1887 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1887 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1886 / 1888

Top Hitter

Abe
Harrison

Top Pitcher

Billy
Whyte

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Kid Baldwin	CIN	.455
2	Abe Harrison	TCG	.404
3	George Williams	TCG	.404
4	Hugh Nicol	CIN	.385
5	Ben Boyd	TCG	.315
6	Frank Fennelly	CIN	.308
7	Arthur Thomas	TCG	.296
8	Clarence Williams	TCG	.288
9	Jack Frye	TCG	.276
10	Ben Holmes	TCG	.205

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

Fielding

Position:

League:

Teams

#	Team	Lg		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Trenton Cuban Giants	NVM		123	117	972.0	324	175	80	20		.862	.852		4.62	4.60		-9.9	-11.5	-9.1
2	Cincinnati Reds	NVM		29	27	234.0	78	43	19	3		.864	.852		4.65	4.60		5.0	23.8	5.9
3	New York Giants	NVM		22	18	153.0	51	27	8	0		.907	.852		4.59	4.60		3.3	24.4	4.0
4	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NVM		21	18	144.0	48	35	14	10		.856	.852		5.19	4.60		-1.4	-11.3	-0.4
5	Philadelphia Athletics	NVM		20	18	162.0	54	42	10	6		.906	.852		5.33	4.60		4.5	31.6	4.0
6	New York Metropolitans	NVM		18	18	162.0	54	21	12	2		.862	.852		4.17	4.60		-0.6	-4.1	-3.6
7	Detroit Wolverines	NVM		9	9	81.0	27	4	2	0		.939	.852		3.44	4.60		-0.5	-7.0	0.0
8	Washington Nationals	NVM		9	9	81.0	27	7	3	3		.919	.852		3.78	4.60		-0.3	-4.8	-0.9
	8	1		251	234	1989.0	663	354	148	44		.873	.852		4.60	4.60		0.0	0.0	0.0

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Abe Harrison	TCG	SS		13	13	108.0	13	42	12	4		.821	.837		4.58	4.81		-2.7	-25.4	-2.7
2	George Williams^	TCG	2B		13	13	108.0	35	38	11	6		.869	.879		6.08	6.19		-2.7	-25.0	-2.7
3	Ben Boyd^	TCG	CF		11	11	91.0	13	1	5	0		.737	.818		1.38	1.47		-2.2	-23.9	-1.8
4	Ben Holmes^	TCG	3B		10	10	84.0	12	19	9	1		.775	.813		3.32	3.18		0.9	10.4	0.9
5	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	C		10	8	76.0	56	12	14	1		.829	.861		8.05	8.06		-1.1	-15.1	0.0
6	Clarence Williams	TCG	RF		8	6	58.0	7	6	3	0		.813	.870		2.02	1.91		-0.3	-5.1	-1.9
7	Jack Frye^	TCG	1B		7	7	60.0	73	3	1	4		.987	.947		11.40	11.57		-1.4	-23.8	-1.4
8	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	1B		5	5	32.0	35	3	4	2		.905	.947		10.69	11.57		0.0	-0.9	0.0
9	Billy Whyte^	TCG	P		5	5	42.0	3	11	2	1		.875	.812		3.00	2.81
10	Clarence Williams	TCG	C		5	5	32.0	20	6	5	0		.839	.861		7.31	8.06		-1.4	-44.1	0.0
11	William Malone^	TCG	LF		4	4	34.0	6	1	1	0		.875	.833		1.85	1.43		0.5	14.3	0.2
12	Kid Baldwin	CIN	C		3	3	22.0	6	3	4	1		.692	.861		3.68	8.06		1.2	56.2	0.0
13	Hick Carpenter	CIN	3B		3	3	26.0	4	5	4	0		.692	.813		3.12	3.18		-0.1	-4.6	-0.1
14	Frank Fennelly	CIN	SS		3	3	26.0	4	14	3	0		.857	.837		6.23	4.81		1.3	51.8	1.3
15	William Malone^	TCG	3B		3	3	24.0	3	4	2	1		.778	.813		2.63	3.18		-0.6	-25.9	-0.6
16	Hugh Nicol	CIN	RF		3	3	26.0	3	1	1	1		.800	.870		1.38	1.91		-0.9	-33.0	-0.5
17	George Parago^	TCG	LF		3	3	23.0	2	0	2	0		.500	.833		0.78	1.43		-1.4	-58.8	-1.1
18	George Parago^	TCG	RF		3	3	21.0	2	1	1	0		.750	.870		1.29	1.91		-1.2	-55.8	-1.0
19	William Selden^	TCG	LF		3	3	25.0	5	1	3	0		.667	.833		2.16	1.43		0.9	35.4	0.5
20	Billy Whyte^	TCG	LF		3	3	26.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.833		1.73	1.43		0.2	6.2	-0.2
21	Lou Bierbauer*	ATH	2B		2	2	18.0	8	15	2	2		.920	.879		11.50	6.19		4.7	260.6	4.7
22	Mike Dorgan	NYG	RF		2	2	17.0	3	1	0	0		1.000	.870		2.12	1.91		0.3	18.8	0.3
23	Frank Hankinson	NYM	3B		2	2	18.0	6	2	2	0		.800	.813		4.00	3.18		-0.5	-26.6	-0.5
24	Harry Johnson^	TCG	RF		2	2	12.0	2	1	0	0		1.000	.870		2.25	1.91		0.1	10.3	-0.1
25	Denny Lyons	ATH	3B		2	2	18.0	0	6	0	0		1.000	.813		3.00	3.18		0.9	47.8	0.9
26	William Malone^	TCG	P		2	2	16.0	0	2	2	0		.500	.812		1.13	2.81
27	Chippy McGarr	ATH	SS		2	2	18.0	0	7	1	2		.875	.837		3.50	4.81		-0.8	-42.1	-0.8
28	Bid McPhee	CIN	2B		2	2	17.0	5	12	1	0		.944	.879		9.00	6.19		3.3	197.0	3.3
29	Candy Nelson*	NYG/NYM	SS		2	2	17.0	4	7	0	0		1.000	.837		5.82	4.81		0.4	26.2	0.4
30	Darby O'Brien	NYM	LF		2	2	18.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.833		1.50	1.43		0.0	-1.1	0.2
31	Tom Poorman*	ATH	RF		2	2	18.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.870		0.50	1.91		-0.6	-31.1	0.1
32	John Reilly	CIN	1B		2	2	18.0	24	2	1	0		.963	.947		13.00	11.57		0.7	38.4	0.7
33	Danny Richardson	NYG	2B		2	2	11.0	4	2	0	0		1.000	.879		4.91	6.19		-1.0	-93.7	-1.0
34	Emmett Seery*	IND	LF		2	2	16.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.833		1.69	1.43		0.1	8.2	0.3
35	William Selden^	TCG	P		2	2	15.0	3	10	1	0		.929	.812		7.80	2.81
36	Shep Trusty^	TCG	P		2	2	17.0	1	7	1	0		.889	.812		4.24	2.81
37	Wild Bill Widner	CIN	P		2	2	18.0	0	2	3	0		.400	.812		1.00	2.81
38	Tug Arundel	IND	C		1	1	9.0	6	1	2	0		.778	.861		7.00	8.06		0.7	75.4	0.0
39	Al Atkinson	ATH	P		1	1	9.0	1	2	2	0		.600	.812		3.00	2.81
40	Kid Baldwin	CIN	CF		1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.818		2.25	1.47		0.3	76.8	0.4
41	Charley Bassett	IND	2B		1	1	7.0	0	5	2	1		.714	.879		6.43	6.19		1.2	167.1	1.2
42	Ben Boyd^	TCG	RF		1	1	8.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.870		4.50	1.91		1.3	161.1	1.6
43	Fatty Briody^	DTN	C		1	1	9.0	5	1	0	0		1.000	.861		6.00	8.06		0.0	4.1	0.0
44	Tom Brown*	IND	RF		1	1	7.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.870		1.29	1.91		0.0	1.5	0.3
45	William Brown	NYG	C		1	1	8.0	6	1	2	0		.778	.861		7.88	8.06		-1.8	-227.2	0.0
46	John Cahill	IND	2B		1	1	3.1	2	2	1	0		.800	.879		10.80	6.19		0.3	97.4	0.3
47	John Cahill	IND	P		1	0	5.2	0	2	1	0		.667	.812		3.18	2.81
48	Collins^	NYG	C		1	1	9.0	1	0	1	0		.500	.861		1.00	8.06		1.5	163.7	0.0
49	Roger Connor**	NYG	1B		1	1	9.0	19	0	0	0		1.000	.947		19.00	11.57		0.6	68.4	0.6
50	Pete Conway	DTN	CF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.818		2.00	1.47		-0.5	-52.4	-0.4
51	Pop Corkhill*	CIN	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.818		1.00	1.47		-0.1	-7.9	0.0
52	Pat Dealy	NAT	LF		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.833		2.00	1.43		0.6	70.2	0.1
53	Jerry Denny	IND	SS		1	1	9.0	1	8	0	2		1.000	.837		9.00	4.81		2.5	276.1	2.5
54	Jim Donahue	NYM	1B		1	1	9.0	11	0	3	0		.786	.947		11.00	11.57		0.6	63.3	0.6
55	Jim Donnelly	NAT	CF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.818		0.00	1.47		-0.7	-82.6	-0.6
56	Fred Dunlap	DTN	2B		1	1	9.0	5	0	0	0		1.000	.879		5.00	6.19		-1.4	-152.4	-1.4
57	Dude Esterbrook	NYM	SS		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.837		1.00	4.81		-1.5	-164.7	-1.5
58	Buck Ewing	NYG	3B		1	1	9.0	1	3	1	0		.800	.813		4.00	3.18		0.9	95.4	0.9
59	Jack Farrell	NAT	2B		1	1	9.0	1	2	1	0		.750	.879		3.00	6.19		0.2	19.4	0.2
60	Charlie Ganzel	DTN	1B		1	1	9.0	6	1	1	0		.875	.947		7.00	11.57		0.8	92.8	0.8
61	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	P		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.812		0.00	2.81
62	Patrick Gillespie*	NYG	1B		1	1	8.0	9	2	1	0		.917	.947		12.38	11.57		1.2	152.2	1.2
63	Patrick Gillespie*	NYG	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.833		0.00	1.43		-0.4	-46.0	-0.3
64	Frank Gilmore	NAT	P		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.812		1.00	2.81
65	Jack Glasscock	IND	3B		1	1	9.0	3	2	0	2		1.000	.813		5.00	3.18		-0.3	-30.7	-0.3
66	George Gore*	NYG	2B		1	0	6.0	1	2	1	0		.750	.879		4.50	6.19		0.0	-1.3	0.0
67	George Gore*	NYG	CF		1	1	2.0	0	0	0	0			.818		0.00	1.47		-0.1	-54.2	-0.1
68	Mert Hackett	IND	C		1	1	7.0	6	1	0	0		1.000	.861		9.00	8.06		-1.4	-204.6	0.0
69	Charlie Hall*	NYM	CF		1	1	9.0	0	1	1	0		.500	.818		1.00	1.47		-0.4	-45.6	-0.9
70	Bill Hart^	CIN	P		1	1	8.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	.812		2.25	2.81
71	Gil Hatfield	NYG	3B		1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.813		2.25	3.18		-0.3	-31.7	-0.3
72	Egyptian Healy	IND	2B		1	0	5.2	1	1	0	0		1.000	.879		3.18	6.19		-0.9	-161.0	-0.9
73	Egyptian Healy	IND	CF		1	1	3.1	0	0	0	0			.818		0.00	1.47		-0.3	-77.8	-0.2
74	Egyptian Healy	IND	P		1	1	7.0	0	6	0	0		1.000	.812		7.71	2.81
75	Bill Holbert	NYM	C		1	1	9.0	10	5	0	0		1.000	.861		15.00	8.06		1.4	157.2	0.0
76	Harry Johnson^	TCG	1B		1	0	4.0	6	1	1	0		.875	.947		15.75	11.57		0.4	106.8	0.4
77	Charley Jones	CIN	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.833		0.00	1.43		-0.7	-74.7	-0.6
78	Heinie Kappel	CIN	2B		1	1	9.0	7	1	1	1		.889	.879		8.00	6.19		-1.5	-165.8	-1.5
79	Heinie Kappel	CIN	LF		1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.833		1.13	1.43		0.0	1.5	0.1
80	Jim Keenan	CIN	1B		1	1	8.0	13	0	0	0		1.000	.947		14.63	11.57		-0.1	-16.2	-0.1
81	Bill Krieg	NAT	1B		1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.947		3.00	11.57		-0.5	-51.8	-0.5
82	Henry Larkin	ATH	LF		1	1	9.0	1	0	1	0		.500	.833		1.00	1.43		0.0	-0.5	0.1
83	Jack Lynch	NYM	P		1	1	9.0	0	0	1	0		.000	.812		0.00	2.81
84	Connie Mack	NAT	C		1	1	9.0	16	2	1	1		.947	.861		18.00	8.06		0.4	46.9	0.0
85	William Malone^	TCG	1B		1	1	8.0	11	0	0	0		1.000	.947		12.38	11.57		-0.4	-49.5	-0.4
86	Fred Mann*	ATH	CF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.818		0.00	1.47		-0.3	-36.2	-0.2
87	Bobby Mathews	ATH	P		1	1	9.0	0	5	1	0		.833	.812		5.00	2.81
88	Mike Mattimore*	NYG	CF		1	1	4.0	0	0	0	0			.818		0.00	1.47		-0.2	-54.2	-0.2
89	Mike Mattimore*	NYG	P		1	0	5.0	0	2	1	0		.667	.812		3.60	2.81
90	Al Mays	NYM	P		1	1	9.0	0	1	1	0		.500	.812		1.00	2.81
91	Jack McGeachey	IND	SS		1	1	7.0	1	2	4	1		.429	.837		3.86	4.81		-0.6	-91.9	-0.6
92	John Meister^	NYM	2B		1	1	9.0	0	0	1	0		.000	.879		0.00	6.19		-1.7	-190.0	-1.7
93	Frank Miller^	TCG	P		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.812		1.00	2.81
94	Jon Morrison*	NYM	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.818		1.00	1.47		-0.4	-47.8	-0.3
95	Jon Morrison*	NYM	RF		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.870		2.00	1.91		0.0	-1.3	-0.3
96	Hank Morrison	IND	CF		1	0	5.2	1	1	0	1		1.000	.818		3.18	1.47		0.8	141.0	0.2
97	Hank Morrison	IND	P		1	1	3.1	0	2	0	0		1.000	.812		5.40	2.81
98	George Myers	IND	1B		1	1	9.0	13	1	0	2		1.000	.947		14.00	11.57		-0.7	-78.0	-0.7
99	George Myers	IND	3B		1	1	7.0	2	1	0	0		1.000	.813		3.86	3.18		-0.6	-79.1	-0.6
100	Al Myers	NAT	SS		1	1	9.0	2	2	1	1		.800	.837		4.00	4.81		-0.1	-9.0	-0.1
101	Billy O'Brien	NAT	3B		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	1		1.000	.813		1.00	3.18		-0.5	-54.1	-0.5
102	Jack O'Connor	CIN	C		1	0	4.0	2	1	1	0		.750	.861		6.75	8.06		-1.3	-316.1	0.0
103	Jack O'Connor	CIN	CF		1	1	5.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.818		5.40	1.47		1.5	290.3	1.5
104	Fred O'Neill	NYM	C		1	1	9.0	10	2	2	1		.857	.861		12.00	8.06		0.2	17.2	0.0
105	Dave Orr	NYM	1B		1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0		1.000	.947		7.00	11.57		0.1	13.1	0.1
106	George Parago^	TCG	1B		1	0	4.0	2	2	0	0		1.000	.947		9.00	11.57		0.9	228.9	0.9
107	George Parago^	TCG	P		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.812		2.00	2.81
108	Mark Polhemus	IND	RF		1	1	9.0	0	0	1	0		.000	.870		0.00	1.91		-0.8	-85.7	-0.4
109	Paul Radford	NYM	2B		1	1	9.0	1	2	0	1		1.000	.879		3.00	6.19		-0.5	-54.5	-0.5
110	Paul Radford	NYM	RF		1	1	9.0	3	2	1	0		.833	.870		5.00	1.91		1.8	204.2	0.9
111	John Reilly	CIN	CF		1	1	8.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.818		3.38	1.47		1.2	153.1	1.3
112	Hardy Richardson	DTN	LF		1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.833		3.00	1.43		0.6	65.6	0.7
113	Wilbert Robinson	ATH	1B		1	1	9.0	18	0	1	0		.947	.947		18.00	11.57		-0.6	-69.2	-0.6
114	Wilbert Robinson	ATH	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.833		0.00	1.43		-0.6	-68.3	-0.5
115	Chief Roseman	ATH	1B		1	0	6.0	8	0	1	2		.889	.947		12.00	11.57		-0.4	-73.9	-0.4
116	Chief Roseman	ATH	CF		1	1	3.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.818		3.00	1.47		0.5	167.1	0.5
117	Jack Rowe*	DTN	SS		1	1	9.0	1	1	1	0		.667	.837		2.00	4.81		-0.9	-98.9	-0.9
118	Jim Roxburgh	ATH	C		1	1	9.0	7	2	0	0		1.000	.861		9.00	8.06		1.9	208.8	0.0
119	Otto Schomberg*	IND	1B		1	1	7.0	8	0	1	1		.889	.947		10.29	11.57		-0.9	-134.7	-0.9
120	William Selden^	TCG	CF		1	1	8.0	2	1	0	0		1.000	.818		3.38	1.47		0.9	113.3	0.4
121	William Selden^	TCG	RF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.870		1.00	1.91		-0.7	-76.1	-0.4
122	George Shoch	NAT	RF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.870		2.00	1.91		0.2	22.4	0.5
123	Smith^	NYG	CF		1	0	6.0	0	0	0	0			.818		0.00	1.47		-0.3	-54.2	-0.3
124	John Sowders	IND	CF		1	1	7.0	0	0	2	0		.000	.818		0.00	1.47		-0.5	-77.8	-0.5
125	Harry Stovey	ATH	1B		1	1	3.0	3	0	1	0		.750	.947		9.00	11.57		-0.2	-76.2	-0.2
126	Harry Stovey	ATH	CF		1	0	6.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.818		1.50	1.47		0.4	65.4	0.5
127	George Tebeau	CIN	LF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.833		1.00	1.43		-0.1	-6.9	0.0
128	Sam Thompson*	DTN	RF		1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.870		4.00	1.91		0.6	63.3	0.9
129	Mike Tiernan*	NYG	CF		1	0	5.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.818		1.80	1.47		0.3	67.8	0.4
130	Mike Tiernan*	NYG	LF		1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.833		1.13	1.43		0.2	30.3	0.3
131	Mike Tiernan*	NYG	P		1	1	4.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	.812		4.50	2.81
132	Ledell Titcomb*	NYG	P		1	1	8.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.812		1.13	2.81
133	George Townsend	ATH	C		1	1	9.0	5	5	0	0		1.000	.861		10.00	8.06		-0.2	-24.5	0.0
134	John Ward*	NYG	SS		1	1	9.0	1	7	1	0		.889	.837		8.00	4.81		2.3	258.0	2.3
135	Deacon White*	DTN	3B		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.813		2.00	3.18		0.2	21.8	0.2
136	Clarence Williams	TCG	CF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.818		2.00	1.47		0.2	17.6	0.3

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