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1878 leaders
Qualified leaders across the batting and pitching record.
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Batting leaders
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| Rk | Player | Club | G | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Hines | PRO | 62 | 259 | .358 | .363 | .486 | .849 | 4 | 50 |
| 2 | Orator Shafer | IN1 | 63 | 279 | .338 | .369 | .455 | .824 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Joe Start | CHC | 61 | 287 | .351 | .355 | .439 | .794 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | Tom York | PRO | 62 | 277 | .309 | .329 | .465 | .794 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Abner Dalrymple | ML2 | 61 | 277 | .354 | .368 | .421 | .789 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Bob Ferguson | CHC | 61 | 269 | .351 | .375 | .405 | .780 | 0 | 39 |
| 7 | Lew Brown | PRO | 58 | 250 | .305 | .324 | .453 | .777 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Cap Anson | CHC | 60 | 274 | .341 | .372 | .402 | .774 | 0 | 40 |
| 9 | Charley Jones | CN1 | 61 | 265 | .310 | .321 | .441 | .762 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Dick Higham | PRO | 62 | 286 | .320 | .332 | .416 | .748 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Cal McVey | CN1 | 61 | 276 | .306 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Jim O'Rourke | BSN | 60 | 260 | .278 | .292 | .412 | .704 | 1 | 29 |
| 13 | Terry Larkin | CHC | 58 | 243 | .288 | .337 | .363 | .700 | 0 | 32 |
| 14 | John Clapp | IN1 | 63 | 276 | .304 | .337 | .357 | .694 | 0 | 29 |
| 15 | Deacon White | CN1 | 61 | 268 | .314 | .340 | .337 | .677 | 0 | 29 |
| 16 | John Peters | ML2 | 55 | 251 | .309 | .323 | .341 | .664 | 0 | 22 |
| 17 | Bill Harbridge | CHC | 54 | 246 | .296 | .313 | .346 | .659 | 0 | 37 |
| 18 | Joe Gerhardt | CN1 | 60 | 266 | .297 | .316 | .340 | .656 | 0 | 28 |
| 19 | Will Foley | ML2 | 56 | 236 | .271 | .292 | .349 | .641 | 0 | 22 |
| 20 | Jack Burdock | BSN | 60 | 249 | .260 | .269 | .358 | .627 | 0 | 25 |
| 21 | King Kelly | CN1 | 60 | 244 | .283 | .303 | .321 | .624 | 0 | 27 |
| 22 | Frank Hankinson | CHC | 58 | 245 | .267 | .282 | .338 | .620 | 1 | 27 |
| 23 | Andy Leonard | BSN | 60 | 265 | .260 | .268 | .328 | .596 | 0 | 16 |
| 24 | John Cassidy | CHC | 60 | 265 | .266 | .291 | .301 | .592 | 0 | 29 |
| 25 | Jack Remsen | CHC | 56 | 241 | .232 | .286 | .304 | .590 | 1 | 19 |
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Pitching leaders
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| Rk | Pitcher | Club | W | L | ERA | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Ward | PRO | 22 | 13 | 1.510 | 334.0 | 116 | 1.024 |
| 2 | Jim McCormick | IN1 | 5 | 8 | 1.690 | 117.0 | 36 | 1.222 |
| 3 | Will White | CN1 | 30 | 21 | 1.790 | 468.0 | 169 | 1.115 |
| 4 | Sam Weaver | ML2 | 12 | 31 | 1.950 | 383.0 | 95 | 1.023 |
| 5 | Tommy Bond | BSN | 40 | 19 | 2.060 | 532.2 | 182 | 1.134 |
| 6 | Bobby Mitchell | CN1 | 7 | 2 | 2.140 | 80.0 | 51 | 1.087 |
| 7 | Tom Healey | IN1 | 6 | 4 | 2.220 | 89.0 | 18 | 1.247 |
| 8 | Terry Larkin | CHC | 29 | 26 | 2.240 | 506.0 | 163 | 1.071 |
| 9 | The Only Nolan | IN1 | 13 | 22 | 2.570 | 347.0 | 125 | 1.190 |
| 10 | Mike Golden | ML2 | 3 | 13 | 4.140 | 161.0 | 52 | 1.553 |
| 11 | Tricky Nichols | PRO | 4 | 7 | 4.220 | 98.0 | 21 | 1.684 |