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

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Ledell Titcomb	NYG	0.00
2	Frank Gilmore	NAT	1.00
3	John Cahill	IND	1.59
4	Billy Whyte	TCG	1.71
5	Mike Mattimore	NYG	1.80
6	Bobby Mathews	ATH	2.00
7	Shep Trusty	TCG	2.65
8	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	3.00
9	Wild Bill Widner	CIN	3.50
10	Al Mays	NYM	4.00

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Trenton Cuban Giants	NvM	108.0		1.78	8.3%	5.2%	1.61	0.6%
2	Cincinnati Reds	NvM	26.0		1.35	3.4%	4.2%	0.80	0.0%
3	Philadelphia Athletics	NvM	18.0		1.56	8.0%	8.0%	1.00	4.0%
4	New York Metropolitans	NvM	18.0		1.28	20.0%	1.3%	16.00	0.0%
5	New York Giants	NvM	17.0		1.06	5.5%	5.5%	1.00	1.4%
6	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NvM	16.0		1.88	10.7%	3.6%	3.00	0.0%
7	Detroit Wolverines	NvM	9.0		0.89	11.1%	0.0%		2.8%
8	Washington Nationals	NvM	9.0		0.89	41.2%	5.9%	7.00	0.0%
	8	1	221.0		1.55	9.8%	4.7%	2.08	0.8%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Billy Whyte^	TCG	SP	42.0		1.21	11.5%	6.6%	1.75	0.5%
2	Wild Bill Widner	CIN	SP	18.0		1.44	4.9%	2.5%	2.00	0.0%
3	Shep Trusty^	TCG	SP	17.0		1.71	9.4%	1.2%	8.00	0.0%
4	William Malone^	TCG	SP	16.0		2.44	6.5%	1.1%	6.00	0.0%
5	William Selden^	TCG	SP	15.0		2.60	3.3%	6.6%	0.50	2.2%
6	Al Mays	NYM	SP	9.0		0.78	18.4%	0.0%		0.0%
7	George Parago^	TCG	SP	9.0		1.56	15.4%	0.0%		0.0%
8	Frank Miller^	TCG	SP	9.0		2.22	2.0%	16.3%	0.13	0.0%
9	Al Atkinson	ATH	SP	9.0		2.11	10.0%	15.0%	0.67	5.0%
10	Bobby Mathews	ATH	SP	9.0		1.00	5.7%	0.0%		2.9%
11	Jack Lynch	NYM	SP	9.0		1.78	21.4%	2.4%	9.00	0.0%
12	Frank Gilmore	NAT	SP	9.0		0.89	41.2%	5.9%	7.00	0.0%
13	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	SP	9.0		0.89	11.1%	0.0%		2.8%
14	Bill Hart	CIN	SP	8.0		1.13	0.0%	8.1%	0.00	0.0%
15	Ledell Titcomb*	NYG	SP	8.0		1.00	11.8%	2.9%	4.00	0.0%
16	Egyptian Healy	IND	SP	7.0		1.57	16.7%	2.8%	6.00	0.0%
17	John Cahill	IND	RP	5.2		1.59	3.7%	0.0%		0.0%
18	Mike Mattimore*	NYG	RP	5.0		0.80	0.0%	5.0%	0.00	5.0%
19	Mike Tiernan*	NYG	SP	4.0		1.50	0.0%	10.5%	0.00	0.0%
20	Hank Morrison	IND	SP	3.1		3.00	9.5%	9.5%	1.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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