1877 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1877 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1877 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Lip Pike led with 4 home runs, Deacon White led with 49 RBI, and Deacon White led with 103 hits. Batting leaders require at least 200 at bats and pitching leaders at least 50 innings pitched, which is why a part-season line does not appear here.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

1877 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1877 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Deacon White BSN 59 266 51 103 14 11 2 49 0 8 3 0.387 0.405 0.545 0.950
John Cassidy HAR 60 251 43 95 10 5 0 27 0 3 3 0.378 0.386 0.458 0.844
Cal McVey CHN 60 266 58 98 9 7 0 36 0 8 11 0.368 0.387 0.455 0.842
Jim O'Rourke BSN 61 265 68 96 14 4 0 23 0 20 9 0.362 0.407 0.445 0.852
Cap Anson CHN 59 255 52 86 19 1 0 32 0 9 3 0.337 0.360 0.420 0.779
Joe Start HAR 60 271 55 90 3 6 1 21 0 6 2 0.332 0.347 0.399 0.745
George Hall LS1 61 269 53 87 15 8 0 26 0 12 19 0.323 0.352 0.439 0.791
John Clapp SL3 60 255 47 81 6 6 0 34 0 8 6 0.318 0.338 0.388 0.727
Jack Manning CN1 57 252 47 80 16 7 0 36 0 5 6 0.317 0.331 0.437 0.767
John Peters CHN 60 265 45 84 10 3 0 41 0 1 7 0.317 0.320 0.377 0.697
Mike Dorgan SL3 60 266 45 82 9 7 0 23 0 9 13 0.308 0.331 0.395 0.726
Joe Gerhardt LS1 59 250 41 76 6 5 1 35 0 5 8 0.304 0.318 0.380 0.698
John Morrill BSN 61 242 47 73 5 1 0 28 0 6 15 0.302 0.319 0.331 0.649
Lip Pike CN1 58 262 45 78 12 4 4 23 0 9 7 0.298 0.321 0.420 0.741
Ezra Sutton BSN 58 253 43 74 10 6 0 39 0 4 10 0.292 0.304 0.379 0.683
Jumbo Latham LS1 59 278 42 81 10 6 0 22 0 5 6 0.291 0.304 0.371 0.674
Andy Leonard BSN 58 272 46 78 5 0 0 27 0 5 5 0.287 0.300 0.305 0.605
Orator Shafer LS1 61 260 38 74 9 5 3 34 0 9 17 0.285 0.309 0.392 0.701
Tom York HAR 56 237 43 67 16 7 1 37 0 3 11 0.283 0.292 0.422 0.714
Bill Crowley LS1 61 238 30 67 9 3 1 23 0 4 13 0.282 0.293 0.357 0.651
Paul Hines CHN 60 261 44 73 11 7 0 23 0 1 8 0.280 0.282 0.375 0.658
Bob Addy CN1 57 245 27 68 2 3 0 31 0 6 5 0.278 0.295 0.310 0.605
George Wright BSN 61 290 58 80 15 1 0 35 0 9 15 0.276 0.298 0.334 0.632
Jim Devlin LS1 61 268 38 72 6 3 1 27 0 7 27 0.269 0.287 0.325 0.612
Bill Hague LS1 59 263 38 70 7 1 1 24 0 7 18 0.266 0.285 0.312 0.597
Bill Craver LS1 57 238 33 63 5 2 0 29 0 5 11 0.265 0.280 0.303 0.582
Davy Force SL3 58 225 24 59 5 3 0 22 0 11 15 0.262 0.297 0.311 0.608
Jack Burdock HAR 58 277 35 72 6 0 0 9 0 2 16 0.260 0.265 0.282 0.547
Pop Snyder LS1 61 248 23 64 7 2 2 28 0 3 14 0.258 0.267 0.327 0.594
Bob Ferguson HAR 58 254 40 65 7 2 0 35 0 3 10 0.256 0.265 0.299 0.564
Al Spalding CHN 60 254 29 65 7 6 0 35 0 3 16 0.256 0.265 0.331 0.595
Tom Carey HAR 60 274 38 70 3 2 1 20 0 0 9 0.255 0.255 0.292 0.547
Jim Holdsworth HAR 55 260 26 66 5 2 0 20 0 2 8 0.254 0.260 0.288 0.548
Lew Brown BSN 58 221 27 56 12 8 1 31 0 6 33 0.253 0.273 0.394 0.667
Mike McGeary SL3 57 258 35 65 3 2 0 20 0 2 6 0.252 0.258 0.279 0.537
George Bradley CHN 55 214 31 52 7 3 0 12 0 6 19 0.243 0.264 0.304 0.567
Art Croft SL3 54 220 23 51 5 2 0 27 0 1 15 0.232 0.235 0.273 0.508
Terry Larkin HAR 58 228 28 52 6 5 1 18 0 5 23 0.228 0.245 0.311 0.556
Tommy Bond BSN 61 259 32 59 4 3 0 30 0 1 15 0.228 0.231 0.266 0.497
John Glenn CHN 50 202 31 46 6 1 0 20 0 8 16 0.228 0.257 0.267 0.524
Joe Blong SL3 58 218 17 47 8 3 0 13 0 4 22 0.216 0.230 0.280 0.510
Joe Battin SL3 57 226 28 45 3 7 1 22 0 6 17 0.199 0.220 0.288 0.507
Will Foley CN1 56 216 23 41 5 1 0 18 0 4 13 0.190 0.205 0.222 0.427
Showing 1-50 of 43 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

1877 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Tommy Bond BSN 40 17 58 58 58 6 0 521.0 530 122 36 170 2.11 1.09
Terry Larkin HAR 29 25 56 56 55 4 0 501.0 510 119 53 96 2.14 1.12
Jim Devlin LS1 35 25 61 61 61 4 0 559.0 617 140 41 141 2.25 1.18
Tricky Nichols SL3 18 23 42 39 35 1 0 350.0 376 101 53 80 2.60 1.23
Joe Blong SL3 10 9 25 21 17 0 0 187.3 203 57 38 51 2.74 1.29
George Bradley CHN 19 23 50 44 35 2 0 394.0 452 145 39 59 3.31 1.25
Bobby Mitchell CN1 6 5 12 12 11 1 0 100.0 123 39 11 41 3.51 1.34
Amos Booth CN1 1 7 12 8 6 0 0 86.0 114 34 13 18 3.56 1.48
Bobby Mathews CN1 3 12 15 15 13 0 0 129.3 208 58 17 9 4.04 1.74
Candy Cummings CN1 5 14 19 19 16 0 0 155.6 219 75 13 11 4.34 1.49
Cal McVey CHN 4 8 17 10 6 0 2 92.0 129 46 11 20 4.50 1.52
Showing 1-50 of 11 qualified pitchers

1877 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

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.
Who led MLB in wins in 1877?
Tommy Bond led with 40 wins in 1877.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1877?
Tommy Bond led with 170 strikeouts in 1877.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1877?
Tommy Bond at 2.11, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.