1886 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1886 Season

1885 / 1887

Top Hitter

Jimmy
Say

Top Pitcher

George
Stovey

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Jack Corcoran	JCJ	205
2	Mike Tiernan	JCJ	204
3	Jimmy Say	JCJ	196
4	Pat Friel	JCJ	153
5	Jim Clinton	JCJ	150
6	George Stovey	JCJ/TCG	136
7	Tom O'Brien	JCJ	127
8	Abe Harrison	TCG	115
9	George Williams	TCG	111
10	Franklin Lang	JCJ	109

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Pete Conway	KCC	0.00
2	Jumbo McGinnis	SLB	0.00
3	The Only Nolan	JCJ	0.00
4	William Campion	JCJ	0.50
5	Shadow Pyle	NWK	1.00
6	George Stovey	TCG/JCJ	1.27
7	Ed Bagley	BRI	1.80
8	Phenomenal Smith	NWK	2.25
9	Billy Whyte	TCG	2.52
10	John Harkins	HDB	3.00

Fielding

Teams

#	Team	Lg		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Trenton Cuban Giants	NvM/NvH		135	127	1083.0	360	186	56	22		.907	.910		4.54	4.58		-14.2	-14.7	-13.4
2	Jersey City Jerseys (EL)	NvH		54	54	486.0	161	91	11	13		.958	.904		4.67	4.54		6.6	15.3	5.3
3	Kansas City Cowboys	NvM		21	18	153.0	51	22	6	0		.924	.925		4.29	4.69		2.9	21.1	3.1
4	Newark Little Giants (EL)	NvH		18	18	153.0	51	22	7	3		.913	.904		4.29	4.54		1.3	9.6	2.7
5	Bridgeport Giants (EL)	NvH		13	9	81.0	27	12	2	0		.951	.904		4.33	4.54		-1.3	-18.6	-2.1
6	Cincinnati Reds	NvM		9	9	81.0	27	19	2	0		.958	.925		5.11	4.69		1.2	16.3	2.3
7	Hartford Dark Blues (EL)	NvH		9	9	81.0	27	14	4	0		.911	.904		4.56	4.54		2.2	30.6	1.0
8	St. Louis Browns	NvM		8	8	72.0	26	22	4	5		.923	.916		6.00	5.13		1.7	26.2	1.3
	8	2		267	252	2190.0	730	388	92	43		.924	.910		4.59	4.59		0.3	0.2	0.2

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1	Ben Holmes^	TCG	3B		14	14	120.1	25	35	11	2		.845	.822		4.49	3.54		1.9	15.4	1.9
2	Abe Harrison	TCG	SS		12	12	103.1	16	40	3	5		.949	.924		4.88	4.49		-1.6	-15.1	-1.6
3	Ben Boyd^	TCG	CF		9	9	75.1	11	3	3	2		.824	.894		1.67	1.27		0.2	3.3	-0.9
4	George Parago^	TCG	RF		9	9	76.1	11	3	2	2		.875	.883		1.65	1.43		-0.3	-4.0	-0.2
5	Shep Trusty^	TCG	P		9	9	70.0	1	12	7	0		.650	.909		1.67	3.11
6	Clarence Williams	TCG	C		9	9	74.1	52	16	5	0		.932	.942		8.23	9.54		-2.3	-31.5	0.0
7	George Williams^	TCG	2B		9	9	75.1	31	17	3	3		.941	.922		5.73	5.89		-4.8	-64.1	-4.8
8	Pat Friel**	JCJ	LF		6	6	54.0	8	1	0	1		1.000	.906		1.50	1.50		0.8	14.8	1.1
9	John Hiland*	JCJ	2B		6	6	54.0	20	20	1	2		.976	.905		6.67	5.89		2.6	47.5	2.6
10	Jimmy Say^	JCJ	3B		6	6	54.0	4	15	2	1		.905	.835		3.17	3.41		1.2	21.4	1.2
11	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	1B		6	6	53.0	59	2	2	4		.968	.964		10.36	10.67		-1.2	-21.8	-1.2
12	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	C		6	5	46.0	48	11	3	0		.952	.942		11.54	9.54		0.2	5.2	0.0
13	Mike Tiernan*	JCJ	RF		6	6	54.0	6	2	1	0		.889	.857		1.33	1.24		1.1	20.7	1.2
14	Billy Whyte^	TCG	LF		6	6	52.1	9	1	2	0		.833	.937		1.72	1.39		0.4	7.9	0.6
15	Franklin Lang^	JCJ	SS		5	5	45.0	7	20	0	1		1.000	.925		5.40	4.44		2.3	52.2	2.3
16	Tom O'Brien	JCJ	1B		5	5	45.0	62	3	3	4		.956	.953		13.00	11.46		0.8	16.9	0.8
17	Andrew Randolph^	TCG	1B		5	5	41.1	37	2	3	2		.929	.959		8.49	11.01		-1.1	-26.5	-1.1
18	Clarence Williams	TCG	LF		5	4	38.0	1	2	0	0		1.000	.919		0.71	1.46		-2.5	-65.7	-3.1
19	Ben Boyd^	TCG	2B		4	3	28.0	7	9	4	1		.800	.905		5.14	5.89		-0.2	-7.0	-0.2
20	Jim Clinton	JCJ	CF		4	4	36.0	0	0	0	0			.905		0.00	0.98		-1.8	-49.4	-1.4
21	Pat Murphy	JCJ	C		4	4	36.0	33	9	1	1		.977	.948		10.50	9.45		2.2	62.5	0.0
22	George Stovey*	TCG/JCJ	P		4	4	35.1	1	10	0	0		1.000	.906		2.80	2.48
23	Jack Frye^	TCG	RF		3	3	26.0	0	1	1	0		.500	.857		0.35	1.24		-1.9	-72.6	-1.9
24	George Parago^	TCG	LF		3	3	18.0	3	1	0	0		1.000	.911		2.00	1.48		0.4	19.5	0.0
25	Billy Whyte^	TCG	P		3	3	25.0	0	8	0	0		1.000	.906		2.88	2.48
26	Bill Annis	NWK	LF		2	2	17.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.906		1.59	1.50		0.4	24.3	0.7
27	Ben Boyd^	TCG	SS		2	2	17.0	1	5	3	0		.667	.924		3.18	4.53		-1.2	-67.6	-1.2
28	William Campion^	JCJ	P		2	2	18.0	0	3	0	0		1.000	.906		1.50	2.48
29	John Coogan^	NWK	RF		2	2	17.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.857		1.59	1.24		0.5	28.6	0.9
30	Jack Corcoran^	JCJ	C		2	2	18.0	11	6	2	1		.895	.948		8.50	9.45		0.1	4.1	0.0
31	Dan Dugdale	KCC	C		2	2	17.0	18	4	2	0		.917	.927		11.65	9.77		0.5	29.0	0.0
32	Jack Frye^	TCG	1B		2	2	12.0	16	1	0	1		1.000	.964		12.75	10.68		-0.1	-8.3	-0.1
33	Jim Lillie	KCC	LF		2	2	17.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		1.06	1.18		0.6	36.6	0.8
34	Mox McQuery^	KCC	1B		2	2	17.0	14	2	1	0		.941	.986		8.47	9.13		1.3	75.3	1.3
35	George Parago^	TCG	P		2	1	12.0	0	5	0	0		1.000	.908		3.75	2.89
36	Arthur Thomas^	TCG	RF		2	2	13.0	4	0	1	0		.800	.881		2.77	1.41		0.9	72.9	1.3
37	Tommy Tucker**	NWK	1B		2	2	17.0	24	0	0	1		1.000	.953		12.71	11.46		0.2	13.2	0.2
38	Jim Whitney*	KCC	2B		2	1	17.0	6	7	1	0		.929	.979		6.88	5.91		1.8	107.7	1.8
39	Billy Whyte^	TCG/KCC	RF		2	1	13.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.933		1.38	1.80		-0.5	-34.9	-0.1
40	Billy Alvord	BRI	3B		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.835		2.00	3.41		-0.6	-71.3	-0.6
41	Ed Bagley^	BRI	CF		1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0			.905		0.00	0.98		-0.3	-64.4	-0.2
42	Ed Bagley^	BRI	P		1	1	5.0	0	3	0	0		1.000	.906		5.40	2.48
43	Fatty Briody^	KCC	RF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.933		1.00	1.80		-0.4	-44.4	-0.2
44	Joe Brown^	BRI	C		1	0	4.0	4	2	0	0		1.000	.948		13.50	9.45		1.3	321.8	0.0
45	Joe Brown^	BRI	RF		1	1	5.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.857		1.80	1.24		0.2	38.6	-0.3
46	Oyster Burns	NWK	SS		1	1	8.0	1	2	0	0		1.000	.925		3.38	4.44		-0.7	-83.4	-0.7
47	Charlie Cady^	HDB	CF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.905		0.00	0.98		-0.4	-39.9	-0.3
48	Bart Cantz	BRI	C		1	1	5.0	5	1	1	0		.857	.948		10.80	9.45		-0.7	-140.2	0.0
49	Bart Cantz	BRI	RF		1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0			.857		0.00	1.24		-0.3	-87.4	-0.2
50	Hick Carpenter	CIN	3B		1	1	9.0	0	2	1	0		.667	.789		2.00	3.86		-0.8	-86.8	-0.8
51	Dennis Casey*	NWK	CF		1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0			.905		0.00	0.98		-0.4	-49.3	-0.3
52	Charlie Comiskey	SLB	1B		1	1	9.0	8	0	0	2		1.000	.986		8.00	9.13		-1.6	-173.8	-1.6
53	Pete Conway	KCC	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.875		1.00	1.80		-0.1	-16.4	-0.1
54	Pete Conway	KCC	P		1	1	8.0	1	3	0	0		1.000	.914		4.50	4.11
55	Jack Corcoran^	JCJ	SS		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.925		0.00	4.44		-2.0	-218.9	-2.0
56	Pop Corkhill*	CIN	1B		1	1	9.0	17	0	0	0		1.000	.986		17.00	9.13		0.4	41.6	0.4
57	Milton Dabney^	TCG	CF		1	1	8.0	1	0	1	0		.500	.905		1.13	0.98		-0.1	-8.2	0.0
58	Tom Daly**	NWK	2B		1	1	8.0	0	5	3	0		.625	.905		5.63	5.89		1.6	204.0	1.6
59	Tom Daly**	NWK	C		1	1	9.0	10	1	0	0		1.000	.948		11.00	9.45		-0.3	-33.1	0.0
60	Jim Donnelly	KCC	3B		1	1	8.0	0	1	1	0		.500	.789		1.13	3.86		-0.3	-34.5	-0.3
61	Conny Doyle^	HDB	3B		1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	.835		2.00	3.41		0.0	3.1	0.0
62	Henry Easterday	BRI	SS		1	1	9.0	1	1	1	0		.667	.925		2.00	4.44		-0.9	-102.8	-0.9
63	Frank Fennelly	CIN	SS		1	1	9.0	1	9	0	0		1.000	.923		10.00	4.63		2.4	265.8	2.4
64	J. Forbes^	TCG	CF		1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.905		3.00	0.98		1.1	118.9	1.2
65	Jack Frye^	TCG	2B		1	1	9.0	4	2	0	0		1.000	.979		6.00	5.91		-0.6	-61.9	-0.6
66	Jack Frye^	TCG	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			1.000		0.00	1.18		-0.8	-88.4	-0.7
67	Jack Frye^	TCG	P		1	0	5.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	.914		3.60	4.11
68	Bill Gleason	SLB	SS		1	1	9.0	2	4	1	1		.857	.923		6.00	4.63		1.4	156.0	1.4
69	Bill Greenwood**	NWK	2B		1	1	9.0	2	3	1	1		.833	.905		5.00	5.89		0.2	26.0	0.2
70	Mert Hackett	KCC	CF		1	1	8.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.875		2.25	1.80		0.5	68.4	0.6
71	Mert Hackett	KCC	SS		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.923		1.00	4.63		-0.9	-99.1	-0.9
72	Charlie Hamburg	BRI	LF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.906		0.00	1.50		-0.8	-90.3	-0.7
73	John Harkins^	HDB	P		1	1	9.0	0	3	1	0		.750	.906		3.00	2.48
74	Abe Harrison	TCG	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.905		1.00	0.98		-0.2	-16.7	-0.1
75	Jackie Hayes^	HDB	C		1	1	9.0	8	1	0	0		1.000	.948		9.00	9.45		-0.2	-21.6	0.0
76	Nat Hudson	SLB	RF		1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.933		1.00	1.80		0.4	46.8	0.0
77	George Jackson^	TCG	CF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.905		1.00	0.98		-0.2	-16.7	-0.1
78	Harry Johnson^	TCG	2B		1	1	8.0	4	2	0	0		1.000	.979		6.75	5.91		-0.4	-45.0	-0.4
79	William Johnson^	HDB	RF		1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0		1.000	.857		2.00	1.24		0.7	74.8	-0.4
80	Charley Jones	CIN	LF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	1.000		2.00	1.18		0.3	36.7	0.4
81	Jim Keenan	CIN	C		1	1	9.0	1	1	1	0		.667	.927		2.00	9.77		-0.7	-74.8	0.0
82	Bill Krieg	HDB	1B		1	1	9.0	13	0	0	0		1.000	.953		13.00	11.46		0.3	36.6	0.3
83	Arlie Latham	SLB	3B		1	1	9.0	1	1	2	0		.500	.789		2.00	3.86		-1.0	-109.1	-1.0
84	Joseph Lufberry^	HDB	SS		1	1	9.0	0	4	2	0		.667	.925		4.00	4.44		0.8	91.1	0.8
85	Jumbo McGinnis^	SLB	P		1	1	9.0	1	10	0	0		1.000	.914		11.00	4.11
86	Larry McKeon^	CIN	CF		1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.875		2.00	1.80		-0.1	-9.9	0.0
87	Bid McPhee	CIN	2B		1	1	9.0	3	4	0	0		1.000	.979		7.00	5.91		0.1	7.1	0.1
88	John Meister^	HDB	2B		1	1	9.0	3	1	0	0		1.000	.905		4.00	5.89		-0.9	-95.0	-0.9
89	Sparrow Morton^	CIN	P		1	1	9.0	0	3	0	0		1.000	.914		3.00	4.11
90	Tony Mullane**	CIN	RF		1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.933		1.00	1.80		-0.4	-49.3	-0.2
91	Al Myers	KCC	2B		1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0								0.0		0.0
92	The Only Nolan*	JCJ	P		1	1	9.0	2	4	0	2		1.000	.906		6.00	2.48
93	Tom O'Brien	JCJ	CF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.905		0.00	0.98		-0.4	-49.4	-0.3
94	George Parago^	TCG	1B		1	0	5.0	3	1	0	0		1.000	.986		7.20	9.13		0.5	90.4	0.5
95	Phil Powers	SLB	C		1	1	9.0	10	2	1	0		.923	.927		12.00	9.77		0.1	9.1	0.0
96	Shadow Pyle^	NWK	P		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.906		0.00	2.48
97	Paul Radford	KCC	3B		1	1	9.0	2	2	1	0		.800	.789		4.00	3.86		0.2	24.8	0.2
98	Paul Radford	KCC	SS		1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.923		2.25	4.63		-0.7	-90.7	-0.7
99	Yank Robinson	SLB	2B		1	1	9.0	1	4	0	2		1.000	.979		5.00	5.91		0.7	83.0	0.7
100	George Shoch	HDB	LF		1	1	9.0	3	1	1	0		.800	.906		4.00	1.50		1.8	195.6	1.3
101	Ed Sixsmith	BRI	CF		1	1	5.0	2	0	0	0		1.000	.905		3.60	0.98		0.9	179.6	1.0
102	Ed Sixsmith	BRI	P		1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0		1.000	.906		2.25	2.48
103	Leo Smith	NWK	3B		1	1	8.0	1	2	2	0		.600	.835		3.38	3.41		0.1	10.4	0.1
104	Leo Smith	NWK	SS		1	1	9.0	0	5	0	1		1.000	.925		5.00	4.44		0.9	103.0	0.9
105	Phenomenal Smith*	NWK	CF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.905		0.00	0.98		-0.4	-49.3	-0.3
106	Phenomenal Smith*	NWK	P		1	1	8.0	3	2	0	0		1.000	.906		5.63	2.48
107	Harold Smith^	JCJ	1B		1	1	9.0	7	1	1	0		.889	.953		8.00	11.46		0.2	19.6	0.2
108	Harold Smith^	JCJ	CF		1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0			.905		0.00	0.98		-0.4	-49.4	-0.3
109	Edward Stapleton^	BRI	1B		1	1	9.0	11	0	0	0		1.000	.953		11.00	11.46		0.2	27.6	0.2
110	Edward Stapleton^	BRI	2B		1	1	9.0	3	2	0	0		1.000	.905		5.00	5.89		-0.3	-31.3	-0.3
111	Sam Trott*	NWK	3B		1	1	9.0	0	1	1	0		.500	.835		1.00	3.41		-0.7	-74.3	-0.7
112	Sam Trott*	NWK	C		1	1	8.0	4	1	0	0		1.000	.948		5.63	9.45		-0.2	-27.3	0.0
113	Shep Trusty^	TCG	LF		1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0			1.000		0.00	1.18		-0.3	-88.4	-0.2
114	Curt Welch	SLB	CF		1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0		1.000	.875		3.00	1.80		1.5	171.5	1.6
115	Jim Whitney*	KCC	RF		1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0								0.0		0.0
116	Billy Whyte^	TCG	CF		1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0		1.000	.905		4.50	0.98		0.4	220.6	0.5
117	Billy Whyte^	KCC	PR		1
118	Stump Weidman	KCC	P		1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.914		2.00	4.11
119	Clarence Williams	TCG	CF		1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0		1.000	.875		2.25	1.80		0.0	-3.1	-0.6
120	George Williams^	TCG	1B		1	1	9.0	9	1	2	0		.833	.953		10.00	11.46		0.1	7.4	0.1

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

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James