1887 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1887 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1886 / 1888

Top Hitter

Abe
Harrison

Top Pitcher

Billy
Whyte

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Kid Baldwin	CIN	.500
2	Abe Harrison	TCG	.446
3	George Williams	TCG	.433
4	Hugh Nicol	CIN	.385
5	Frank Fennelly	CIN	.357
6	Ben Boyd	TCG	.339
7	Jack Frye	TCG	.323
8	Arthur Thomas	TCG	.321
9	Clarence Williams	TCG	.315
10	Paul Radford	NYM	.273

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Frank Gilmore	NAT	319
2	John Cahill	IND	217
3	Billy Whyte	TCG	207
4	Mike Mattimore	NYG	197
5	Bobby Mathews	ATH	178
6	Shep Trusty	TCG	134
7	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	118
8	Wild Bill Widner	CIN	97
9	Al Mays	NYM	89
10	Frank Miller	TCG	89

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Philadelphia Athletics	NvM	2	83	.390	1.2%	1.6%	1.00	2.4%	.195
2	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NvM	2	89	.389	7.9%	3.1%	3.50	0.0%	.122
3	Washington Nationals	NvM	1	49	.382	16.3%			0.0%	.098
4	New York Giants	NvM	2	77	.357	1.3%	16.7%	0.00	0.0%	.105
5	Detroit Wolverines	NvM	1	42	.349	11.9%	27.8%	0.00	2.4%	.135
6	New York Metropolitans	NvM	2	85	.332	1.2%			0.0%	.048
7	Cincinnati Reds	NvM	3	114	.327	4.4%			0.0%	.111
8	Trenton Cuban Giants	NvM	13	500	.305	4.2%	3.1%	1.40	1.0%	.095
	8	1	26	1039	.333	4.7%	3.7%	1.21	0.8%	.105

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Hardy Richardson	DTN	LF	5	.715	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	20.0%	.600
2	Denny Lyons	ATH	3B	10	.630	0.0%	0.0%		10.0%	.600
3	Connie Mack	NAT	C	6	.626	0.0%			0.0%	.000
4	Jack Rowe*	DTN	SS	5	.592	20.0%			0.0%	.250
5	Candy Nelson*	NYG/NYM	SS	7	.578	0.0%			0.0%	.143
6	Pat Dealy	NAT	LF	6	.537	16.7%			0.0%	.400
7	Darby O'Brien	NYM	LF	9	.522	0.0%			0.0%	.000
8	George Myers	IND	1B	10	.510	10.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.222
9	Kid Baldwin	CIN	C	12	.503	8.3%			0.0%	.182
10	Lou Bierbauer*	ATH	2B	9	.502	0.0%	0.0%		11.1%	.333
11	Wilbert Robinson	ATH	1B	10	.484	10.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.111
12	Mike Dorgan	NYG	RF	8	.470	0.0%			0.0%	.000
13	Emmett Seery*	IND	LF	10	.469	20.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.125
14	Abe Harrison	TCG	SS	56	.443	5.4%	1.8%	3.00	1.8%	.135
15	Al Myers	NAT	SS	5	.434	0.0%			0.0%	.200
16	Sam Thompson*	DTN	RF	5	.434	0.0%			0.0%	.200
17	George Williams^	TCG	2B	60	.423	5.0%	5.0%	1.00	0.0%	.088
18	Tom Poorman*	ATH	RF	10	.376	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%	.000
19	Billy O'Brien	NAT	3B	5	.376	0.0%			0.0%	.000
20	Charlie Ganzel	DTN	1B	5	.376	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	0.0%	.000
21	Bid McPhee	CIN	2B	10	.363	0.0%			0.0%	.000
22	Hugh Nicol	CIN	RF	13	.361	0.0%			0.0%	.000
23	Jon Morrison*	NYM	RF	9	.346	0.0%			0.0%	.111
24	Frank Fennelly	CIN	SS	14	.346	7.1%			0.0%	.077
25	George Shoch	NAT	RF	5	.346	20.0%			0.0%	.000
26	Jack Farrell	NAT	2B	6	.337	16.7%			0.0%	.200
27	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	C	56	.336	3.6%	1.8%	2.00	1.8%	.148
28	Ben Boyd^	TCG	CF	56	.323	3.6%	3.6%	1.00	0.0%	.037
29	Clarence Williams	TCG	RF	54	.320	1.9%	0.0%		1.9%	.115
30	Deacon White*	DTN	3B	5	.315	40.0%			0.0%	.000
31	Jim Donnelly	NAT	CF	5	.315	40.0%			0.0%	.000
32	Frank Gilmore	NAT	P	5	.315	40.0%			0.0%	.000
33	Frank Hankinson	NYM	3B	10	.311	0.0%			0.0%	.100
34	Hick Carpenter	CIN	3B	12	.269	8.3%			0.0%	.182
35	William Malone^	TCG	LF	41	.250	4.9%	4.9%	1.00	0.0%	.103
36	Ben Holmes^	TCG	3B	41	.248	2.4%	2.4%	1.00	2.4%	.103
37	Paul Radford	NYM	2B	11	.242	9.1%			0.0%	.000
38	Chippy McGarr	ATH	SS	9	.241	0.0%	11.1%	0.00	0.0%	.111
39	Patrick Gillespie*	NYG	1B	8	.235	0.0%			0.0%	.000
40	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	P	4	.235	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	0.0%	.000
41	Egyptian Healy	IND	2B	9	.209	0.0%	11.1%	0.00	0.0%	.000
42	Fatty Briody^	DTN	C	4	.197	25.0%			0.0%	.000
43	Fred Dunlap	DTN	2B	5	.158	20.0%			0.0%	.000
44	Bill Krieg	NAT	1B	6	.131	16.7%			0.0%	.000
45	Mike Tiernan*	NYG	LF	9	.104	0.0%			0.0%	.000
46	John Reilly	CIN	1B	12	.103	0.0%			0.0%	.083
47	Pete Conway	DTN	CF	4	.000	0.0%	25.0%	0.00	0.0%	.000

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

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