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Season Recap
Cleveland beats St. Louis in a 1 game playoff to face Cincinnati in the World Series. This marks the third time these teams have met in the World Series.

Ross Barnes finished with a VORP of 40.1. The next best amongst hitters was John O'Rourke with 28.9

Jim Britt again led the league in K's with 213.

5/2/1879 Gat Stires becomes the first player to collect 6 hits in a game.

World Series
Game 1: Cincinnati 3, Cleveland 2 (Cincinnati scores an unearned run in the bottom of the 9th for the walkoff win).
Game 2: Cleveland 9, Cincinnati 3
Game 3: Cincinnati 4, Cleveland 2
Game 4: Cincinnati 8, Cleveland 3
Game 5: Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 1
Game 6: Cincinnati 15, Cleveland 6 Cincinnati wins their third World Series!

Offseason
Rookie of the year: NL- Lee Richmond, SP, BOS; AL- Curry Foley, SP, STL
MVP : NL- Jim McCormick, SP, CIN (1878, 1879); AL- Jim Britt, SP, PHI (1877-1879)
MVH : NL- Ross Barnes, 2B, CIN (1873, 1878, 1879); AL- Dan Brouthers, 1B, CLE (1879)

Brooklyn Atlantics take Tim Keefe with the #1 pick.