1887 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1887 Season

1886 / 1888

Walter Brown (President)
J. J. Callis (Vice President)

Top Hitter

Abe
Harrison

Top Pitcher

Billy
Whyte

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Fred Mayfield	LFC	251
2	Jerome Thomas	BLB	211
3	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	210
4	William Woods	PYT	208
5	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	202
6	John Nelson	GOR	177
7	Weldy Walker	PKS	173
8	Abe Harrison	TCG	169
9	William Gray	BLB	163
10	Willie Stanard	PKS	162

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	John Vactor	PYT	426
2	William Woods	PYT	338
3	George Jackson	PYT	338
4	Jack Huston	JCS	327
5	Charles Griffin	PKS	325
6	Frank Gilmore	NAT	319
7	John Cahill	IND	217
8	Mike Mattimore	NYG	197
9	Ben Gross	PKS	186
10	Bobby Mathews	ATH	178

All-1887 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Hardy Richardson	DTN	0.2	0.1	0.0
Edward Cramer	SCR	0.2	0.2	0.0
Charley Jones	CIN	0.2	0.2	0.0
Pat Dealy	NAT	0.1	0.1	0.0
Darby O'Brien	NYM	0.1	0.1	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Willie Stanard	PKS	0.3	0.3	0.1
John Sowders	IND	0.2	0.2	0.0
David Cain	BRI	0.2	0.2	0.0
Buster Hoover	WBB	0.2	0.2	0.0
Tom O'Brien	JCS	0.2	0.1	0.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Alonzo Keiger	LFC	0.5	0.2	0.0
Clarence Williams	TCG	0.3	0.4	-0.1
Charlie Kelly	WBB	0.1	0.1	0.0
Robert Brown	RES	0.1	0.1	0.0
Mike Dorgan	NYG	0.1	0.1	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Abe Harrison	TCG	1.1	1.0	0.0
William Woods	PYT	0.6	0.4	0.0
William Wilson	PKS	0.3	0.2	0.1
Franklin Lang	JCS	0.3	0.2	0.1
Eddie Burke	SCR	0.2	0.2	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Williams	TCG	0.5	0.7	-0.3
Lou Bierbauer	ATH	0.3	0.1	0.2
Charley Bassett	IND	0.2	0.2	0.0
Frank Grant	BUF	0.2	0.2	0.0
Danny Richardson	NYG	0.2	0.2	0.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Denny Lyons	ATH	0.3	0.2	0.0
Buck Ewing	NYG	0.2	0.2	0.0
Clark	LFC	0.2	0.1	0.1
Julius Forbes	PYT	0.2	0.1	0.1
Charlie Jones	BRI	0.0	0.1	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jerome Thomas	BLB	0.3	0.4	0.0
Roger Connor	NYG	0.1	0.1	0.0
Tom Lynch	SYR	0.1	0.1	0.0
Jake Virtue	OSW	0.1	0.0	0.0
Charlie Ganzel	DTN	0.1	0.0	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Arthur Thomas	TCG	0.8	0.7	0.0
Weldy Walker	PKS	0.3	0.2	0.1
Fred Mayfield	LFC	0.2	0.2	0.0
Kid Baldwin	CIN	0.2	0.2	0.0
William Gray	BLB	0.2	0.2	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Billy Whyte	TCG	86.0	2.1	2.1	0.1
John Nelson	GOR	26.2	1.3	1.1	0.2
James Smith	LFC	18.0	0.7	0.7	0.0
Frank Gilmore	NAT	9.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Pretzels Getzien	DTN	9.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Ledell Titcomb	NYG	8.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Frank Keffer	WBB	9.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Jim Hyndman	OSW	9.0	0.4	0.3	0.0
George Meakim	SCR	8.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Shep Trusty	TCG	41.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
Al Mays	NYM	9.0	0.2	0.2	0.0
Bill Hart	CIN	8.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Bobby Mathews	ATH	9.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Wild Bill Widner	CIN	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off

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