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Originally Posted by CatKnight
Hartford's my home city, so I'm definitely rooting for them. Similarly, I really like Count Gedney's name!  |
I'm pulling for them myself. I always like seeing players emerge as stars when they weren't in reality.
July 16, 1876 - Sunday Base Ball Report
Hartford Dark Blues 24-9
New York Mutuals 23-11
Philadelphia Athletics 22-13
Chicago White Stockings 22-14
Boston Red Caps 14-22
Louisville Grays 13-23
Cincinnati Reds 11-24
St. Louis Brown Stockings 11-24
Some of the league's top teams have games against one another coming up. This should be an opportunity to sort out who the true top teams are. By Pythagorean record, Philadelphia is actually a couple games ahead of New York and Hartford - we'll see if they can actually make it happen on the field.
This past week was relatively uneventful. All of the top four teams played against bottom feeders, and they all won at least 2/3 of their games. There is a significant and obvious gap between the league's haves and have-nots.
The current league leaders:
Batting Average - .423, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
On-Base Percentage - .414, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
Slugging Percentage - .570, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
OPS - .984, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
Hits - 69, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Doubles - 16, John Bass, Philadelphia Athletics
Triples - 5, Lip Pike, New York Mutuals
Home Runs - 3, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues
Extra Base Hits - 18, John Bass, Philadelphia Athletics
Total Bases - 82, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues
Runs Batted In - 36, Paul Hines, Chicago and Orator Shaffer, Hartford
Runs Scored - 47, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues
Stolen Bases - 6, 3 players tied
Walks - 9, Cap Anson, Hartford and Levi Meyerle, Chicago
Strikeouts - 15, "Big Jim" Clinton, Cincinnati and Paddy Quinn, St. Louis
RC/27 - 10.61, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
ISO - .154, Lip Pike, New York Mutuals
VORP (Batting) - 19.3, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
Earned Run Average - 2.03, Lon Knight, Philadelphia Athletics
Wins - 23, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
Losses - 22, Tommy Bond, Louisville Grays
Saves - 1, 9 players tied
Innings Pitched - 292 2/3, Tommy Bond, Louisville and J. O'Neill, Chicago
Shutouts - 4, Ed Stratton, New York Mutuals
Walks - 20, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 48, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
H/9IP - 8.79, Dick McBride, Philadelphia Athletics
HR/9IP - 0.00, George Bradley, St. Louis and Ed Stratton, New York
BB/9IP - 0.22, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
K/9IP - 1.87, George Bradley, St. Louis Brown Stockings
K/BB Ratio - 5.00, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
Opp. Avg. - .244, Dick McBride, Philadelphia Athletics
WHIP - 1.02, Dick McBride, Philadelphia Athletics
VORP (Pitching) - 55.3, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues