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

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	Welday Walker	PKS	.496
8	John Nelson	GOR	.481
9	Willie Stanard	PKS	.480
10	Frank Miller	PKS	.475

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Robert Jackson	GOR	0.00
2	John Vactor	PYT	0.79
3	George Jackson	PYT	1.00
4	Frank Miller	PKS	1.00
5	William Woods	PYT	1.00
6	Charles Griffin	PKS	1.01
7	Ben Gross	PKS	1.76
8	William Selden	RES	2.00
9	William Malone	PYT	2.19
10	Joseph Stewart	BLB	2.93

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	NCL	52.0		2.12	1.1%	9.2%	0.12	0.0%
2	Lousville Falls Citys	NCL	36.0		1.69	8.9%	6.5%	1.36	1.2%
3	Pittsburgh Keystones	NCL	60.0		1.42	10.2%	3.5%	2.90	0.0%
4	Philadelphia Pythians	NCL	54.0		1.26	11.2%	4.3%	2.64	0.0%
5	New York Gorhams	NCL	43.2		2.08	8.5%	1.3%	6.33	0.0%
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	Harry Cummings^	BLB	SP	22.0		2.05	2.6%	8.6%	0.30	0.0%
2	H. Gillespie^	LFC	SP	3.0		4.67	4.3%	30.4%	0.14	0.0%
3	Charles Griffin^	PKS	SP	35.2		1.51	8.0%	4.0%	2.00	0.0%
4	Ben Gross^	PKS	RP	15.1		1.37	15.3%	1.4%	11.00	0.0%
5	Haywood^	BLB	SP	2.1		6.86	0.0%	21.7%	0.00	0.0%
6	George Jackson^	PYT	SP	9.0		1.44	9.1%	15.9%	0.57	0.0%
7	Oscar Jackson^	GOR	RP	5.2		2.12	14.3%	0.0%		0.0%
8	Robert Jackson^	GOR	RP	5.0		0.60	11.1%	0.0%		0.0%
9	Alonzo Keiger^	LFC	RP	15.0		1.73	7.2%	5.8%	1.25	1.4%
10	William Malone^	PYT	SP	24.2		1.34	6.7%	1.7%	4.00	0.0%
11	Frank Miller^	PKS	SP	9.0		1.11	11.1%	5.6%	2.00	0.0%
12	John Nelson^	GOR	SP	26.2		1.76	9.2%	1.5%	6.00	0.0%
13	William Selden^	RES	SP	9.0		0.67	39.4%	6.1%	6.50	3.0%
14	James Smith^	LFC	SP	18.0		1.17	11.7%	0.0%		1.3%
15	Joseph Stewart^	BLB	SP	27.2		1.77	0.0%	7.5%	0.00	0.0%
16	John Vactor^	PYT	SP	11.1		1.50	17.9%	3.6%	5.00	0.0%
17	M. White^	GOR	SP	6.1		4.58	2.1%	2.1%	1.00	0.0%
18	William Woods^	PYT	SP	9.0		0.56	18.4%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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