1888 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1888 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1887 / 1891

Top Hitter

Billy
Hoy

Top Pitcher

Henry
Gruber

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Billy Hoy	NAT	.438
2	Ed Daily	NAT	.400
3	Billy O'Brien	NAT	.400
4	John Irwin	NAT	.385
5	William Malone	TCG	.385
6	Al Myers	NAT	.385
7	George Williams	TCG	.300
8	Ben Boyd	TCG	.267
9	Clarence Williams	TCG	.263
10	Jim Donnelly	NAT	.231

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	William Selden	TCG	4.00
2	Jim Whitney	NAT	3.00
3	Henry Gruber	DTN	2.00
4	Ed Daily	NAT	1.00
5	George Stovey	TCG	1.00
6	George Jackson	TCG	0.50
7	Bill Blair	ATH	0.00
8	Frank Gilmore	NAT	0.00
9	Billy Whyte	TCG	0.00

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Cuban Giants	NvM	41.0		1.56	10.9%	3.5%	3.14	0.0%
2	Washington Nationals	NvM	24.0		0.79	7.3%	2.1%	3.50	1.0%
3	Philadelphia Athletics	NvM	9.0		0.89	14.7%	0.0%		0.0%
4	Detroit Wolverines	NvM	9.0		0.44	6.7%	3.3%	2.00	0.0%
	4	1	83.0		1.14	10.0%	2.8%	3.60	0.3%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	George Stovey*	TCG	SP	16.0		1.63	3.8%	3.8%	1.00	0.0%
2	Bill Blair*	ATH	SP	9.0		0.89	14.7%	0.0%		0.0%
3	Henry Gruber	DTN	SP	9.0		0.44	6.7%	3.3%	2.00	0.0%
4	Jim Whitney	NAT	SP	9.0		0.78	8.6%	2.9%	3.00	0.0%
5	Billy Whyte^	TCG	SP	9.0		0.44	32.3%	0.0%		0.0%
6	Frank Gilmore	NAT	SP	8.0		0.50	10.7%	0.0%		3.6%
7	George Jackson^	TCG	SP	8.0		1.75	2.3%	4.7%	0.50	0.0%
8	William Selden^	TCG	SP	8.0		2.50	17.0%	4.3%	4.00	0.0%
9	Ed Daily	NAT	SP	7.0		1.14	3.0%	3.0%	1.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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