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July 22, 1877 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Chicago White Stockings 21-9
Hartford Dark Blues 18-14
Boston Red Caps 17-14
Louisville Grays 16-14
St. Louis Brown Stockings 9-21
Cincinnati Reds 8-17

Chicago is playing poorly enough to give the National League some semblance of a pennant race, but Levi Meyerle and Al Thake are both due to come back from injury this week, so the White Stockings' fortunes should be improving.

Just for fun, here are the current lifetime leaders in hits and wins. Players' ages and current teams in parentheses:

Hit Leaders

1. 631, Cal McVey (27, Boston)
2. 618, Ross Barnes (27, Louisville)
3. 593, Cap Anson (25, Hartford)
4. 526, Jim Foran (28, Boston)
5. 524, Levi Meyerle (32, Chicago)
6. 503, Lip Pike (32, Hartford)
7. 485, George Wright (30, St. Louis)
8. 481, Andy Leonard (31, Louisville)
9. 465, Clipper Flynn (28, St. Louis)
10. 464, Joe Start (34, Chicago)
11. 456, Fred Waterman (31, Hartford)
12. 453, Deacon White (29, Hartford)
13. 439, Jim O'Rourke (26, Chicago)
14. 433, Tom Barlow (25, Chicago)
15. 426, Jimmy Wood (34, St. Louis)
16. 417, John Bass (28, Chicago)
17. 416, George Hall (28, no team)
18. 415, Steve King (35, Cincinnati)
19. 405, Count Sensenderfer (29, Boston)
20. 403, Tom York (27, Cincinnati)
21. 399, Al Thake (27, Chicago)
22. 393, Paul Hines (22, Chicago)
23. 367, Tom Foley (30, Cincinnati)
24. 364, George Bechtel (28, Cincinnati)
25. 360, Jimmy Hallinan (28, Boston)

Win Leaders

1. 130, Dick McBride (32, Louisville)
2. 115, Ed Stratton (31, no team)
3. 110, George Zettlein (33, Hartford)
4. 99, Al Spalding (26, Boston)
5. 69, John McMullin (29, Louisville)
6. 63, Lon Knight (24, no team)
7. 58, J. O'Neill (29, Chicago)
8. 47, Candy Cummings (28, no team)
9. 45, NFN O'Rourke (32, St. Louis)
10. 41, John Greason (25, Boston)
11. 39, Foghorn Bradley (22, Boston)
12. 38, Cy Bentley (26, no team)
12. 38, Al Pratt (28, no team)
12. 38, Sam Weaver (22, St. Louis)
15. 36, NFN McDoolan (32, Hartford)
16. 34, Cherokee Fisher (32, no team)
17. 33, Harry Arundel (22, Louisville)
17. 33, Pud Galvin (20, St. Louis)
19. 31, Jim Britt (21, no team)
19. 31, Len Lovett (25, Chicago)
21. 29, Asa Brainard (36, Chicago)
21. 29, Bobby Mathews (25, Boston)
21. 29, Rynie Wolters (34, no team)
24. 26, Tommy Bond (21, Louisville)
25. 21, Dan Collins (23, Chicago)
25. 21, Martin Malone (32, Cincinnati)

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .400, Frank McCarton, St. Louis Brown Stockings
On-Base Percentage - .405, Frank McCarton, St. Louis Brown Stockings
Slugging Percentage - .551, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
OPS - .942, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Hits - 59, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Doubles - 11, Ross Barnes, Louisville and Lip Pike, Chicago
Triples - 5, Lip Pike, Hartford and Fred Waterman, Hartford
Home Runs - 1, 7 players tied
Extra Base Hits - 16, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Total Bases - 74, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Runs Batted In - 30, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Runs Scored - 31, John Clapp, Boston Red Caps
Stolen Bases - 7, Cal McVey, Boston and Fred Waterman, Hartford
Walks - 7, 4 players tied
Strikeouts - 21, Steve Brady, Louisville Grays
RC/27 - 9.05, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
ISO - .178, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
VORP (Batting) - 15.7, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues

Earned Run Average - 2.30, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
Wins - 19, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Losses - 18, Pud Galvin, St. Louis Brown Stockings
Saves - 2, Pidgey Morgan, Hartford Dark Blues
Innings Pitched - 233 2/3, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 1, 4 players tied
Walks - 30, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
Strikeouts - 98, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
H/9IP - 9.44, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
HR/9IP - 0.00, 5 players tied
BB/9IP - 0.20, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
K/9IP - 4.14, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
K/BB Ratio - 13.00, Tommy Bond, Louisville Grays
Opp. Avg. - .247, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
WHIP - 1.13, George Zettlein, Hartford Dark Blues
VORP (Pitching) - 48.3, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays