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Sunday, July 15, 1877
Standings and Leaders

Louisville Grays 19-8
Chicago White Stockings 18-9
Boston Red Stockings 13-13
Cincinnati Reds 11-12
Hartford Dark Blues 10-16
St. Louis Brown Stockings 7-20

Measured by run differential, Chicago and Boston are actually ahead of the rest of the league, with Louisville and Cincinnati also having positive run differential. Things could be tightening up and maybe (hopefully!) setting up a good pennant race.

The league leaders:

Batting Average

Lip Pike, St. Louis - .405
Cal McVey, Boston - .373
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - .371
Clipper Flynn, Hartford - .368
Davy Force, Chicago - .359
Charley Jones, Cincinnati - .354
Jim Devlin, Louisville - .347

Runs Scored

Ross Barnes, Boston - 32
Scott Hastings, Louisville - 32
Tom York, Louisville - 27
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 26
Cal McVey, Boston - 24
5 players tied with 23 each

Runs Batted In

Cal McVey, Boston - 27
Henry Burroughs, St. Louis - 23
Ezra Sutton, Louisville - 22
Ross Barnes, Boston - 21
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 21
3 players tied with 20 each

Stolen Bases

Ross Barnes, Boston - 21
Dave Eggler, St. Louis - 13
Cap Anson, Cincinnati - 11
Andy Leonard, Hartford - 11
Mike McGeary, Cincinnati - 11
George Hall, Chicago - 10
John McMullin, Cincinnati - 9

Won-Loss Record

Dan Collins, Louisville, 10-4
Asa Brainard, Chicago, 8-5
George Zettlein, Chicago, 7-4
Al Spalding, Boston, 7-5
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati, 5-7
Jim Britt, Hartford, 4-3
Candy Cummings, Louisville, 4-4

Earned Run Average

Al Spalding, Boston - 1.95
Dan Collins, Louisville - 2.57
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 2.74
Jim Britt, Hartford - 2.95
Hugh Campbell, Hartford - 3.03
George Zettlein, Chicago - 3.18
Cy Bentley, Boston - 3.21

Strikeouts

Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 52
Dan Collins, Louisville - 41
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 29
Hugh Campbell, Hartford - 28
Al Spalding, Boston - 28
George Zettlein, Chicago - 22
Jim Britt, Hartford - 19