1888_Detroit_Wolverines_season Knowpia

1888 Detroit Wolverines
1888 Detroit Wolverines
League	National League
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owner	Frederick K. Stearns
Managers	Bill Watkins, Robert Leadley
	← 1887

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 edit

1888 Detroit Wolverines

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1888 National League record v t e 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
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

1888 Detroit Wolverines

Roster

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
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
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