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8 teams competing in 2 leagues

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1881 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Cap Anson 0.399 2 Martin Powell 0.338 3 Jack Rowe 0.333 4 Joe Start 0.328 5 Fred Dunlap 0.325

Home Runs

1 Dan Brouthers 8 2 Charlie Bennett 7 3 Jack Farrell 5 4 Tom Burns 4 5 Lew Brown 3

RBI

1 Cap Anson 82 2 Charlie Bennett 64 3 King Kelly 55 4 Hardy Richardson 53 5 John Ward 53

Stolen Bases

1 Cap Anson 0 2 Ross Barnes 0 3 Charlie Bennett 0 4 George Bradley 0 5 Dan Brouthers 0

Hits

1 Cap Anson 137 2 Abner Dalrymple 117 3 Buttercup Dickerson 116 4 Fred Dunlap 114 5 King Kelly 114

Runs

1 George Gore 86 2 King Kelly 84 3 Abner Dalrymple 72 4 Jim O'Rourke 71 5 Jack Farrell 69

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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1881 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 George Weidman 1.80 2 John Ward 2.13 3 George Derby 2.20 4 Larry Corcoran 2.31 5 Pud Galvin 2.37

Wins

1 Larry Corcoran 31 2 Jim Whitney 31 3 George Derby 29 4 Pud Galvin 28 5 Jim McCormick 26

Strikeouts

1 George Derby 212 2 Jim McCormick 178 3 Jim Whitney 162 4 Lee Richmond 156 5 Larry Corcoran 150

Saves

1 George Bradley 0 2 Larry Corcoran 0 3 Fred Corey 0 4 George Derby 0 5 Curry Foley 0

WHIP

1 George Weidman 1.04 2 Jim McCormick 1.08 3 Fred Goldsmith 1.13 4 Old Hoss Radbourn 1.15 5 John Ward 1.15

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📋 Standings

National League

Chicago White Stockings ★ 56-28 Providence Grays 47-37 Buffalo Bisons 45-38 Detroit Wolverines 41-43 Troy Trojans 39-45 Boston Red Caps 38-45 Cleveland Blues 36-48 Worcester Ruby Legs 32-50

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