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The standings on Sunday, July 2, 1876:
New York Mutuals 23-5
Hartford Dark Blues 18-9
Boston Red Stockings 16-14
Louisville Grays 16-14
Chicago White Stockings 14-16
Philadelphia Athletics 13-16
Cincinnati Reds 9-20
St. Louis Brown Stockings 7-22
New York continues to absolutely dominate the rest of the National League. None of the other clubs expected to be contenders - Boston, Louisville or Chicago - are even much over .500, leaving Hartford to be the only team that's even within shouting distance of the Mutuals.
In order to bolster their pennant chances, New York made a move this week to repair their one roster hole. Expected first baseman Joe Start suddenly retired just before the start of the season and as a result the Mutuals have been starting Z.H. Taylor at first. Taylor has batted only .198 for the season thus far. Meanwhile, Denny Mack has been hitting .256 for last-place St. Louis - not great, but better than Taylor.
Over the weekend, New York and St. Louis entered into the National League's first player "trade" - where teams agreed to swap players. The legality of doing this had been unclear, but in this new league where the clubs hold most of the power it was not surprising that this deal was allowed. In the swap, New York got first baseman Mack while St. Louis got a trio of young players - pitcher Joe Blong and two infield prospects, John McGuinness and Billy Redmond.
The league leaders:
Batting Average
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - .415
Frank McCarton, Boston - .378
Everett Mills, Hartford - .365
Jim Foran, Chicago - .364
Cal McVey, Boston - .358
Ezra Sutton, New York - .351
George Wright, Boston - .344
Runs Scored
Dave Eggler, New York - 32
Mike McGeary, Philadelphia - 32
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 31
Count Sensenderfer, Philadelphia - 30
Bill Harbridge, Hartford - 27
Cal McVey, Boston - 27
3 players tied with 26 each
Runs Batted In
Deacon White, Philadelphia - 31
Tom York, Louisville - 24
Chick Fulmer, Louisville - 23
Bill Harbridge, Hartford - 23
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 23
Ezra Sutton, New York - 22
3 players tied with 21 each
Stolen Bases
Dave Eggler, New York - 29
Mike McGeary, Philadelphia - 28
George Wright, Boston - 22
John McMullin, New York - 16
Ross Barnes, Boston - 14
Denny Mack, New York/St. Louis - 13
Cal McVey, Boston - 13
Won-Loss Record
Dan Collins, Louisville, 12-7
Bobby Mathews, New York, 11-2
Tricky Nichols, Hartford, 10-7
Hugh Campbell, New York, 9-2
Al Spalding, Boston, 9-5
Asa Brainard, Chicago, 9-10
Frank Buttery, Hartford, 6-1
Earned Run Average (This is a new statistic showing how many earned runs a pitcher gives up per game.)
Flip Lafferty, Philadelphia - 0.96
Hugh Campbell, New York - 1.21
Bobby Mathews, New York - 1.62
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 2.07
Tricky Nichols, Hartford - 2.08
Hugh O'Neil, Cincinnati - 2.13
Al Spalding, Boston - 2.28
Strikeouts
Dan Collins, Louisville - 53
Al Spalding, Boston - 29
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 28
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 23
Pud Galvin, St. Louis - 23
Tricky Nichols, Hartford - 18
Bobby Mathews, New York - 16
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