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August 8, 1880 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Cleveland Blues 31-19
Chicago White Stockings 31-22
Boston Red Caps 30-23
Cincinnati Reds 28-22
Troy Trojans 28-22
Buffalo Bisons 27-26
Worcester Ruby Legs 16-35
Providence Grays 15-37

What a race this is turning into! With approximately 30 games to go in the schedule, a total of four games separates the top six teams in the National League. Boston swept Chicago to push themselves right into the thick of the race, and now it truly is anyone's race for the taking. In addition, the race for the league's Most Valuable Hitter is on, and all of the top five teams have a viable candidate: Cleveland is being led by young Abner Dalrymple, while Boston has both Barnes and Anson playing at their usual high caliber. Cincinnati has infielder Mike "King" Kelly, Troy has the hulking Dan Brouthers, and Chicago's Orator Jim O'Rourke is having an amazing year. This is looking like a race for the ages in the National League.

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .374, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .392, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Slugging Percentage - .534, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
OPS - .927, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Hits - 82, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Doubles - 19, Roger Connor, Troy and King Kelly, Cincinnati
Triples - 9, Paul Hines, Chicago White Stockings
Home Runs - 3, Roger Connor, Troy and John O'Rourke, Boston
Extra Base Hits - 27, King Kelly, Cincinnati Reds
Total Bases - 117, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 45, Ross Barnes, Boston and Roger Connor, Troy
Runs Scored - 49, Dan Brouthers, Troy Trojans
Stolen Bases - 9, Dan Brouthers, Troy and Tom Poorman, Buffalo
Walks - 22, Cap Anson, Boston and Jim O'Rourke, Chicago
Strikeouts - 42, John O'Rourke, Boston Red Caps
RC/27 - 9.17, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
ISO - .168, John O'Rourke, Boston Red Caps
VORP (Batting) - 29.5, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps

Earned Run Average - 1.65, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
Wins - 23, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Losses - 21, The Only Nolan, Worcester Ruby Legs
Saves - 2, Bill Parks, Chicago White Stockings
Innings Pitched - 324 1/3, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 2, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati and Stump Wiedman, Buffalo
Walks - 48, George Bradley, Cleveland Blues
Strikeouts - 223, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
H/9IP - 7.69, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
HR/9IP - 0.00, 4 players tied
BB/9IP - 0.53, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
K/9IP - 6.21, Harry Wheeler, Providence Grays
K/BB Ratio - 7.80, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
Opp. Avg. - .209, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
WHIP - 0.99, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
VORP (Pitching) - 64.0, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings