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

All-1887 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Hardy Richardson	DTN	0.2	0.1	0.0
Charley Jones	CIN	0.2	0.2	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Sowders	IND	0.2	0.2	0.0
Fred Mann	ATH	0.1	0.1	0.0

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mike Dorgan	NYG	0.1	0.1	0.0
Tom Brown	IND	0.1	0.1	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Abe Harrison	TCG	0.5	0.5	-0.1
Candy Nelson	NYG/NYM	0.2	0.1	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Williams	TCG	0.4	0.5	-0.1
Lou Bierbauer	ATH	0.3	0.1	0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Denny Lyons	ATH	0.3	0.2	0.0
Buck Ewing	NYG	0.2	0.2	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Roger Connor	NYG	0.1	0.1	0.0
Charlie Ganzel	DTN	0.1	0.0	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Arthur Thomas	TCG	0.2	0.2	0.0
Kid Baldwin	CIN	0.2	0.2	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Billy Whyte	TCG	42.0	1.4	1.5	-0.1
Frank Gilmore	NAT	9.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Pretzels Getzien	DTN	9.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Ledell Titcomb	NYG	8.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Al Mays	NYM	9.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off

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