1878 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1878 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1878 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	60	41	19	.683	--	298	241	57	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Wright	South End Grounds
2	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	61	37	23	.617	4.0	333	281	52	dnq	0	0	---	---	Bank Street Grounds
3	3	3	Providence Grays	T - S - R	62	33	27	.550	8.0	353	337	16	dnq	0	0	---	---	Messer Street Grounds
4	4	4	Chicago White Stockings	T - S - R	61	30	30	.500	11.0	371	331	40	dnq	0	0	---	---	Lake Front Park
5	5	5	Indianapolis Blues	T - S - R	63	24	36	.400	17.0	293	328	-35	dnq	0	0	---	---	Seventh Street Park III
6	6	6	Milwaukee NL Team	T - S - R	61	15	45	.250	26.0	256	386	-130	dnq	0	0	---	---	Milwaukee Base Ball Grounds
6 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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