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September 8, 1878 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Chicago White Stockings 38-19
Boston Red Caps 31-22
Indianapolis Blues 30-26
Cincinnati Reds 28-29
Milwaukee Grays 21-35
Providence Grays 18-35

Chicago has three games to play and Boston still has seven left, and Chicago's magic number is one. Unless Chicago drops three to Cincinnati and Boston sweeps Indianapolis and Providence, Chicago will breeze to their third consecutive National League pennant.

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .357, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .374, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Slugging Percentage - .470, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
OPS - .833, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Hits - 87, Levi Meyerle, Chicago White Stockings
Doubles - 19, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Triples - 8, George Wright, Milwaukee Grays
Home Runs - 2, Steve Brady, Indianapolis and Lip Pike, Milwaukee
Extra Base Hits - 23, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Total Bases - 110, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 44, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Scored - 52, Al Thake, Chicago White Stockings
Stolen Bases - 10, Al Thake, Chicago White Stockings
Walks - 26, Jim O'Rourke, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 44, John Richmond, Providence and George Wright, Milwaukee
RC/27 - 6.66, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
ISO - .128, Lip Pike, Milwaukee Grays
VORP (Batting) - 20.7, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps

Earned Run Average - 1.88, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Wins - 29, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
Losses - 22, Pud Galvin, Indianapolis and Dick McBride, Milwaukee
Saves - 1, 9 players tied
Innings Pitched - 412 2/3, Foghorn Bradley, Boston and Pud Galvin, Indianapolis
Shutouts - 3, Pud Galvin, Indianapolis and J. O'Neill, Chicago
Walks - 38, Dick McBride, Milwaukee and Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati
Strikeouts - 257, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
H/9IP - 9.26, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
HR/9IP - 0.00, NFN O'Rourke, Milwaukee and Dory Dean, Cincinnati
BB/9IP - 0.55, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
K/9IP - 6.21, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
K/BB Ratio - 6.76, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
Opp. Avg. - .244, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
WHIP - 1.09, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
VORP (Pitching) - 79.7, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings