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August 5, 1877 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Chicago White Stockings 23-11
Louisville Grays 21-14
Hartford Dark Blues 19-16
Boston Red Caps 17-18
St. Louis Brown Stockings 12-23
Cincinnati Reds 10-20

And just like that, the race is on. Another bad week from Chicago, a solid winning streak by Louisville, and finally a dramatic win on August 4, where Louisville defeated Chicago 3-2 by virtue of possibly the greatest pitching performance base ball has ever seen. Harry Arundel of Louisville got 12 Chicago batters out on strikes, by far the highest total in base ball history. Although Chicago cranks complained that Arundel was flicking his wrist to deliver the ball in unpermitted fashion, the game stands and the spectators in Louisville thrilled to the sight of this new style of pitching. Could it be that this is the boost the National League needs to survive?

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .383, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .399, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues
Slugging Percentage - .563, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
OPS - .961, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Hits - 64, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Doubles - 13, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Triples - 5, Lip Pike, Hartford and Fred Waterman, Hartford
Home Runs - 1, 10 players tied
Extra Base Hits - 18, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Total Bases - 78, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 30, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Runs Scored - 33, Paul Hines, Chicago White Stockings
Stolen Bases - 7, Cal McVey, Boston and Fred Waterman, Hartford
Walks - 8, Jim O'Rourke, Chicago and Deacon White, Hartford
Strikeouts - 24, Steve Brady, Louisville Grays
RC/27 - 9.50, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
ISO - .188, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
VORP (Batting) - 18.3, Cap Anson, Hartford Dark Blues

Earned Run Average - 2.12, NFN O'Rourke, St. Louis Brown Stockings
Wins - 21, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Losses - 20, Pud Galvin, St. Louis Brown Stockings
Saves - 2, Pidgey Morgan, Hartford Dark Blues
Innings Pitched - 268 1/3, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 1, 6 players tied
Walks - 33, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
Strikeouts - 121, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
H/9IP - 8.96, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
HR/9IP - 0.00, 4 players tied
BB/9IP - 0.16, Tommy Bond, Louisville Grays
K/9IP - 4.38, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
K/BB Ratio - 20.00, Tommy Bond, Louisville Grays
Opp. Avg. - .238, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
WHIP - 1.13, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
VORP (Pitching) - 54.3, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays