1887 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1887 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1887 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Billy O'Brien led with 19 home runs, Sam Thompson led with 166 RBI, and Tip O'Neill led with 225 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 399 plate appearances at 129 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (129 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 399 plate appearances at 129 team games. 100 of the 160 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1887 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1887 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Tip O'Neill SL4 124 572 517 167 225 52 19 14 123 30 50 20 .435 .490 .691 1.180
Pete Browning LS2 134 610 547 137 220 35 16 4 118 103 55 39 .402 .464 .547 1.011
Sam Thompson DTN 127 586 545 118 203 29 23 10 166 22 32 19 .372 .416 .565 .982
Denny Lyons PH4 137 623 570 128 209 43 14 6 102 73 47 16 .367 .421 .523 .943
Bob Caruthers SL4 98 436 364 102 130 23 11 8 73 49 66 21 .357 .463 .547 1.010
Dave Foutz SL4 102 448 423 79 151 26 13 4 108 22 23 20 .357 .393 .508 .901
Cap Anson CHN 122 533 472 107 164 33 13 7 102 27 60 18 .347 .422 .517 .939
Thomas Burns BL2 140 619 551 122 188 33 19 9 99 58 63 47 .341 .414 .519 .933
Dan Brouthers DTN 123 577 500 153 169 36 20 12 101 34 71 9 .338 .426 .562 .988
John Ward NY1 129 578 545 114 184 16 5 1 53 111 29 12 .338 .375 .391 .766
Charlie Comiskey SL4 125 572 538 139 180 22 5 4 103 117 27 11 .335 .374 .416 .790
Sam Wise BSN 113 510 467 103 156 27 17 9 92 43 36 44 .334 .390 .522 .913
Hardy Richardson DTN 120 576 543 131 178 25 18 8 94 29 31 40 .328 .366 .484 .851
Fred Carroll PIT 102 459 421 71 138 24 15 6 54 23 36 21 .328 .383 .499 .882
Ed Andrews PHI 104 488 464 110 151 19 7 4 67 57 21 21 .325 .359 .422 .781
Jerry Denny IN3 122 526 510 86 165 34 12 11 97 29 13 22 .324 .344 .502 .846
King Kelly BSN 116 540 484 120 156 34 11 8 63 84 55 40 .322 .393 .488 .880
Guy Hecker LS2 91 407 370 89 118 21 6 4 50 48 31 38 .319 .381 .441 .821
Jack Rowe DTN 124 579 537 135 171 30 10 6 96 22 39 11 .318 .368 .445 .813
Arlie Latham SL4 136 677 627 163 198 35 10 2 83 129 45 29 .316 .366 .413 .779
John Corkhill CN2 128 559 541 79 168 19 11 5 97 30 14 10 .311 .333 .414 .747
Henry Larkin PH4 126 553 497 105 154 22 12 3 88 37 48 13 .310 .380 .421 .800
Jumbo Davis BL2 130 518 485 81 150 23 19 8 109 49 28 27 .309 .353 .485 .838
John Reilly CN2 134 588 551 106 170 35 14 10 96 50 22 29 .309 .352 .477 .829
Otto Schomberg IN3 112 481 419 91 129 18 16 5 83 21 56 32 .308 .397 .463 .860
Paul Hines WS8 123 534 478 83 147 32 5 10 72 46 48 24 .308 .380 .458 .838
Reddy Mack LS2 128 566 478 117 147 23 8 1 69 22 83 63 .308 .415 .395 .811
William Robinson SL4 125 539 430 102 131 32 4 1 74 75 92 49 .305 .445 .405 .850
Deacon White DTN 111 484 449 71 136 20 11 3 75 20 26 15 .303 .353 .416 .770
John Milligan PH4 95 401 377 54 114 27 4 2 50 8 21 30 .302 .344 .411 .755
Darby O'Brien NY4 127 566 522 97 157 30 13 5 73 49 40 42 .301 .355 .437 .792
Mike Griffin BL2 136 595 532 142 160 32 13 3 94 94 55 17 .301 .375 .427 .801
Pete Hotaling CL3 126 565 505 108 151 28 13 3 94 43 53 46 .299 .373 .424 .797
Bill Kuehne PIT 102 417 402 68 120 18 15 1 41 17 14 39 .299 .324 .425 .749
Chippy McGarr PH4 137 561 536 93 158 23 6 1 63 84 23 67 .295 .326 .366 .692
Billy Nash BSN 121 537 475 100 140 24 12 6 94 43 60 30 .295 .376 .434 .810
Germany Smith BR3 103 449 435 79 128 19 16 4 72 26 13 18 .294 .316 .439 .755
John Kerins LS2 112 516 476 101 140 18 19 5 57 49 38 26 .294 .349 .443 .792
Jack Glasscock IN3 122 534 483 91 142 18 7 0 40 62 41 8 .294 .361 .360 .722
Fred Mann 2 teams 119 541 488 87 143 29 13 2 73 41 38 42 .293 .362 .418 .780
John Coleman PIT 115 507 475 75 139 21 11 2 54 25 31 40 .293 .337 .396 .733
Hub Collins LS2 130 600 559 122 162 22 8 1 66 71 39 33 .290 .338 .363 .701
George Gore NY1 111 508 459 95 133 16 5 1 49 39 42 18 .290 .358 .353 .711
George Wood PHI 113 537 491 118 142 22 19 14 66 19 40 51 .289 .350 .497 .847
Bid McPhee CN2 129 600 540 137 156 20 19 2 87 95 55 30 .289 .360 .407 .767
Bill Gleason SL4 135 647 598 135 172 19 1 0 76 23 41 23 .288 .342 .323 .664
Mike Tiernan NY1 103 442 407 82 117 13 12 10 62 28 32 31 .287 .344 .452 .796
Joe Mulvey PHI 111 498 474 93 136 21 6 2 78 43 21 14 .287 .321 .369 .690
Ed McKean CL3 132 600 539 97 154 16 13 2 54 76 60 32 .286 .358 .375 .733
Harry Stovey PH4 124 560 497 125 142 31 12 4 77 74 56 38 .286 .366 .421 .787
Jimmy Ryan CHN 126 567 508 117 145 23 10 11 74 50 53 19 .285 .360 .435 .795
Joe Werrick LS2 136 574 533 90 152 21 13 7 99 49 38 49 .285 .336 .413 .749
Jim O'Rourke NY1 103 438 397 73 113 15 13 3 88 46 36 11 .285 .352 .411 .762
Roger Connor NY1 127 554 471 113 134 26 22 17 104 43 75 50 .285 .392 .541 .933
Marty Sullivan CHN 115 512 472 98 134 13 16 7 77 35 36 53 .284 .340 .424 .764
Sid Farrar PHI 116 495 443 83 125 20 9 4 72 24 42 29 .282 .358 .395 .753
Chicken Wolf LS2 137 611 569 103 160 27 13 2 102 45 34 19 .281 .331 .385 .715
John Morrill BSN 127 542 504 79 141 32 6 12 81 19 37 86 .280 .330 .438 .769
Billy O'Brien WS8 113 479 453 71 126 16 12 19 73 11 21 17 .278 .317 .492 .810
Danny Richardson NY1 122 490 450 79 125 19 10 3 62 41 36 25 .278 .337 .384 .721
Fred Pfeffer CHN 123 514 479 95 133 21 6 16 89 57 34 20 .278 .327 .447 .774
Curt Welch SL4 131 580 544 98 151 32 7 3 108 89 25 21 .278 .322 .379 .701
Charley Jones 2 teams 103 440 400 58 111 18 7 5 69 15 31 27 .278 .343 .395 .738
Myron Allen CL3 117 504 463 66 128 22 10 4 77 26 36 40 .276 .335 .393 .728
Tommy Tucker BL2 136 582 524 114 144 15 9 6 84 85 29 45 .275 .347 .372 .719
Ned Hanlon DTN 118 503 471 79 129 13 7 4 69 69 30 24 .274 .320 .357 .677
Lou Bierbauer PH4 126 543 530 74 144 19 7 1 82 40 13 12 .272 .289 .340 .629
Joe Hornung BSN 98 457 437 85 118 10 6 5 49 41 17 28 .270 .302 .355 .657
Jack McGeachey IN3 99 411 405 49 109 17 3 1 56 27 5 16 .269 .280 .333 .613
Frank Hankinson NY4 127 550 512 79 137 29 11 1 71 19 38 43 .268 .318 .373 .691
George Pinkney BR3 138 647 580 133 155 26 6 3 69 59 61 20 .267 .343 .348 .691
Ed Williamson CHN 127 517 439 77 117 20 14 9 78 45 73 57 .267 .377 .437 .815
Bill Phillips BR3 132 584 533 82 142 34 11 2 101 16 45 30 .266 .330 .383 .713
Frank Fennelly CN2 134 612 526 133 140 15 16 8 97 74 82 81 .266 .369 .401 .770
Joe Sommer BL2 131 530 463 88 123 11 5 0 65 29 63 36 .266 .358 .311 .670
Paul Radford NY4 128 598 486 127 129 15 5 4 45 73 106 40 .265 .403 .342 .745
Tom Poorman PH4 135 630 585 140 155 18 19 4 61 88 35 46 .265 .317 .381 .699
Tom Burns CHN 115 459 424 57 112 20 10 3 60 32 34 32 .264 .320 .380 .700
Cub Stricker CL3 131 590 534 122 141 19 4 2 53 86 53 16 .264 .334 .326 .660
Bill McClellan BR3 136 634 548 109 144 24 6 1 53 70 80 45 .263 .363 .334 .697
Bill Greenwood BL2 118 550 495 114 130 16 6 0 65 71 54 25 .263 .336 .319 .656
Jim Fogarty PHI 126 587 495 113 129 26 12 8 50 102 82 44 .261 .376 .410 .787
Art Whitney PIT 119 488 431 57 112 11 4 0 51 10 55 18 .260 .346 .304 .650
Ed Daily 2 teams 104 435 417 57 108 17 11 3 53 34 17 36 .259 .290 .374 .664
Dick Johnston BSN 127 523 507 87 131 13 20 5 77 52 16 35 .258 .281 .393 .674
Jim McTamany BR3 134 608 520 123 134 22 10 1 68 66 76 34 .258 .365 .344 .709
Arthur Irwin PHI 100 425 374 65 95 14 8 2 56 19 48 26 .254 .344 .350 .694
Ed Swartwood BR3 91 412 363 72 92 14 8 1 54 29 46 41 .253 .342 .344 .687
Bill White LS2 132 559 512 85 129 7 9 2 79 41 47 36 .252 .315 .312 .627
Blondie Purcell BL2 140 623 567 101 142 25 8 4 96 88 46 38 .250 .318 .344 .662
Hick Carpenter CN2 127 521 498 70 124 12 6 1 50 44 19 32 .249 .282 .303 .585
Cliff Carroll WS8 103 446 420 79 104 17 4 4 37 40 17 30 .248 .291 .336 .627
Al Myers WS8 105 404 362 45 84 9 5 2 36 18 40 26 .232 .312 .301 .613
Charley Bassett IN3 119 482 452 41 104 14 6 1 47 25 25 31 .230 .278 .294 .572
Emmett Seery IN3 122 540 465 104 104 18 15 4 28 48 71 68 .224 .331 .353 .684
Jim Toy CL3 109 442 423 56 94 20 5 1 56 8 17 40 .222 .256 .300 .556
Pop Smith PIT 122 499 456 69 98 12 7 2 54 30 30 48 .215 .283 .285 .568
Hugh Nicol CN2 125 566 475 122 102 18 2 1 34 138 86 47 .215 .341 .267 .608
Abner Dalrymple PIT 92 409 358 45 76 18 5 2 31 29 45 43 .212 .311 .307 .618
Jim Donnelly WS8 117 444 425 51 85 9 6 1 46 42 16 26 .200 .234 .256 .491
Dave Orr UNQ NY4 84 368 345 63 127 25 10 2 66 17 22 21 .368 .408 .516 .924
Alex McKinnon UNQ PIT 48 208 200 26 68 16 4 1 30 6 8 9 .340 .365 .475 .840
Charlie Ferguson UNQ PHI 72 300 264 67 89 14 6 3 85 13 34 19 .337 .417 .470 .886
Larry Twitchell UNQ DTN 65 274 264 44 88 14 6 0 51 12 8 19 .333 .358 .432 .789
Buck Ewing UNQ NY1 77 351 318 83 97 17 13 6 44 26 30 33 .305 .370 .497 .867
Ezra Sutton UNQ BSN 77 345 326 61 99 14 9 3 46 17 13 6 .304 .342 .429 .771
George Tebeau UNQ CN2 85 352 318 57 94 12 5 4 33 37 31 31 .296 .364 .403 .766
Adonis Terry UNQ BR3 86 368 352 56 103 6 10 3 65 27 16 19 .293 .323 .392 .715
Ernie Burch UNQ BR3 49 220 188 47 55 4 4 2 26 15 29 14 .293 .395 .388 .784
Billy Sunday UNQ CHN 50 221 199 41 58 6 6 3 32 34 21 20 .291 .362 .427 .789
Jim Donahue UNQ NY4 60 243 220 33 62 4 1 1 29 6 21 16 .282 .350 .323 .673
Jack Clements UNQ PHI 66 259 246 48 69 13 7 1 47 7 9 24 .280 .317 .402 .719
Chris Fulmer UNQ BL2 56 238 201 52 54 11 4 0 32 35 36 21 .269 .382 .363 .746
Charlie Buffinton UNQ PHI 66 281 269 34 72 12 1 1 46 8 11 3 .268 .299 .331 .630
Lave Cross UNQ LS2 54 219 203 32 54 8 3 0 26 15 15 14 .266 .320 .335 .655
Fred Dunlap UNQ DTN 65 297 272 60 72 13 10 5 45 15 25 12 .265 .327 .441 .768
Patrick Gillespie UNQ NY1 76 312 295 40 78 9 3 3 37 37 12 21 .264 .304 .346 .650
Jim Whitney UNQ WS8 54 219 201 29 53 9 6 2 22 10 18 24 .264 .324 .398 .722
Charlie Ganzel UNQ DTN 57 236 227 40 59 6 5 0 20 3 8 2 .260 .288 .330 .619
Edward Tate UNQ BSN 60 243 231 34 60 5 3 0 27 7 8 9 .260 .296 .307 .604
Pat Dealy UNQ WS8 58 222 212 33 55 8 2 1 18 36 8 8 .259 .293 .330 .623
Mike Dorgan UNQ NY1 71 301 283 41 73 10 0 0 34 22 15 20 .258 .302 .293 .596
Jack Burdock UNQ BSN 65 259 237 36 61 6 0 0 29 19 18 22 .257 .320 .283 .603
Sam Trott UNQ BL2 85 329 300 44 77 16 3 0 37 8 27 10 .257 .322 .330 .652
Pop Snyder UNQ CL3 74 292 282 33 72 12 6 0 27 5 9 38 .255 .281 .340 .621
Doc Bushong UNQ SL4 53 214 201 35 51 4 0 0 26 14 11 10 .254 .299 .274 .573
Jimmy Peoples UNQ BR3 73 288 268 36 68 14 2 1 38 22 16 19 .254 .306 .332 .638
Kid Baldwin UNQ CN2 96 398 388 46 98 15 10 1 57 13 6 19 .253 .271 .351 .622
Ed Greer UNQ 2 teams 94 369 338 50 85 13 2 2 48 35 25 34 .251 .314 .320 .634
Matt Kilroy UNQ BL2 72 271 239 46 59 5 6 0 25 12 31 19 .247 .336 .318 .654
Paul Cook UNQ LS2 61 238 223 34 55 4 2 0 17 15 11 25 .247 .294 .283 .577
Candy Nelson UNQ 2 teams 69 315 259 61 63 5 1 0 24 29 48 12 .243 .378 .270 .648
George Miller UNQ PIT 87 379 342 58 83 17 4 1 34 33 35 13 .243 .317 .325 .641
John Clarkson UNQ CHN 63 226 215 40 52 5 5 6 25 6 11 25 .242 .279 .395 .674
George Shoch UNQ WS8 70 289 264 47 63 9 1 1 18 29 21 16 .239 .304 .292 .596
Phenomenal Smith UNQ BL2 64 232 205 37 48 7 6 1 18 7 26 11 .234 .323 .341 .665
Bill Holbert UNQ NY4 69 262 255 20 58 4 3 0 32 12 7 23 .227 .248 .267 .515
Wilbert Robinson UNQ PH4 68 279 264 28 60 6 2 1 24 15 14 15 .227 .269 .277 .545
James Roseman UNQ 2 teams 82 345 317 48 72 12 2 1 36 6 19 27 .227 .290 .287 .577
Sam Barkley UNQ PIT 89 374 340 44 76 10 4 1 35 6 30 24 .224 .294 .285 .579
Jack Farrell UNQ WS8 87 360 339 40 75 14 9 0 41 31 20 12 .221 .267 .316 .582
Tony Mullane UNQ CN2 56 219 199 35 44 6 3 3 23 20 16 24 .221 .292 .327 .619
Tim Keefe UNQ NY1 56 211 191 27 42 7 6 2 23 2 20 41 .220 .294 .351 .645
Barney McLaughlin UNQ PHI 50 217 205 26 45 8 3 1 26 2 11 27 .220 .263 .302 .565
Joe Gerhardt UNQ 2 teams 86 336 311 40 68 13 2 0 27 15 24 43 .219 .277 .273 .550
George Myers UNQ IN3 69 262 235 25 51 8 1 1 20 26 22 7 .217 .298 .272 .570
Tom Brown UNQ 2 teams 83 353 332 50 72 6 4 2 15 25 19 65 .217 .263 .277 .541
Charlie Bastian UNQ PHI 60 243 221 33 47 11 1 1 21 11 19 29 .213 .284 .285 .569
Charlie Reipschlager UNQ CL3 63 243 231 20 49 8 3 0 17 7 11 7 .212 .251 .273 .524
Phil Reccius UNQ 2 teams 73 304 266 32 56 8 3 0 33 12 32 26 .211 .309 .263 .572
Silver King UNQ SL4 62 246 222 28 46 6 1 0 19 10 24 42 .207 .285 .243 .528
Tom Daly UNQ CHN 74 278 256 45 53 10 4 2 17 29 22 25 .207 .270 .301 .571
John Cahill UNQ IN3 68 273 263 22 54 4 3 0 26 34 9 5 .205 .234 .243 .478
Al Mays UNQ NY4 62 232 221 23 45 15 4 2 23 7 10 25 .204 .241 .335 .576
Gus Weyhing UNQ PH4 57 215 209 19 42 6 1 0 16 8 6 39 .201 .223 .239 .462
Connie Mack UNQ WS8 82 325 314 35 63 6 1 0 20 26 8 17 .201 .228 .226 .454
John Carroll UNQ CL3 57 235 216 30 43 5 1 0 19 19 15 27 .199 .264 .231 .495
Toad Ramsey UNQ LS2 65 244 225 19 43 4 0 0 24 2 19 9 .191 .254 .209 .463
Jack Boyle UNQ SL4 88 372 350 48 66 3 1 2 41 7 20 51 .189 .237 .220 .457
Ed Seward UNQ PH4 74 284 266 31 50 10 0 5 28 14 16 36 .188 .239 .282 .521
Showing 1-50 of 160 batters listed (100 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 129 innings at 129 team games. 48 of the 68 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1887 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Dan Casey PHI 28 13 45 45 43 4 0 390.1 377 124 115 119 2.86 1.26
Pete Conway DTN 8 9 17 17 16 0 0 146.0 132 47 47 40 2.90 1.23
Elmer Smith CN2 34 17 52 52 49 3 0 447.1 400 146 126 176 2.94 1.18
Charlie Ferguson PHI 22 10 37 33 31 2 1 297.1 297 99 47 125 3.00 1.16
Matt Kilroy BL2 46 19 69 69 66 6 0 589.1 585 201 157 217 3.07 1.26
John Clarkson CHN 38 21 60 59 56 2 0 523.0 513 179 92 237 3.08 1.16
Tim Keefe NY1 35 19 56 56 54 2 0 476.2 428 165 108 189 3.12 1.12
Jim Whitney WS8 24 21 47 47 46 2 0 404.2 430 145 42 146 3.22 1.17
Tony Mullane CN2 31 17 48 48 47 6 0 416.1 414 150 121 97 3.24 1.29
Pud Galvin PIT 28 21 49 48 47 3 0 440.2 490 161 67 76 3.29 1.26
Bob Caruthers SL4 29 9 39 39 39 2 0 341.0 337 125 61 74 3.30 1.17
Mickey Welch NY1 22 15 41 40 39 2 0 346.0 339 129 91 115 3.36 1.24
Mark Baldwin CHN 18 17 40 39 35 1 1 334.0 329 126 122 164 3.40 1.35
Toad Ramsey LS2 37 27 65 64 61 0 0 561.0 544 214 167 355 3.43 1.27
Henry Boyle IN3 13 24 38 38 37 0 0 328.0 356 133 69 85 3.65 1.30
Charlie Buffinton PHI 21 17 40 38 35 1 0 332.1 352 135 92 160 3.66 1.34
Hugh Daily CL3 4 12 16 16 16 0 0 139.2 181 57 44 30 3.67 1.61
Pretzels Getzien DTN 29 13 43 42 41 2 0 366.2 373 152 106 135 3.73 1.31
Silver King SL4 32 12 46 44 43 2 1 390.0 401 164 109 128 3.78 1.31
Kid Madden BSN 21 14 37 37 36 3 0 321.0 317 135 122 81 3.79 1.37
Ice Box Chamberlain LS2 18 16 36 36 35 1 0 309.0 340 130 117 118 3.79 1.48
Phenomenal Smith BL2 25 30 58 55 54 1 0 491.1 526 207 176 206 3.79 1.43
Lady Baldwin DTN 13 10 24 24 24 1 0 211.0 225 90 61 60 3.84 1.36
George Van Haltren CHN 11 7 20 18 18 1 1 161.0 177 69 66 76 3.86 1.51
Dave Foutz SL4 25 12 40 38 36 1 0 339.1 369 146 90 94 3.87 1.35
Frank Gilmore WS8 7 20 28 27 27 1 0 234.2 247 101 92 114 3.87 1.44
Adonis Terry BR3 16 16 40 35 35 1 3 318.0 331 142 99 138 4.02 1.35
Billy Serad CN2 10 11 22 21 20 2 1 187.1 201 85 80 34 4.08 1.50
Ed Seward PH4 25 25 55 52 52 3 0 470.2 445 216 140 155 4.13 1.24
Guy Hecker LS2 18 12 34 32 32 2 1 285.1 325 132 50 58 4.16 1.31
Hank O'Day WS8 8 20 30 30 29 0 0 254.2 255 118 109 86 4.17 1.43
Henry Porter BR3 15 24 40 40 38 1 0 339.2 416 159 96 74 4.21 1.51
Gus Weyhing PH4 26 28 55 55 53 2 0 466.1 465 221 167 193 4.27 1.36
Jim McCormick PIT 13 23 36 36 36 0 0 322.1 377 154 84 77 4.30 1.43
Ed Morris PIT 14 22 38 38 37 1 0 317.2 375 152 71 91 4.31 1.40
Steve Toole BR3 14 10 24 24 22 1 0 194.0 186 93 106 48 4.31 1.51
Lev Shreve 2 teams 8 10 19 19 18 2 0 160.0 174 80 84 35 4.50 1.61
Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 24 23 50 50 48 1 0 425.0 505 215 133 87 4.55 1.50
Dick Conway BSN 9 15 26 26 25 0 0 222.1 249 115 86 45 4.66 1.51
Al Mays NY4 17 34 52 52 50 0 0 441.1 551 232 136 124 4.73 1.56
Billy Crowell CL3 14 31 45 45 45 1 0 389.1 541 211 138 72 4.88 1.74
Mike Morrison CL3 12 25 40 40 35 0 0 316.2 385 173 205 158 4.92 1.86
George Weidman 2 teams 17 16 34 34 32 1 0 288.0 353 160 87 97 5.00 1.53
Jack Lynch NY4 7 14 21 21 21 0 0 187.0 245 106 36 45 5.10 1.50
Egyptian Healy IN3 12 29 41 41 40 3 0 341.0 415 196 108 75 5.17 1.53
Ed Cushman NY4 10 15 26 26 25 0 0 220.0 310 146 83 64 5.97 1.79
John Harkins BR3 10 14 24 24 22 0 0 199.0 262 133 77 36 6.02 1.70
Dupee Shaw WS8 7 13 21 20 20 0 0 181.1 263 130 46 47 6.45 1.70
Mike Mattimore UNQ NY1 3 3 7 7 6 1 0 57.1 47 15 28 12 2.35 1.31
Henry Gruber UNQ DTN 4 3 7 7 7 0 0 62.1 63 19 21 12 2.74 1.35
Bob Gilks UNQ CL3 7 5 13 13 12 1 0 108.0 104 37 42 28 3.08 1.35
Sam Moffet UNQ IN3 1 5 6 6 6 0 0 50.0 47 21 23 3 3.78 1.40
Hardie Henderson UNQ BR3 5 8 13 12 12 0 0 111.2 127 49 63 28 3.95 1.70
Larry Twitchell UNQ DTN 11 1 15 12 11 0 1 112.1 120 54 36 24 4.33 1.39
Ledell Titcomb UNQ 2 teams 5 5 12 12 12 0 0 96.0 99 49 56 50 4.59 1.61
Nat Hudson UNQ SL4 4 4 9 9 7 0 0 67.0 91 37 20 15 4.97 1.66
Bill Stemmyer UNQ BSN 6 8 15 14 14 0 1 119.1 138 69 41 41 5.20 1.50
Bill George UNQ NY1 3 9 13 13 11 0 0 108.0 126 63 89 49 5.25 1.99
Jumbo McGinnis UNQ CN2 3 5 8 8 8 0 0 69.1 85 42 43 18 5.45 1.85
Al Maul UNQ PHI 4 2 7 5 4 0 0 50.1 72 31 15 18 5.54 1.73
Doc Leitner UNQ IN3 2 6 8 8 8 0 0 65.0 69 41 41 27 5.68 1.69
Al Atkinson UNQ PH4 6 8 15 15 11 0 0 124.2 156 82 54 34 5.92 1.68
John Shaffer UNQ NY4 2 11 13 13 13 0 0 112.0 148 77 53 22 6.19 1.79
Ed Knouff UNQ 2 teams 6 8 15 15 12 1 0 113.0 119 78 77 45 6.21 1.73
Bobby Mathews UNQ PH4 3 4 7 7 7 0 0 58.0 75 43 25 9 6.67 1.72
George Pechiney UNQ CL3 1 9 10 10 10 0 0 86.0 118 68 44 24 7.12 1.88
John Kirby UNQ 2 teams 1 11 13 13 10 0 0 103.0 132 83 71 13 7.25 1.97
Hank Morrison UNQ IN3 3 4 7 7 5 0 0 57.0 79 48 27 13 7.58 1.86
Showing 1-50 of 68 pitchers listed (48 qualified)

Reading the 1887 leader tables

The 1887 batting table lists 160 hitters, of whom 100 qualify for the rate columns. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Tip O'Neill at .435, with Pete Browning next at .402. The HR column peaks with Billy O'Brien's 19, while Sam Thompson leads the RBI column with 166. The 1887 pitching table lists 68 pitchers, 48 of them qualified. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Dan Casey, 2.86, and Tim Keefe has the best WHIP, 1.12. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Matt Kilroy in wins (46) and Toad Ramsey in strikeouts (355).

1887 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1887?
Billy O'Brien led with 19 home runs in 1887.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1887?
Sam Thompson led with 166 RBI in 1887.
Who led MLB in hits in 1887?
Tip O'Neill led with 225 hits in 1887.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1887?
Tip O'Neill led at .435 in 1887, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1887?
Matt Kilroy led with 46 wins in 1887.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1887?
Toad Ramsey led with 355 strikeouts in 1887.