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Originally Posted by captaincarl
You are doing a great job with the 19th cent. player happenings.
I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the season and the future years.
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Thanks. I love replaying 19th century baseball. I find the entire era fascinating and an interesting mirror of American society as a whole during the period.
August 13, 1876 - Sunday Base Ball Report
Chicago White Stockings 34-14
Philadelphia Athletics 31-15
New York Mutuals 29-14
Hartford Dark Blues 26-17
St. Louis Brown Stockings 17-29
Boston Red Caps 16-28
Louisville Grays 16-32
Cincinnati Reds 13-33
This stretch of easy games for Chicago is proving to be a real killer for the rest of the contenders. Although there are certainly whispers that something untoward is afoot, such matters are difficult to prove. However, there are a lot of unhappy people around base ball - Hulbert's Chicago team had never been anything close to a contender, then suddenly he takes control of the league and his team rockets to the top of the standings.
The current league leaders:
Batting Average - .399, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
On-Base Percentage - .407, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues
Slugging Percentage - .532, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
OPS - .924, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
Hits - 92, Tom Barlow, Chicago White Stockings
Doubles - 19, John Bass, Philadelphia Athletics
Triples - 6, Lip Pike, New York Mutuals
Home Runs - 3, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues
Extra Base Hits - 21, John Bass, Philadelphia Athletics
Total Bases - 114, Levi Meyerle, Chicago White Stockings
Runs Batted In - 46, Paul Hines, Chicago and Orator Shaffer, Hartford
Runs Scored - 64, Tom Barlow, Chicago White Stockings
Stolen Bases - 10, George Wright, Boston Red Caps
Walks - 14, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues
Strikeouts - 17, "Big Jim" Clinton, Cincinnati Reds
RC/27 - 8.88, Count Gedney, Hartford Dark Blues
ISO - .158, Lip Pike, New York Mutuals
VORP (Batting) - 24.6, "Orator Jim" O'Rourke, New York Mutuals
Earned Run Average - 2.08, Lon Knight, Philadelphia Athletics
Wins - 29, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Losses - 31, Tommy Bond, Louisville Grays
Saves - 2, Cherokee Fisher, Philadelphia Athletics
Innings Pitched - 392 2/3, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 4, Ed Stratton, New York Mutuals
Walks - 23, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 55, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
H/9IP - 9.12, Dick McBride, Philadelphia Athletics
HR/9IP - 0.00, George Bradley, St. Louis and Ed Stratton, New York
BB/9IP - 0.28, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
K/9IP - 1.87, George Bradley, St. Louis Brown Stockings
K/BB Ratio - 3.91, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
Opp. Avg. - .252, Lon Knight, Philadelphia Athletics
WHIP - 1.08, Dick McBride, Philadelphia Athletics
VORP (Pitching) - 76.5, Tommy Bond, Louisville Grays