1881 Detroit Wolverines season
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Owner(s) | William G. Thompson |
Manager(s) | Frank Bancroft |
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In 1881, Detroit Mayor William G. Thompson bought most of the players from the defunct Cincinnati Reds franchise and formed the Detroit Wolverines, which joined the National League. The team finished the season with a 41–43 record, good enough for fourth place in the NL race.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 56 | 28 | 0.667 | — | 32–10 | 24–18 |
Providence Grays | 47 | 37 | 0.560 | 9 | 23–20 | 24–17 |
Buffalo Bisons | 45 | 38 | 0.542 | 10½ | 25–16 | 20–22 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 43 | 0.488 | 15 | 23–19 | 18–24 |
Troy Trojans | 39 | 45 | 0.464 | 17 | 24–18 | 15–27 |
Boston Red Caps | 38 | 45 | 0.458 | 17½ | 19–22 | 19–23 |
Cleveland Blues | 36 | 48 | 0.429 | 20 | 20–22 | 16–26 |
Worcester Worcesters | 32 | 50 | 0.390 | 23 | 19–22 | 13–28 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | PRV | TRO | WOR | |||||||||
Boston | — | 4–8 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–3 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–5 | |||||||||
Chicago | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–6–1 | 7–5 | |||||||||
Detroit | 8–4 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | |||||||||
Providence | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Troy | 5–7 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 6–6–1 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | |||||||||
Worcester | 3–8 | 5–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–4 | — |
Roster[]
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Pitchers
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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 |
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C | Charlie Bennett | 76 | 299 | 90 | .301 | 7 | 64 |
1B | Martin Powell | 55 | 219 | 74 | .338 | 1 | 38 |
2B | Joe Gerhardt | 80 | 297 | 72 | .242 | 0 | 36 |
3B | Art Whitney | 58 | 214 | 39 | .182 | 0 | 9 |
SS | Sadie Houck | 75 | 308 | 86 | .279 | 1 | 36 |
OF | Lon Knight | 83 | 340 | 92 | .271 | 1 | 52 |
OF | George Wood | 80 | 337 | 100 | .297 | 2 | 32 |
OF | Ned Hanlon | 76 | 305 | 85 | .279 | 2 | 28 |
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 |
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Lew Brown | 27 | 108 | 26 | .241 | 3 | 14 |
Charlie Reilley | 19 | 70 | 12 | .171 | 0 | 3 |
Dasher Troy | 11 | 44 | 15 | .341 | 0 | 4 |
Mike Dorgan | 8 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 0 | 5 |
Sam Trott | 6 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Will Foley | 5 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Leary | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
Dan Stearns | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Dan O'Leary | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Bradley | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Moynahan | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Taylor | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Wise | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 |
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George Derby | 56 | 494.2 | 29 | 26 | 2.20 | 212 |
Stump Wiedman | 13 | 115 | 8 | 5 | 1.80 | 26 |
Frank Mountain | 7 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 5.25 | 13 |
Tony Mullane | 5 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 4.91 | 7 |
Will White | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 | 5 |
Jack Leary | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4.15 | 2 |
References[]
Categories:
- Detroit Wolverines seasons
- 1881 Major League Baseball season
- 1881 in sports in Michigan
- 1880s in Detroit