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1878 NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: NL - Expanded Leaderboards: ML | NL -
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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Charlie Bennett     1878-1893 1062  3821  549  978 203  67  55  533  478  572  .256  .340  .387   42   0 May  1 23.161
 Frank Bliss         1878-1878    2     8    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Jun 20 25.192
 Fred Corey          1878-1885  432  1738  239  427  70  43   7  124   60   70  .246  .273  .348    0   0 May  1  0.000
 George Creamer      1878-1884  500  1862  234  400  55  28   1   99   71   89  .215  .244  .276    0   0 May  1  0.000
 Abner Dalrymple     1878-1891  951  4172  813 1202 217  81  43  407  204  359  .288  .323  .410   58   0 May  1 20.234
 Buttercup Dickerson 1878-1885  408  1762  302  500  84  34   4  127   48   51  .284  .304  .377    0   0 Jul 15 19.277
 Jake Goodman        1878-1882   70   293   33   75   6   5   1   27    9   33  .256  .278  .321    0   0 May  2 24.230
 Frank Hankinson     1878-1888  849  3272  410  747 122  39  13  344  170  211  .228  .267  .301   31   0 May  1 22.002
 Tom Healey          1878-1878   15    54    2   10   2   0   0    6    0   18  .185  .185  .222    0   0 Jun 13  0.000
 Alamazoo Jennings   1878-1878    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   0 Aug 15 27.258
 King Kelly          1878-1893 1455  5894 1357 1813 359 102  69  950  549  418  .308  .368  .438  368   0 May  1 20.121
 Bill McClellan      1878-1888  792  3197  533  773 129  33   6  304  274   95  .242  .305  .308  132   0 May 20 22.059
 Jim McCormick       1878-1887  534  2082  246  491  66  22   4  178   22  116  .236  .244  .294   10   0 May 20 21.198
 Russ McKelvy        1878-1882   64   257   33   57   4   3   2   36    5   38  .222  .237  .284    0   0 May  1 23.235
 The Only Nolan      1878-1885  102   405   33   97  17   2   0   35   12   31  .240  .261  .291    0   0 May  1 20.175
 Phil Powers         1878-1885  155   573   56  103  12   6   0   42   19   22  .180  .206  .222    0   0 Aug 31 24.036
 Bill Sullivan       1878-1878    2     6    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Aug  9 25.036
 Bill Traffley       1878-1886  179   663   85  116  13  12   1   36   34    1  .175  .220  .235    8   0 Jul 27 18.218
 John Ward           1878-1894 1825  7647 1408 2104 231  96  26  867  420  326  .275  .314  .341  540   0 Jul 15 18.134
 Harry Wheeler       1878-1884  257  1122  152  256  29  21   2   32   23   32  .228  .244  .297    0   0 Jun 19 20.108
 Ned Williamson      1878-1890 1201  4553  809 1159 228  85  64  667  506  532  .255  .332  .384   88   0 May  1 20.189
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Pitchers Debuting in 1878

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Fred Corey          1878-1885  27  46  .370  3.32   93  74  59   3   2  656.3  764  242  19   98  168 May 01  0.000
 Frank Hankinson     1878-1888  16  12  .571  2.50   32  28  28   2   1  266.7  281   74   1   31   81 May 01 22.002
 Tom Healey          1878-1878   6   7  .462  2.39   14  13  12   0   1  113.0  125   30   2   20   20 Jun 13  0.000
 King Kelly          1878-1893   2   2  .500  4.14   12   0   0   0   0   45.7   63   21   5   30    4 May 01 20.121
 Jim McCormick       1878-1887 265 214  .553  2.43  492 485 466  33   1 4275.7 4092 1155  83  749 1704 May 20 21.198
 Russ McKelvy        1878-1882   0   2  .000  2.16    4   1   1   0   0   25.0   38    6   1    3    3 May 01 23.235
 The Only Nolan      1878-1885  23  52  .307  2.98   79  78  74   1   0  676.0  720  224   6  135  274 May 01 20.175
 John Ward           1878-1894 164 102  .617  2.10  292 261 244  24   3 2461.7 2317  575  26  253  920 Jul 15 18.134
 Harry Wheeler       1878-1884   7   6  .538  4.70   14  10   8   0   0   97.7  117   51   1   43   41 Jun 19 20.108
 Ned Williamson      1878-1890   1   1  .500  3.34   12   1   1   0   3   35.0   38   13   1    5    7 May 01 20.189
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+

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