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NATIONAL LEAGUE 1878
STATISTICS & LEADERS
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Team W L WPct GB R RA
Chicago White Stockings 38 23 .623 - 418 342
Providence Grays 34 28 .548 4½ 315 314
Cincinnati Reds 33 28 .541 5 334 297
Boston Red Caps 32 28 .533 5½ 305 287
Indianapolis Blues 26 37 .413 13 284 308
Milwaukee Grays 21 40 .344 17 329 437
POST-SEASON RESULTS
World Championship Series Providence over Chicago, 4-1
LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Chicago White Stockings 6.9 418 61 2441 703 94 17 4 44 167 89 .288 .307 .345 .652
Cincinnati Reds 5.5 334 61 2289 594 99 28 4 39 152 93 .260 .277 .332 .610
Milwaukee Grays 5.4 329 61 2317 546 71 20 2 36 224 129 .236 .255 .286 .541
Providence Grays 5.1 315 62 2289 561 95 29 4 41 179 68 .245 .267 .317 .584
Boston Red Caps 5.1 305 60 2273 566 68 24 0 35 158 102 .249 .266 .300 .566
Indianapolis Blues 4.5 284 63 2406 574 64 17 1 45 222 121 .239 .259 .281 .540
LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP
Boston Red Caps 4.8 287 60 50 3 0 2.52 549.0 575 5 34 169 1.11 .253 .270
Cincinnati Reds 4.9 297 61 52 4 0 2.37 554.2 557 2 38 210 1.07 .240 .263
Indianapolis Blues 4.9 308 63 57 0 0 2.44 571.2 545 1 43 194 1.03 .235 .253
Providence Grays 5.1 314 62 47 4 0 2.34 558.0 599 2 39 206 1.14 .255 .278
Chicago White Stockings 5.6 342 61 49 1 3 2.42 558.2 608 2 24 167 1.13 .257 .274
Milwaukee Grays 7.2 437 61 33 0 0 3.26 539.0 660 3 62 156 1.34 .277 .293
Babe Ruth MVP Award Cap Anson CHC .371/.388/.463, 272 AB, 1 HR, 6 SB, 167 wRC+, 3.3 WAR
Cy Young Award Terry Larkin CHC 33-21, 2.29 ERA, 492.1 IP, 1.10 WHIP, 2.7 K/9, 7.5 WAR
Jackie Robinson Award King Kelly CN1 .300/.305/.393, 290 AB, 13 SB, 130 wRC+, 1.4 WAR
Gold Glove Award
Pitcher Tommy Bond BSN .909 PCT., 26 PO, 74 A, 1.73 RANGE
Catcher Pop Snyder BSN .963 PCT., 180 PO, 56 A, 38.5 CS %
First Base John Morrill BSN .966 PCT., 651 PO, 28 A, 11.13 RANGE
Second Base Jack Burdock BSN .919 PCT., 148 PO, 192 A, 5.57 RANGE
Third Base Cal McVey CN1 .880 PCT., 27 PO, 163 A, 3.08 RANGE
Shortstop Bob V Ferguson CHC .890 PCT., 76 PO, 238 A, 5.06 RANGE
Left Field Andy Leonard BSN .866 PCT., 146 PO, 3 A, 2.44 RANGE
Center Field Paul Hines PRO .898 PCT., 213 PO, 6 A, 3.55 RANGE
Right Field Dick Higham PRO .873 PCT., 166 PO, 6 A, 2.82 RANGE
Silver Slugger Award
Pitcher Terry Larkin CHC .257/.269/.303, 0 HR, 24 RBI, 0.1 WAR
Catcher Lew Brown PRO .293/.314/.415, 0 HR, 46 RBI, 2.2 WAR
First Base Joe Start CHC .344/.366/.406, 1 HR, 53 RBI, 2.0 WAR
Second Base Jack Burdock BSN .271/.279/.325, 0 HR, 26 RBI, 2.2 WAR
Third Base Cal McVey CN1 .296/.309/.368, 1 HR, 33 RBI, 2.5 WAR
Shortstop Bob V Ferguson CHC .333/.355/.382, 0 HR, 35 RBI, 2.7 WAR
Left Field Cap Anson CHC .371/.388/.463, 1 HR, 42 RBI, 3.3 WAR
Center Field Jim O'Rourke BSN .323/.356/.418, 0 HR, 29 RBI, 1.6 WAR
Right Field King Kelly CN1 .300/.305/.393, 0 HR, 29 RBI, 1.4 WAR
League Batting Leaderboards
Batting AVG
B. Ferguson CHC .333
N. Williamson IN1 .280
On-Base PCT
B. Ferguson CHC .355
N. Williamson IN1 .293
Slugging PCT
B. Ferguson CHC .382
N. Williamson IN1 .379
On-Base + Slugging
B. Ferguson CHC .736
N. Williamson IN1 .672
wRC+
B. Ferguson CHC 139
N. Williamson IN1 126
WAR
C. Anson CHC 3.3
J. Clapp IN1 2.9
B. Ferguson CHC 2.7
N. Williamson IN1 2.7
C. McVey CN1 2.5
Runs Created / 27 outs
B. Ferguson CHC 5.1
N. Williamson IN1 4.0
Isolated Power
N. Williamson IN1 .099
B. Ferguson CHC .049
Games
J. Clapp IN1 63
O. Shafer IN1 63
F. Warner IN1 63
N. Williamson IN1 63
T. Carey PRO 62
At-Bats
N. Williamson IN1 293
K. Kelly CN1 290
B. Ferguson CHC 288
T. Murnane PRO 288
J. Goodman ML2 287
Runs
B. Ferguson CHC 67
B. Dickerson CN1 57
C. Anson CHC 50
A. Dalrymple ML2 50
J. Goodman ML2 50
Hits
C. Anson CHC 101
B. Ferguson CHC 96
J. Start CHC 95
K. Kelly CN1 87
J. Clapp IN1 86
Total Bases
C. Anson CHC 126
K. Kelly CN1 114
J. Start CHC 112
N. Williamson IN1 111
B. Ferguson CHC 110
Singles
B. Ferguson CHC 84
J. Start CHC 83
C. Anson CHC 79
J. Clapp IN1 75
O. Shafer IN1 73
Doubles
N. Williamson IN1 21
C. Anson CHC 20
D. Higham PRO 19
K. Kelly CN1 19
L. Brown PRO 16
Triples
T. York PRO 8
L. Brown PRO 7
B. Dickerson CN1 6
P. Hines PRO 6
C. Jones CN1 6
Home Runs
P. Hines PRO 2
C. Anson CHC 1
C. Bennett ML2 1
J. Gerhardt CN1 1
J. Goodman ML2 1
Runs Batted In
J. Start CHC 53
L. Brown PRO 46
C. Anson CHC 42
C. Bennett ML2 40
C. Jones CN1 40
Stolen Bases
J. Burdock BSN 26
J. Peters ML2 20
G. Creamer ML2 19
B. Dickerson CN1 19
O. Shafer IN1 18
Bases On Balls
T. York PRO 19
J. O'Rourke BSN 13
J. Clapp IN1 11
B. Geer CN1 10
B. Redmond ML2 10
Intentional Walks
T. York PRO 10
J. O'Rourke BSN 8
C. Bennett ML2 5
J. Clapp IN1 4
B. Geer CN1 4
Hit-By-Pitch
F. Warner IN1 7
B. Ferguson CHC 6
T. Carey PRO 5
J. Goodman ML2 5
L. Brown PRO 4
Strikeouts
R. McKelvy IN1 49
W. White CN1 40
C. Bennett ML2 38
L. Brown PRO 38
T. Bond BSN 34
Sacrifice Hits
W. White CN1 19
T. Bond BSN 17
S. Weaver ML2 10
T. Nolan IN1 9
B. Mitchell CN1 5
Sacrifice Flies
C. Bennett ML2 5
A. Spalding CHC 4
L. Brown PRO 3
J. Cassidy CHC 3
A. Croft IN1 3
League Pitching Leaderboards
ERA
T. Healey PRO 1.99
M. Ward PRO 2.00
J. McCormick IN1 2.02
T. Larkin CHC 2.29
W. White CN1 2.53
Wins
T. Larkin CHC 33
T. Bond BSN 32
W. White CN1 28
M. Ward PRO 22
S. Weaver ML2 17
Losses
T. Bond BSN 27
S. Weaver ML2 25
T. Nolan IN1 24
W. White CN1 23
T. Larkin CHC 21
Winning PCT
J. McCormick IN1 .667
M. Ward PRO .647
T. Larkin CHC .611
W. White CN1 .549
T. Bond BSN .542
Saves
L. Reis CHC 2
T. Larkin CHC 1
D. Allison PRO 0
T. Bond BSN 0
J. Cassidy CHC 0
Games Pitched
T. Bond BSN 59
T. Larkin CHC 58
W. White CN1 53
S. Weaver ML2 46
T. Nolan IN1 40
Games Started
T. Bond BSN 58
T. Larkin CHC 56
W. White CN1 53
S. Weaver ML2 43
T. Nolan IN1 38
Complete Games
T. Bond BSN 49
T. Larkin CHC 46
W. White CN1 44
T. Nolan IN1 34
M. Ward PRO 29
Shutouts
M. Ward PRO 4
T. Bond BSN 3
W. White CN1 3
T. Larkin CHC 1
B. Mitchell CN1 1
Innings Pitched
T. Bond BSN 521.2
T. Larkin CHC 492.1
W. White CN1 470.0
T. Nolan IN1 344.0
S. Weaver ML2 338.2
Hits Allowed
T. Bond BSN 551
T. Larkin CHC 520
W. White CN1 485
S. Weaver ML2 407
T. Nolan IN1 342
Home Runs Allowed
T. Bond BSN 5
M. Golden ML2 2
W. White CN1 2
T. Larkin CHC 1
T. Nolan IN1 1
Walks Allowed
W. White CN1 33
T. Bond BSN 31
T. Nolan IN1 27
T. Larkin CHC 21
P. Morgan ML2 21
Walks per 9 IP
T. Larkin CHC 0.4
T. Nichols PRO 0.5
M. Ward PRO 0.5
T. Bond BSN 0.5
S. Weaver ML2 0.6
Strikeouts
T. Bond BSN 162
W. White CN1 161
T. Larkin CHC 148
M. Ward PRO 129
T. Nolan IN1 126
Strikeouts per 9 IP
M. Ward PRO 4.0
J. McCormick IN1 3.4
T. Nolan IN1 3.3
W. White CN1 3.1
T. Nichols PRO 3.0
K/BB
M. Ward PRO 7.6
T. Larkin CHC 7.0
T. Nichols PRO 6.4
T. Bond BSN 5.2
S. Weaver ML2 5.1
WHIP
J. McCormick IN1 0.91
T. Healey PRO 1.02
M. Ward PRO 1.06
T. Nolan IN1 1.07
T. Larkin CHC 1.10
Hits per 9 IP
J. McCormick IN1 7.5
T. Healey PRO 8.6
T. Nolan IN1 8.9
M. Ward PRO 9.1
W. White CN1 9.3
Opponents AVG
J. McCormick IN1 .209
T. Healey PRO .239
M. Ward PRO .241
T. Nolan IN1 .242
W. White CN1 .247
Opponents OBP
J. McCormick IN1 .230
T. Healey PRO .255
M. Ward PRO .256
T. Nolan IN1 .263
T. Larkin CHC .265
Opponents SLG
M. Ward PRO .282
J. McCormick IN1 .283
T. Healey PRO .288
W. White CN1 .302
T. Nolan IN1 .302
Opponents OPS
J. McCormick IN1 .513
M. Ward PRO .538
T. Healey PRO .544
T. Nolan IN1 .565
W. White CN1 .569
BABIP
J. McCormick IN1 .229
T. Healey PRO .249
T. Nolan IN1 .263
M. Ward PRO .267
W. White CN1 .267
WAR
T. Larkin CHC 7.5
T. Bond BSN 6.6
W. White CN1 6.2
M. Ward PRO 5.8
S. Weaver ML2 5.3