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1886 Detroit Wolverines

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1885 / 1887

87-36, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Watkins (87-36)
Scored 829 runs, Allowed 538 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-38

Ballparks: Recreation Park ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 104


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1885 / 1887 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Charlie Bennett 31 72 283 235 37 57 13 5 4 34 4 48 29 .243 .371 .391 .763 129 92 0
2 1B Dan Brouthers* 28 121 555 489 139 181 40 15 11 72 21 66 16 .370 .445 .581 1.026 206 284 0
3 2B Fred Dunlap 27 51 212 196 32 56 8 3 4 37 13 16 21 .286 .340 .418 .758 126 82 0
4 SS Jack Rowe* 29 111 494 468 97 142 21 9 6 87 12 26 27 .303 .340 .425 .765 128 199 0
5 3B Deacon White* 38 124 522 491 65 142 19 5 1 76 9 31 35 .289 .331 .354 .686 106 174 0
6 OF Sam Thompson* 26 122 538 503 101 156 18 13 8 89 13 35 31 .310 .355 .445 .800 139 224 0
7 OF Ned Hanlon* 28 126 551 494 105 116 6 6 4 60 50 57 39 .235 .314 .296 .610 84 146 0
8 OF Hardy Richardson 31 125 584 538 125 189 27 11 11 61 42 46 27 .351 .402 .504 .906 170 271 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Charlie Ganzel 24 57 220 213 28 58 7 2 1 31 5 7 22 .272 .295 .338 .633 90 72 0
10 2B Sam Crane 32 47 193 185 24 26 2 2 1 12 8 8 34 .141 .176 .189 .365 10 35 0
11 OF Jim Manning# 24 26 103 97 14 18 2 3 0 7 7 6 10 .186 .233 .268 .501 50 26 0
12 C Harry Decker 21 14 56 54 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 2 9 .222 .250 .241 .491 48 13 0
13 OF Jack McGeachey 22 6 27 27 3 9 0 1 0 4 2 0 3 .333 .333 .407 .741 121 11 0
14 SS Billy Shindle 25 7 26 26 4 7 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 .269 .269 .269 .538 62 7 0
15 C Tom Gillen? 24 2 10 10 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 141 4 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
16 P Lady Baldwin 27 57 222 204 25 41 6 3 0 25 3 18 44 .201 .266 .260 .526 58 53 0
17 P Pretzels Getzien 22 43 171 165 14 29 3 3 0 19 3 6 46 .176 .205 .230 .435 30 38 0
18 P Pete Conway 19 12 44 43 10 8 1 0 2 3 0 1 8 .186 .205 .349 .553 63 15 0
19 P Billy Smith? 25 10 39 38 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 14 .184 .205 .237 .442 32 9 0
20 P Larry Twitchell 22 4 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 -62 1 0
21 P Phenomenal Smith* 21 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -33 1 0
Team Totals 28.8 126 4875 4501 829 1260 176 81 53 636 194 374 426 .280 .335 .390 .726 117 1757 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 2 1 4 2 1 3 1 2 7 1 2 2 2 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Lady Baldwin 27 222 -15 -1 0 0 0 3 7 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $2,000 1/O
Charlie Bennett 31 283 11 -3 0 0 17 4 9 38 3.8 21 2.0 1.8 $2,500 2/O6
Dan Brouthers* 28 555 75 1 0 0 5 0 15 96 9.1 91 8.6 0.5 $4,000 Purchased *3
Pete Conway 19 44 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Purchased 1/O
Sam Crane 32 193 -26 1 0 0 0 1 6 -18 -1.6 -18 -1.7 0.1 $ Purchased 4/6O
Harry Decker 21 56 -4 -1 0 0 -3 1 2 -5 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ 2/O
Fred Dunlap 27 212 6 0 0 0 5 1 7 19 1.8 14 1.3 0.5 $4,000 Purchased 4
Charlie Ganzel 24 220 -4 -1 0 0 4 2 7 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $ 2/O3
Pretzels Getzien 22 171 -20 0 0 0 0 2 5 -13 -1.1 -13 -1.2 0.1 $1,750 1/O
Tom Gillen? 24 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
Ned Hanlon* 28 551 -8 6 0 0 0 -7 16 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $2,100 Free Agency *O/4
Jim Manning# 24 103 -7 1 0 0 0 -2 3 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ Purchased O/6
Jack McGeachey 22 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /O
Hardy Richardson 31 584 53 3 0 0 10 -4 16 78 7.4 68 6.5 0.9 $4,000 Purchased O4/165
Jack Rowe* 29 494 18 1 0 0 4 7 14 44 4.3 40 3.8 0.5 $3,500 Purchased *6/2
Billy Shindle 25 26 -2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /6
Billy Smith? 25 39 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ /1O
Phenomenal Smith* 21 9 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Sam Thompson* 26 538 26 0 0 0 8 -8 16 42 4.0 34 3.2 0.8 $1,750 Purchased *O
Larry Twitchell 22 16 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /1O
Deacon White* 38 522 5 -3 0 0 1 4 16 23 2.3 22 2.1 0.2 $3,500 Purchased *5
Team Total 28.8 4875 96 4 0 0 52 5 144 301 29.6 249 23.6 6.0 $29,100
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Lady Baldwin 27 222 163 14 2.2 82 .256 .201 .261 .266 .311 .260 .358 .526 .668 58 .283 -10.1 -1.1 .454 .162 .059 .0 1/O
Charlie Bennett 31 283 178 34 4.9 82 .262 .243 .261 .371 .311 .391 .357 .763 .668 129 .630 11.0 1.2 .809 .370 .149 4.0 2/O6
Dan Brouthers* 28 555 308 126 10.6 82 .368 .370 .261 .445 .311 .581 .358 1.026 .668 206 .873 65.9 6.9 1.205 .389 .211 14.4 *3
Pete Conway 19 44 35 3 2.2 82 .182 .186 .261 .205 .311 .349 .357 .553 .668 63 .281 -2.1 -0.2 .457 .186 .163 .0 1/O
Sam Crane 32 193 159 6 1.0 82 .167 .141 .261 .176 .311 .189 .358 .365 .668 10 .080 -20.6 -2.3 .321 .135 .049 1.8 4/6O
Harry Decker 21 56 42 3 1.8 82 .267 .222 .261 .250 .311 .241 .358 .491 .668 48 .219 -3.4 -0.4 .357 .056 .019 2/O
Fred Dunlap 27 212 140 28 5.2 82 .304 .286 .261 .340 .311 .418 .358 .758 .668 126 .650 6.2 0.7 .793 .281 .133 6.1 4
Charlie Ganzel 24 220 155 21 3.5 82 .300 .272 .261 .295 .311 .338 .358 .633 .668 90 .476 -3.1 -0.3 .542 .122 .066 1.7 2/O3
Pretzels Getzien 22 171 136 8 1.5 82 .244 .176 .261 .205 .311 .230 .358 .435 .668 30 .165 -14.3 -1.6 .346 .109 .055 .0 1/O
Tom Gillen? 24 10 6 2 8.6 82 .444 .400 .261 .400 .311 .400 .358 .800 .668 141 .825 0.4 0.0 .667 .000 .000 /2
Ned Hanlon* 28 551 378 46 3.1 82 .248 .235 .261 .314 .311 .296 .358 .610 .668 84 .427 -8.5 -0.9 .669 .277 .061 7.4 *O/4
Jim Manning# 24 103 79 6 2.0 82 .207 .186 .261 .233 .311 .268 .358 .501 .668 50 .239 -6.2 -0.7 .494 .216 .082 .0 O/6
Jack McGeachey 22 27 18 4 5.7 82 .375 .333 .261 .333 .311 .407 .357 .741 .668 121 .692 0.4 0.0 .722 .148 .074 .0 /O
Hardy Richardson 31 584 349 109 8.1 82 .356 .351 .261 .402 .311 .504 .358 .906 .668 170 .807 46.2 4.9 1.029 .316 .152 17.4 O4/165
Jack Rowe* 29 494 326 68 5.4 82 .313 .303 .261 .340 .311 .425 .358 .765 .668 128 .667 15.2 1.6 .727 .203 .122 8.0 *6/2
Billy Shindle 25 26 19 2 2.7 82 .333 .269 .261 .269 .311 .269 .358 .538 .668 62 .364 -1.3 -0.1 .474 .077 .000 .0 /6
Billy Smith? 25 39 31 2 1.7 82 .292 .184 .261 .205 .311 .237 .358 .442 .668 32 .190 -3.1 -0.3 .323 .079 .053 /1O
Phenomenal Smith* 21 9 8 0 0.0 82 .167 .111 .261 .111 .311 .111 .358 .222 .668 -33 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .125 .000 .000 /1
Sam Thompson* 26 538 347 80 6.0 82 .319 .310 .261 .355 .311 .445 .357 .800 .668 139 .706 22.5 2.4 .784 .231 .135 9.9 *O
Larry Twitchell 22 16 15 0 0.0 82 .071 .063 .261 .063 .311 .063 .358 .125 .668 -62 .000 -3.1 -0.4 .067 .000 .000 /1O
Deacon White* 38 522 349 58 4.3 82 .310 .289 .261 .331 .311 .354 .357 .686 .668 106 .568 3.7 0.4 .613 .147 .065 1.8 *5
League Average 3.7 81 .279 .250 .259 .298 .309 .341 .355 .639 .663 93 .496 .598 .199 .091
Team Total 28.8 4875 3241 620 4.9 82 .300 .280 .261 .335 .311 .390 .358 .726 .668 117 .630 94.3 9.6 .717 .237 .110 83.3
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Lady Baldwin 27 74 284 262 28 49 7 4 0 28 4 22 57 .187 .250 .244 .494 16 57 57
Charlie Bennett 31 94 355 299 40 66 15 6 5 36 5 56 38 .221 .344 .361 .705 37 72 72
Dan Brouthers* 28 158 687 611 149 209 46 17 13 77 24 76 21 .342 .415 .537 .952 136 121 121
Pete Conway 19 82 307 300 33 62 10 2 3 21 3 7 55 .207 .225 .283 .508 20 63 63
Sam Crane 32 112 415 389 39 56 6 4 1 22 17 26 80 .144 .198 .188 .385 14 86 86
Harry Decker 21 27 100 97 2 19 2 1 0 7 0 3 18 .196 .220 .237 .457 5 21 21
Fred Dunlap 27 159 667 614 96 158 28 6 8 78 24 53 67 .257 .316 .362 .678 71 122 122
Charlie Ganzel 24 76 281 273 29 67 8 2 1 32 6 8 30 .245 .267 .300 .567 22 58 58
Pretzels Getzien 22 56 218 211 14 33 3 3 0 19 3 7 60 .156 .183 .199 .383 8 43 43
Tom Gillen? 24 3 12 12 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 2 2
Ned Hanlon* 28 165 697 630 114 136 7 7 5 65 59 67 51 .216 .291 .273 .564 50 126 126
Jim Manning# 24 34 131 124 15 21 2 4 0 8 8 7 13 .169 .214 .250 .464 7 26 26
Jack McGeachey 22 85 328 327 39 68 15 5 2 32 12 1 52 .208 .210 .303 .513 21 65 65
Hardy Richardson 31 163 727 674 133 218 31 13 13 65 48 53 35 .323 .373 .466 .839 116 125 125
Jack Rowe* 29 145 620 590 103 164 24 10 7 92 14 30 35 .278 .313 .388 .701 72 111 111
Billy Shindle 25 9 34 34 6 9 0 0 0 6 3 0 7 .265 .265 .265 .529 3 7 7
Billy Smith? 25 13 51 50 3 10 3 0 0 6 0 1 18 .200 .216 .260 .476 3 10 10
Phenomenal Smith* 21 4 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Sam Thompson* 26 159 673 633 108 180 21 15 9 95 15 40 40 .284 .327 .408 .734 85 122 122
Larry Twitchell 22 5 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Deacon White* 38 162 656 620 69 164 22 6 1 81 10 36 46 .265 .305 .324 .629 61 124 124
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Lady Baldwin 27 3 379 95 379 355 43 77 15 6 0 43 3 24 66 .217 .266 .293 .559 76 104 0
Charlie Bennett 31 8 2529 605 2529 2314 302 636 141 51 30 334 4 215 291 .275 .336 .419 .755 137 969 0
Dan Brouthers* 28 8 2710 602 2710 2520 541 879 188 79 53 433 21 190 110 .349 .394 .549 .944 190 1384 0
Pete Conway 19 2 338 92 338 327 39 65 14 2 4 28 3 11 70 .199 .225 .291 .515 55 95 0
Sam Crane 32 5 1294 340 1294 1235 174 251 26 17 3 41 14 59 114 .203 .240 .259 .499 57 320 0
Harry Decker 21 2 176 48 176 167 11 31 5 1 0 7 0 9 14 .186 .227 .228 .455 50 38 0
Fred Dunlap 27 7 3021 671 3021 2837 585 879 178 37 33 213 20 184 178 .310 .352 .434 .785 152 1230 0
Charlie Ganzel 24 3 375 99 375 364 45 84 10 3 1 37 5 11 36 .231 .253 .283 .536 69 103 0
Pretzels Getzien 22 3 372 100 372 357 27 64 6 3 0 36 3 15 93 .179 .212 .213 .425 33 76 0
Tom Gillen? 24 2 127 31 127 126 7 22 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 .175 .181 .190 .372 29 24 0
Ned Hanlon* 28 7 2950 676 2950 2713 510 697 97 39 18 266 50 237 219 .257 .317 .341 .658 108 926 0
Jim Manning# 24 3 874 219 874 826 115 185 22 18 5 78 7 48 103 .224 .267 .312 .579 84 258 0
Jack McGeachey 22 1 254 65 254 253 34 55 12 4 2 28 10 1 40 .217 .220 .320 .541 66 81 0
Hardy Richardson 31 8 3342 743 3342 3179 598 961 181 73 28 385 42 163 237 .302 .336 .432 .768 139 1372 0
Jack Rowe* 29 8 2673 615 2673 2577 433 752 117 60 16 366 12 96 104 .292 .317 .402 .720 123 1037 0
Billy Shindle 25 1 26 7 26 26 4 7 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 .269 .269 .269 .538 62 7 0
Billy Smith? 25 1 39 10 39 38 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 14 .184 .205 .237 .442 32 9 0
Phenomenal Smith* 21 3 22 7 22 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .136 .136 .136 .273 -15 3 0
Sam Thompson* 26 2 808 185 808 757 159 233 29 22 15 133 13 51 53 .308 .351 .464 .815 149 351 0
Larry Twitchell 22 1 16 4 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 -62 1 0
Deacon White* 38 16 5162 1147 5162 4984 897 1603 205 77 17 769 33 9 178 134 .322 .345 .404 .749 135 2013 8 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1885 / 1887 Batting Statistics