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1887 MLB Season Leaders

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MLB 1887 Leaders
Strikeouts

1

Louisville Colonels

355

2

Chicago White Stockings

237

3

Baltimore Orioles

217

4

Phenomenal Smith

Baltimore Orioles

206

5

Philadelphia Athletics

193

6

New York Giants

189

7

Cincinnati Red Stockings

176

8

Chicago White Stockings

164

9

Charlie Buffinton

Philadelphia Quakers

160

10

Cleveland Blues

158

11

Philadelphia Athletics

155

12

Washington Nationals

146

13

Brooklyn Grays

138

14

Pretzels Getzien

Detroit Wolverines

135

15

St. Louis Browns

128

16

Charlie Ferguson

Philadelphia Quakers

125

17

New York Metropolitans

124

18

Philadelphia Quakers

119

19

Ice Box Chamberlain

Louisville Colonels

118

20

New York Giants

115

21

Washington Nationals

114

22

Detroit Wolverines
New York Metropolitans
New York Giants

97

23

Cincinnati Red Stockings

97

24

Dave "Scissors" Foutz

St. Louis Browns

94

25

Pittsburg Alleghenys

91

26

Old Hoss Radbourn

Boston Beaneaters

87

27

Washington Nationals

86

28

Indianapolis Hoosiers

85

29

Boston Beaneaters

81

30

Pittsburg Alleghenys

77

31

George "Rip" Van Haltren

Chicago White Stockings

76

32

Pittsburg Alleghenys

76

33

Indianapolis Hoosiers

75

34

Brooklyn Grays

74

35

St. Louis Browns

74

36

Cleveland Blues

72

37

New York Metropolitans

64

38

Detroit Wolverines

60

39

Louisville Colonels

58

40

Philadelphia Athletics
New York Giants

50

41

New York Giants

49

42

Brooklyn Grays

48

43

Washington Nationals

47

44

Boston Beaneaters

45

45

Baltimore Orioles
St. Louis Browns

45

46

New York Metropolitans

45

47

Boston Beaneaters

41

48

Detroit Wolverines

40

49

Brooklyn Grays

36

50

Baltimore Orioles
Indianapolis Hoosiers

35

51

Philadelphia Athletics

34

52

Cincinnati Red Stockings

34

53

Cleveland Blues

30

54

Cleveland Blues

28

55

Hardie Henderson

Brooklyn Grays

28

56

Indianapolis Hoosiers

27

57

George Pechiney

Cleveland Blues

24

58

Larry Twitchell

Detroit Wolverines

24

59

New York Metropolitans

22

60

Philadelphia Quakers

18

61

Cincinnati Red Stockings

18

62

St. Louis Browns

15

63

Chicago White Stockings

14

64

Indianapolis Hoosiers

13

65

Indianapolis Hoosiers
Cleveland Blues

13

66

Detroit Wolverines

12

67

New York Metropolitans

12

68

New York Giants

12

69

Louisville Colonels

11

70

Philadelphia Quakers
Washington Nationals

10

71

Philadelphia Athletics

9

72

Charlie Sprague

Chicago White Stockings

9

73

Bert Cunningham

Brooklyn Grays

8

74

Charlie Sweeney

Cleveland Blues

8

75

Detroit Wolverines

6

76

Philadelphia Quakers

6

77

New York Giants

6

78

Indianapolis Hoosiers

5

79

Charlie Parsons

New York Metropolitans

5

80

St. Louis Browns

5

81

Chicago White Stockings

5

82

Paul "Shorty" Radford

New York Metropolitans

4

83

Chicago White Stockings

4

84

Philadelphia Athletics

4

85

Indianapolis Hoosiers

4

86

Philadelphia Athletics

4

87

Pittsburg Alleghenys

4

88

New York Giants

3

89

Baltimore Orioles

3

90

Frank Scheibeck

Cleveland Blues

3

91

Indianapolis Hoosiers

3

92

Indianapolis Hoosiers

3

93

Detroit Wolverines

3

94

New York Giants

3

95

Cincinnati Red Stockings

3

96

Cleveland Blues

2

97

New York Metropolitans

2

98

Peek-A-Boo Veach

Louisville Colonels

2

99

Blondie Purcell

Baltimore Orioles

2

100

Baltimore Orioles

2

List only includes players that met minimum statistical requirements

1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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