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FINAL 1877 STANDINGS AND LEADERS

Chicago White Stockings 38-21
Louisville Grays 36-24
Hartford Dark Blues 32-26
Boston Red Caps 26-34
St. Louis Brown Stockings 24-36
Cincinnati Reds 21-36

For the second consecutive year, Chicago has won the National League title, and for the second consecutive year, their two chief rivals will not be back next season. Both the Louisville Grays and the Hartford Dark Blues were forced to disband for financial reasons, along with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. This leaves only Chicago and the weak Boston and Cincinnati clubs. To fill out the National League's schedule for 1878, new teams from Providence, Milwaukee and Indianapolis will be added. However, given the current talent disparity in the National League, it looks like Hulbert's club has created a sort of dynasty by default in the League. (Because of this, there continue to be worries over the League's financial viability.)

The final league leaders:

Batting Average - .390, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
On-Base Percentage - .416, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Slugging Percentage - .528, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
OPS - .944, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Hits - 104, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Doubles - 19, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Triples - 8, Fred Waterman, Hartford Dark Blues
Home Runs - 3, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Extra Base Hits - 25, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
Total Bases - 132, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 53, Deacon White, Hartford Dark Blues
Runs Scored - 56, Lip Pike, Hartford Dark Blues
Stolen Bases - 11, Fred Waterman, Hartford Dark Blues
Walks - 15, Jim O'Rourke, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 39, Steve Brady, Louisville Grays
RC/27 - 9.22, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
ISO - .139, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays
VORP (Batting) - 25.3, Ross Barnes, Louisville Grays

Earned Run Average - 1.79, NFN O'Rourke, St. Louis Brown Stockings
Wins - 34, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Losses - 28, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
Saves - 4, Pidgey Morgan, Hartford Dark Blues
Innings Pitched - 445 1/3, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 4, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Walks - 59, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
Strikeouts - 202, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays
H/9IP - 9.10, NFN O'Rourke, St. Louis Brown Stockings
HR/9IP - 0.00, Tommy Bond, Louisville and NFN O'Rourke, St. Louis
BB/9IP - 0.28, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
K/9IP - 4.18, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
K/BB Ratio - 8.00, Tommy Bond, Louisville Grays
Opp. Avg. - .246, NFN O'Rourke, St. Louis Brown Stockings
WHIP - 1.08, NFN O'Rourke, St. Louis Brown Stockings
VORP (Pitching) - 81.1, Harry Arundel, Louisville Grays

League Champions, History

National Association

1871 - Boston Red Stockings
1872 - Boston Red Stockings
1873 - Philadelphia Athletics
1874 - New York Mutuals
1875 - Philadelphia Athletics

National League

1876 - Chicago White Stockings
1877 - Chicago White Stockings

Individual Awards coming soon....