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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Team	SB
1	E. Payne	PYT	7
2	J. O. Turner	PYT	6
3	William Woods	PYT	5
4	William Bowers	PYT	4
5	Javan Emory	PYT	4
6	Julius Forbes	PYT	4
7	Jerome Thomas	BLB	4
8	Charlie Scudder	PYT	3
9	J. R. Simmons	BLB	3
10	Willie Stanard	PKS	2

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Joseph Stewart	BLB	2
2	James Smith	LFC	2
3	John Nelson	GOR	2
4	William Malone	PYT	1
5	William Woods	PYT	1
6	John Vactor	PYT	1
7	William Selden	RES	1
8	Frank Miller	PKS	1
9	George Jackson	PYT	1
10	Ben Gross	PKS	1

Opponent's Batting

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Pittsburgh Keystones	NCL	9	284	267	75	75	9	4	0	30		10	29		7			7	.281	.324	.345	.669
2	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	NCL	8	273	240	79	85	4	6	0	59		25	3		8			2	.354	.432	.421	.853
3	Philadelphia Pythians	NCL	7	258	245	59	57	5	1	0	13		11	29		2			4	.233	.271	.261	.533
4	New York Gorhams	NCL	8	224	220	63	88	13	6	0	6		3	19		1			2	.400	.411	.514	.924
5	Lousville Falls Citys	NCL	5	169	152	33	50	3	1	2	0		11	15		6			2	.329	.396	.401	.798
6	Boston Resolutes	NCL	1	33	31	3	4	1	0	1	1		2	13		0			0	.129	.182	.258	.440
	6	1	38	1241	1155	312	359	35	18	3	109		62	108		24			17	.311	.359	.380	.739

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Charles Griffin^	PKS	SP	5	176	164	48	47	6	3	0	19		7	14		5			5	.287	.335	.360	.695
2	Joseph Stewart^	BLB	SP	4	134	123	34	39	2	4	0	31		10	0		1			1	.317	.373	.398	.772
3	John Nelson^	GOR	SP	4	130	127	31	45	4	3	0	3		2	12		1			1	.354	.369	.433	.802
4	William Malone^	PYT	SP	3	120	118	27	31	3	0	0	1		2	8		0			0	.263	.275	.288	.563
5	Harry Cummings^	BLB	SP	3	116	99	34	35	1	0	0	20		10	3		7			1	.354	.448	.364	.812
6	James Smith^	LFC	SP	2	77	75	11	21	1	1	1	0		0	9		2			0	.280	.299	.360	.659
7	Ben Gross^	PKS	RP	3	72	70	21	20	3	1	0	8		1	11		1			1	.286	.306	.357	.663
8	Alonzo Keiger^	LFC	RP	2	69	62	14	22	2	0	1	0		4	5		3			2	.355	.420	.435	.856
9	John Vactor^	PYT	SP	2	56	53	16	15	1	0	0	6		2	10		1			2	.283	.321	.302	.623
10	M. White^	GOR	SP	2	48	47	23	28	7	2	0	3		1	1		0			0	.596	.604	.830	1.434
11	George Jackson^	PYT	SP	1	44	36	8	6	1	0	0	6		7	4		1			1	.167	.318	.194	.513
12	William Woods^	PYT	SP	1	38	38	8	5	0	1	0	0		0	7		0			1	.132	.132	.184	.316
13	Frank Miller^	PKS	SP	1	36	33	6	8	0	0	0	3		2	4		1			1	.242	.306	.242	.548
14	William Selden^	RES	SP	1	33	31	3	4	1	0	1	1		2	13		0			0	.129	.182	.258	.440
15	Oscar Jackson^	GOR	RP	1	28	28	9	12	2	1	0	0		0	4		0			0	.429	.429	.571	1.000
16	Haywood^	BLB	SP	1	23	18	11	11	1	2	0	8		5	0		0			0	.611	.696	.889	1.585
17	H. Gillespie^	LFC	SP	1	23	15	8	7	0	0	0	0		7	1		1			0	.467	.652	.467	1.119
18	Robert Jackson^	GOR	RP	1	18	18	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	2		0			1	.167	.167	.167	.333

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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