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Sunday, June 17, 1877
Standings and Leaders

Chicago White Stockings 12-5
Louisville Grays 12-5
Boston Red Stockings 7-6
Cincinnati Reds 9-8
Hartford Dark Blues 3-9
St. Louis Brown Stockings 3-13

Chicago and Louisville are still deadlocked, and with Boston and Cincinnati playing better of late it looks like there could be an excellent pennant race this season.

The league leaders:

Batting Average

Cal McVey, Boston - .439
Jim Devlin, Louisville - .400
Charley Jones, Cincinnati - .392
Clipper Flynn, Hartford - .390
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - .390
Jim Foran, Chicago - .373
Scott Hastings, Louisville - .370

Runs Scored

Scott Hastings, Louisville - 22
Mike McGeary, Cincinnati - 21
Cap Anson, Cincinnati - 20
Jim Devlin, Louisville - 19
Tom York, Louisville - 19
Ross Barnes, Boston - 18
George Bechtel, Louisville - 17

Runs Batted In

Chick Fulmer, Louisville - 18
John McMullin, Cincinnati - 16
Ezra Sutton, Louisville - 16
Charley Jones, Cincinnati - 15
Cal McVey, Boston - 15
3 players tied with 14 each

Stolen Bases

Ross Barnes, Boston - 13
Cap Anson, Cincinnati - 9
Mike McGeary, Cincinnati - 8
Andy Leonard, Hartford - 7
John McMullin, Cincinnati - 7
George Hall, Chicago - 6
Cal McVey, Boston - 6

Won-Loss Record

Dan Collins, Louisville, 6-2
Asa Brainard, Chicago, 6-3
George Zettlein, Chicago, 5-2
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati, 4-5
Cy Bentley, Boston, 3-2
Al Spalding, Boston, 3-2
2 players tied with 2-0 each

Earned Run Average

George Knight, Louisville - 1.80
Al Spalding, Boston - 1.84
Jim Britt, Hartford - 1.96
Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati - 2.40
Bobby Mathews, Boston - 2.66
Dan Collins, Louisville - 2.69
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 3.10

Strikeouts

Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 41
Dan Collins, Louisville - 31
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 17
Hugh Campbell, Hartford - 15
Pud Galvin, St. Louis - 14
George Zettlein, Chicago - 14
2 players tied with 12 each