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1887 Season

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16 teams competing in 2 leagues

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1887 Bracket

World Series DTN def. SL4 (10-5)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1887 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Tip O'Neill 0.435 2 Pete Browning 0.402 3 Sam Thompson 0.372 4 Dave Orr 0.368 5 Denny Lyons 0.367

Home Runs

1 Billy O'Brien 19 2 Roger Connor 17 3 Fred Pfeffer 16 4 Tip O'Neill 14 5 George Wood 14

RBI

1 Sam Thompson 166 2 Tip O'Neill 123 3 Pete Browning 118 4 Jumbo Davis 109 5 Dave Foutz 108

Stolen Bases

1 Hugh Nicol 138 2 Arlie Latham 129 3 Charlie Comiskey 117 4 John Ward 111 5 Pete Browning 103

Hits

1 Tip O'Neill 225 2 Pete Browning 220 3 Denny Lyons 209 4 Sam Thompson 203 5 Arlie Latham 198

Runs

1 Tip O'Neill 167 2 Arlie Latham 163 3 Dan Brouthers 153 4 Mike Griffin 142 5 Tom Poorman 140

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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1887 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Mike Mattimore 2.35 2 Henry Gruber 2.74 3 Dan Casey 2.86 4 Pete Conway 2.90 5 Elmer Smith 2.94

Wins

1 Matt Kilroy 46 2 John Clarkson 38 3 Toad Ramsey 37 4 Tim Keefe 35 5 Elmer Smith 34

Strikeouts

1 Toad Ramsey 355 2 John Clarkson 237 3 Matt Kilroy 217 4 Phenomenal Smith 206 5 Gus Weyhing 193

Saves

1 Adonis Terry 3 2 Mark Baldwin 1 3 Charlie Ferguson 1 4 Guy Hecker 1 5 Silver King 1

WHIP

1 Tim Keefe 1.12 2 John Clarkson 1.16 3 Charlie Ferguson 1.16 4 Jim Whitney 1.17 5 Bob Caruthers 1.17

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📋 Standings

AA

St. Louis Browns ★ 95-40 Cincinnati Red Stockings 81-54 Baltimore Orioles 77-58 Louisville Colonels 76-60 Philadelphia Athletics 64-69 Brooklyn Grays 60-74 New York Metropolitans 44-89 Cleveland Blues 39-92

National League

Detroit Wolverines ★ 79-45 Philadelphia Quakers 75-48 Chicago White Stockings 71-50 New York Giants 68-55 Boston Beaneaters 61-60 Pittsburg Alleghenys 55-69 Washington Nationals 46-76 Indianapolis Hoosiers 37-89

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