1888 Detroit Wolverines Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-63
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 14,000, Avg. 7,000
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (49-44)
Manager: Bob Leadley (19-19)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1888 Detroit Wolverines RosterTeam Record: 68-63
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 14,000, Avg. 7,000
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (49-44)
Manager: Bob Leadley (19-19)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1888 Detroit Wolverines Results
The Detroit Wolverines of the National League ended the 1888 season with a record of 68 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Wolverines scored 721 runs and gave up 629 runs. Jack Rowe recorded 74 runs batted in. Dan Brouthers led all regular hitters by connecting at a .307 clip. Pete Conway earned 30 wins on the mound for the squad, while Pretzels Getzien added 15 or more victories also Pete Conway recorded a 2.26 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Watkins and Bob Leadley coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Conway | 30 | 14 | .682 | 2.26 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 391.0 | 315 | 170 | 98 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 176 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1586 |
| Pretzels Getzien | 19 | 25 | .432 | 3.05 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 404.0 | 411 | 225 | 137 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 202 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1697 |
| Henry Gruber | 11 | 14 | .440 | 2.29 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 240.0 | 196 | 121 | 61 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 966 |
| Ed Beatin | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.86 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 111 | 60 | 34 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 461 |
| Lady Baldwin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.43 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 76 | 50 | 32 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 252 |
| Larry Twitchell | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Totals | 68 | 63 | .519 | 2.74 | 138 | 134 | 4 | 130 | 10 | 1 | 1199.0 | 1115 | 629 | 365 | 44 | 183 | 0 | 522 | 28 | 1 | 60 | 4978 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Brouthers | 129 | 602 | 522 | 118 | 160 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 66 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 13 | .307 | .399 | .464 | .862 | 242 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon White | 125 | 557 | 527 | 75 | 157 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 24 | .298 | .336 | .381 | .717 | 201 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Twitchell | 131 | 555 | 524 | 71 | 128 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 45 | .244 | .286 | .324 | .611 | 170 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rowe | 105 | 473 | 451 | 62 | 125 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 28 | .277 | .311 | .368 | .679 | 166 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Hanlon | 109 | 478 | 459 | 64 | 122 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 32 | .266 | .295 | .346 | .641 | 159 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Ganzel | 95 | 401 | 386 | 45 | 96 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .249 | .277 | .316 | .593 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardy Richardson | 58 | 284 | 266 | 60 | 77 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 23 | .289 | .335 | .440 | .774 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bennett | 74 | 291 | 258 | 32 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 40 | .264 | .347 | .399 | .746 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Thompson | 56 | 264 | 238 | 51 | 67 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | .282 | .352 | .466 | .819 | 111 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Count Campau | 70 | 270 | 251 | 28 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 36 | .203 | .259 | .259 | .518 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | 49 | 196 | 191 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .257 | .276 | .314 | .590 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Conway | 45 | 178 | 167 | 28 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .275 | .320 | .377 | .697 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretzels Getzien | 46 | 180 | 167 | 14 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 30 | .246 | .300 | .299 | .599 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parson Nicholson | 24 | 88 | 85 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .259 | .284 | .388 | .672 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Scheffler | 27 | 105 | 94 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .202 | .286 | .255 | .541 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Beatin | 16 | 62 | 56 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .250 | .323 | .446 | .769 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Gruber | 27 | 99 | 92 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .141 | .202 | .185 | .387 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Wells | 16 | 57 | 57 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .158 | .158 | .175 | .333 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Baldwin | 6 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .261 | .346 | .261 | .607 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam LaRocque | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .444 | .500 | .444 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Gilligan | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Scheibeck | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon McGuire | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Broughton | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1216 | 5202 | 4849 | 721 | 1275 | 177 | 72 | 51 | 571 | 193 | 0 | 307 | 396 | .263 | .313 | .361 | .674 | 1749 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Brouthers | 1B | 129 | 0 | 1143.0 | 1345 | 48 | 42 | 56 | .971 | 1.969 | 1.798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | 1B | 5 | 0 | 43.0 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .917 | 11.512 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | 2B | 58 | 0 | 530.0 | 173 | 185 | 29 | 21 | .925 | 6.079 | 6.172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | 2B | 49 | 0 | 443.0 | 110 | 168 | 31 | 11 | .900 | 5.648 | 5.673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parson Nicholson | 2B | 24 | 0 | 183.0 | 44 | 71 | 8 | 5 | .935 | 5.656 | 4.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam LaRocque | 2B | 2 | 0 | 25.0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .789 | 5.400 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | 2B | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 4.091 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | 3B | 125 | 0 | 1102.0 | 146 | 244 | 65 | 19 | .857 | 3.185 | 3.120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | 3B | 9 | 0 | 88.0 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .825 | 3.375 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | C | 73 | 0 | 629.0 | 424 | 94 | 18 | 10 | .966 | 7.412 | 7.096 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | C | 28 | 0 | 242.0 | 156 | 41 | 9 | 11 | .956 | 7.326 | 7.036 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Wells | C | 16 | 0 | 139.0 | 96 | 25 | 11 | 2 | .917 | 7.835 | 7.563 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | C | 14 | 0 | 134.0 | 75 | 34 | 16 | 5 | .872 | 7.321 | 7.786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | C | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 5.667 | 5.667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barney Gilligan | C | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 6.300 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Broughton | C | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.100 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | OF | 131 | 0 | 1152.0 | 195 | 13 | 27 | 4 | .885 | 1.625 | 1.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Hanlon | OF | 109 | 0 | 974.0 | 230 | 7 | 21 | 3 | .919 | 2.190 | 2.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Count Campau | OF | 70 | 0 | 613.0 | 101 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .933 | 1.630 | 1.586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Thompson | OF | 56 | 0 | 506.0 | 86 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .882 | 1.601 | 1.607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Scheffler | OF | 27 | 0 | 236.0 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .847 | 1.907 | 1.852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | OF | 5 | 0 | 52.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.558 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | OF | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.350 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beatin | OF | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lady Baldwin | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Conway | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pretzels Getzien | P | 46 | 0 | 404.0 | 29 | 70 | 16 | 5 | .861 | 2.205 | 2.152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Conway | P | 45 | 0 | 391.0 | 10 | 96 | 7 | 4 | .938 | 2.440 | 2.356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Gruber | P | 27 | 0 | 240.0 | 4 | 61 | 8 | 2 | .890 | 2.437 | 2.407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beatin | P | 12 | 0 | 107.0 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 2.355 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lady Baldwin | P | 6 | 0 | 53.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.528 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | P | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rowe | SS | 105 | 0 | 919.0 | 133 | 312 | 72 | 24 | .861 | 4.358 | 4.238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | SS | 24 | 0 | 233.0 | 39 | 88 | 14 | 6 | .901 | 4.906 | 5.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | SS | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beatin | SS | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 2.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Scheibeck | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1220 | 0 | 10726.0 | 3570 | 1663 | 463 | 200 | .919 | 4.391 | 4.289 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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