1887 World Series - Detroit Wolverines over St. Louis Browns (10-5)

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1887 World Series (10-5): Detroit Wolverines (79-45) over St. Louis Browns (95-40)

1886 WS / 1888 WS

Series Batting Stats

Detroit Wolverines Batting

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	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Lady Baldwin	0	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	.235	.316	.294	.610	1		24	85	15	23	0	7	4	.271	.648
Charlie Bennett	0	42	6	11	2	1	0	9	3	5	.262	.311	.357	.668	5		46	160	26	39	3	20	7	.244	.763
Dan Brouthers	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0		123	500	153	169	12	101	34	.338	.988
Pete Conway	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		24	95	16	22	1	7	0	.232	.584
Fred Dunlap	0	40	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	4	.150	.150	.200	.350	4		65	272	60	72	5	45	15	.265	.768
Charlie Ganzel	0	58	5	13	1	0	0	2	1	2	.224	.237	.241	.479	3		57	227	40	59	0	20	3	.260	.619
Pretzels Getzien	0	20	5	6	2	0	0	2	3	6	.300	.391	.400	.791	1		43	156	19	29	1	14	2	.186	.534
Ned Hanlon	0	50	5	11	1	1	0	4	5	1	.220	.291	.280	.571	7		118	471	79	129	4	69	69	.274	.677
Hardy Richardson	0	66	12	13	5	2	1	4	1	9	.197	.209	.379	.588	7		120	543	131	178	8	94	29	.328	.851
Jack Rowe	0	63	12	21	1	1	0	7	2	1	.333	.354	.381	.735	5		124	537	135	171	6	96	22	.318	.813
Sy Sutcliffe	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Thompson	0	58	8	21	2	0	2	7	3	3	.362	.393	.500	.893	5		127	545	118	203	10	166	22	.372	.982
Larry Twitchell	0	20	5	5	1	0	1	3	0	1	.250	.250	.450	.700	1		65	264	44	88	0	51	12	.333	.789
Deacon White	0	58	8	12	1	1	0	3	2	0	.207	.233	.259	.492	2		111	449	71	136	3	75	20	.303	.770
Totals	0	518	73	126	17	7	4	43	23	37	.243	.275	.326	.602	42		127	4689	969	1404	55		267	.299	.787

St. Louis Browns Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jack Boyle	0	24	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	4	.208	.208	.208	.417	0		88	350	48	66	2	41	7	.189	.457
Doc Bushong	0	29	3	7	0	0	0	1	4	1	.241	.333	.241	.575	0		53	201	35	51	0	26	14	.254	.573
Bob Caruthers	0	46	2	11	0	0	0	3	1	1	.239	.255	.239	.494	3		98	364	102	130	8	73	49	.357	1.010
Charlie Comiskey	0	62	8	19	2	0	0	5	1	1	.306	.317	.339	.656	4		125	538	139	180	4	103	117	.335	.790
Dave Foutz	0	59	4	10	2	1	0	3	2	3	.169	.197	.237	.434	0		102	423	79	151	4	108	22	.357	.901
Bill Gleason	0	49	3	8	0	0	0	1	3	2	.163	.212	.163	.375	1		135	598	135	172	0	76	23	.288	.664
Silver King	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	0		62	222	28	46	0	19	10	.207	.528
Arlie Latham	0	58	12	17	1	0	0	2	9	2	.293	.388	.310	.698	15		136	627	163	198	2	83	129	.316	.779
Harry Lyons	0	7	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	0		*3	12	2	1	0	1	2	.083	.237
Tip O'Neill	0	65	7	13	2	1	1	9	0	2	.200	.200	.308	.508	0		124	517	167	225	14	123	30	.435	1.180
Yank Robinson	0	46	5	15	5	1	0	4	10	6	.326	.446	.478	.925	4		125	430	102	131	1	74	75	.305	.850
Curt Welch	0	58	6	12	3	1	1	8	0	2	.207	.207	.345	.552	1		131	544	98	151	3	108	89	.278	.701
Totals	0	517	54	120	15	4	2	41	31	27	.232	.276	.288	.564	28		138	5048	1131	1550	39		581	.307	.783

Detroit Wolverines Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Lady Baldwin	5	5	1.50	4	1	0	5	42.0	28	7	10	4	0.905	24	24	3.84	13	10	0	211.0	225	61	60	1.355
Pete Conway	4	4	3.00	2	2	0	4	33.0	31	11	6	10	1.121	17	17	2.90	8	9	0	146.0	132	47	40	1.226
Pretzels Getzien	6	6	2.48	4	2	0	6	58.0	61	16	15	17	1.310	43	42	3.73	29	13	0	366.2	373	106	135	1.306
Totals	15	15	2.30	10	5	0	15	133.0	120	34	31	31	1.135	127	127	3.950	79	45		1116.1	1172	344	337	1.358

St. Louis Browns Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Bob Caruthers	8	8	2.15	4	4	0	8	71.0	64	17	12	19	1.070	39	39	3.30	29	9	0	341.0	337	61	74	1.167
Dave Foutz	3	3	3.46	0	3	0	3	26.0	36	10	9	6	1.731	40	38	3.87	25	12	0	339.1	369	90	94	1.353
Silver King	4	4	2.03	1	3	0	4	31.0	26	7	2	21	0.903	46	44	3.78	32	12	1	390.0	401	109	128	1.308
Totals	15	15	2.39	5	10	0	15	128.0	126	34	23	46	1.164	138	138	3.775	95	40		1199.1	1254	323	334	1.315

1886 WS / 1888 WS

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