St. Louis Cardinals 4 101 - 53 .656 Gabby Street 1932 Chicago Cubs 13 90 - 64 .584 R. Hornsby (53-44), C. Grimm (37-20) 1933 New York Giants 13 91 - 61 .599 Bill Terry 1934 St. Louis Cardinals 5 95 - 58 .621 Frankie Frisch 1935 Chicago Cubs 14 100 - 54 .649 Charlie Grimm 1936 New York Giants 14 92 - 62 .597 Bill Terry 1937 New York Giants 15 85 - 57 .625 Bill Terry 1938 Chicago Cubs 15 89 - 83 .588 C. Grimm (45-36), G. Hartnett (44-27) 1939 Cincinnati Reds 2 97 - 57 .630 Bill McKechnie 1940 Cincinnati Reds 3 100 - 53 .654 Bill McKechnie 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers 6 100 - 54 .649 Leo Durocher 1942 St. Louis Cardinals 6 106 - 48 .688 Billy Southworth 1943 St. Louis Cardinals 7 105 - 49 .682 Billy Southworth 1944 St. Louis Cardinals 8 105 - 49 .682 Billy Southworth 1945 Chicago Cubs 16 98 - 68 .636 Charlie Grimm 1946 St. Louis Cardinals* 9 98 - 58 .628 Eddie Dyer 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers 7 94 - 60 .610 Sukeforth (1-0), Shotton (93-60) 1948 Boston Braves 10 91 - 62 .595 Billy Southworth 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers 8 97 - 57 .630 Burt Shotton 1950 Philadelphia Phillies 2 91 - 63 .591 Eddie Sawyer 1951 New York Giants* 16 98 - 59 .624 Leo Durocher 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers 9 96 - 57 .627 Chuck Dressen 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 10 105 - 49 .682 Chuck Dressen 1954 New York Giants 17 97 - 57 .630 Leo Durocher 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 11 98 - 55 .641 Walt Alston 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 12 93 - 61 .604 Walt Alston 1957 Milwaukee Braves 11 95 - 59 .617 Fred Haney 1958 Milwaukee Braves 12 92 - 62 .597 Fred Haney 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers* 13 88 - 68 .564 Watt Alston 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates 7 95 - 59 .617 Danny Murtaugh 1961 Cincinnati Reds 4 93 - 61 .604 Fred Hutchinson 1962 San Francisco Giants* 18 103 - 62 .624 Al Dark 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers 14 99 - 63 .611 Walt Alston 1964 St. Louis Cardinals 10 93 - 69 .574 Johnny Keane 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers 15 97 - 65 .599 Walt Alston 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers 16 95 - 67 .586 Walt Alston 1967 St. Louis Cardinals 11 101 - 60 .627 Red Schoendienst 1968 St. Louis Cardinals 12 97 - 65 .599 Red Schoendienst
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