The 1888 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 68–63 record, finishing in fifth place in the National League. After the season, the ownership, having lost so much money on the team, disbanded the team and sold off the players.
1888 Detroit Wolverines | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Recreation Park |
City | Detroit, Michigan |
Owner | Frederick K. Stearns |
Managers | Bill Watkins, Robert Leadley |
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 84 | 47 | 0.641 | — | 44–23 | 40–24 |
Chicago White Stockings | 77 | 58 | 0.570 | 9 | 43–27 | 34–31 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 69 | 61 | 0.531 | 14½ | 37–29 | 32–32 |
Boston Beaneaters | 70 | 64 | 0.522 | 15½ | 36–30 | 34–34 |
Detroit Wolverines | 68 | 63 | 0.519 | 16 | 40–26 | 28–37 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 66 | 68 | 0.493 | 19½ | 37–30 | 29–38 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 50 | 85 | 0.370 | 36 | 31–35 | 19–50 |
Washington Nationals | 48 | 86 | 0.358 | 37½ | 26–38 | 22–48 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH | |||||||||
Boston | — | 7–12 | 10–8–1 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 9–10 | 10–8–2 | 15–5 | |||||||||
Chicago | 12–7 | — | 10–10 | 14–6 | 11–8–1 | 8–10 | 9–11 | 13–6 | |||||||||
Detroit | 8–10–1 | 10–10 | — | 11–8 | 7–11–2 | 11–7 | 10–10 | 11–7 | |||||||||
Indianapolis | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–11 | — | 5–14 | 4–13 | 6–14 | 12–8–1 | |||||||||
New York | 12–8 | 8–11–1 | 11–7–2 | 14–5 | — | 14–5–1 | 10–7–2 | 15–4–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 10–9 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 13–4 | 5–14–1 | — | 14–6–1 | 10–9 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 8–10–2 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 14–6 | 7–10–2 | 6–14–1 | — | 10–9 | |||||||||
Washington | 5–15 | 6–13 | 7–11 | 8–12–1 | 4–15–1 | 9–10 | 9–10 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Charlie Bennett | 74 | 258 | 68 | .264 | 5 | 29 |
1B | Dan Brouthers | 129 | 522 | 160 | .307 | 9 | 66 |
2B | Hardy Richardson | 58 | 266 | 77 | .289 | 6 | 32 |
SS | Jack Rowe | 105 | 451 | 125 | .277 | 2 | 74 |
3B | Deacon White | 125 | 527 | 157 | .298 | 4 | 71 |
OF | Count Campau | 70 | 251 | 51 | .203 | 1 | 18 |
OF | Larry Twitchell | 131 | 524 | 128 | .244 | 5 | 67 |
OF | Ned Hanlon | 109 | 459 | 122 | .266 | 5 | 39 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Charlie Ganzel | 95 | 386 | 96 | .249 | 1 | 46 |
Sam Thompson | 56 | 238 | 67 | .282 | 6 | 40 |
Sy Sutcliffe | 49 | 191 | 49 | .257 | 0 | 23 |
Ted Scheffler | 27 | 94 | 19 | .202 | 0 | 4 |
Parson Nicholson | 24 | 85 | 22 | .259 | 1 | 9 |
Jake Wells | 16 | 57 | 9 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
Deacon McGuire | 3 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Sam LaRocque | 2 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 2 |
Barney Gilligan | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Scheibeck | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Cal Broughton | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pretzels Getzien | 46 | 404.0 | 19 | 25 | 3.05 | 202 |
Pete Conway | 45 | 391.0 | 30 | 14 | 2.26 | 176 |
Henry Gruber | 27 | 240.0 | 11 | 14 | 2.29 | 71 |
Ed Beatin | 12 | 107.0 | 5 | 7 | 2.86 | 44 |
Lady Baldwin | 6 | 53.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.43 | 26 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Larry Twitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 |