1887 Season

National Colored League

1886 / 1888

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

Top Hitter

William
Woods

Top Pitcher

John
Nelson

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	Fred Mayfield	LFC	.624
2	Jerome Thomas	BLB	.574
3	William Woods	PYT	.566
4	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	.549
5	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	.505
6	William Gray	BLB	.497
7	Weldy Walker	PKS	.496
8	John Nelson	GOR	.481
9	Willie Stanard	PKS	.480
10	Frank Miller	PKS	.475

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

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#	Player	Team	Age	Pos	PA	IP	Bats	Throws	Birth	Death
1	David Allen	PKS	25	1B	35				3/17/1862 (Harrisburg, PA)	5/28/1945 (Pittsburgh, PA)
2	James Armstrong	LFC		LF	19
3	James Aylor	PYT	24	CF	4				1863 (Philadelphia, PA)	8/2/1894 (Philadelphia, PA)
4	Charley Bell	PKS		C	4
5	William Bowers	PYT		RF	32
6	John Brady	PKS		LF	5
7	James Brooks	BLB		C	5
8	William Brooks	LFC		2B	21
9	Robert Brown	RES		RF	5
10	Clark	LFC		3B	19
11	Bunnie Cross	RES		1B	5
12	Harry Cummings	BLB	21	P	12	22.0			5/13/1866 (Baltimore, MD)	9/6/1917 (Baltimore, MD)
13	Ambrose Davis	GOR	24	RF	11				1/1863 (New York, NY)	1/27/1909 (New York, NY)
14	Thomas Dorsey	BLB		CF	26
15	Javan Emory	PYT	27	2B	29				12/31/1859 (Williamsport, PA)	6/22/1923 (Philadelphia, PA)
16	George Evans	GOR		2B	21
17	Julius Forbes	PYT	22	3B	26				1/29/1865 (Cárdenas, Cuba)	8/19/1947 (Philadelphia, PA)
18	Henry Gant	PKS		3B	35
19	Frank Garrett	LFC		SS	3
20	H. Gillespie	LFC		CF	7	3.0
21	William Gray	BLB		C	22
22	Charles Griffin	PKS		P	23	35.2
23	Ben Gross	PKS		RF	26	15.1
24	Joseph Hall	PYT		1B	32
25	James Harris	BLB		RF	26
26	Haywood	BLB		3B	17	2.1
27	Henderson	GOR		1B	4
28	Holcombe	GOR		RF	9
29	Andy Jackson	GOR	21	3B	22				9/28/1865 (Greenville, NJ)	5/15/1900 (New York, NY)
30	George Jackson	PYT		P	9	9.0
31	Oscar Jackson	GOR		C	25	5.2
32	Robert Jackson	GOR		1B	22	5.0
33	Sam Jackson	PKS		C	18
34	W. Jessie	LFC		3B	3
35	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	25	RF	20	15.0			1862 (Westport, KY)	6/7/1889 (Louisville, KY)
36	William Malone	PYT	19	P	18	24.2			1868 (Detroit, MI)	5/10/1917 (Saginaw, MI)
37	Fred Mayfield	LFC		C	15
38	Frank Miller	PKS	21	LF	18	9.0			12/17/1865 (Cumberland, MD)	11/2/1942 (Pittsburgh, PA)
39	John Nelson	GOR		P	22	26.2
40	E. Payne	PYT		LF	31
41	Dan Penno	RES	26	SS	5				1861 (East Greenwich, RI)	7/25/1924 (New York, NY)
42	James Proctor	BLB		SS	28
43	Raymond	BLB		1B	8
44	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	21	SS	17				1866 (Louisville, KY)	5/19/1946 (Hempstead, NY)
45	Harvey Roy	PKS	19	LF	9				10/1/1867 (Washington, DC)	10/24/1905 (Wheeling, WV)
46	Charlie Scudder	PYT	27	C	19				1860 (Princeton, NJ)
47	William Selden	RES	20	P	5	9.0			10/10/1866 (Norfolk, VA)	8/26/1926 (Boston, MA)
48	Shepard	GOR		SS	4
49	J. R. Simmons	BLB		2B	26
50	Babe Smith	GOR		SS	25
51	Ed Smith	RES		C	5			L
52	James Smith	LFC		P	10	18.0
53	Willie Stanard	PKS	20	CF	35				4/6/1867 (Washington, DC)	7/5/1936 (South Fayette Township, PA)
54	Joseph Stewart	BLB		P	14	27.2
55	Bobby Still	PYT	27	1B	4				1860 (Philadelphia, PA)	1/8/1896 (Philadelphia, PA)
56	H. C. Taylor	RES		LF	5
57	Winslow Terrill	RES	17	CF	5				1870 (Boston, MA)	11/5/1897 (Cambridge, MA)
58	J. Thomas	LFC		1B	21
59	Jerome Thomas	BLB		1B	28
60	William Thompson	LFC		C	15
61	J. O. Turner	PYT		CF	19
62	John Vactor	PYT		P	15	11.1
63	R. A. Walker	RES		3B	5
64	Weldy Walker	PKS	26	C	22				7/27/1860 (Steubenville, OH)	11/23/1937 (Steubenville, OH)
65	M. White	GOR		CF	18	6.1
66	Sol White	PKS	19	2B	35		R	R	6/12/1868 (Bellaire, OH)	8/26/1955 (Central Islip, NY)
67	Charles Williams	RES		2B	5
68	S. Willis	GOR		CF	17
69	Jim Wilson	BLB	26	LF	28				3/2/1861 (Talah, Liberia)	11/20/1940 (Suffolk, VA)
70	William Wilson	PKS		SS	35
71	Woods	LFC		C	5
72	William Woods	PYT		SS	32	9.0

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