1878 National League

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The 1878 season of the National League was the third season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Red Caps	60	41	19	0	.683	-.-	298 (4.97)	241 (4.02)	0.241	0.253	0.300	2.32	0.914
2	Cincinnati Reds	61	37	23	1	.607	4.0	333 (5.46)	281 (4.61)	0.276	0.294	0.331	1.84	0.901
3	Providence Grays	62	33	27	2	.532	8.0	353 (5.69)	337 (5.44)	0.263	0.279	0.346	2.38	0.892
4	Chicago White Stockings	61	30	30	1	.492	11.0	371 (6.08)	331 (5.43)	0.290	0.316	0.350	2.37	0.891
5	Indianapolis Blues	63	24	36	3	.381	17.0	293 (4.65)	328 (5.21)	0.236	0.256	0.286	2.32	0.898
6	Milwaukee Grays	61	15	45	1	.246	26.0	256 (4.20)	386 (6.33)	0.250	0.272	0.300	2.60	0.866

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	John Clapp Silver Flint Russ McKelvy Orator Shaffer Ned Williamson	Indianapolis Blues Indianapolis Blues Indianapolis Blues Indianapolis Blues Indianapolis Blues	63
At Bats	Joe Start	Chicago White Stockings	285
Runs Scored	Dick Higham	Providence Grays	60
Hits	Joe Start	Chicago White Stockings	100
Doubles	Dick Higham	Providence Grays	22
Triples	Tom York	Providence Grays	10
Home Runs	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	4
Total Bases	Paul Hines Joe Start Tom York	Providence Grays Chicago White Stockings Providence Grays	125
Runs Batted In	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	50
Walks	Terry Larkin Jack Remsen	Chicago White Stockings Chicago White Stockings	17
Strikeouts	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	41
Batting Average	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	0.358
On-Base Percentage	Bob Ferguson	Chicago White Stockings	0.375
Slugging Percentage	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	0.486
On-Base plus Slugging	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	0.849
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Orator Shaffer	Indianapolis Blues	186

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	40
Losses	Sam Weaver	Milwaukee Grays	31
Win-Loss Percentage	Harry Wheeler	Providence Grays	0.857
Appearances	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	59
Games Started	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	59
Complete Games	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	57
Shutouts	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	9
Games Finished	Mike Golden	Milwaukee Grays	4
Saves	Tom Healey	Providence Grays/Indianapolis Blues	1
Innings Pitched	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	532.2
Batters Faced	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	2159
Hits Allowed	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	571
Home Runs Allowed	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	5
Base-on-Balls Allowed	The Only Nolan	Indianapolis Blues	56
Strikeouts	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	182
Wild Pitches	Will White	Cincinnati Reds	40
Balks	21 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Terry Larkin	Chicago White Stockings	288
Earned Runs Allowed	Terry Larkin	Chicago White Stockings	126
Earned Run Average	John Ward	Providence Grays	1.51
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Sam Weaver	Milwaukee Grays	1.023

Umpires

• A.C. Bredberg
• Frank Burlingame*
• Robert Crandall
• John Cross
• Charles Daniels
• Harry Deane*
• John Eagan
• Bill Furlong
• Joseph Julian
• Billy McLean

* Denotes a fill-in umpire