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FINAL 1878 STANDINGS AND LEADERS

Chicago White Stockings 39-21
Boston Red Caps 36-24
Indianapolis Blues 32-28
Cincinnati Reds 30-30
Milwaukee Grays 24-36
Providence Grays 19-41

Once again, Chicago has managed to win the National League title, as they had no trouble at all holding off the Bostons. This is beginning to grow rather monotonous, as each year a new set of challengers fails to knock off the western power. Next season, Boston, Cincinnati and Providence will be back to challenge Chicago, while Milwaukee and Indianapolis will be disbanding. The league will shift back to a more eastern emphasis with three new teams from the state of New York - Buffalo, Syracuse and Troy. (Cleveland will also add a team, bringing the league back to eight clubs.)

The final league leaders:

Batting Average - .355, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .371, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Slugging Percentage - .462, Lip Pike, Milwaukee Grays
OPS - .812, Lip Pike, Milwaukee Grays
Hits - 94, Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
Doubles - 21, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Triples - 8, Cap Anson, Boston and George Wright, Milwaukee
Home Runs - 2, Steve Brady, Indianapolis and Lip Pike, Milwaukee
Extra Base Hits - 25, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Total Bases - 119, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 46, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Scored - 52, 3 players tied
Stolen Bases - 10, Al Thake, Chicago White Stockings
Walks - 26, Jim O'Rourke, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 48, Abner Dalrymple, Milwaukee Grays
RC/27 - 6.61, Lip Pike, Milwaukee Grays
ISO - .127, Lip Pike, Milwaukee Grays
VORP (Batting) - 21.4, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps

Earned Run Average - 1.87. J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
Wins - 34, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
Losses - 23, Pud Galvin, Indianapolis Blues
Saves - 1, 9 players tied
Innings Pitched - 471 2/3, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
Shutouts - 3, 3 players tied
Walks - 41, Dick McBride, Milwaukee Grays
Strikeouts - 257, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
H/9IP - 9.36, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
HR/9IP - 0.00, Dory Dean, Cincinnati and NFN O'Rourke, Milwaukee
BB/9IP - 0.56, 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. - .246, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
WHIP - 1.10, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings
VORP (Pitching) - 84.4, J. O'Neill, Chicago White Stockings

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
1878 - Chicago White Stockings

Individual Awards coming soon....