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August 14, 1881 - Sunday Base Ball Report

Boston Red Caps 36-21
Cleveland Blues 34-22
Detroit Wolverines 32-25
Troy Trojans 30-27
Chicago White Stockings 26-31
Buffalo Bisons 24-31
Providence Grays 24-34
Worcester Ruby Legs 20-35

A relatively quiet week, as all of the contenders maintained roughly the same position. Cleveland appears to have finally come out of their slump, as they ended their five-game losing streak by beating Buffalo twice in a row.

Meanwhile, Paul Hines of Chicago became the first professional base ball player ever to hit six home runs in a single season this week. He has twice as many as his next closest rivals, and could add still more long balls before the season is over.

The current league leaders:

Batting Average - .367, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
On-Base Percentage - .409, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Slugging Percentage - .488, Lip Pike, Buffalo Bisons
OPS - .894, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Hits - 92, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Doubles - 22, "Orator Jim" O'Rourke, Chicago and Lip Pike, Buffalo
Triples - 8, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Home Runs - 6, Paul Hines, Chicago White Stockings
Extra Base Hits - 25, Lip Pike, Buffalo Bisons
Total Bases - 122, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Runs Batted In - 45, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Runs Scored - 56, Cap Anson, Boston Red Caps
Stolen Bases - 14, Hugh Nicol, Chicago White Stockings
Walks - 22, Ross Barnes, Boston and Roger Connor, Troy
Strikeouts - 35, Emil Gross, Providence and John Morrill, Boston
RC/27 - 7.78, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
ISO - .158, Paul Hines, Chicago White Stockings
VORP (Batting) - 29.6, Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps

Earned Run Average - 1.60, Tommy Bond, Detroit Wolverines
Wins - 23, Pud Galvin, Troy Trojans
Losses - 22, Bobby Mitchell, Worcester Ruby Legs
Saves - 2, Tim Keefe, Troy and John "Lefty" McMullin, Chicago
Innings Pitched - 349 2/3, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Shutouts - 2, 3 players tied
Walks - 80, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
Strikeouts - 198, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
H/9IP - 7.39, George Bradley, Cleveland Blues
HR/9IP - 0.00, Harry Wheeler, Providence and Jack Lynch, Buffalo
BB/9IP - 0.73, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
K/9IP - 5.10, Larry Corcoran, Chicago White Stockings
K/BB Ratio - 4.26, Bobby Mitchell, Worcester Ruby Legs
Opp. Avg. - .217, George Bradley, Cleveland Blues
WHIP - 0.97, Foghorn Bradley, Boston Red Caps
VORP (Pitching) - 55.2, Tommy Bond, Detroit Wolverines