1888 Detroit Wolverines season

1888 Detroit Wolverines
League	National League
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owner	Frederick K. Stearns
Managers	Bill 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
Detroit Wolverines	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
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	—

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

• 1888 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference