1887 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1887 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1886 / 1888

Top Hitter

Abe
Harrison

Top Pitcher

Billy
Whyte

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	George Williams	TCG	15
2	Arthur Thomas	TCG	13
3	Abe Harrison	TCG	11
4	Ben Boyd	TCG	11
5	Clarence Williams	TCG	10
6	Denny Lyons	ATH	6
7	Tom Poorman	ATH	5
8	Jack Frye	TCG	5
9	Billy Whyte	TCG	5
10	Lou Bierbauer	ATH	4

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

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Philadelphia Athletics	NvM	2	83	82	26	29	6	2	2	19	5		1			0	0			.354	.361	.549	.910	148
2	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NvM	2	89	82	20	28	4	3	0	14	6		7			0	0			.341	.393	.463	.857	139
3	New York Giants	NvM	2	77	76	19	26	4	2	0	14	2		1			0	0			.342	.351	.447	.798	128
4	Detroit Wolverines	NvM	1	42	37	8	10	2	0	1	7			5			0	0			.270	.357	.405	.763	109
5	New York Metropolitans	NvM	2	85	84	23	28	4	0	0	19			1			0	0			.333	.341	.381	.722	105
6	Washington Nationals	NvM	1	48	41	14	12	2	1	0	11	8		7			0	0			.293	.396	.390	.786	104
7	Cincinnati Reds	NvM	3	114	108	19	31	4	4	0	16	0		5			1	0			.287	.325	.398	.723	99
8	Trenton Cuban Giants	NvM	13	497	473	87	129	18	6	5	56	29		21			3	0			.273	.308	.368	.676	83
	8	1	26	1035	983	216	293	44	18	8	156	50		48			4	0			.298	.333	.404	.737	102

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Hardy Richardson	DTN	LF	1	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	2			0			0	0			.600	.600	1.200	1.800	399
2	Denny Lyons	ATH	3B	2	10	10	6	5	1	1	1	5	3		0			0	0			.500	.500	1.100	1.600	328
3	Jack Rowe*	DTN	SS	1	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1			1			0	0			.500	.600	.750	1.350	283
4	Candy Nelson*	NYG/NYM	SS	2	7	7	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.571	.571	.714	1.286	264
5	Connie Mack	NAT	C	1	6	6	1	4	0	0	0	3	1		0			0	0			.667	.667	.667	1.333	259
6	Pat Dealy	NAT	LF	1	6	5	3	2	0	1	0	2	3		1			0	0			.400	.500	.800	1.300	242
7	Lou Bierbauer*	ATH	2B	2	9	9	4	4	0	0	1	4	1		0			0	0			.444	.444	.778	1.222	231
8	Darby O'Brien	NYM	LF	2	9	9	4	5	0	0	0	2			0			0	0			.556	.556	.556	1.111	218
9	George Myers	IND	1B	2	10	9	1	4	0	1	0	3	2		1			0	0			.444	.500	.667	1.167	215
10	Kid Baldwin	CIN	C	3	12	11	2	5	0	1	0	1	0		1			0	0			.455	.500	.636	1.136	209
11	Wilbert Robinson	ATH	1B	2	10	9	2	4	1	0	0	3	1		1			0	0			.444	.500	.556	1.056	192
12	Mike Dorgan	NYG	RF	2	8	8	4	4	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	187
13	Sam Thompson*	DTN	RF	1	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	2			0			0	0			.400	.400	.600	1.000	181
14	Emmett Seery*	IND	LF	2	10	8	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.375	.500	.500	1.000	174
15	Abe Harrison	TCG	SS	13	56	52	11	21	2	1	1	8	0		3			1	0			.404	.446	.538	.985	166
16	Al Myers	NAT	SS	1	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	1		0			0	0			.400	.400	.600	1.000	164
17	George Williams^	TCG	2B	13	60	57	15	23	3	1	0	11	4		3			0	0			.404	.433	.491	.925	151
18	Charlie Ganzel	DTN	1B	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2			0			0	0			.400	.400	.400	.800	129
19	Tom Poorman*	ATH	RF	2	10	10	5	4	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.400	.400	.400	.800	122
20	Jon Morrison*	NYM	RF	2	9	9	2	3	1	0	0	3			0			0	0			.333	.333	.444	.778	120
21	Billy O'Brien	NAT	3B	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.400	.400	.400	.800	116
22	Hugh Nicol	CIN	RF	3	13	13	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.385	.385	.385	.769	112
23	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	C	13	56	54	13	16	3	1	1	11	7		2			0	0			.296	.321	.444	.766	106
24	Bid McPhee	CIN	2B	2	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0			1	0			.333	.400	.333	.733	104
25	Frank Fennelly	CIN	SS	3	14	13	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.308	.357	.385	.742	103
26	Frank Hankinson	NYM	3B	2	10	10	1	3	1	0	0	3			0			0	0			.300	.300	.400	.700	98
27	Jack Farrell	NAT	2B	1	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.200	.333	.400	.733	96
28	Clarence Williams	TCG	RF	12	54	52	10	15	1	1	1	6	3		1			1	0			.288	.315	.404	.719	94
29	Ben Boyd^	TCG	CF	12	56	54	11	17	0	1	0	3	3		2			0	0			.315	.339	.352	.691	88
30	Hick Carpenter	CIN	3B	3	12	11	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		1			0	0			.182	.250	.364	.614	66
31	Chippy McGarr	ATH	SS	2	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.222	.222	.333	.556	51
32	William Malone^	TCG	LF	10	41	39	4	8	2	1	0	3	3		2			0	0			.205	.244	.308	.552	49
33	Ben Holmes^	TCG	3B	10	41	39	4	8	1	0	1	2	6		1			1	0			.205	.244	.308	.552	49
34	Patrick Gillespie*	NYG	1B	2	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	2		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	43
35	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	P	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	43
36	Paul Radford	NYM	2B	2	11	10	4	2	0	0	0	2			1			0	0			.200	.273	.200	.473	37
37	George Shoch	NAT	RF	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	35
38	Deacon White*	DTN	3B	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			2			0	0			.000	.400	.000	.400	26
39	Egyptian Healy	IND	2B	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.222	.222	.222	.444	22
40	Jim Donnelly	NAT	CF	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		2			0	0			.000	.400	.000	.400	18
41	Frank Gilmore	NAT	P	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	0			.000	.400	.000	.400	18
42	Fatty Briody^	DTN	C	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			1			0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-21
43	John Reilly	CIN	1B	3	12	12	2	1	1	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.083	.083	.167	.250	-34
44	Mike Tiernan*	NYG	LF	2	9	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.111	.111	.111	.222	-36
45	Fred Dunlap	DTN	2B	1	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0			1			0	0			.000	.200	.000	.200	-37
46	Bill Krieg	NAT	1B	1	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.167	.000	.167	-51
47	Pete Conway	DTN	CF	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0			0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

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

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