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

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Joseph Stewart	BLB	2
2	James Smith	LFC	2
3	John Nelson	GOR	2
4	William Malone	PYT	1
5	William Woods	PYT	1
6	John Vactor	PYT	1
7	William Selden	RES	1
8	Frank Miller	PKS	1
9	George Jackson	PYT	1
10	Ben Gross	PKS	1

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		1.4	0.6	0.0	0.7	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	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.0
4	Pittsburgh Keystones	NCL	300	60.0		0.7	0.7	0.1	-0.2	0.0
5	New York Gorhams	NCL	200	43.2		0.2	-0.5	-0.5	1.3	0.0
6	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	NCL	240	52.0		-0.9	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	0.0
	6	1	1230	254.2		2.9	0.8	0.0	2.1	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	John Nelson	GOR	P	22	26.2		1.3	0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
2	James Smith	LFC	P	10	18.0		0.7	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 Wilson	PKS	SS	35			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
9	Jerome Thomas	BLB	1B	28			0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Willie Stanard	PKS	CF	35			0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
11	Weldy Walker	PKS	C	22			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
12	William Malone	PYT	P	18	24.2		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
13	Clark	LFC	3B	19			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
14	Fred Mayfield	LFC	C	15			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Julius Forbes	PYT	3B	26			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
16	William Gray	BLB	C	22			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
17	George Jackson	PYT	P	9	9.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	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	Jim Wilson	BLB	LF	28			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
21	J. O. Turner	PYT	CF	19			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Robert Brown	RES	RF	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Dan Penno	RES	SS	5			0.1	0.1	0.0	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	0.1	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	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Henry Gant	PKS	3B	35			0.0	0.1	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	Sam Jackson	PKS	C	18			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Charles Williams	RES	2B	5			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	David Allen	PKS	1B	35			0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
42	James Aylor	PYT	CF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	Shepard	GOR	SS	4			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Javan Emory	PYT	2B	29			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Thomas Dorsey	BLB	CF	26			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	James Proctor	BLB	SS	28			-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
50	James Armstrong	LFC	LF	19			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Harvey Roy	PKS	LF	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	Ambrose Davis	GOR	RF	11			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
53	William Bowers	PYT	RF	32			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	Raymond	BLB	1B	8			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Joseph Stewart	BLB	P	14	27.2		-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	George Evans	GOR	2B	21			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Holcombe	GOR	RF	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Joseph Hall	PYT	1B	32			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Ben Gross	PKS	RF	26	15.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
65	J. R. Simmons	BLB	2B	26			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	H. Gillespie	LFC	CF	7	3.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
67	John Vactor	PYT	P	15	11.1		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	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		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
70	Haywood	BLB	3B	17	2.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
71	Harry Cummings	BLB	P	12	22.0		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
72	M. White	GOR	CF	18	6.1		-0.6	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	0.0

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