1878 National League Standings and Statistics

League Standings

Team W L T PCT. GB
Boston 41 19 0 .683 -
Cincinnati 37 23 1 .617 4
Providence 33 27 2 .550 8
Chicago 30 30 1 .500 11
Indianapolis 24 36 3 .400 17
Milwaukee 15 45 1 .250 26

League Batting Statistics

Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB CS TB AVG OBP SLG
Boston 60 2220 298 535 75 25 2 35 154 666 .241 .253 .300
Cincinnati 61 2281 333 629 67 22 5 58 141 755 .276 .294 .331
Providence 62 2298 353 604 107 30 8 50 218 795 .263 .279 .346
Chicago 61 2333 371 677 91 20 3 88 157 817 .290 .316 .350
Indianapolis 63 2300 293 542 76 15 3 64 197 657 .236 .256 .286
Milwaukee 61 2212 256 552 65 20 2 69 214 663 .250 .272 .300
Totals 368 13644 1904 3539 481 132 23 364 1081     4353 .259 .279 .319

League Pitching Statistics

Team SHO SV G CG IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
Boston 9 0 60 58 544.0 595 241 140 6 38 184 2.32
Cincinnati 6 0 61 61 548.0 546 281 112 2 63 220 1.84
Providence 6 0 62 59 556.0 609 337 147 5 86 173 2.38
Chicago 1 0 61 61 551.0 577 331 145 4 35 175 2.37
Indianapolis 2 1 63 59 578.0 621 328 149 3 87 182 2.32
Milwaukee 1 0 61 54 547.0 589 386 158 3 55 147 2.60
Totals 25 1 368 352 3324.0 3537 1904 851 23 364 1081 2.30

Batting Leaders

Batting Average
Paul Hines .358
Abner Dalrymple .354
Bob Ferguson .351
Joe Start .351
Cap Anson .341
At-Bats
Joe Start 285
Dick Higham 281
Joe Quest 278
Cal McVey 271
Abner Dalrymple 271
Games
Ned Williamson 63
Russ McKelvy 63
John Clapp 63
Silver Flint 63
Orator Shaffer 63
Runs
Dick Higham 60
Joe Start 58
Tom York 56
Cap Anson 55
Abner Dalrymple 52
Hits
Joe Start 100
Abner Dalrymple 96
Paul Hines 92
Bob Ferguson 91
Orator Shaffer 90
Doubles
Dick Higham 22
Lew Brown 21
Tom York 19
Orator Shaffer 19
Jim O'Rourke 17
Triples
Tom York 10
Charley Jones 7
Jim O'Rourke 7
Orator Shaffer 6
Lew Brown 6
Home Runs
Paul Hines 4
Charley Jones 3
Russ McKelvy 2
Cal McVey 2
Jim O'Rourke 1
RBI
Paul Hines 50
Lew Brown 43
Cap Anson 40
Bob Ferguson 39
Charley Jones 39
Stolen Bases
 
 
 
 
 
Walks
Terry Larkin 17
Jack Remsen 17
Orator Shaffer 13
John Clapp 13
Cap Anson 13
Strikeouts
Will White 41
Russ McKelvy 38
Lew Brown 37
Frank Hankinson 36
Mike Golden 35

Pitching Leaders

ERA
John Ward 1.51
Jim McCormick 1.69
Will White 1.79
Sam Weaver 1.95
Tommy Bond 2.06
Wins
Tommy Bond 40
Will White 30
Terry Larkin 29
John Ward 22
The Only Nolan 13
Losses
Sam Weaver 31
Terry Larkin 26
The Only Nolan 22
Will White 21
Tommy Bond 19
Games
Tommy Bond 59
Terry Larkin 56
Will White 52
Sam Weaver 45
The Only Nolan 38
Complete Games
Tommy Bond 57
Terry Larkin 56
Will White 52
Sam Weaver 39
John Ward 37
Shutouts
Tommy Bond 9
John Ward 6
Will White 5
Jim McCormick 1
Terry Larkin 1
Saves
Tom Healey 1
Jim McCormick 0
Tommy Bond 0
Lew Brown 0
Fred Corey 0
Innings Pitched
Tommy Bond 533.0
Terry Larkin 506.0
Will White 468.0
Sam Weaver 383.0
The Only Nolan 347.0
Strikeouts
Tommy Bond 182
Will White 169
Terry Larkin 163
The Only Nolan 125
John Ward 116
Walks
The Only Nolan 56
Will White 45
John Ward 34
Tommy Bond 33
Mike Golden 33
Earned Runs
Terry Larkin 126
Tommy Bond 122
The Only Nolan 99
Will White 93
Sam Weaver 83
Runs
Terry Larkin 288
Will White 249
Tommy Bond 222
Sam Weaver 214
The Only Nolan 208