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July 17, 1881 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Cleveland Blues 28-15
Boston Red Caps 25-17
Troy Trojans 23-19
Detroit Wolverines 23-20
Buffalo Bisons 20-22
Chicago White Stockings 18-25
Worcester Ruby Legs 16-25
Providence Grays 16-26

The big story of the week was Buffalo pitcher Bill McGunnigle, who recorded a no-hit game against the Providence Grays on Tuesday, the National League's first-ever no-hitter and professional base ball's second. (Ed Stratton of the New York Mutuals no-hit the New Haven Elm Citys in 1875.) Other than that, Cleveland continued to consolidate its hold on the top spot in the league while Cap Anson and Ross Barnes of Boston continued to amass most of the individual accolades.

In upcoming milestones, Levi Meyerle of Chicago looks like he might become the fourth player ever to get 1,000 hits sometime later this year, as he currently has 958. No other player is over 900. Pud Galvin is second all-time in wins for a pitcher with 141, and with 16 wins for the year he is closing in on leader Dick McBride, who sits at 165 (and has 4 this year with Detroit).

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .363, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .418, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Slugging Percentage - .495, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
OPS - .912, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Hits - 69, Levi Meyerle, Chicago White Stockings
Doubles - 15, "Orator Jim" O'Rourke, Chicago White Stockings
Triples - 6, Cap Anson, Boston and Jack Glasscock, Cleveland
Home Runs - 5, Paul Hines, Chicago White Stockings
Extra Base Hits - 19, Jack Glasscock, Cleveland and Lip Pike, Buffalo
Total Bases - 90, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 35, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Scored - 39, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Stolen Bases - 10, Hugh Nicol, Chicago White Stockings
Walks - 18, 3 players tied
Strikeouts - 32, Orator Shaffer, Detroit Wolverines
RC/27 - 8.08, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
ISO - .160, Lip Pike, Buffalo Bisons
VORP (Batting) - 21.6, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps

Earned Run Average - 1.51, Tommy Bond, Detroit Wolverines
Wins - 17, George Bradley, Cleveland Blues
Losses - 16, George Knight, Providence and Bobby Mitchell, Worcester
Saves - 2, John "Lefty" McMullin, Chicago White Stockings
Innings Pitched - 254 2/3, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 2, Foghorn Bradley, Boston and George Bradley, Cleveland
Walks - 50, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 132, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
H/9IP - 7.43, George Bradley, Cleveland Blues
HR/9IP - 0.00, 5 players tied
BB/9IP - 0.82, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
K/9IP - 4.66, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
K/BB Ratio - 4.52, Bobby Mitchell, Worcester Ruby Legs
Opp. Avg. - .209, Harry Wheeler, Providence Grays
WHIP - 1.03, George Bradley, Cleveland Blues
VORP (Pitching) - 38.6, George Bradley, Cleveland Blues