1887 Detroit Wolverines Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 79-45
Finished 1st in the NL
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated St. Louis Browns 10-5
Manager: Bill Watkins (79-45)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1887 Detroit Wolverines RosterTeam Record: 79-45
Finished 1st in the NL
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated St. Louis Browns 10-5
Manager: Bill Watkins (79-45)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1887 Detroit Wolverines Results
The Detroit Wolverines of the National League ended the 1887 season with a record of 79 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Wolverines topped the circuit with 969 runs, ignited by 55 home runs. Detroit allowed 710 runs. Dan Brouthers paced the team with 12 home runs Sam Thompson drove in 166 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .372 clip. Pretzels Getzien notched 29 wins on the mound for the squad, while Pete Conway recorded a 2.90 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Watkins coached the team. The 1887 Detroit Wolverines won the World Series.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretzels Getzien | 29 | 13 | .690 | 3.73 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 366.7 | 373 | 217 | 152 | 24 | 106 | 0 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1578 |
| George Weidman | 13 | 7 | .650 | 5.36 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 183.0 | 221 | 132 | 109 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 815 |
| Lady Baldwin | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.84 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 211.0 | 225 | 136 | 90 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 901 |
| Larry Twitchell | 11 | 1 | .917 | 4.33 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 112.3 | 120 | 74 | 54 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 494 |
| Pete Conway | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2.90 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 132 | 95 | 47 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 613 |
| Henry Gruber | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.74 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 63 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 261 |
| Ed Beatin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| Fred Dunlap | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| William Burke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| Totals | 79 | 45 | .637 | 3.95 | 132 | 127 | 5 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 1116.3 | 1172 | 710 | 490 | 52 | 344 | 0 | 337 | 34 | 0 | 51 | 4816 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Thompson | 127 | 586 | 545 | 118 | 203 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 166 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 19 | .372 | .416 | .565 | .982 | 308 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardy Richardson | 120 | 576 | 543 | 131 | 178 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 94 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 40 | .328 | .366 | .484 | .851 | 263 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rowe | 124 | 579 | 537 | 135 | 171 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 96 | 22 | 0 | 39 | 11 | .318 | .368 | .445 | .813 | 239 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Brouthers | 123 | 577 | 500 | 153 | 169 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 101 | 34 | 0 | 71 | 9 | .338 | .426 | .562 | .988 | 281 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon White | 111 | 484 | 449 | 71 | 136 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 15 | .303 | .353 | .416 | .770 | 187 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Hanlon | 118 | 503 | 471 | 79 | 129 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 30 | 24 | .274 | .320 | .357 | .677 | 168 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Twitchell | 65 | 274 | 264 | 44 | 88 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .333 | .358 | .432 | .789 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Dunlap | 65 | 297 | 272 | 60 | 72 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 12 | .265 | .327 | .441 | .768 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Ganzel | 57 | 236 | 227 | 40 | 59 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .260 | .288 | .330 | .619 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bennett | 46 | 190 | 160 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 22 | .244 | .363 | .400 | .763 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fatty Briody | 33 | 138 | 128 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .227 | .283 | .313 | .595 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretzels Getzien | 43 | 167 | 156 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 32 | .186 | .240 | .295 | .534 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Shindle | 22 | 91 | 84 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .286 | .341 | .369 | .710 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Baldwin | 24 | 96 | 85 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .271 | .354 | .294 | .648 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Conway | 24 | 97 | 95 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .232 | .247 | .337 | .584 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Weidman | 21 | 85 | 82 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .207 | .235 | .268 | .504 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Manning | 13 | 58 | 52 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .192 | .276 | .212 | .487 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Gruber | 7 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .167 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Burke | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Beatin | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1147 | 5079 | 4689 | 969 | 1404 | 213 | 126 | 55 | 818 | 267 | 0 | 352 | 258 | .299 | .353 | .434 | .787 | 2034 | 0 | 38 | 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 | 123 | 0 | 1051.0 | 1141 | 35 | 38 | 67 | .969 | 1.070 | 9.561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | 1B | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | 1B | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.059 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Dunlap | 2B | 65 | 0 | 549.0 | 212 | 225 | 24 | 44 | .948 | 7.164 | 6.723 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | 2B | 64 | 0 | 541.0 | 219 | 215 | 27 | 27 | .941 | 7.220 | 6.781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | 3B | 106 | 0 | 921.0 | 133 | 225 | 64 | 18 | .848 | 3.498 | 3.377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Shindle | 3B | 21 | 0 | 156.0 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | .818 | 3.115 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | 3B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.769 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | C | 51 | 0 | 451.0 | 275 | 71 | 33 | 5 | .913 | 6.905 | 6.784 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bennett | C | 45 | 0 | 358.0 | 197 | 57 | 13 | 9 | .951 | 6.385 | 5.644 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fatty Briody | C | 33 | 0 | 281.0 | 144 | 61 | 21 | 4 | .907 | 6.566 | 6.212 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Thompson | OF | 127 | 0 | 1088.0 | 217 | 24 | 24 | 7 | .909 | 1.994 | 1.898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Hanlon | OF | 118 | 0 | 1018.0 | 264 | 18 | 30 | 4 | .904 | 2.493 | 2.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | OF | 59 | 0 | 529.0 | 109 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .936 | 1.991 | 1.983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | OF | 53 | 0 | 433.0 | 84 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .871 | 1.829 | 1.660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Conway | OF | 8 | 0 | 84.0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 1.714 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | OF | 10 | 0 | 74.0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.581 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | OF | 4 | 0 | 22.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.045 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Shindle | OF | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .900 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | OF | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Weidman | OF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pretzels Getzien | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Burke | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bennett | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pretzels Getzien | P | 43 | 0 | 367.0 | 23 | 58 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.986 | 1.884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lady Baldwin | P | 24 | 0 | 211.0 | 7 | 43 | 4 | 1 | .926 | 2.133 | 2.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Weidman | P | 21 | 0 | 183.0 | 6 | 35 | 8 | 0 | .837 | 2.016 | 1.952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Conway | P | 17 | 0 | 146.0 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 2.897 | 2.765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | P | 15 | 0 | 112.0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.366 | 1.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Gruber | P | 7 | 0 | 62.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.016 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beatin | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Burke | P | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.800 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Dunlap | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Rowe | SS | 124 | 0 | 1061.0 | 119 | 378 | 51 | 36 | .907 | 4.216 | 4.008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | SS | 3 | 0 | 29.0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 3.103 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1161 | 0 | 9841.0 | 3271 | 1563 | 392 | 237 | .925 | 4.421 | 4.164 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Player | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Baldwin | WS | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretzels Getzien | WS | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.48 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 61 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Conway | WS | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 133.0 | 120 | 54 | 34 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Player | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Thompson | WS | 15 | 61 | 58 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .362 | .393 | .500 | .893 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rowe | WS | 15 | 65 | 63 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .354 | .381 | .735 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Ganzel | WS | 14 | 59 | 58 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .224 | .237 | .241 | .479 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardy Richardson | WS | 15 | 67 | 66 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .197 | .209 | .379 | .588 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon White | WS | 15 | 60 | 58 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .207 | .233 | .259 | .492 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bennett | WS | 11 | 45 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .262 | .311 | .357 | .668 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Hanlon | WS | 15 | 55 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .220 | .291 | .280 | .571 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretzels Getzien | WS | 6 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .300 | .391 | .400 | .791 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Dunlap | WS | 11 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Twitchell | WS | 6 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .450 | .700 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Baldwin | WS | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .235 | .316 | .294 | .610 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Brouthers | WS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | WS | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Conway | WS | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 137 | 541 | 518 | 73 | 126 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 42 | 0 | 23 | 37 | .243 | .275 | .326 | .602 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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