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May 26, 1878 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Cincinnati Reds 9-3
Boston Red Caps 7-1
Chicago White Stockings 6-6
Indianapolis Blues 5-7
Milwaukee Grays 4-8
Providence Grays 1-7

While it remains an open question how Boston will do when they finally face a real major league team (they start this week by hosting Chicago), Cincinnati has shown that it intends to make a run for the National League crown. The Queen City club is now 4-2 against Chicago this season. Surprisingly, the White Stockings are having trouble so far, and really need to do well against Harry Wright's club this week.

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .462, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .475, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Slugging Percentage - .513, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
OPS - .988, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Hits - 18, Jimmy Hallinan, Milwaukee and Cal McVey, Boston
Doubles - 5, 3 players tied
Triples - 2, Clipper Flynn, Cincinnati and Paul Hines, Chicago
Home Runs - 1, 3 players tied
Extra Base Hits - 7, George Bechtel, Cincinnati and Paul Hines, Chicago
Total Bases - 26, Paul Hines, Chicago White Stockings
Runs Batted In - 14, Ezra Sutton, Indianapolis Blues
Runs Scored - 12, Steve King, Cincinnati Reds
Stolen Bases - 3, Steve Bellan, Cincinnati and Al Thake, Chicago
Walks - 6, Steve Bellan, Cincinnati Reds
Strikeouts - 13, George Wright, Milwaukee Grays
RC/27 - 11.06, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
ISO - .204, George Bechtel, Cincinnati Reds
VORP (Batting) - 5.0, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps

Earned Run Average - 1.57, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Wins - 7, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
Losses - 7, Dick McBride, Milwaukee and John Montgomery Ward, Providence
Saves - 1, Asa Brainard, Chicago White Stockings
Innings Pitched - 96, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
Shutouts - 2, Dick McBride, Milwaukee Grays
Walks - 15, Dick McBride, Milwaukee Grays
Strikeouts - 59, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
H/9IP - 6.00, Dory Dean, Cincinnati Reds
HR/9IP - 0.00, 5 players tied
BB/9IP - 0.00, Dory Dean, Cincinnati Reds
K/9IP - 6.91, John Montgomery Ward, Providence Grays
K/BB Ratio - cannot be computed for players with zero walks
Opp. Avg. - .174, Dory Dean, Cincinnati Reds
WHIP - 0.67, Dory Dean, Cincinnati Reds
VORP (Pitching) - 19.3, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings