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August 22, 1880 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Cleveland Blues 35-24
Chicago White Stockings 35-25
Boston Red Caps 34-26
Troy Trojans 32-25
Buffalo Bisons 32-28
Cincinnati Reds 31-25
Worcester Ruby Legs 19-41
Providence Grays 17-41

Cleveland followed their 4-0 week with an 0-5 week, and now there are again six teams within four games of first place in the National League. The only thing that kept the Blues from falling out of the top spot was that Chicago and Boston battled each other to a draw this past week. This week, they aren't going to be so lucky.

In other news, McVey has reached 977 hits, and needs just 23 to become the first player ever to amass 1,000 career hits. Boston has 24 games left, so if he plays well he can make it by the end of the season.

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .355, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .383, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Slugging Percentage - .508, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
OPS - .886, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Hits - 94, Abner Dalrymple, Cleveland Blues
Doubles - 22, Roger Connor, Troy Trojans
Triples - 9, Ross Barnes, Boston and Paul Hines, Chicago
Home Runs - 4, Roger Connor, Troy Trojans
Extra Base Hits - 28, Roger Connor, Troy and King Kelly, Cincinnati
Total Bases - 126, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 53, Roger Connor, Troy Trojans
Runs Scored - 56, Dan Brouthers, Troy Trojans
Stolen Bases - 10, Dan Brouthers, Troy and Tom Poorman, Buffalo
Walks - 24, Jim O'Rourke, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 45, John Morrill, Boston and John O'Rourke, Boston
RC/27 - 8.08, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
ISO - .160, Roger Connor, Troy Trojans
VORP (Batting) - 28.7, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps

Earned Run Average - 1.61, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
Wins - 27, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Losses - 24, The Only Nolan, Worcester Ruby Legs
Saves - 2, Bill Parks, Chicago White Stockings
Innings Pitched - 378 1/3, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 3, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati and Stump Wiedman, Buffalo
Walks - 57, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 259, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
H/9IP - 7.54, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
HR/9IP - 0.00, 3 players tied
BB/9IP - 0.49, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
K/9IP - 6.16, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
K/BB Ratio - 8.38, Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati Reds
Opp. Avg. - .206, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
WHIP - 0.99, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
VORP (Pitching) - 73.8, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings