1881 Detroit Wolverines Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 41-43
Finished 4th in the NL
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Manager: Frank Bancroft (41-43)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1881 Detroit Wolverines RosterTeam Record: 41-43
Finished 4th in the NL
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Manager: Frank Bancroft (41-43)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1881 Detroit Wolverines Results
The Detroit Wolverines of the National League ended the 1881 season with a record of 41 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Wolverines scored 440 runs and gave up 429 runs. Charlie Bennett accounted for 64 RBI and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .301 clip. George Derby notched 29 wins on the mound for the team, while George Weidman registered a 1.80 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Bancroft 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Derby | 29 | 26 | .527 | 2.20 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 494.7 | 505 | 252 | 121 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2101 |
| George Weidman | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.80 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 108 | 48 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 466 |
| Frank Mountain | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 80 | 63 | 35 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 292 |
| Tony Mullane | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.91 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 55 | 42 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 199 |
| Jack Leary | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Will White | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 |
| Totals | 41 | 43 | .488 | 2.65 | 85 | 84 | 1 | 83 | 10 | 0 | 744.7 | 785 | 429 | 219 | 8 | 137 | 0 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3194 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wood | 80 | 356 | 337 | 54 | 100 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 32 | .297 | .334 | .421 | .756 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lon Knight | 83 | 363 | 340 | 67 | 92 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | .271 | .317 | .344 | .661 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bennett | 76 | 317 | 299 | 44 | 90 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 37 | .301 | .341 | .478 | .819 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadie Houck | 75 | 314 | 308 | 43 | 86 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .279 | .293 | .380 | .673 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Hanlon | 76 | 327 | 305 | 63 | 85 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | .279 | .327 | .397 | .724 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Powell | 55 | 234 | 219 | 47 | 74 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .338 | .380 | .429 | .810 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gerhardt | 80 | 304 | 297 | 35 | 72 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .242 | .260 | .327 | .586 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Derby | 59 | 240 | 236 | 17 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .186 | .200 | .208 | .408 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Whitney | 58 | 221 | 214 | 23 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .182 | .208 | .262 | .470 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Brown | 27 | 111 | 108 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .241 | .261 | .370 | .632 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dasher Troy | 11 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .341 | .383 | .409 | .792 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Weidman | 13 | 49 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .255 | .286 | .277 | .562 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Reilley | 19 | 70 | 70 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .171 | .171 | .200 | .371 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Dorgan | 8 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .257 | .265 | .522 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Mullane | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Trott | 6 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .231 | .360 | .591 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Mountain | 7 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .160 | .222 | .280 | .502 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Leary | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .545 | .879 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Wise | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Foley | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Moynahan | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Stearns | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .273 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will White | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Bradley | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan O'Leary | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 757 | 3131 | 2995 | 440 | 780 | 131 | 53 | 17 | 351 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 250 | .260 | .293 | .357 | .649 | 1068 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Powell | 1B | 55 | 0 | 492.0 | 537 | 17 | 31 | 47 | .947 | 1.134 | 1.073 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Brown | 1B | 27 | 0 | 234.0 | 252 | 8 | 11 | 20 | .959 | 1.000 | 9.630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reilley | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 9.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gerhardt | 2B | 79 | 0 | 708.0 | 259 | 242 | 51 | 62 | .908 | 6.369 | 6.342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dasher Troy | 2B | 4 | 0 | 31.0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .895 | 4.935 | 4.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | 2B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Whitney | 3B | 58 | 0 | 518.0 | 73 | 141 | 38 | 10 | .849 | 3.718 | 3.690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dasher Troy | 3B | 7 | 0 | 56.0 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 3.054 | 2.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | 3B | 5 | 0 | 54.0 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .839 | 4.333 | 5.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Foley | 3B | 5 | 0 | 34.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .769 | 2.647 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reilley | 3B | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 3.333 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | 3B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 3.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | 3B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 3.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Moynahan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 4.500 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 3B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gerhardt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | C | 70 | 0 | 620.0 | 418 | 85 | 20 | 6 | .962 | 7.302 | 7.186 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reilley | C | 10 | 0 | 73.0 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .889 | 6.904 | 5.600 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Trott | C | 6 | 0 | 51.0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .868 | 5.824 | 5.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Powell | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lon Knight | OF | 82 | 0 | 713.0 | 116 | 21 | 17 | 6 | .890 | 1.729 | 1.671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Wood | OF | 80 | 0 | 706.0 | 132 | 18 | 24 | 4 | .862 | 1.912 | 1.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Hanlon | OF | 74 | 0 | 652.0 | 141 | 15 | 18 | 4 | .897 | 2.153 | 2.108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | OF | 5 | 0 | 48.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.437 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Derby | OF | 4 | 0 | 37.0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.946 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reilley | OF | 4 | 0 | 24.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.125 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Leary | OF | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.957 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan O'Leary | OF | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.250 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | OF | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Derby | P | 56 | 0 | 495.0 | 25 | 97 | 9 | 4 | .931 | 2.218 | 2.179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Weidman | P | 13 | 0 | 115.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.409 | 1.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Mountain | P | 7 | 0 | 60.0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.800 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Mullane | P | 5 | 0 | 44.0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 3.068 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will White | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Leary | P | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.385 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sadie Houck | SS | 75 | 0 | 666.0 | 88 | 241 | 50 | 40 | .868 | 4.446 | 4.387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reilley | SS | 3 | 0 | 29.0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .647 | 3.414 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Stearns | SS | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .714 | 3.750 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Hanlon | SS | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 3.150 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Bradley | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 765 | 0 | 6715.0 | 2234 | 1027 | 338 | 216 | .906 | 4.371 | 4.263 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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