1878 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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1878 National League Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB BostonBr BSN 41 19 .683 -- Cincnnti CIN 37 23 .617 4.0 Provdnce PRO 33 27 .550 8.0 ChicagoC CHC 30 30 .500 11.0 Indaplis IND 24 36 .400 17.0 Milwkee MLG 15 45 .250 26.0

At some point in the 1880's the pennant winner in the NL and presumably other leagues was changed from the team with the most wins to the team with the highest winning percentage. We make this changeover in 1883.
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Note about 1876 and 1887 stats

1878 NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: NL - Expanded Leaderboards: ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 CHC  6.08   371   61  2333   677   91  20    3   88   157  .290  .316  .350           113  6.46  5.58
 PRO  5.69   353   62  2298   604  107  30    8   50   218  .263  .279  .346           110  5.69  5.70
 CIN  5.46   333   61  2281   629   67  22    5   58   141  .276  .294  .331           124  5.59  5.30
 BSN  4.97   298   60  2220   535   75  25    2   35   154  .241  .253  .300            79  5.70  4.23
 IND  4.65   293   63  2300   542   76  15    3   64   197  .236  .256  .286            92  3.79  5.34
 MLG  4.20   256   61  2212   552   65  20    2   69   214  .250  .272  .300            85  5.08  3.58
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  5.17  1904  368 13644  3539  481 132   23  364  1081  .259  .279  .319    0   --

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CIN  4.61   281   61  1.84   548   546   9.0    63  1.0    2   220   61     6     0   0 115  3.71  5.74
 BSN  4.02   241   60  2.32   544   595   9.9    38  0.6    6   184   58     9     0   0 101  3.47  4.57
 IND  5.21   328   63  2.32   578   621   9.9    87  1.4    3   182   59     2     0   1  88  4.11  6.09
 CHC  5.43   331   61  2.37   551   577   9.5    35  0.6    4   175   61     1     0   0 102  6.00  4.65
 PRO  5.44   337   62  2.38   556   609   9.8    86  1.4    5   173   59     6     0   0  93  5.31  5.57
 MLG  6.33   386   61  2.60   547   589   9.7    55  0.9    3   147   54     1     0   0 100  7.08  5.81
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  5.17  1904  368  2.30  3324  3537   9.6   364  1.0   23  1081  352          25   1

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BSN  228   48  .914   .635                      36-24  23-7  18-12 108 102 26.3 22.0   2   0   0 Wright
 CIN  254   37  .901   .642                      35-25  25-8  12-15  91  92 24.4 22.9   1   0   0 McVey
 PRO  311   42  .892   .620                      31-29  17-13 16-14 100  96 26.0 20.7   1   0   0 York
 CHC  304   37  .891   .631                      33-27  17-18 13-12 106 105 26.4 19.6   2   0   0 Ferguson
 IND  290   37  .898   .631                      27-33  10-17 14-19  87  89 23.5 21.1   0   0   0 Clapp
 MLG  376   32  .866   .615                      19-41   7-18  8-27 106 113 23.6 23.2   0   0   0 Chapman
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Triple Crown Winner Paul Hines
PRO .358/.363/.486

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average

Hines-PRO .358

Dalrymple-MLG .354

Ferguson-CHC .351

Start-CHC .351

Anson-CHC .341

On-base %

Ferguson-CHC .375

Anson-CHC .372

Shaffer-IND .369

Dalrymple-MLG .368

Hines-PRO .363

Slugging %

Hines-PRO .486

York-PRO .465

Shaffer-IND .455

Brown-PRO .453

Jones-CIN .441

OPS

Hines-PRO .849

Shaffer-IND .824

Start-CHC .794

York-PRO .793

Dalrymple-MLG .789

Games

Clapp-IND 63

Flint-IND 63

McKelvy-IND 63

Shaffer-IND 63

Williamson-IND 63

At Bats

Start-CHC 285

Higham-PRO 281

Quest-IND 278

Dalrymple-MLG 271

McVey-CIN 271

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Quest-IND 290

Start-CHC 287

Higham-PRO 286

Shaffer-IND 279

Dalrymple-MLG 277

York-PRO 277

Runs

Higham-PRO 60

Start-CHC 58

York-PRO 56

Anson-CHC 55

Dalrymple-MLG 52

Hits

Start-CHC 100

Dalrymple-MLG 96

Hines-PRO 92

Ferguson-CHC 91

Higham-PRO 90

Shaffer-IND 90

Total Bases

Hines-PRO 125

Start-CHC 125

York-PRO 125

Shaffer-IND 121

Higham-PRO 117

Doubles

Higham-PRO 22

Brown-PRO 21

Shaffer-IND 19

York-PRO 19

O'Rourke-BSN 17

Triples

York-PRO 10

Jones-CIN 7

O'Rourke-BSN 7

Brown-PRO 6

Burdock-BSN 6

Shaffer-IND 6

Home Runs

Hines-PRO 4

Jones-CIN 3

McKelvy-IND 2

McVey-CIN 2

Bennett-MLG 1

Brown-PRO 1

Goodman-MLG 1

Hankinson-CHC 1

Higham-PRO 1

O'Rourke-BSN 1

Remsen-CHC 1

Start-CHC 1

Sutton-BSN 1

Ward-PRO 1

Williamson-IND 1

York-PRO 1

RBI

Hines-PRO 50

Brown-PRO 43

Anson-CHC 40

Ferguson-CHC 39

Jones-CIN 39

Bases on Balls

Larkin-CHC 17

Remsen-CHC 17

Anson-CHC 13

Clapp-IND 13

Shaffer-IND 13

Strikeouts

White-CIN 41

McKelvy-IND 38

Brown-PRO 37

Hankinson-CHC 36

Golden-MLG 35

Singles

Dalrymple-MLG 82

Start-CHC 82

Ferguson-CHC 79

White-CIN 76

Anson-CHC 75

Adjusted OPS+

Shaffer-IND 186

Hines-PRO 177

Jones-CIN 158

York-PRO 158

Start-CHC 153

Runs Created

Hines-PRO 45

Shaffer-IND 45

Start-CHC 44

Dalrymple-MLG 42

York-PRO 41

Adjusted Batting Runs

Shaffer-IND 24

Hines-PRO 20

York-PRO 16

Start-CHC 16

Dalrymple-MLG 15

Batting Wins

Shaffer-IND 2.7

Hines-PRO 2.3

Start-CHC 1.8

York-PRO 1.8

Dalrymple-MLG 1.7

Jones-CIN 1.7

Extra-Base Hits

York-PRO 30

Brown-PRO 28

O'Rourke-BSN 25

Shaffer-IND 25

Higham-PRO 24

Times on Base

Shaffer-IND 103

Anson-CHC 102

Dalrymple-MLG 102

Start-CHC 102

Ferguson-CHC 101

Offensive Win%

Hines-PRO .802

Shaffer-IND .783

Dalrymple-MLG .762

Start-CHC .759

Ferguson-CHC .751

At Bats per Strikeout

Anson-CHC 261.0

Start-CHC 95.0

White-CIN 51.6

Kelly-CIN 33.9

Clapp-IND 32.9

At Bats per Home Run

Hines-PRO 64.3

Jones-CIN 87.0

McKelvy-IND 126.5

McVey-CIN 135.5

Ward-PRO 138.0

Outs

Quest-IND 221

Wright-BSN 207

Hague-PRO 199

Flint-IND 197

McKelvy-IND 196

ERA

Ward-PRO 1.51

McCormick-IND 1.69

White-CIN 1.79

Weaver-MLG 1.95

Bond-BSN 2.06

Wins

Bond-BSN 40

White-CIN 30

Larkin-CHC 29

Ward-PRO 22

Nolan-IND 13

Won-Loss %

Wheeler-PRO .857

Mitchell-CIN .778

Bond-BSN .678

Ward-PRO .629

White-CIN .588

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Weaver-MLG 1.024

Ward-PRO 1.024

Larkin-CHC 1.071

Mitchell-CIN 1.087

White-CIN 1.115

Hits Allowed/9IP

Mitchell-CIN 7.76

Ward-PRO 8.30

Weaver-MLG 8.72

Larkin-CHC 9.09

White-CIN 9.17

Bases on Balls/9IP

Weaver-MLG 0.49

Larkin-CHC 0.55

Bond-BSN 0.56

Nichols-PRO 0.73

White-CIN 0.87

Strikeouts/9IP

Mitchell-CIN 5.74

Wheeler-PRO 3.63

White-CIN 3.25

Nolan-IND 3.24

Ward-PRO 3.13

Games

Bond-BSN 59

Larkin-CHC 56

White-CIN 52

Weaver-MLG 45

Nolan-IND 38

Saves

Healey-TOT 1

Innings

Bond-BSN 532.7

Larkin-CHC 506.0

White-CIN 468.0

Weaver-MLG 383.0

Nolan-IND 347.0

Strikeouts

Bond-BSN 182

White-CIN 169

Larkin-CHC 163

Nolan-IND 125

Ward-PRO 116

Games Started

Bond-BSN 59

Larkin-CHC 56

White-CIN 52

Weaver-MLG 43

Nolan-IND 38

Comp. Games

Bond-BSN 57

Larkin-CHC 56

White-CIN 52

Weaver-MLG 39

Nolan-IND 37

Ward-PRO 37

Shutouts

Bond-BSN 9

Ward-PRO 6

White-CIN 5

Larkin-CHC 1

McCormick-IND 1

Mitchell-CIN 1

Nolan-IND 1

Weaver-MLG 1

Home Runs Allow.

Bond-BSN 5

Larkin-CHC 4

Ward-PRO 3

Healey-TOT 2

Weaver-MLG 2

Bases On Balls Allow.

Nolan-IND 56

White-CIN 45

Ward-PRO 34

Bond-BSN 33

Golden-MLG 33

Hits Allowed

Bond-BSN 571

Larkin-CHC 511

White-CIN 477

Weaver-MLG 371

Nolan-IND 357

SO to Walk

Bond-BSN 5.52

Larkin-CHC 5.26

Weaver-MLG 4.52

White-CIN 3.76

Ward-PRO 3.41

Losses

Weaver-MLG 31

Larkin-CHC 26

Nolan-IND 22

White-CIN 21

Bond-BSN 19

Earned Runs Allow.

Larkin-CHC 126

Bond-BSN 122

Nolan-IND 99

White-CIN 93

Weaver-MLG 83

Wild Pitches

White-CIN 40

Larkin-CHC 37

Ward-PRO 26

Weaver-MLG 25

Golden-MLG 24

Batters Faced

Bond-BSN 2159

Larkin-CHC 2105

White-CIN 1939

Weaver-MLG 1589

Nolan-IND 1469

Games Finished

Golden-MLG 4

McKelvy-IND 3

Weaver-MLG 2

Allison-PRO 1

Bond-BSN 1

Ellick-MLG 1

Healey-TOT 1

Manning-BSN 1

Nichols-PRO 1

Wheeler-PRO 1

Adjusted ERA+

Ward-PRO 147

Weaver-MLG 134

McCormick-IND 121

White-CIN 119

Bond-BSN 114

Oldest Player

Knowdell-MLG 1840-07-27 (37)

Start-CHC 1842-10-14 (35)

Fisher-PRO 1844-10 (33)

Ferguson-CHC 1845-01-31 (33)

Pike-CIN 1845-05-25 (33)

Youngest Player

Ward-PRO 1860-03-03 (18)

Traffley-CHC 1859-12-21 (18)

Geer-CIN 1859-08-13 (18)

Reis-CHC 1858-11-20 (19)

Dickerson-CIN 1858-10-11 (19)

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