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

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Fred Mayfield	LFC	.733
2	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	.700
3	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	.647
4	William Woods	PYT	.643
5	Jerome Thomas	BLB	.640
6	John Nelson	GOR	.591
7	Clark	LFC	.556
8	Welday Walker	PKS	.526
9	William Gray	BLB	.524
10	Robert Jackson	GOR	.524

K/BB

#	Player	Team	SO/BB
1	Ben Gross	PKS	11.00
2	William Selden	RES	6.50
3	John Nelson	GOR	6.00
4	John Vactor	PYT	5.00
5	William Malone	PYT	4.00
6	Charles Griffin	PKS	2.00
7	Frank Miller	PKS	2.00
8	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	1.25
9	M. White	GOR	1.00
10	George Jackson	PYT	0.57

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Pittsburgh Keystones	NCL	60.0		1.42	10.2%	3.5%	2.90	0.0%
2	Philadelphia Pythians	NCL	54.0		1.26	11.2%	4.3%	2.64	0.0%
3	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	NCL	52.0		2.12	1.1%	9.2%	0.12	0.0%
4	New York Gorhams	NCL	43.2		2.08	8.5%	1.3%	6.33	0.0%
5	Lousville Falls Citys	NCL	36.0		1.69	8.9%	6.5%	1.36	1.2%
6	Boston Resolutes	NCL	9.0		0.67	39.4%	6.1%	6.50	3.0%
	6	1	254.2		1.65	8.7%	5.0%	1.74	0.2%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Charles Griffin^	PKS	SP	35.2		1.51	8.0%	4.0%	2.00	0.0%
2	Joseph Stewart^	BLB	SP	27.2		1.77	0.0%	7.5%	0.00	0.0%
3	John Nelson^	GOR	SP	26.2		1.76	9.2%	1.5%	6.00	0.0%
4	William Malone^	PYT	SP	24.2		1.34	6.7%	1.7%	4.00	0.0%
5	Harry Cummings^	BLB	SP	22.0		2.05	2.6%	8.6%	0.30	0.0%
6	James Smith^	LFC	SP	18.0		1.17	11.7%	0.0%		1.3%
7	Ben Gross^	PKS	RP	15.1		1.37	15.3%	1.4%	11.00	0.0%
8	Alonzo Keiger^	LFC	RP	15.0		1.73	7.2%	5.8%	1.25	1.4%
9	John Vactor^	PYT	SP	11.1		1.50	17.9%	3.6%	5.00	0.0%
10	George Jackson^	PYT	SP	9.0		1.44	9.1%	15.9%	0.57	0.0%
11	Frank Miller^	PKS	SP	9.0		1.11	11.1%	5.6%	2.00	0.0%
12	William Selden^	RES	SP	9.0		0.67	39.4%	6.1%	6.50	3.0%
13	William Woods^	PYT	SP	9.0		0.56	18.4%	0.0%		0.0%
14	M. White^	GOR	SP	6.1		4.58	2.1%	2.1%	1.00	0.0%
15	Oscar Jackson^	GOR	RP	5.2		2.12	14.3%	0.0%		0.0%
16	Robert Jackson^	GOR	RP	5.0		0.60	11.1%	0.0%		0.0%
17	H. Gillespie^	LFC	SP	3.0		4.67	4.3%	30.4%	0.14	0.0%
18	Haywood^	BLB	SP	2.1		6.86	0.0%	21.7%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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