1887 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1887 Season

Negro Leagues vs. Major Leagues

1886 / 1888

Top Hitter

Abe
Harrison

Top Pitcher

Billy
Whyte

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Kid Baldwin	CIN	209
2	Abe Harrison	TCG	166
3	George Williams	TCG	151
4	Hugh Nicol	CIN	112
5	Arthur Thomas	TCG	106
6	Frank Fennelly	CIN	103
7	Jack Frye	TCG	98
8	Clarence Williams	TCG	94
9	Ben Boyd	TCG	88
10	Hick Carpenter	CIN	66

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Al Mays	NYM	0.78
2	Mike Mattimore	NYG	0.80
3	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	0.89
4	Frank Gilmore	NAT	0.89
5	Ledell Titcomb	NYG	1.00
6	Bobby Mathews	ATH	1.00
7	Bill Hart	CIN	1.13
8	Billy Whyte	TCG	1.21
9	Wild Bill Widner	CIN	1.44
10	Mike Tiernan	NYG	1.50

Advanced Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

L

R

S

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Philadelphia Athletics	NvM	2	83	.390	1.2%			2.4%	.195
2	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NvM	2	89	.389	7.9%			0.0%	.122
3	Washington Nationals	NvM	1	48	.373	14.6%			0.0%	.098
4	New York Giants	NvM	2	77	.357	1.3%			0.0%	.105
5	Detroit Wolverines	NvM	1	42	.349	11.9%			2.4%	.135
6	New York Metropolitans	NvM	2	85	.332	1.2%			0.0%	.048
7	Cincinnati Reds	NvM	3	114	.327	4.4%			0.0%	.111
8	Trenton Cuban Giants	NvM	13	497	.307	4.2%			1.0%	.095
	8	1	26	1035	.333	4.6%			0.8%	.106

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Hardy Richardson	DTN	LF	5	.715	0.0%			20.0%	.600
2	Denny Lyons	ATH	3B	10	.630	0.0%			10.0%	.600
3	Connie Mack	NAT	C	6	.626	0.0%			0.0%	.000
4	Jack Rowe*	DTN	SS	5	.591	20.0%			0.0%	.250
5	Candy Nelson*	NYG/NYM	SS	7	.578	0.0%			0.0%	.143
6	Pat Dealy	NAT	LF	6	.537	16.7%			0.0%	.400
7	Darby O'Brien	NYM	LF	9	.522	0.0%			0.0%	.000
8	George Myers	IND	1B	10	.510	10.0%			0.0%	.222
9	Kid Baldwin	CIN	C	12	.503	8.3%			0.0%	.182
10	Lou Bierbauer*	ATH	2B	9	.501	0.0%			11.1%	.333
11	Wilbert Robinson	ATH	1B	10	.483	10.0%			0.0%	.111
12	Mike Dorgan	NYG	RF	8	.469	0.0%			0.0%	.000
13	Emmett Seery*	IND	LF	10	.468	20.0%			0.0%	.125
14	Abe Harrison	TCG	SS	56	.443	5.4%			1.8%	.135
15	Al Myers	NAT	SS	5	.434	0.0%			0.0%	.200
16	Sam Thompson*	DTN	RF	5	.434	0.0%			0.0%	.200
17	George Williams^	TCG	2B	60	.423	5.0%			0.0%	.088
18	Tom Poorman*	ATH	RF	10	.375	0.0%			0.0%	.000
19	Billy O'Brien	NAT	3B	5	.375	0.0%			0.0%	.000
20	Charlie Ganzel	DTN	1B	5	.375	0.0%			0.0%	.000
21	Bid McPhee	CIN	2B	10	.363	0.0%			0.0%	.000
22	Hugh Nicol	CIN	RF	13	.361	0.0%			0.0%	.000
23	Jon Morrison*	NYM	RF	9	.345	0.0%			0.0%	.111
24	Frank Fennelly	CIN	SS	14	.345	7.1%			0.0%	.077
25	Jack Farrell	NAT	2B	6	.336	16.7%			0.0%	.200
26	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	C	56	.335	3.6%			1.8%	.148
27	Ben Boyd^	TCG	CF	56	.323	3.6%			0.0%	.037
28	Clarence Williams	TCG	RF	54	.320	1.9%			1.9%	.115
29	Deacon White*	DTN	3B	5	.315	40.0%			0.0%	.000
30	Jim Donnelly	NAT	CF	5	.315	40.0%			0.0%	.000
31	Frank Gilmore	NAT	P	5	.315	40.0%			0.0%	.000
32	Frank Hankinson	NYM	3B	10	.311	0.0%			0.0%	.100
33	Hick Carpenter	CIN	3B	12	.268	8.3%			0.0%	.182
34	William Malone^	TCG	LF	41	.249	4.9%			0.0%	.103
35	Ben Holmes^	TCG	3B	41	.248	2.4%			2.4%	.103
36	Paul Radford	NYM	2B	11	.242	9.1%			0.0%	.000
37	Chippy McGarr	ATH	SS	9	.241	0.0%			0.0%	.111
38	Patrick Gillespie*	NYG	1B	8	.235	0.0%			0.0%	.000
39	George Shoch	NAT	RF	4	.235	0.0%			0.0%	.000
40	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	P	4	.235	0.0%			0.0%	.000
41	Egyptian Healy	IND	2B	9	.209	0.0%			0.0%	.000
42	Fatty Briody^	DTN	C	4	.197	25.0%			0.0%	.000
43	Fred Dunlap	DTN	2B	5	.158	20.0%			0.0%	.000
44	Bill Krieg	NAT	1B	6	.131	16.7%			0.0%	.000
45	Mike Tiernan*	NYG	LF	9	.104	0.0%			0.0%	.000
46	John Reilly	CIN	1B	12	.103	0.0%			0.0%	.083
47	Pete Conway	DTN	CF	4	.000	0.0%			0.0%	.000

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

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