1878 Season Leaders
Top performers from the 1878 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.
Batting Leaders
Minimum 200 at-bats required
Complete Statistics
| Player | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hines | PRO | 62 | 257 | 42 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.358 | 0.363 | 0.486 |
| Abner Dalrymple | ML2 | 61 | 271 | 52 | 96 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 0.354 | 0.368 | 0.421 |
| Bob Ferguson | CHC | 61 | 259 | 44 | 91 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0.351 | 0.375 | 0.405 |
| Joe Start | CHC | 61 | 285 | 58 | 100 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.351 | 0.355 | 0.439 |
| Cap Anson | CHC | 60 | 261 | 55 | 89 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0.341 | 0.372 | 0.402 |
| Orator Shafer | IN1 | 63 | 266 | 48 | 90 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 0.338 | 0.369 | 0.455 |
| Dick Higham | PRO | 62 | 281 | 60 | 90 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0.320 | 0.332 | 0.416 |
| Deacon White | CN1 | 61 | 258 | 41 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0.314 | 0.340 | 0.337 |
| Charley Jones | CN1 | 61 | 261 | 50 | 81 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0.310 | 0.321 | 0.441 |
| John Peters | ML2 | 55 | 246 | 33 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0.309 | 0.323 | 0.341 |
| Tom York | PRO | 62 | 269 | 56 | 83 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 0.309 | 0.329 | 0.465 |
| Cal McVey | CN1 | 61 | 271 | 43 | 83 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0.306 | 0.319 | 0.395 |
| Lew Brown | PRO | 58 | 243 | 44 | 74 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 0.305 | 0.324 | 0.453 |
| John Clapp | IN1 | 63 | 263 | 42 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0.304 | 0.337 | 0.357 |
| Joe Gerhardt | CN1 | 60 | 259 | 46 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0.297 | 0.316 | 0.340 |
| Bill Harbridge | CHC | 54 | 240 | 32 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0.296 | 0.313 | 0.346 |
| Terry Larkin | CHC | 58 | 226 | 33 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0.288 | 0.337 | 0.363 |
| King Kelly | CN1 | 60 | 237 | 29 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.283 | 0.303 | 0.321 |
| Jim O'Rourke | BSN | 60 | 255 | 44 | 71 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0.278 | 0.292 | 0.412 |
| Will Foley | ML2 | 56 | 229 | 33 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0.271 | 0.292 | 0.349 |
| Frank Hankinson | CHC | 58 | 240 | 38 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0.267 | 0.282 | 0.338 |
| John Cassidy | CHC | 60 | 256 | 33 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0.266 | 0.291 | 0.301 |
| Jack Burdock | BSN | 60 | 246 | 37 | 64 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0.260 | 0.269 | 0.358 |
| Andy Leonard | BSN | 60 | 262 | 41 | 68 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0.260 | 0.268 | 0.328 |
| Chub Sullivan | CN1 | 61 | 244 | 29 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.258 | 0.264 | 0.291 |
| Jack Manning | BSN | 60 | 248 | 41 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0.254 | 0.283 | 0.302 |
| Jake Goodman | ML2 | 60 | 252 | 28 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 0.246 | 0.266 | 0.298 |
| John Morrill | BSN | 60 | 233 | 26 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0.240 | 0.256 | 0.270 |
| Tom Carey | PRO | 61 | 253 | 33 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.237 | 0.237 | 0.300 |
| Jack Remsen | CHC | 56 | 224 | 32 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 0.232 | 0.286 | 0.304 |
| Ed Williamson | IN1 | 63 | 250 | 31 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0.232 | 0.247 | 0.300 |
| Ezra Sutton | BSN | 60 | 239 | 31 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.226 | 0.232 | 0.301 |
| Russ McKelvy | IN1 | 63 | 253 | 33 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 0.225 | 0.240 | 0.289 |
| George Wright | BSN | 59 | 267 | 35 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0.225 | 0.242 | 0.251 |
| Silver Flint | IN1 | 63 | 254 | 23 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.224 | 0.230 | 0.252 |
| Bill McClellan | CHC | 48 | 205 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0.224 | 0.232 | 0.263 |
| Billy Geer | CN1 | 61 | 237 | 31 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0.219 | 0.251 | 0.291 |
| Pop Snyder | BSN | 60 | 226 | 21 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.212 | 0.216 | 0.235 |
| Tommy Bond | BSN | 59 | 236 | 22 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.212 | 0.212 | 0.237 |
| Mike Golden | ML2 | 55 | 214 | 16 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0.206 | 0.217 | 0.262 |
| Joe Quest | IN1 | 62 | 278 | 45 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0.205 | 0.238 | 0.230 |
| Bill Hague | PRO | 62 | 250 | 21 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0.204 | 0.220 | 0.216 |
| Charlie Sweasy | PRO | 55 | 212 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 0.175 | 0.201 | 0.189 |
| Art Croft | IN1 | 60 | 222 | 22 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0.158 | 0.176 | 0.185 |
Showing 1-50 of 44 qualified batters
Pitching Leaders
Minimum 50 innings pitched required
Complete Statistics
| Player | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ward | PRO | 22 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 334.0 | 308 | 56 | 34 | 116 | 1.51 | 1.02 |
| Jim McCormick | IN1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 117.0 | 128 | 22 | 15 | 36 | 1.69 | 1.22 |
| Will White | CN1 | 30 | 21 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 468.0 | 477 | 93 | 45 | 169 | 1.79 | 1.12 |
| Sam Weaver | ML2 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 383.0 | 371 | 83 | 21 | 95 | 1.95 | 1.02 |
| Tommy Bond | BSN | 40 | 19 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 532.6 | 571 | 122 | 33 | 182 | 2.06 | 1.13 |
| Bobby Mitchell | CN1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 69 | 19 | 18 | 51 | 2.14 | 1.09 |
| Tom Healey | IN1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 98 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 2.22 | 1.25 |
| Terry Larkin | CHC | 29 | 26 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 506.0 | 511 | 126 | 31 | 163 | 2.24 | 1.07 |
| The Only Nolan | IN1 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 347.0 | 357 | 99 | 56 | 125 | 2.57 | 1.19 |
| Harry Wheeler | PRO | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 70 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 3.48 | 1.53 |
| Mike Golden | ML2 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 217 | 74 | 33 | 52 | 4.14 | 1.55 |
| Tricky Nichols | PRO | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 157 | 46 | 8 | 21 | 4.22 | 1.68 |
Showing 1-50 of 12 qualified pitchers