1888 Detroit Wolverines season
Major League Baseball team season
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 |
← 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
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Season standings
| 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
1888 National League record
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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 Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders
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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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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 |
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Larry Twitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 |
References
- 1888 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference