National League final standings
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1878 throughout the world.
Inter-league playoff: Boston (NL) and Buffalo (IA) each won 1 game in 2-game series.
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| Stat | Player | Total |
| AVG | Paul Hines 1 (PRO) | .358 |
| HR | Paul Hines 1 (PRO) | 4 |
| RBI | Paul Hines 1 (PRO) | 50 |
| W | Tommy Bond (BOS) | 40 |
| ERA | John Ward (PRO) | 1.51 |
| K | Tommy Bond (BOS) | 182 |
1 National League Triple Crown batting winner
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The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP) of 1871–1875, the NL is sometimes called the Senior Circuit, in contrast to MLB's other league, the American League, which was founded 25 years later and is called the "Junior Circuit". Both leagues currently have 15 teams.
The following is a list of United States Major League Baseball teams that played in the National League during the 19th century. None of these teams, other than Athletic and Mutual, had actual names during this period; sportswriters however often applied creative monickers which are still, mistakenly, used today as "team names" following a convention established in 1951.
The Providence Grays were a Major League Baseball team based in Providence, Rhode Island who played in the National League from 1878 until 1885. The Grays played at the Messer Street Grounds in the Olneyville neighborhood. The team won the National League title twice, in 1879 and 1884. Following the 1884 season, they won the World Series over the New York Metropolitans of the American Association. The team folded after the 1885 season.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1882 throughout the world.
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James McCormick was a Scottish right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. A native of Glasgow, he was the first ballplayer born in Scotland to appear in a major league game.
Edward Nicholas Crane, nicknamed Cannonball, was an American right-handed pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball for eight seasons. He played for the Boston Reds (1884), Providence Grays (1885), Buffalo Bisons (1885), Washington Nationals (1886), New York Giants (NL), New York Giants (PL) (1890), Cincinnati Kelly's Killers (1891), Cincinnati Reds (1891), and Brooklyn Grooms (1893). Crane was the first pitcher in the history of major league baseball to record 4 strikeouts in a single inning, and is one of the few players to play in four major leagues: the Union Association, the National League, the Players' League, and the American Association.
The 1901 Major League baseball season was contested from April 18 through October 6, 1901. It was the inaugural major league season for the American League (AL), with the Chicago White Stockings winning the AL pennant. In the National League (NL), in operation since 1876, the Pittsburgh Pirates won the NL pennant. There was no postseason.
The following is a timeline of franchise evolution in Major League Baseball.
On June 17, 1880, John Montgomery Ward of the Providence Grays threw a perfect game against the Buffalo Bisons at Messer Street Grounds. It was the second perfect game in Major League Baseball history, which at the time only consisted of the National League (NL). Ward's perfect game occurred just five days after Lee Richmond's perfect game.
