1877 Season

6 teams competing in 2 leagues

The 1877 Major League Baseball season was played by 6 teams. Lip Pike led with 4 home runs, Deacon White led with 49 RBI, and Deacon White led with 103 hits. This page carries the 1877 standings, league leaders, and a link to every team's season.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
Win% (Winning Percentage):
Wins divided by games decided.
GB (Games Back):
How far a team trailed the division or league leader.

Data updated

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1877 Home Run Leaders

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Batting average and OPS list qualified hitters only: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 186 plate appearances at 60 team games. Home runs, RBI, hits, runs and stolen bases are counting totals and list every player.

Batting Average qualified

1 Deacon White .387 2 John Cassidy .378 3 Cal McVey .368 4 Jim O'Rourke .362 5 Cap Anson .337

OPS qualified

1 Deacon White .950 2 Jim O'Rourke .852 3 John Cassidy .844 4 Cal McVey .842 5 Charley Jones .824

Home Runs all players

1 Lip Pike 4 2 Orator Shafer 3 3 Charley Jones 2 4 Pop Snyder 2 5 Deacon White 2

RBI all players

1 Deacon White 49 2 John Peters 41 3 Ezra Sutton 39 4 Charley Jones 38 5 Tom York 37

Hits all players

1 Deacon White 103 2 Cal McVey 98 3 Jim O'Rourke 96 4 John Cassidy 95 5 Joe Start 90

Runs all players

1 Jim O'Rourke 68 2 Cal McVey 58 3 George Wright 58 4 Joe Start 55 5 George Hall 53

Stolen Bases all players

1 Bob Addy 0 2 Doug Allison 0 3 Cap Anson 0 4 Ross Barnes 0 5 John Bass 0
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1877 Strikeout Leaders

Top 10 — click a bar to view the player.

ERA and WHIP list qualified pitchers only: 1 inning pitched per team game — 60 innings at 60 team games. Wins, strikeouts and saves are counting totals and list every pitcher.

ERA qualified

1 Tommy Bond 2.11 2 Terry Larkin 2.14 3 Jim Devlin 2.25 4 Tricky Nichols 2.60 5 Joe Blong 2.74

WHIP qualified

1 Tommy Bond 1.09 2 Terry Larkin 1.12 3 Jim Devlin 1.18 4 Tricky Nichols 1.23 5 George Bradley 1.25

Wins all pitchers

1 Tommy Bond 40 2 Jim Devlin 35 3 Terry Larkin 29 4 George Bradley 19 5 Tricky Nichols 18

Strikeouts all pitchers

1 Tommy Bond 170 2 Jim Devlin 141 3 Terry Larkin 96 4 Tricky Nichols 80 5 George Bradley 59

Saves all pitchers

1 Cal McVey 2 2 Jack Manning 1 3 Al Spalding 1 4 Joe Battin 0 5 Joe Blong 0
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📋 Standings

National League

Boston Red Caps ★ 42-18 Louisville Grays 35-25 Hartford Dark Blues 31-27 St. Louis Brown Stockings 28-32 Chicago White Stockings 26-33 Cincinnati Reds 15-42

The 1877 season in brief

The best record in the 1877 standings belonged to the Boston Red Caps, who finished 42-18. Nobody in 1877 fared worse than the Cincinnati Reds (15-42). In the standings, the Boston Red Caps owned the National League with a 42-18 mark, the Louisville Grays next at 35-25. The data holds no postseason results for 1877. The home run board is topped by Lip Pike at 4, ahead of Orator Shafer with 3. The qualified batting-average board starts with Deacon White at .387, with John Cassidy next at .378. Deacon White cleared the 186-plate-appearance line that 1877's 60 team games set. Deacon White topped several batting tiles at once: batting average, OPS, RBI, and hits. Among qualified pitchers, Tommy Bond had the lowest ERA, 2.11; Terry Larkin followed at 2.14. The other 1877 pitching tiles are led by Tommy Bond in wins (40) and Tommy Bond in strikeouts (170). For the complete tables behind these tiles, see the 1877 leaders page.

1877 MLB Season: Frequently Asked Questions

How many teams played in 1877?
6 teams played in the 1877 major league season.
Who led MLB in home runs in 1877?
Lip Pike led with 4 home runs in 1877.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1877?
Deacon White led with 49 RBI in 1877.
Who led MLB in hits in 1877?
Deacon White led with 103 hits in 1877.
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