1878 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1878 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

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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