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Sunday, August 5, 1877
Standings and Leaders
Louisville Grays 23-12
Chicago White Stockings 22-12
Boston Red Stockings 18-17
Cincinnati Reds 15-15
Hartford Dark Blues 15-20
St. Louis Brown Stockings 9-26
Some real tightening this week in the pennant race, as Chicago won 3 out of 3 games including beating Louisville on Saturday to move within a half-game of the top spot. The two clubs have more games upcoming this week, so things could get exciting in the next couple weeks.
The league leaders:
Batting Average
Lip Pike, St. Louis - .416
Jim Devlin, Louisville - .399
Cal McVey, Boston - .383
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - .370
Davy Force, Chicago - .367
Jim Foran, Chicago - .349
Dick Higham, Chicago - .346
Runs Scored
Ross Barnes, Boston - 45
Scott Hastings, Louisville - 36
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 35
Jim Devlin, Louisville - 34
Cal McVey, Boston - 34
George Hall, Chicago - 31
3 players tied with 29 each
Runs Batted In
Cal McVey, Boston - 37
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 31
Jim Devlin, Louisville - 29
Ezra Sutton, Louisville - 28
Ross Barnes, Boston - 27
Jim Clinton, Louisville - 27
Lip Pike, St. Louis - 27
Stolen Bases
Ross Barnes, Boston - 28
Dave Eggler, St. Louis - 17
Mike McGeary, Cincinnati - 16
Andy Leonard, Hartford - 14
John McMullin, Cincinnati - 12
Cap Anson, Cincinnati - 11
George Hall, Chicago - 11
Won-Loss Record
Al Spalding, Boston, 11-5
Dan Collins, Louisville, 11-6
Asa Brainard, Chicago, 11-7
George Zettlein, Chicago, 8-5
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati, 7-9
Jim Britt, Hartford, 5-4
Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati, 5-4
Earned Run Average
Joe Blong, St. Louis - 2.29
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 2.49
Al Spalding, Boston - 2.71
Dan Collins, Louisville - 2.86
George Bradley, St. Louis - 2.87
Tricky Nichols, Hartford - 3.00
Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati - 3.07
Strikeouts
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 72
Dan Collins, Louisville - 59
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 37
Al Spalding, Boston - 35
Hugh Campbell, Hartford - 33
Jim Britt, Hartford - 25
Cy Bentley, Boston - 24
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