1887 Wheeling Nail Cities Statistics

Ohio State League (OSL)
Team Record: 53-48
Finished 3rd in the OSL
Manager: Jack Croghan (0-0), William English (0-0), Parson Nicholson (0-0), Henry Myers (0-0)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Ballpark: Island Grounds

1887 Wheeling Nail Cities Roster

The Wheeling Nail Cities of the Ohio State League ended the 1887 season with a record of 53 wins and 48 losses, finishing third in the OSL.

Jack Croghan, William English, Parson Nicholson and Henry Myers served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
John Dunn	19	11	.633	2.37	34	31		26	3		276.7	340	183	73		49		108	14		25
Sam Kimber	8	6	.571	2.24	15	15		15	1		128.3	134	62	32		28		32	14		6
George Mallory	8	9	.471	3.62	21	16		16	0		154.0	221	152	62		32		46	3		3
Morrison	5	2	.714	2.25	8	8		7	0		68.0	58	42	17		5		38	1		4
Jud Smith	3	3	.500	3.96	9	8		5	0		63.7	99	66	28		16		21	2		2
William Sullivan	3	8	.273	2.47	12	11		11	0		98.3	136	62	27		28		40	2		4
Carey	2	1	.667	4.30	3	3		2	0		23.0	43	30	11		3		2	0		1
Ed Clark	2	2	.500	3.00	4	4		3	0		30.0	56	39	10		5		11	3		2
Jack Easton	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	9	3	0		0		6	2		0
D. Miller	1	2	.333	2.70	3	3		2	0		20.0	30	21	6		6		0	0		4
Harry Eliff	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0		0.7	2	5	1		1		1	1		3
Jack Croghan	0	1	.000	2.25	1	0		0	0		4.0	5	6	1		3		0	1		0
Reiver	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1		1	0		8.0	9	6	4		2		2	0		0
Totals	52	46	.531	2.77	113	101	0	89	4	0	883.7	1142	677	272	0	178	0	307	43	0	54	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jack Croghan	100	490	490	108	184	36	3	0		0				.376	.376	.461	.837	226
Sam Nicholl	92	426	426	89	141	25	5	2		1				.331	.331	.427	.758	182
John Dunn	78	364	364	86	119	14	10	8		0				.327	.327	.486	.813	177
Bernard Speidel	68	307	307	41	90	11	6	1		0				.293	.293	.378	.671	116
Sol White	53	227	227	54	84	13	4	3		0				.370	.370	.502	.872	114
Parson Nicholson	49	220	220	41	80	17	2	3		0				.364	.364	.500	.864	110
Jake Stenzel	41	173	173	36	67	3	3	2		0				.387	.387	.474	.861	82
Frank Bell	42	170	170	35	60	5	3	2		0				.353	.353	.453	.806	77
Bob Westlake	57	244	244	40	55	7	0	0		0				.225	.225	.254	.480	62
William Bailey	37	147	147	33	45	4	2	1		0				.306	.306	.381	.687	56
George Mallory	31	127	127	25	42	5	0	0		0				.331	.331	.370	.701	47
Harry Eliff	24	92	92	17	31	1	0	0		0				.337	.337	.348	.685	32
Landis Steele	21	84	84	20	26	2	0	2		0				.310	.310	.405	.714	34
Jud Smith	21	89	89	17	26	2	1	1		1				.292	.292	.371	.663	33
Henry Myers	30	118	118	13	20	2	1	0		0				.169	.169	.203	.373	24
Bob Smurthwaite	21	80	80	18	19	1	1	0		0				.238	.238	.275	.512	22
Sam Kimber	21	81	81	7	14	0	1	1		0				.173	.173	.235	.407	19
Joseph Dudley	17	63	63	12	13	4	0	0		0				.206	.206	.270	.476	17
John Shetzline	20	77	77	5	12	1	1	0		0				.156	.156	.195	.351	15
William Sullivan	13	47	47	4	10	2	1	0		0				.213	.213	.298	.511	14
James Purvis	5	19	19	5	7	2	0	0		0				.368	.368	.474	.842	9
Charles Minton	5	22	22	5	7	0	1	0		0				.318	.318	.409	.727	9
W. Moore	5	25	25	3	7	0	0	0		0				.280	.280	.280	.560	7
Morrison	9	32	32	4	6	1	0	0		0				.188	.188	.219	.406	7
Carey	3	13	13	3	5	0	0	0		0				.385	.385	.385	.769	5
P. Flynn	4	15	15	4	5	0	0	0		0				.333	.333	.333	.667	5
J. E. Wright	3	12	12	1	4	0	0	0		0				.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Ed Clark	4	13	13	1	3	1	0	0		0				.231	.231	.308	.538	4
Jack Easton	1	3	3	0	2	1	0	0		0				.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3
D. Miller	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0		0				.182	.182	.182	.364	2
J. White	3	12	12	0	2	0	0	0		0				.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Reiver	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0				.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Charles Hadding	2	8	8	0	1	0	1	0		0				.125	.125	.375	.500	3
Coulter	2	9	9	0	0	0	0	0		0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	918	3964	3964	753	1222	163	46	26	0	2	0	0	0	.308	.308	.392	.701	1555	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Frank Bell	1B	40					.000
Bernard Speidel	1B	24					.000
John Shetzline	1B	15					.000
Jack Croghan	1B	15					.000
J. E. Wright	1B	3					.000
John Dunn	1B	2					.000
Jud Smith	1B	1					.000
Sam Kimber	1B	1					.000
William Bailey	1B	1					.000
Parson Nicholson	2B	49					.000
Bob Westlake	2B	16					.000
Joseph Dudley	2B	13					.000
William Bailey	2B	7					.000
John Dunn	2B	6					.000
Coulter	2B	2					.000
John Shetzline	2B	1					.000
Sam Nicholl	2B	1					.000
Charles Minton	2B	1					.000
Harry Eliff	2B	1					.000
Sol White	3B	53					.000
Bernard Speidel	3B	26					.000
John Shetzline	3B	4					.000
Bob Westlake	C	36					.000
Jake Stenzel	C	31					.000
William Bailey	C	21					.000
Harry Eliff	C	9					.000
James Purvis	C	4					.000
Sam Nicholl	CF	78					.000
John Dunn	CF	12					.000
Harry Eliff	CF	6					.000
Jud Smith	CF	4					.000
Bob Westlake	CF	3					.000
William Bailey	CF	2					.000
George Mallory	CF	1					.000
Ed Clark	CF	1					.000
Jack Croghan	LF	85					.000
W. Moore	LF	5					.000
Harry Eliff	LF	4					.000
Jud Smith	LF	3					.000
Bob Westlake	LF	2					.000
Charles Hadding	LF	2					.000
John Dunn	LF	2					.000
Bernard Speidel	LF	1					.000
James Purvis	LF	1					.000
John Dunn	P	34					.000
George Mallory	P	21					.000
Sam Kimber	P	15					.000
William Sullivan	P	12					.000
Jud Smith	P	9					.000
Morrison	P	8					.000
Ed Clark	P	4					.000
D. Miller	P	3					.000
Carey	P	3					.000
Reiver	P	1					.000
Harry Eliff	P	1					.000
Jack Easton	P	1					.000
Jack Croghan	P	1					.000
John Dunn	RF	29					.000
George Mallory	RF	14					.000
Bernard Speidel	RF	12					.000
Jake Stenzel	RF	9					.000
Jud Smith	RF	8					.000
Sam Kimber	RF	5					.000
Harry Eliff	RF	4					.000
Joseph Dudley	RF	4					.000
William Bailey	RF	4					.000
J. White	RF	3					.000
William Sullivan	RF	2					.000
Frank Bell	RF	2					.000
Sol White	RF	1					.000
Bob Westlake	RF	1					.000
John Shetzline	RF	1					.000
Morrison	RF	1					.000
Carey	RF	1					.000
Henry Myers	SS	30					.000
Landis Steele	SS	21					.000
Bob Smurthwaite	SS	21					.000
Sam Nicholl	SS	14					.000
Bernard Speidel	SS	6					.000
Charles Minton	SS	4					.000
P. Flynn	SS	4					.000
William Bailey	SS	2					.000
Jake Stenzel	SS	1					.000
D. Miller	SS	1					.000
Sam Kimber	SS	1					.000
John Dunn	SS	1					.000
Totals		947	0	0	0	0	.000

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