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The standings on Sunday, June 18, 1876:
New York Mutuals 19-4
Hartford Dark Blues 14-8
Boston Red Stockings 14-10
Louisville Grays 13-11
Chicago White Stockings 11-13
Philadelphia Athletics 10-13
Cincinnati Reds 7-17
St. Louis Brown Stockings 6-18
New York swept the White Stockings to widen their lead over the rest of the league. Boston also continues to rise in the standings - after a 5-8 start the Red Stockings have won 9 of 11 games.
The league leaders:
Batting Average
Frank McCarton, Boston - .421
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - .411
Everett Mills, Hartford - .402
George Wright, Boston - .388
Jim Foran, Chicago - .368
Cal McVey, Boston - .360
Orator Shafer, Hartford - .344
Runs Scored
Dave Eggler, New York - 27
Mike McGeary, Philadelphia - 25
Ross Barnes, Boston - 24
Cal McVey, Boston - 24
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 24
Count Sensenderfer, Philadelphia - 22
2 players tied with 21 each
Runs Batted In
Deacon White, Philadelphia - 27
Bill Harbridge, Hartford - 22
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 20
Bill Hague, Louisville - 19
Cal McVey, Boston - 19
John Bass, Cincinnati - 18
Tom York, Louisville - 18
Won-Loss Record
Bobby Mathews, New York, 10-2
Dan Collins, Louisville, 10-6
Al Spalding, Boston, 8-4
Tricky Nichols, Hartford, 8-6
Asa Brainard, Chicago, 8-7
Hugh Campbell, New York, 6-2
Cy Bentley, Boston, 5-4
Earned Run Average (This is a new statistic showing how many earned runs a pitcher gives up per game.)
Flip Lafferty, Philadelphia - 1.00
Hugh Campbell, New York - 1.03
Hugh O'Neil, Cincinnati - 1.48
Bobby Mathews, New York - 1.53
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 2.13
Tricky Nichols, Hartford - 2.29
Al Spalding, Boston - 2.55
Strikeouts
Dan Collins, Louisville - 48
Al Spalding, Boston - 23
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 20
Pud Galvin, St. Louis - 19
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 18
Bobby Mathews, New York - 16
Tricky Nichols, Hartford - 16
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