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1887 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Tip O'NeillBAT18.8
  2. 2Pete BrowningBAT15.3
  3. 3Sam ThompsonBAT15.3
  4. 4Dan BrouthersBAT14.7
  5. 5Denny LyonsBAT13.9
  6. 6Oyster BurnsBAT13.8
  7. 7Roger ConnorBAT13.8
  8. 8John ClarksonPITCH13.6
  9. 9Toad RamseyPITCH13.5
  10. 10Tim KeefePITCH13.2
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1George Van HaltrenCF153.3
  2. 2Lave Cross3B145
  3. 3Mike TiernanOF136.8
  4. 4Ed McKeanSS125.7
  5. 5Mike GriffinCF110
  6. 6Gus WeyhingP106
  7. 7Tommy Tucker1B100.5
  8. 8Tom Daly2B98.9

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Jim McCormickP88.7
  2. 2Bobby MathewsP64.7
  3. 3Larry CorcoranP59
  4. 4Charlie FergusonP48.1
  5. 5Patrick GillespieLF45.7
  6. 6Jumbo McGinnisP38.1
  7. 7Fred MannCF38
  8. 8Sadie HouckSS37.7

Teams · 16

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
St. Louis Cardinals95-39150.1Tip O'Neill
Detroit Wolverines79-45136.1Sam Thompson
Cincinnati Red Stockings81-53114.5John Reilly
Philadelphia Phillies75-48142.5Charlie Ferguson
Chicago Cubs71-50159.8John Clarkson
Baltimore Orioles77-58146.6Oyster Burns
Louisville Colonels74-60129.9Pete Browning
San Francisco Giants68-55135.3Roger Connor
Atlanta Braves61-60126.2Sam Wise
Philadelphia Athletics63-69118.3Denny Lyons
Los Angeles Dodgers60-74109.3Adonis Terry
Pittsburgh Pirates55-6995.2Pud Galvin
Washington Senators46-7690.3Jim Whitney
New York Metropolitans44-8972.6Darby O'Brien
Indianapolis Hoosiers37-8985Jerry Denny
Cleveland Spiders39-9178.4Pete Hotaling

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.