1888 Detroit Wolverines season

1888 Detroit Wolverines
LeagueNational League
BallparkRecreation Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record68–63 (.519)
League place5th
OwnerFrederick K. Stearns
ManagersBill Watkins, Robert Leadley

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.

Regular season

1888 Detroit Wolverines

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 84 47 .641 — 44‍–‍23 40‍–‍24
Chicago White Stockings 77 58 .570 9 43‍–‍27 34‍–‍31
Philadelphia Quakers 69 61 .531 14½ 37‍–‍29 32‍–‍32
Boston Beaneaters 70 64 .522 15½ 36‍–‍30 34‍–‍34
68 63 .519 16 40‍–‍26 28‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 66 68 .493 19½ 37‍–‍30 29‍–‍38
Indianapolis Hoosiers 50 85 .370 36 31‍–‍35 19‍–‍50
Washington Nationals 48 86 .358 37½ 26‍–‍38 22‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1888 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
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

1888 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
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

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
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

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Larry Twitchell 2 0 0 1 6.75 3

References

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