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CHICAGO WHITE STOCKINGS
1876 Finish: 3rd place, 36-30
1877 Prediction: 4th place
The White Stockings started slowly in 1876 and had to rally to get a third place finish. While they had numerous good hitters in 1876, they were much less competitive than they had been in 1875 - the loss of key pitcher Dan Collins seemed to really do some damage. For 1877, they've made one big upgrade, adding star hitter Dick Higham from New York. If everything goes just right they could be contenders this season, but the same thing is true of most clubs. The projected starters:
c - Dick Higham (batted .409 with New York in 1876)
1b - Jim Foran (batted .367 in 1876)
2b - Davy Force (batted .282 in 1876)
ss - John Peters (batted .299 in 1876)
3b - Levi Meyerle (batted .373 in 1876)
lf - John Glenn (batted .307 in 1876)
cf - Paul Hines (batted .285 in 1876)
rf - George Hall (batted .296 in 1876)
p - Asa Brainard (17-16, 2.25 ERA in 1876)
p - George Zettlein (15-11, 2.94 ERA in 1876)
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