1886 Detroit Wolverines Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 87-36
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 5,000, Avg. 5,000
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (87-36)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1886 Detroit Wolverines RosterTeam Record: 87-36
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 5,000, Avg. 5,000
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (87-36)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1886 Detroit Wolverines Results
The Detroit Wolverines of the National League ended the 1886 season with a record of 87 wins and 36 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Wolverines tallied 829 runs and conceded 538 runs. Hardy Richardson and Dan Brouthers paced Detroit with 11 home runs apiece. Sam Thompson drove in 89 runs. Dan Brouthers led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .370 clip. Lady Baldwin earned 42 wins for the squad, while Pretzels Getzien also added 15 or more victories also Lady Baldwin recorded a 2.24 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Watkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Baldwin | 42 | 13 | .764 | 2.24 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 487.0 | 371 | 194 | 121 | 11 | 100 | 0 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1936 |
| Pretzels Getzien | 30 | 11 | .732 | 3.03 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 386.7 | 388 | 203 | 130 | 6 | 85 | 0 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1640 |
| Pete Conway | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 93 | 55 | 34 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 389 |
| Billy Smith | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.09 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 81 | 47 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 343 |
| Hardy Richardson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| Larry Twitchell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 113 |
| Totals | 87 | 36 | .707 | 2.85 | 130 | 126 | 4 | 122 | 8 | 0 | 1103.7 | 995 | 538 | 350 | 20 | 270 | 0 | 592 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4584 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy Richardson | 125 | 584 | 538 | 125 | 189 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 42 | 0 | 46 | 27 | .351 | .402 | .504 | .906 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Brouthers | 121 | 555 | 489 | 139 | 181 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 72 | 21 | 0 | 66 | 16 | .370 | .445 | .581 | 1.026 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Thompson | 122 | 538 | 503 | 101 | 156 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 31 | .310 | .355 | .445 | .800 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rowe | 111 | 494 | 468 | 97 | 142 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 27 | .303 | .340 | .425 | .765 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon White | 124 | 522 | 491 | 65 | 142 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 35 | .289 | .331 | .354 | .686 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Hanlon | 126 | 551 | 494 | 105 | 116 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 50 | 0 | 57 | 39 | .235 | .314 | .296 | .610 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Ganzel | 57 | 220 | 213 | 28 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .272 | .295 | .338 | .633 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bennett | 72 | 283 | 235 | 37 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 29 | .243 | .371 | .391 | .763 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Dunlap | 51 | 212 | 196 | 32 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .286 | .340 | .418 | .758 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Baldwin | 57 | 222 | 204 | 25 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 44 | .201 | .266 | .260 | .526 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretzels Getzien | 43 | 171 | 165 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 46 | .176 | .205 | .230 | .435 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Crane | 47 | 193 | 185 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 34 | .141 | .176 | .189 | .365 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Manning | 26 | 103 | 97 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .186 | .233 | .268 | .501 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Decker | 14 | 56 | 54 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .222 | .250 | .241 | .491 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McGeachey | 6 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .407 | .741 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Conway | 12 | 44 | 43 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .186 | .205 | .349 | .553 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Shindle | 7 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .269 | .269 | .269 | .538 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 10 | 39 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .184 | .205 | .237 | .442 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Gillen | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Twitchell | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1140 | 4875 | 4501 | 829 | 1260 | 176 | 81 | 53 | 636 | 194 | 0 | 374 | 426 | .280 | .335 | .390 | .726 | 1757 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 121 | 0 | 1059.0 | 1256 | 27 | 42 | 64 | .968 | 1.904 | 1.603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | 1B | 5 | 0 | 42.0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 9.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Dunlap | 2B | 51 | 0 | 433.0 | 118 | 162 | 25 | 22 | .918 | 5.820 | 5.490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | 2B | 42 | 0 | 336.0 | 103 | 118 | 14 | 13 | .940 | 5.920 | 5.262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Crane | 2B | 38 | 0 | 331.0 | 104 | 111 | 23 | 19 | .903 | 5.846 | 5.658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Hanlon | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deacon White | 3B | 124 | 0 | 1086.0 | 131 | 245 | 68 | 18 | .847 | 3.116 | 3.032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | C | 69 | 0 | 560.0 | 425 | 84 | 24 | 13 | .955 | 8.180 | 7.377 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | C | 45 | 0 | 382.0 | 274 | 63 | 33 | 9 | .911 | 7.940 | 7.489 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Decker | C | 14 | 0 | 131.0 | 89 | 32 | 18 | 1 | .871 | 8.313 | 8.643 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Gillen | C | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.800 | 4.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rowe | C | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.308 | 4.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Hanlon | OF | 126 | 0 | 1096.0 | 205 | 18 | 17 | 4 | .929 | 1.831 | 1.770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Thompson | OF | 122 | 0 | 1076.0 | 194 | 29 | 13 | 11 | .945 | 1.865 | 1.828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | OF | 80 | 0 | 742.0 | 131 | 21 | 17 | 1 | .899 | 1.844 | 1.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | OF | 26 | 0 | 204.0 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.588 | 1.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack McGeachey | OF | 6 | 0 | 49.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.286 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | OF | 7 | 0 | 48.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.500 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | OF | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.607 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Crane | OF | 4 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .857 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lady Baldwin | OF | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | OF | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Smith | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pretzels Getzien | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Conway | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Decker | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lady Baldwin | P | 56 | 0 | 487.0 | 18 | 105 | 4 | 7 | .969 | 2.273 | 2.196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pretzels Getzien | P | 43 | 0 | 387.0 | 16 | 65 | 1 | 3 | .988 | 1.884 | 1.884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Conway | P | 11 | 0 | 91.0 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 2.176 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Smith | P | 9 | 0 | 77.0 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.870 | 1.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | P | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.240 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phenomenal Smith | P | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.080 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | P | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rowe | SS | 110 | 0 | 948.0 | 86 | 310 | 54 | 26 | .880 | 3.759 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Crane | SS | 8 | 0 | 58.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 4.190 | 3.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Shindle | SS | 7 | 0 | 57.0 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 4.263 | 3.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | SS | 3 | 0 | 29.0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 4.345 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1160 | 0 | 9915.0 | 3301 | 1504 | 373 | 222 | .928 | 4.362 | 4.142 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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