1878 Season

6 teams competing in 2 leagues

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⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Average

1 Paul Hines 0.358 2 Abner Dalrymple 0.354 3 Bob Ferguson 0.351 4 Joe Start 0.351 5 Cap Anson 0.341

Home Runs

1 Paul Hines 4 2 Charley Jones 3 3 Russ McKelvy 2 4 Cal McVey 2 5 Charlie Bennett 1

RBI

1 Paul Hines 50 2 Lew Brown 43 3 Cap Anson 40 4 Bob Ferguson 39 5 Charley Jones 39

Stolen Bases

1 Cap Anson 0 2 Charlie Bennett 0 3 Tommy Bond 0 4 Lew Brown 0 5 Jack Burdock 0

Hits

1 Joe Start 100 2 Abner Dalrymple 96 3 Paul Hines 92 4 Bob Ferguson 91 5 Dick Higham 90

Runs

1 Dick Higham 60 2 Joe Start 58 3 Tom York 56 4 Cap Anson 55 5 Abner Dalrymple 52
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 John Ward 1.51 2 Jim McCormick 1.69 3 Will White 1.79 4 Sam Weaver 1.95 5 Tommy Bond 2.06

Wins

1 Tommy Bond 40 2 Will White 30 3 Terry Larkin 29 4 John Ward 22 5 The Only Nolan 13

Strikeouts

1 Tommy Bond 182 2 Will White 169 3 Terry Larkin 163 4 The Only Nolan 125 5 John Ward 116

Saves

1 Tom Healey 1 2 Tommy Bond 0 3 Mike Golden 0 4 Terry Larkin 0 5 Jim McCormick 0

WHIP

1 Sam Weaver 1.02 2 John Ward 1.02 3 Terry Larkin 1.07 4 Bobby Mitchell 1.09 5 Will White 1.12
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📋 Standings

National League

Boston Red Caps ★ 41-19 Cincinnati Reds 37-23 Providence Grays 33-27 Chicago White Stockings 30-30 Indianapolis Blues 24-36 Milwaukee Grays 15-45
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