[Nick Soulis]

BASEBALL MONTHLY

July 1877

First Place Feels Good For Hot Whites

The Chicago White Stockings sit on to of the National League East and are building an excitement in the midwest as they push on to hold off the Boston Red Caps. The current lead is one game.

The Whites went 6-3 in July and have their explosive offense to thank for much of their success. Chicago is first in runs scored (233) and first in on base percentage (.306). Their prowess was demontrated with huge wins like a 16- win over the Reds and later a 14-1 win over Brooklyn.

The biggest suprize of this team and of most of the league is the sudden emergance of Chicago catcher Dave Pierson. Pierson was struggling deeply for the first three months of the season and word was out that he might even lose his job. The #1 pick in the 1875 draft then started hitting in a big way. In fact Pierson was named player of the month for July and batted an incredible .564 with 16 RBI for the month.

Dave Pierson

"The light just went on" said Pierson, "I just thank the skipper (Anson) for sticking with me."

The Boston Red Caps are only a game back so much baseball is yet to be played. But with the offesnse so hot and Al Spalding continueing to pitch well (16-12, 2.54) most fans are seeing these two team heading in diffrent directions.

Pitching Staff Role T Pitcher G GS W L SV ERA WHIP Status Starter R Al Spalding 30 30 16 12 0 2.54 1.22 Rested Starter R Terry Larkin 8 8 3 4 0 1.83 0.95 Rested Middle Reliever R Cherokee Fisher 2 0 1 1 0 1.93 1.07 Rested Setup Reliever L John Cassidy 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.25 Rested Closer R Hugh Campbell 6 0 1 0 2 1.00 0.78 Rested

Catchers # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 75 R Doc Bushong C 5 16 2 0 2 1 0 4 .125 .118 .125 19 R Dave Pierson C 34 135 42 0 30 26 1 6 .311 .314 .363

Infielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 56 R Ham Allen SS 19 70 14 0 7 3 0 2 .200 .200 .257 59 R Ned Williamson 3B 14 59 16 0 11 16 2 9 .271 .295 .356 93 R Cap Anson 3B 38 164 58 1 23 23 4 4 .354 .358 .433 73 R Mike McGeary SS 30 130 46 0 15 26 2 5 .354 .368 .392 69 R Charlie Sweasy 2B 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 40 R Joe Quest 2B 26 112 35 1 19 21 2 4 .313 .333 .393 74 R Jim Devlin 1B 25 101 26 0 12 15 2 9 .257 .272 .327 84 R Bob Reach SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 20 R Bill French 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Outfielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 70 R Cherokee Fisher RF 4 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 83 R Nat Hicks LF 5 20 5 0 3 2 1 1 .250 .286 .250 87 R Steve King LF 33 155 47 0 21 28 7 12 .303 .331 .348 28 R Mike Dorgan RF 38 164 54 0 23 26 7 9 .329 .360 .409 11 R George Heubel CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 99 R Count Sensenderfer CF 24 108 26 0 17 17 3 6 .241 .261 .259 17 R Tom Berry RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 23 R Joe Barrett LF 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 60 R Joe Eland RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Lineup vs RHP

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West Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Baltimore Orioles	21	17	.553	-
Philadelphia Athletics	19	19	.500	2.0
St. Louis Brown Stockings	19	19	.500	2.0
Cleveland Blues	17	21	.447	4.0

East Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago White Stockings	21	17	.553	-
Boston Red Caps	20	18	.526	1.0
Cincinnati Reds	20	18	.526	1.0
Brooklyn Atlantics	15	23	.395	6.0

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League Tidbits

• As Baltimore sits in first place, they did recieve bad injury news after first baseman Jack Manning will miss 4 weeks with a fractured jaw.
• John Hatfield, Cincinnati second baseman, lashed out at his team and his fans after reciving critisism for his poor play this season. Hatfield who is batting only .240 this year, says he would be willing to leave town to play elswhere where he will be appreciated.
• Baltimore also inked a deal with two of their star players, many wonder why they would do this in the middle of a pennant race. George Wright and George Hall both signed extensions for the Orioles.