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1887 Season

1886 / 1888

Walter Brown (President)
J. J. Callis (Vice President)

Top Hitter

Abe
Harrison

Top Pitcher

Billy
Whyte

Leaders

OPS

#	Player	Team	OPS
1	Fred Mayfield	LFC	1.333
2	Jerome Thomas	BLB	1.211
3	William Woods	PYT	1.205
4	Napoleon Ricks	LFC	1.176
5	Alonzo Keiger	LFC	1.150
6	John Nelson	GOR	1.045
7	Weldy Walker	PKS	1.026
8	William Gray	BLB	1.024
9	Abe Harrison	TCG	.997
10	Willie Stanard	PKS	.986

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Ledell Titcomb	NYG	0.00
2	Frank Keffer	WBB	0.00
3	Robert Jackson	GOR	0.00
4	John Vactor	PYT	0.79
5	William Woods	PYT	1.00
6	Frank Gilmore	NAT	1.00
7	George Jackson	PYT	1.00
8	Charles Griffin	PKS	1.01
9	Jack Huston	JCS	1.13
10	John Cahill	IND	1.59

Advanced Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Trenton Cuban Giants	MULT	200.0	1.60	10.3%	4.3%	2.37	0.3%
2	Pittsburgh Keystones	NCL	60.0	1.42	10.2%	3.5%	2.90	0.0%
3	Philadelphia Pythians	NCL	54.0	1.26	11.2%	4.3%	2.64	0.0%
4	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	NCL	52.0	2.12	1.1%	9.2%	0.12	0.0%
5	New York Gorhams	NCL	43.2	2.08	8.5%	1.3%	6.33	0.0%
6	Lousville Falls Citys	NCL	36.0	1.69	8.9%	6.5%	1.36	1.2%
7	Cincinnati Reds	NvM	26.0	1.35	3.4%	4.2%	0.80	0.0%
8	Philadelphia Athletics	NvM	18.0	1.56	8.0%	8.0%	1.00	4.0%
9	New York Metropolitans	NvM	18.0	1.28	20.0%	1.3%	16.00	0.0%
10	Jersey City Skeeters (IA)	NvH	17.0	1.35	10.6%	4.7%	2.25	0.0%
11	New York Giants	NvM	17.0	1.06	5.5%	5.5%	1.00	1.4%
12	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NvM	16.0	1.88	10.7%	3.6%	3.00	0.0%
13	Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons (IA)	NvH	9.0	0.89	0.0%	6.1%	0.00	0.0%
14	Boston Resolutes	NCL	9.0	0.67	39.4%	6.1%	6.50	3.0%
15	Oswego Starchboxes (IA)	NvH	9.0	1.78	9.3%	9.3%	1.00	0.0%
16	Washington Nationals	NvM	9.0	0.89	41.2%	5.9%	7.00	0.0%
17	Detroit Wolverines	NvM	9.0	0.89	11.1%	0.0%	2.8%
18	Buffalo Bisons (IA)	NvH	9.0	2.00	6.3%	2.1%	3.00	0.0%
19	Bridgeport Giants (EL)	NvH	9.0	2.22	4.3%	0.0%	2.2%
20	Newark Little Giants (IA)	NvH	8.0	2.88	2.0%	3.9%	0.50	0.0%
21	Scranton Miners (IA)	NvH	8.0	1.38	8.3%	2.8%	3.00	0.0%
22	Syracuse Stars (IA)	NvH	6.0	1.33	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%
23	Utica Pent Ups (IA)	NvH	6.0	1.33	7.4%	0.0%	3.7%
	23	4	648.2	1.58	9.3%	4.5%	2.09	0.4%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Billy Whyte ^	TCG	SP	86.0	1.36	11.1%	4.4%	2.53	0.3%
2	William Malone ^	PYT / TCG	SP	55.2	1.56	6.9%	1.1%	6.33	0.0%
3	Shep Trusty ^	TCG	SP	41.0	1.46	17.5%	2.1%	8.25	0.0%
4	Charles Griffin ^	PKS	SP	35.2	1.51	8.0%	4.0%	2.00	0.0%
5	William Selden ^	RES / TCG	SP	33.0	1.82	9.9%	8.1%	1.23	1.9%
6	Joseph Stewart ^	BLB	SP	27.2	1.77	0.0%	7.5%	0.00	0.0%
7	John Nelson ^	GOR	SP	26.2	1.76	9.2%	1.5%	6.00	0.0%
8	Harry Cummings ^	BLB	SP	22.0	2.05	2.6%	8.6%	0.30	0.0%
9	Wild Bill Widner	CIN	SP	18.0	1.44	4.9%	2.5%	2.00	0.0%
10	Frank Miller ^	PKS / TCG	SP	18.0	1.67	5.9%	11.8%	0.50	0.0%
11	James Smith ^	LFC	SP	18.0	1.17	11.7%	0.0%	1.3%
12	Ben Gross ^	PKS	RP	15.1	1.37	15.3%	1.4%	11.00	0.0%
13	Alonzo Keiger ^	LFC	RP	15.0	1.73	7.2%	5.8%	1.25	1.4%
14	John Vactor ^	PYT	SP	11.1	1.50	17.9%	3.6%	5.00	0.0%
15	George Parago ^	TCG	SP	9.0	1.56	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%
16	Sam Shaw	JCS	SP	9.0	1.78	6.7%	8.9%	0.75	0.0%
17	Al Mays	NYM	SP	9.0	0.78	18.4%	0.0%	0.0%
18	Bobby Mathews	ATH	SP	9.0	1.00	5.7%	0.0%	2.9%
19	Al Atkinson	ATH	SP	9.0	2.11	10.0%	15.0%	0.67	5.0%
20	Jack Lynch	NYM	SP	9.0	1.78	21.4%	2.4%	9.00	0.0%
21	William Woods ^	PYT	SP	9.0	0.56	18.4%	0.0%	0.0%
22	Frank Keffer ^	WBB	SP	9.0	0.89	0.0%	6.1%	0.00	0.0%
23	Jack Fanning	BUF	SP	9.0	2.00	6.3%	2.1%	3.00	0.0%
24	Galesright ^	BRI	SP	9.0	2.22	4.3%	0.0%	2.2%
25	George Jackson ^	PYT	SP	9.0	1.44	9.1%	15.9%	0.57	0.0%
26	Frank Gilmore	NAT	SP	9.0	0.89	41.2%	5.9%	7.00	0.0%
27	Jim Hyndman ^	OSW	SP	9.0	1.78	9.3%	9.3%	1.00	0.0%
28	Pretzels Getzien	DTN	SP	9.0	0.89	11.1%	0.0%	2.8%
29	Ledell Titcomb *	NYG	SP	8.0	1.00	11.8%	2.9%	4.00	0.0%
30	Bill Hart	CIN	SP	8.0	1.13	0.0%	8.1%	0.00	0.0%
31	John Henry	NWK	SP	8.0	2.88	2.0%	3.9%	0.50	0.0%
32	Jack Huston	JCS	SP	8.0	0.88	15.0%	0.0%	0.0%
33	George Meakim	SCR	SP	8.0	1.38	8.3%	2.8%	3.00	0.0%
34	Egyptian Healy	IND	SP	7.0	1.57	16.7%	2.8%	6.00	0.0%
35	M. White ^	GOR	SP	6.1	4.58	2.1%	2.1%	1.00	0.0%
36	John Pendergrass ^	UTI	SP	6.0	1.33	7.4%	0.0%	3.7%
37	Con Murphy	SYR	SP	6.0	1.33	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%
38	John Cahill	IND	RP	5.2	1.59	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%
39	Oscar Jackson ^	GOR	RP	5.2	2.12	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%
40	Mike Mattimore *	NYG	RP	5.0	0.80	0.0%	5.0%	0.00	5.0%
41	Robert Jackson ^	GOR	RP	5.0	0.60	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%
42	Mike Tiernan *	NYG	SP	4.0	1.50	0.0%	10.5%	0.00	0.0%
43	Hank Morrison	IND	SP	3.1	3.00	9.5%	9.5%	1.00	0.0%
44	H. Gillespie ^	LFC	SP	3.0	4.67	4.3%	30.4%	0.14	0.0%
45	Haywood ^	BLB	SP	2.1	6.86	0.0%	21.7%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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