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

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Fred Mayfield	LFC	.600
2	Jerome Thomas	BLB	.571
3	William Woods	PYT	.563
4	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	.529
5	Weldy Walker	PKS	.500
6	William Gray	BLB	.500
7	Frank Miller	PKS	.500
8	Willie Stanard	PKS	.486
9	Julius Forbes	PYT	.462
10	William Wilson	PKS	.457

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Charles Griffin	PKS	14
2	William Selden	RES	13
3	John Nelson	GOR	12
4	Ben Gross	PKS	11
5	John Vactor	PYT	10
6	James Smith	LFC	9
7	William Malone	PYT	8
8	William Woods	PYT	7
9	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	5
10	Frank Miller	PKS	4

Wins Above Replacement

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Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Lousville Falls Citys	NCL	175	36.0		1.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.0
2	Boston Resolutes	NCL	45	9.0		0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.0
3	Philadelphia Pythians	NCL	270	54.0		0.7	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.0
4	Pittsburgh Keystones	NCL	300	60.0		0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
5	New York Gorhams	NCL	200	43.2		0.3	-0.6	-0.5	1.4	0.0
6	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	NCL	240	52.0		-0.9	-0.5	0.2	-0.6	0.0
	6	1	1230	254.2		2.9	0.3	0.0	2.6	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	John Nelson	GOR	P	22	26.2		1.4	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.0
2	James Smith	LFC	P	10	18.0		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
3	Robert Jackson	GOR	1B	22	5.0		0.6	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0
4	William Woods	PYT	SS	32	9.0		0.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.0
5	William Selden	RES	P	5	9.0		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
6	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	RF	20	15.0		0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
7	Frank Miller	PKS	LF	18	9.0		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
8	William Malone	PYT	P	18	24.2		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
9	William Wilson	PKS	SS	35			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
10	Jerome Thomas	BLB	1B	28			0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Willie Stanard	PKS	CF	35			0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
12	Weldy Walker	PKS	C	22			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
13	George Jackson	PYT	P	9	9.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
14	Fred Mayfield	LFC	C	15			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Clark	LFC	3B	19			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
16	Julius Forbes	PYT	3B	26			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
17	William Gray	BLB	C	22			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
18	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	SS	17			0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
19	Sol White	PKS	2B	35			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
20	Robert Brown	RES	RF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
21	J. O. Turner	PYT	CF	19			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Dan Penno	RES	SS	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Jim Wilson	BLB	LF	28			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Ed Smith	RES	C	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	H. C. Taylor	RES	LF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
26	William Thompson	LFC	C	15			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Charlie Scudder	PYT	C	19			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	J. Thomas	LFC	1B	21			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Henry Gant	PKS	3B	35			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Frank Garrett	LFC	SS	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
31	W. Jessie	LFC	3B	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Winslow Terrill	RES	CF	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Bunnie Cross	RES	1B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Woods	LFC	C	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	James Brooks	BLB	C	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Bobby Still	PYT	1B	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
37	R. A. Walker	RES	3B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Charles Williams	RES	2B	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Sam Jackson	PKS	C	18			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Henderson	GOR	1B	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	James Aylor	PYT	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Joseph Stewart	BLB	P	14	27.2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
43	John Brady	PKS	LF	5			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Charley Bell	PKS	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
45	Oscar Jackson	GOR	C	25	5.2		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
46	David Allen	PKS	1B	35			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Shepard	GOR	SS	4			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Javan Emory	PYT	2B	29			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	Thomas Dorsey	BLB	CF	26			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	James Armstrong	LFC	LF	19			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	James Proctor	BLB	SS	28			-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Harvey Roy	PKS	LF	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Ambrose Davis	GOR	RF	11			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Raymond	BLB	1B	8			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	William Bowers	PYT	RF	32			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	S. Willis	GOR	CF	17			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Babe Smith	GOR	SS	25			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
58	James Harris	BLB	RF	26			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	E. Payne	PYT	LF	31			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	William Brooks	LFC	2B	21			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Holcombe	GOR	RF	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	George Evans	GOR	2B	21			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Ben Gross	PKS	RF	26	15.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
64	Joseph Hall	PYT	1B	32			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	J. R. Simmons	BLB	2B	26			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	John Vactor	PYT	P	15	11.1		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	H. Gillespie	LFC	CF	7	3.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
68	Andy Jackson	GOR	3B	22			-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Charles Griffin	PKS	P	23	35.2		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
70	Harry Cummings	BLB	P	12	22.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
71	Haywood	BLB	3B	17	2.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
72	M. White	GOR	CF	18	6.1		-0.6	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	0.0

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