1888 Detroit Wolverines season
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Owner(s) | Frederick K. Stearns |
Manager(s) | Bill Watkins, Robert Leadley |
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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[]
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Season standings[]
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[]
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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[]
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Pitchers
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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 | 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 |
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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[]
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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Charlie Getzien | 46 | 404 | 19 | 25 | 3.05 | 202 |
Pete Conway | 45 | 391 | 30 | 14 | 2.26 | 176 |
Henry Gruber | 27 | 240 | 11 | 14 | 2.29 | 71 |
Ed Beatin | 12 | 107 | 5 | 7 | 2.86 | 44 |
Lady Baldwin | 6 | 53 | 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 |
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Larry Twitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 |
References[]
Categories:
- Detroit Wolverines seasons
- 1888 Major League Baseball season
- 1888 in sports in Michigan
- 1880s in Detroit