1887 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1887 Season

National Colored League

1886 / 1888

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

Top Hitter

William
Woods

Top Pitcher

John
Nelson

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Fred Mayfield	LFC	.733
2	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	.700
3	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	.647
4	William Woods	PYT	.643
5	Jerome Thomas	BLB	.640
6	John Nelson	GOR	.591
7	Clark	LFC	.556
8	Weldy Walker	PKS	.526
9	William Gray	BLB	.524
10	Robert Jackson	GOR	.524

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Robert Jackson	GOR	0.00
2	John Vactor	PYT	0.79
3	George Jackson	PYT	1.00
4	Frank Miller	PKS	1.00
5	William Woods	PYT	1.00
6	Charles Griffin	PKS	1.01
7	Ben Gross	PKS	1.76
8	William Selden	RES	2.00
9	William Malone	PYT	2.19
10	Joseph Stewart	BLB	2.93

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Boston Resolutes	NCL	1	45	34	10	12	0	0	0	7	0		10			1	0			.353	.511	.353	.864	147
2	Lousville Falls Citys	NCL	4	175	171	49	66	8	3	1	43	1		3			1	0			.386	.400	.485	.885	133
3	Pittsburgh Keystones	NCL	7	300	278	72	93	10	6	0	50	2		17	7		5	0			.335	.383	.414	.797	112
4	Philadelphia Pythians	NCL	6	270	245	75	68	4	4	0	53	39		19	1		6	0			.278	.344	.327	.671	73
5	New York Gorhams	NCL	5	200	192	42	51	3	2	2	33	0		1	6		7	0			.266	.295	.333	.628	66
6	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	NCL	6	240	224	56	59	9	3	0	36	12		12	20		4	0			.263	.313	.330	.643	65
	6	1	29	1230	1144	304	349	34	18	3	222	54		62	34		24	0			.305	.354	.374	.728	91

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Robert Brown^	RES	RF	1	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.667	.800	.667	1.467	307
2	William Selden^	RES	P	1	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			1	0			.667	.800	.667	1.467	307
3	Fred Mayfield^	LFC	C	3	15	15	5	9	2	0	0	6	0		0			0	0			.600	.600	.733	1.333	251
4	Jerome Thomas^	BLB	1B	6	28	25	10	13	1	1	0	7	4		2	0		1	0			.520	.571	.640	1.211	211
5	Napoleon Ricks^	LFC	SS	3	17	17	6	9	0	1	0	5	0		0			0	0			.529	.529	.647	1.176	210
6	William Woods^	PYT	SS	6	32	28	11	14	0	2	0	8	5		4	0		0	0			.500	.563	.643	1.205	208
7	Ed Smith^	RES	C	1	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.500	.600	.500	1.100	205
8	Alonzo Keiger^	LFC	RF	4	20	20	7	9	1	2	0	8	0		0			0	0			.450	.450	.700	1.150	202
9	John Nelson^	GOR	P	5	22	22	7	10	1	1	0	8	0		0	0		0	0			.455	.455	.591	1.045	177
10	Weldy Walker^	PKS	C	5	22	19	6	8	0	1	0	7	0		1	0		2	0			.421	.500	.526	1.026	173
11	William Gray^	BLB	C	5	22	21	7	10	1	0	0	6	1		0	1		1	0			.476	.500	.524	1.024	163
12	Willie Stanard^	PKS	CF	7	35	32	10	14	0	1	0	7	2		1	0		2	0			.438	.486	.500	.986	162
13	Dan Penno^	RES	SS	1	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.333	.600	.333	.933	161
14	H. C. Taylor^	RES	LF	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.333	.600	.333	.933	161
15	Clark^	LFC	3B	4	19	18	5	7	0	0	1	4	0		1			0	0			.389	.421	.556	.977	157
16	William Wilson^	PKS	SS	7	35	32	6	13	1	1	0	8	0		2	2		1	0			.406	.457	.500	.957	154
17	J. Thomas^	LFC	1B	4	21	21	5	8	2	0	0	4	0		0			0	0			.381	.381	.476	.857	126
18	Robert Jackson^	GOR	1B	5	22	21	5	6	2	0	1	7	0		1	2		0	0			.286	.318	.524	.842	122
19	J. O. Turner^	PYT	CF	4	19	16	6	5	0	1	0	7	6		2	1		1	0			.313	.421	.438	.859	120
20	William Thompson^	LFC	C	3	15	14	5	5	1	0	0	4	1		1			0	0			.357	.400	.429	.829	119
21	Henry Gant^	PKS	3B	7	35	32	8	9	4	1	0	4	0		3	0		0	0			.281	.343	.469	.812	115
22	Julius Forbes^	PYT	3B	5	26	20	10	6	1	0	0	5	4		5	0		1	0			.300	.462	.350	.812	109
23	Sol White	PKS	2B	7	35	32	6	9	4	0	0	5	0		3	0		0	0			.281	.343	.406	.749	99
24	Ben Gross^	PKS	RF	6	26	25	8	8	0	1	0	4	0		1	0		0	0			.320	.346	.400	.746	98
25	Jim Wilson^	BLB	LF	6	28	27	8	8	2	1	0	6	1		1	1		0	0			.296	.321	.444	.766	96
26	James Armstrong^	LFC	LF	4	19	19	6	7	0	0	0	4	0		0			0	0			.368	.368	.368	.737	95
27	David Allen^	PKS	1B	7	35	32	10	10	1	0	0	7	0		3	0		0	0			.313	.371	.344	.715	90
28	Babe Smith^	GOR	SS	5	25	24	8	8	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		1	0			.333	.360	.333	.693	85
29	Winslow Terrill^	RES	CF	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.250	.400	.250	.650	81
30	Bunnie Cross^	RES	1B	1	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.250	.400	.250	.650	81
31	Charlie Scudder^	PYT	C	4	19	18	5	6	0	0	0	5	3		1	0		0	0			.333	.368	.333	.702	80
32	Oscar Jackson^	GOR	C	5	25	24	6	7	0	0	0	4	0		0	0		1	0			.292	.320	.292	.612	63
33	George Evans^	GOR	2B	5	21	21	1	4	0	1	1	4	0		0	0		0	0			.190	.190	.429	.619	62
34	Thomas Dorsey^	BLB	CF	6	26	25	7	7	1	0	0	4	1		1	3		0	0			.280	.308	.320	.628	62
35	William Brooks^	LFC	2B	4	21	20	3	5	1	0	0	3	0		0			1	0			.250	.286	.300	.586	55
36	William Bowers^	PYT	RF	6	32	30	7	8	0	0	0	7	4		1	0		1	0			.267	.313	.267	.579	49
37	M. White^	GOR	CF	4	18	18	4	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		0	0			.278	.278	.278	.556	48
38	S. Willis^	GOR	CF	4	17	16	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		0			1	0			.250	.294	.250	.544	45
39	Charles Griffin^	PKS	P	5	23	23	5	6	0	0	0	2	0		0	3		0	0			.261	.261	.261	.522	39
40	Javan Emory^	PYT	2B	6	29	28	10	7	0	0	0	6	4		0	0		1	0			.250	.276	.250	.526	35
41	J. R. Simmons^	BLB	2B	6	26	24	7	4	1	1	0	3	3		2	2		0	0			.167	.231	.292	.522	34
42	James Harris^	BLB	RF	6	26	24	5	5	1	0	0	3	1		2	2		0	0			.208	.269	.250	.519	34
43	James Proctor^	BLB	SS	6	28	26	6	5	2	0	0	5	0		2	2		0	0			.192	.250	.269	.519	34
44	Joseph Hall^	PYT	1B	6	32	28	7	4	1	1	0	3	2		3	0		1	0			.143	.250	.250	.500	28
45	E. Payne^	PYT	LF	6	31	30	9	6	1	0	0	5	7		1	0		0	0			.200	.226	.233	.459	17
46	R. A. Walker^	RES	3B	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	11
47	Charles Williams^	RES	2B	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	11
48	Andy Jackson^	GOR	3B	5	22	22	5	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		0	0			.182	.182	.182	.364	-3

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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