1878 Regular Season Recap
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Bobby M. Mitchell pitched a tight game on July 2, striking out 4 in a 3-0 5-hitter against Chicago. The 22 year old lefty is 18-15 with a 1.94 ERA this season.
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Milwaukee and
Chicago were eliminated from the playoffs on July 2.
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Boston was eliminated from the playoffs on July 3.
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Providence easily cruised to their first regular season league championship, winning the league by 4 games. They will return to the NL Championship this year, facing a Cincinnati franchise that is just 2 years removed from finishing 30 games out of first place.
1878 Regular Season Standings
Code:
Team W L WPct GB R RA L10 STK
x-Providence Princes 42 27 .609 - 417 355 7-3 W3
z-Cincinnati Redbirds 38 31 .551 4 335 318 5-5 L2
e-Boston Beans 34 35 .493 8 410 433 6-4 L2
e-Chicago Athletes 34 35 .493 8 420 416 5-5 W2
e-Milwaukee Brewers 32 37 .464 10 401 439 4-6 L1
e-Indianapolis Champions 27 42 .391 15 347 369 3-7 W1
1878 Regular Season Stats Leaders
Code:
STATISTIC NAME AMOUNT TEAM
Batting Average Ross Barnes .368 Chicago
Home Runs Charley 'Baby' Jones 4 Milwaukee
RBI Andy Abbott / Ezra Sutton (2) 44 Providence / Chicago
Stolen Bases Ross Barnes 34 Chicago
OPS Ross Barnes .886 Chicago
Batter WAR 'Long' Levi Meyerle (3) 4.0 Indianapolis
Hitting Streak Charley 'Baby' Jones / Henry Page* 17 Milwaukee / Providence
ERA Jim Britt (2) 1.49 Cincinnati
Wins Cy Bentley (2) 22 Providence
Strikeouts Jim Britt (2) 138 Cincinnati
Pitcher WAR Jim Britt 6.0 Cincinnati
Saves Marc Bice (3) / George Knight 5 Chicago / Milwaukee
Key Injuries
Code:
TEAM NAME INJURY LENGTH
Boston Tom Hughes, P Partially torn UCL 8 months
Boston Bobby Mathews, P Torn rotator cuff 5-6 weeks
Boston Joe Pueppke, LF Partially torn labrum 2 months
Boston Mike Winkle, RF Quadriceps strain 4-5 weeks
Chicago Mike Coulson, P Torn flexor tendon (elbow) 12 months
Chicago Todd Goger, RF Sprained elbow 4 weeks
Chicago Pete Brooks, CF Broken hand 2-3 weeks
Cincinnati Jim Britt, P Shoulder inflammation 2-3 weeks
Indianapolis Pat Baxter, SS Broken hand 3 months
Milwaukee Mitch McGee, 3B Fractured finger 3 weeks
Milwaukee Dan Fitch, P Elbow strain 2 weeks