1888 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1888 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1887 / 1891

Top Hitter

Billy
Hoy

Top Pitcher

Henry
Gruber

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Billy O'Brien	NAT	.714
2	Billy Hoy	NAT	.563
3	George Williams	TCG	.500
4	Clarence Williams	TCG	.444
5	Al Myers	NAT	.417
6	John Irwin	NAT	.385
7	Walt Wilmot	NAT	.375
8	Ed Daily	NAT	.357
9	Ben Boyd	TCG	.333
10	William Malone	TCG	.273

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	George Stovey	TCG	212
2	Frank Gilmore	NAT	77
3	George Jackson	TCG	35
4	William Selden	TCG	21
5	Bill Blair	ATH	0
6	Ed Daily	NAT	0
7	Henry Gruber	DTN	0
8	Jim Whitney	NAT	0
9	Billy Whyte	TCG	0

Fielding

Teams

#	Team	Lg		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Cuban Giants	NVM		38	36	306.0	102	43	29	0		.833	.867		4.26	4.43		-6.6	-24.2	-5.6
2	Washington Nationals	NvM		27	27	216.0	72	33	12	0		.897	.867		4.38	4.43		7.2	37.6	7.5
3	Philadelphia Athletics	NVM		9	9	81.0	27	18	2	0		.957	.867		5.00	4.43		3.3	45.4	3.5
4	Detroit Wolverines	NVM		9	9	81.0	27	15	2	2		.955	.867		4.67	4.43		1.6	22.6	1.2
	4	1		83	81	684.0	228	109	45	2		.882	.867		4.43	4.43		5.5	9.1	6.6

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	George Williams^	TCG	2B		4	4	34.0	12	11	6	0		.793	.836		6.09	5.45		-0.6	-17.4	-0.6
2	Clarence Williams	TCG	RF		4	3	29.0	3	1	1	0		.800	.929		1.24	1.54		-1.5	-52.1	-1.9
3	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	C		4	3	29.0	26	4	4	0		.882	.900		9.31	7.46		-1.3	-46.0	0.0
4	Jack Frye^	TCG	1B		4	4	34.0	36	0	2	0		.947	.970		9.53	11.61		-0.1	-2.4	-0.1
5	Al Myers	NAT	2B		3	3	24.0	2	7	2	0		.818	.836		3.38	5.45		-0.3	-14.3	-0.3
6	Walt Wilmot**	NAT	LF		3	3	24.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.750		1.50	1.07		1.2	48.5	1.7
7	Billy O'Brien	NAT	1B		3	3	24.0	33	0	1	0		.971	.970		12.38	11.61		0.5	20.0	0.5
8	John Irwin*	NAT	3B		3	3	24.0	5	1	3	0		.667	.853		2.25	3.43		-1.2	-51.0	-1.2
9	Billy Hoy*	NAT	CF		3	3	24.0	8	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		3.00	1.89		2.9	120.6	2.9
10	Ben Holmes^	TCG	3B		3	3	25.0	5	6	2	0		.846	.853		3.96	3.43		1.8	70.5	1.8
11	Jim Donnelly	NAT	SS		3	3	24.0	3	11	1	0		.933	.857		5.25	4.26		2.8	116.5	2.8
12	Abe Harrison	TCG	SS		2	2	17.0	3	4	1	0		.875	.857		3.71	4.26		-1.5	-88.4	-1.5
13	Ed Daily	NAT	RF		2	2	17.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.929		1.06	1.54		0.2	11.4	0.3
14	Andrew Randolph^	TCG	LF		2	2	17.0	0	0	2	0		.000	.750		0.00	1.07		-1.5	-87.6	-1.1
15	Ben Boyd^	TCG	CF		2	2	17.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		1.06	1.89		-1.5	-90.9	-1.5
16	William Malone^	TCG	SS		2	2	17.0	1	4	3	0		.625	.857		2.65	4.26		-1.5	-88.4	-1.5
17	William Selden^	TCG	LF		1	1	8.0	2	1	1	0		.750	.750		3.38	1.07		1.1	143.7	0.7
18	Hardy Richardson	DTN	2B		1	1	9.0	4	3	0	0		1.000	.836		7.00	5.45		0.2	22.7	0.2
19	William Selden^	TCG	P		1	1	8.0	1	1	4	0		.333	.711		2.25	3.20
20	George Shoch	NAT	RF		1	1	7.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.929		2.57	1.54		0.8	113.9	0.9
21	George Stovey*	TCG	P		1	1	9.0	0	2	1	0		.667	.711		2.00	3.20
22	Mike Sullivan	ATH	3B		1	1	9.0	3	2	0	0		1.000	.853		5.00	3.43		0.1	16.6	0.1
23	Sy Sutcliffe*	DTN	C		1	1	9.0	4	2	0	1		1.000	.900		6.00	7.46		0.7	77.8	0.0
24	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	RF		1	1	5.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.929		5.40	1.54		1.1	229.1	1.2
25	Sam Thompson*	DTN	RF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.929		2.00	1.54		0.5	56.9	0.6
26	George Townsend	ATH	C		1	1	9.0	6	1	0	0		1.000	.900		7.00	7.46		0.0	5.2	0.0
27	Larry Twitchell	DTN	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.750		0.00	1.07		-0.3	-34.2	-0.1
28	Deacon White*	DTN	3B		1	1	9.0	4	2	0	0		1.000	.853		6.00	3.43		0.5	58.4	0.5
29	Jim Whitney*	NAT	P		1	1	9.0	0	6	0	0		1.000	.711		6.00	3.20
30	Billy Whyte^	TCG	P		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.711		1.00	3.20
31	Clarence Williams	TCG	C		1	1	5.0	2	3	0	0		1.000	.900		9.00	7.46		-1.2	-234.3	0.0
32	Ben Boyd^	TCG	3B		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.853		1.00	3.43		-0.7	-75.9	-0.7
33	Boyce^	NAT	C		1	1	9.0	5	1	1	0		.857	.900		6.00	7.46		-1.8	-196.8	0.0
34	Bill Blair*	ATH	P		1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	.711		2.00	3.20
35	Bobby Mathews	ATH	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.750		0.00	1.07		-0.4	-41.8	-0.2
36	Bill Gleason	ATH	SS		1	1	9.0	1	6	1	0		.875	.857		7.00	4.26		1.2	136.7	1.2
37	Henry Gruber	DTN	P		1	1	9.0	0	5	2	0		.714	.711		5.00	3.20
38	Ned Hanlon*	DTN	CF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			1.000		0.00	1.89		-0.7	-74.4	-0.7
39	Ed Daily	NAT	P		1	1	7.0	1	3	1	0		.800	.711		5.14	3.20
40	George Jackson^	TCG	P		1	1	8.0	0	3	2	0		.600	.711		3.38	3.20
41	Henry Larkin	ATH	1B		1	1	9.0	16	0	0	0		1.000	.970		16.00	11.61		0.0	-1.4	0.0
42	Connie Mack	NAT	C		1	1	8.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.900		5.63	7.46		3.0	369.1	0.0
43	William Malone^	TCG	LF		1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	.750		2.00	1.07		0.5	52.4	-0.6
44	William Selden^	TCG	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		1.00	1.89		-0.9	-94.9	-0.9
45	Mike Mattimore*	ATH	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		1.00	1.89		0.2	19.3	0.2
46	Miah Murray	NAT	C		1	1	7.0	3	1	2	0		.667	.900		5.14	7.46		-0.7	-103.4	0.0
47	Lou Bierbauer*	ATH	2B		1	1	9.0	0	7	1	0		.875	.836		7.00	5.45		2.2	248.3	2.2
48	Dan Brouthers*	DTN	1B		1	1	9.0	13	0	0	1		1.000	.970		13.00	11.61		0.1	7.1	0.1
49	George Parago^	TCG	CF		1	1	8.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		4.50	1.89		1.1	142.3	1.1
50	Tom Poorman*	ATH	RF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.929		0.00	1.54		-0.2	-20.0	-0.1
51	Frank Gilmore	NAT	P		1	1	8.0	0	2	1	0		.667	.711		2.25	3.20
52	Jack Rowe*	DTN	SS		1	1	9.0	0	3	0	0		1.000	.857		3.00	4.26		0.6	66.7	0.6

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

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