1886 Detroit Wolverines

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 - 101, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 103

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1885 / 1887 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	131	92
2	1B	Dan Brouthers*	28	121	555	489	139	181	40	15	11	72	21		66	16	.370	.445	.581	1.026	208	284
3	2B	Fred Dunlap	27	51	212	196	32	56	8	3	4	37	13		16	21	.286	.340	.418	.758	128	82
4	SS	Jack Rowe*	29	111	494	468	97	142	21	9	6	87	12		26	27	.303	.340	.425	.765	130	199
5	3B	Deacon White*	38	124	522	491	65	142	19	5	1	76	9		31	35	.289	.331	.354	.686	108	174
6	OF	Sam Thompson*	26	122	538	503	101	156	18	13	8	89	13		35	31	.310	.355	.445	.800	141	224
7	OF	Ned Hanlon*	28	126	551	494	105	116	6	6	4	60	50		57	39	.235	.314	.296	.610	85	146
8	OF	Hardy Richardson	31	125	584	538	125	189	27	11	11	61	42		46	27	.351	.402	.504	.906	173	271
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	91	72
10	2B	Sam Crane	32	47	193	185	24	26	2	2	1	12	8		8	34	.141	.176	.189	.365	11	35
11	OF	Jim Manning#	24	26	103	97	14	18	2	3	0	7	7		6	10	.186	.233	.268	.501	51	26
12	C	Harry Decker	21	14	56	54	2	12	1	0	0	6	0		2	9	.222	.250	.241	.491	49	13
13	OF	Jack McGeachey	22	6	27	27	3	9	0	1	0	4	2		0	3	.333	.333	.407	.741	123	11
14	SS	Billy Shindle	25	7	26	26	4	7	0	0	0	4	2		0	5	.269	.269	.269	.538	63	7
15	C	Tom Gillen?	24	2	10	10	2	4	0	0	0	4	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	143	4
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	60	53
17	P	Pretzels Getzien	22	43	171	165	14	29	3	3	0	19	3		6	46	.176	.205	.230	.435	31	38
18	P	Pete Conway	19	12	44	43	10	8	1	0	2	3	0		1	8	.186	.205	.349	.553	65	15
19	P	Billy Smith?	25	10	39	38	2	7	2	0	0	4	0		1	14	.184	.205	.237	.442	33	9
20	P	Larry Twitchell	22	4	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.063	.063	.063	.125	-62	1
21	P	Phenomenal Smith*	21	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-33	1
		Team Totals	28.8	126	4875	4501	829	1260	176	81	53	636	194		374	426	.280	.335	.390	.726	119	1757
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	1	4	2	1		3		2	7	1	2	2	2		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.3	126	4374	4026	778	1173	164	75	51	584	188		348	309	.291	.348	.407	.755	128	1640
		Pitcher Totals	24.2	126	501	475	51	87	12	6	2	52	6		26	117	.183	.226	.246	.472	43	117
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 Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Lady Baldwin*	27	42	13	.764	2.24	56	56	0	55	7	0	487.0	371	194	121	11	100		323		0	22	1936	144	0.967	6.9	0.2	1.8	6.0	3.23
2	SP	Pretzels Getzien	22	30	11	.732	3.03	43	43	0	42	1	0	386.2	388	203	130	6	85		172		0	19	1640	107	1.223	9.0	0.1	2.0	4.0	2.02
3	SP	Pete Conway	19	6	5	.545	3.36	11	11	0	11	0	0	91.0	93	55	34	1	25		35		0	6	389	96	1.297	9.2	0.1	2.5	3.5	1.40
4	SP	Billy Smith	25	5	4	.556	4.09	9	9	0	9	0	0	77.0	81	47	35	0	30		36		0	9	343	79	1.442	9.5	0.0	3.5	4.2	1.20
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
5	RP	Hardy Richardson	31	3	0	1.000	4.50	4	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	11	8	6	1	10		5		0	2	63	74	1.750	8.3	0.8	7.5	3.8	0.50
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6		Larry Twitchell	22	0	2	.000	6.48	4	4	0	2	0	0	25.0	35	22	18	1	12		6		0	2	113	51	1.880	12.6	0.4	4.3	2.2	0.50
7		Phenomenal Smith*	21	1	1	.500	2.16	3	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	16	9	6	0	8		15		0	2	100	152	0.960	5.8	0.0	2.9	5.4	1.88
		Team Totals	24.2	87	36	.707	2.85	126	126	4	122	8	0	1103.2	995	538	350	20	270		592		0	62	4584	113	1.146	8.1	0.2	2.2	4.8	2.19
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		3				1	2	4	1	3	2	4	1	4		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Lady Baldwin	27	58		130	21	105	4	7	.969	2.17								P-OF
Charlie Bennett	31	74		542	432	86	24	14	.956	7.00	25		0	0				C-OF-SS
Dan Brouthers	28	121		1325	1256	27	42	64	.968	10.60								1B
Pete Conway	19	12		27	4	19	4	0	.852	1.92								P-OF
Sam Crane	32	50		270	113	131	26	20	.904	4.88								2B-SS-OF
Harry Decker	21	15		139	89	32	18	1	.871	8.07	15		0	0				C-OF
Fred Dunlap	27	51		305	118	162	25	22	.918	5.49								2B
Charlie Ganzel	24	57		429	328	66	35	12	.918	6.91	30		0	0				C-OF-1B
Pretzels Getzien	22	44		83	17	65	1	3	.988	1.86								P-OF
Tom Gillen	24	2		9	5	3	1	0	.889	4.00	2		0	0				C
Ned Hanlon	28	127		240	205	18	17	4	.929	1.76								OF-2B
Jim Manning	24	27		39	32	5	2	1	.949	1.37								OF-SS
Jack McGeachey	22	6		8	6	1	1	0	.875	1.17								OF
Hardy Richardson	31	131		427	242	153	32	17	.925	3.02								P-OF-2B-SS-3B
Jack Rowe	29	113		462	97	311	54	26	.883	3.61	4		0	0				SS-C
Billy Shindle	25	7		30	3	24	3	1	.900	3.86								SS
Billy Smith	25	10		20	5	12	3	0	.850	1.70								P-OF
Phenomenal Smith	21	3		3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.00								P
Sam Thompson	26	122		236	194	29	13	11	.945	1.83								OF
Larry Twitchell	22	6		10	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.67								P-OF
Deacon White	38	124		444	131	245	68	18	.847	3.03								3B
Team Totals	28.7	126		5178	3301	1504	373	222	.928	4.14	76		0	0
Rank in 8 NL teams							7	2	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Lady Baldwin	27	57	222	-12	-0	0	0	9	-3	-0.3	8	5	-0.3	.495	.498	-0.2	-0.1	5	$2,000		1/O
Charlie Bennett	31	72	283	11	-1	0	17	4	31	2.9	10	41	3.9	.540	.518	2.4	2.0	24	$2,500		2/O6
Dan Brouthers*	28	121	555	68	-2	0	5	-0	71	6.3	17	89	8.2	.553	.539	8.0	0.4	84	$4,000	Purchased	*3
Pete Conway	19	12	44	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.0	-0.0	1		Purchased	1/O
Sam Crane	32	47	193	-21	1	0	0	1	-20	-1.9	7	-13	-1.2	.460	.488	-1.1	0.1	-13		Purchased	4/6O
Harry Decker	21	14	56	-4	0	0	-3	1	-6	-0.5	2	-4	-0.3	.462	.497	-0.0	-0.2	-1			2/O
Fred Dunlap	27	51	212	6	0	0	5	1	13	1.1	7	20	1.9	.523	.507	1.5	0.5	15	$4,000	Purchased	4
Charlie Ganzel	24	57	220	-3	-1	0	4	3	3	0.3	8	11	1.1	.505	.502	0.8	0.6	7			2/O3
Pretzels Getzien	22	43	171	-17	-0	0	0	7	-10	-0.9	6	-4	-0.9	.479	.494	-0.9	-0.0	-4	$1,750		1/O
Tom Gillen?	24	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.528	.500	0.1	0.0	1			/2
Ned Hanlon*	28	126	551	-6	4	0	0	-7	-8	-0.8	18	10	1.1	.494	.495	1.4	-0.7	10	$2,100	Free Agency	*O/4
Jim Manning#	24	26	103	-6	1	0	0	-2	-7	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.475	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-3		Purchased	O/6
Jack McGeachey	22	6	27	1	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	-0.0	1			/O
Hardy Richardson	31	125	584	49	1	0	10	-4	56	5.1	18	74	7.0	.541	.532	6.3	0.5	64	$4,000	Purchased	O4/165
Jack Rowe*	29	111	494	18	-1	0	4	7	28	2.5	16	44	4.2	.523	.516	4.0	1.0	40	$3,500	Purchased	*6/2
Billy Shindle	25	7	26	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.0	0.1	0			/6
Billy Smith?	25	10	39	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1			/1O
Phenomenal Smith*	21	3	9	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.461	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/1
Sam Thompson*	26	122	538	25	-2	0	8	-7	24	2.2	18	42	4.1	.518	.514	3.6	-0.0	34	$1,750	Purchased	*O
Larry Twitchell	22	4	16	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.440	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2			/1O
Deacon White*	38	124	522	6	-1	0	1	4	10	0.8	18	27	2.7	.507	.505	2.8	0.4	26	$3,500	Purchased	*5
Team Total	28.8	1140	4875	104	-1	0	52	22	178	15.4	160	338	30.7	.514	.505	28.0	4.3	286	$29,100
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Lady Baldwin*	27	487.0	56	56	194	3.59	5.04	0.39	0.00	100.0	4.65	68	6.8		-0.6	10.8	111	.621	.542	$2,000
Pete Conway	19	91.0	11	11	55	5.44	5.04	0.46	0.00	100.0	4.59	-7	-0.6		-0.1	0.2	1	.445	.496		Purchased
Pretzels Getzien	22	386.2	43	43	203	4.73	5.04	0.45	0.00	100.0	4.59	2	0.2		-0.5	3.4	37	.504	.501	$1,750
Hardy Richardson	31	12.0	4	0	8	6.00	5.04	0.50	0.00	100.0	4.55	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.462	.499	$4,000	Purchased
Billy Smith	25	77.0	9	9	47	5.49	5.04	0.45	0.00	100.0	4.59	-6	-0.5		-0.1	0.1	1	.439	.497
Phenomenal Smith*	21	25.0	3	3	9	3.24	5.04	0.39	0.00	100.0	4.65	4	0.4		-0.0	0.7	7	.650	.503
Larry Twitchell	22	25.0	4	4	22	7.92	5.04	0.48	0.00	100.0	4.57	-9	-0.7		-0.0	-0.5	-7	.327	.496
Team Total	24.2	1103.2	130	126	538	4.39	5.04	0.42	0.00	100.0	4.62	51	5.4	1.0	-1.4	14.5	149	.542	.505	$7,750
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1885 / 1887 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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