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June 24, 1877 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Chicago White Stockings 16-4
Hartford Dark Blues 10-6
Louisville Grays 9-9
Boston Red Caps 8-8
Cincinnati Reds 6-11
St. Louis Brown Stockings 4-15

All the big news this week was on the injury front, and it was uniformly bad for the league's top teams. First and foremost, Chicago's superstar and defending MVH Levi Meyerle has an arm injury and is not expected back until the end of next month. Since outfielder Thake was already injured, this means that two of Chicago's top hitters will be out for the next month.

However, Hartford may not in position to take advantage, as they just lost outfielder Orator Shaffer to a shoulder injury that will keep him out possibly until the end of the season. Other notable players who have been injured recently include Cincinnati's Bob Addy and Bobby Mitchell, Louisville's Art Allison, and George Wright of the St. Louis club.

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .425, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
On-Base Percentage - .442, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Slugging Percentage - .616, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
OPS - 1.058, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Hits - 33, Levi Meyerle, Chicago White Stockings
Doubles - 8, Levi Meyerle, Chicago White Stockings
Triples - 4, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Home Runs - 1, Levi Meyerle, Chicago and John Morrill, Boston
Extra Base Hits - 10, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Total Bases - 45, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Runs Batted In - 20, Tom Carey, Chicago White Stockings
Runs Scored - 23, Levi Meyerle, Chicago White Stockings
Stolen Bases - 5, 3 players tied
Walks - 6, Fred Waterman, Hartford Dark Blues
Strikeouts - 13, Steve Brady, Louisville Grays
RC/27 - 11.59, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
ISO - .192, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
VORP (Batting) - 14.3, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues

Earned Run Average - 1.67, Will White, Boston Red Caps
Wins - 14, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Losses - 14, Pud Galvin, St. Louis Brown Stockings
Saves - 1, John Greason, Boston and Pidgey Morgan, Hartford
Innings Pitched - 165, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 1, 3 players tied
Walks - 16, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
Strikeouts - 62, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
H/9IP - 8.89, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
HR/9IP - 0.00, 6 players tied
BB/9IP - 0.07, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
K/9IP - 4.24, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
K/BB Ratio - 31.00, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
Opp. Avg. - .234, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
WHIP - 1.07, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
VORP (Pitching) - 27.3, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings