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1887 Detroit Wolverines

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886 / 1888

79-45, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Watkins (79-45)
Scored 969 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-45

Ballparks: Recreation Park ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 98

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1886 / 1888 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Lady Baldwin 28 R L 5' 11" 160 Apr 8, 1859 4 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Ed Beatin 20 R L 5' 9" 162 Aug 10, 1866 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Charlie Bennett 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 21, 1854 9 46 46 0 45 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 $
Fatty Briody 28 R 5' 8" 190 Aug 13, 1858 7 33 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dan Brouthers HOF 29 L L 6' 2" 207 May 8, 1858 9 123 123 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 $4,000
William Burke 21 R 6' 3" 210 Nov, 1865 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3 $
Pete Conway 20 R R 5' 10" 162 Oct 30, 1866 3 24 24 17 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 0.9 $
Fred Dunlap 28 R R 5' 8" 165 May 21, 1859 8 65 65 1 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $4,500
Charlie Ganzel 25 R R 6' 0" 161 Jun 18, 1862 4 57 57 0 51 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 0.9 $
Pretzels Getzien 23 R R 5' 10" 172 Feb 14, 1864 4 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 $1,900
Henry Gruber 23 R R 5' 9" 155 Dec 14, 1863 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Ned Hanlon HOF 29 L R 5' 9" 170 Aug 22, 1857 8 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 117 0 118 1.0 $2,100
Jim Manning 25 B R 5' 7" 157 Jan 31, 1862 4 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 10 -0.4 $
Hardy Richardson 32 R R 5' 9" 170 Apr 21, 1855 9 120 120 0 0 0 64 0 0 58 1 0 59 4.7 $4,000
Jack Rowe 30 L R 5' 8" 170 Dec 8, 1856 9 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 5.2 $3,500
Billy Shindle 26 R R 5' 8" 155 Dec 5, 1860 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 0 0 1 0.3 $
Sy Sutcliffe 25 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 15, 1862 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Sam Thompson HOF 27 L L 6' 2" 207 Mar 5, 1860 3 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 6.2 $
Larry Twitchell 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1864 2 65 65 15 0 0 0 0 0 44 9 0 53 1.8 $900
Deacon White 39 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 7, 1847 17 111 111 0 0 2 0 106 0 3 0 0 3 2.7 $3,500
Stump Wiedman 26 R R 5' 7" 165 Feb 17, 1861 8 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1886 / 1888 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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