1881 Detroit Wolverines season

In 1881, Detroit Mayor William G. Thompson bought most of the players from the defunct Cincinnati Reds franchise and formed the Detroit Wolverines, which joined the National League. The team finished the season with a 41–43 record, good enough for fourth place in the NL race.

1881 Detroit Wolverines
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnerWilliam G. Thompson
ManagerFrank Bancroft
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Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 5628 0.667 32–10 24–18
Providence Grays 4737 0.560 9 23–20 24–17
Buffalo Bisons 4538 0.542 10½ 25–16 20–22
Detroit Wolverines 4143 0.488 15 23–19 18–24
Troy Trojans 3945 0.464 17 24–18 15–27
Boston Red Caps 3845 0.458 17½ 19–22 19–23
Cleveland Blues 3648 0.429 20 20–22 16–26
Worcester Worcesters 3250 0.390 23 19–22 13–28

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET PRV TRO WOR
Boston 4–82–108–44–85–77–58–3
Buffalo 8–45–77–59–37–53–96–5
Chicago 10–27–56–67–59–38–49–3
Cleveland 4–85–76–65–73–96–6–17–5
Detroit 8–43–95–77–54–87–57–5
Providence 7–55–73–99–38–46–69–3
Troy 5–79–34–86–6–15–76–64–8
Worcester 3–85–63–95–75–73–98–4

Roster

1881 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CCharlie Bennett7629990.301764
1BMartin Powell5521974.338138
2BJoe Gerhardt8029772.242036
3BArt Whitney5821439.18209
SSSadie Houck7530886.279136
OFLon Knight8334092.271152
OFGeorge Wood80337100.297232
OFNed Hanlon7630585.279228

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
Lew Brown2710826.241314
Charlie Reilley197012.17103
Dasher Troy114415.34104
Mike Dorgan8348.23505
Sam Trott6255.20002
Will Foley5152.13301
Jack Leary3113.27304
Dan Stearns3111.09100
Dan O'Leary280.00000
George Bradley140.00000
Mike Moynahan141.25000
Billy Taylor142.50001
Sam Wise142.50000

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
George Derby56494.229262.20212
Stump Weidman13115.0851.8026
Frank Mountain760.0345.2513
Tony Mullane544.0144.917
Will White218.0025.005
Jack Leary213.0024.152

References

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