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Sunday, September 9, 1877
Standings and Leaders
Louisville Grays 32-18
Chicago White Stockings 28-17
Cincinnati Reds 25-23
Boston Red Stockings 27-25
Hartford Dark Blues 18-30
St. Louis Brown Stockings 15-32
Louisville and Chicago are in the final stretch and the Grays hold a slight lead. It could go either way, and the fact that the two teams close out the season with two games against one another could end up being very significant.
The league leaders:
Batting Average
Lip Pike, St. Louis - .430
Cal McVey, Boston - .397
Dick Higham, Chicago - .384
Jim Devlin, Louisville - .365
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - .364
Davy Force, Chicago - .349
Jim Foran, Chicago - .347
Runs Scored
Ross Barnes, Boston - 54
Cal McVey, Boston - 48
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 47
Jim Devlin, Louisville - 45
George Hall, Chicago - 43
Lip Pike, St. Louis - 43
2 players tied with 42 each
Runs Batted In
Cal McVey, Boston - 45
Jim Devlin, Louisville - 39
Ezra Sutton, Louisville - 39
Levi Meyerle, Chicago - 38
Ross Barnes, Boston - 37
Jim Clinton, Louisville - 37
George Wright, Boston - 37
Stolen Bases
Mike McGeary, Cincinnati - 32
Ross Barnes, Boston - 29
Dave Eggler, St. Louis - 20
John McMullin, Cincinnati - 20
Andy Leonard, Hartford - 18
Cap Anson, Cincinnati - 17
2 players tied with 15 each
Won-Loss Record
Dan Collins, Louisville, 16-10
Al Spalding, Boston, 15-7
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati, 14-11
Asa Brainard, Chicago, 13-9
George Zettlein, Chicago, 11-7
Candy Cummings, Louisville, 9-7
Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati, 8-8
Earned Run Average
Bobby Mathews, Boston - 2.26
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 2.51
Dan Collins, Louisville - 2.80
Tricky Nichols, Hartford - 2.95
Al Spalding, Boston - 3.05
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 3.11
Hugh Campbell, Hartford - 3.12
Strikeouts
Sam Weaver, Cincinnati - 97
Dan Collins, Louisville - 79
Al Spalding, Boston - 50
Asa Brainard, Chicago - 47
Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati - 42
Hugh Campbell, Hartford - 41
Pud Galvin, St. Louis - 33
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