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1888 Detroit Wolverines

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887

68-63, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Watkins (49-44) and Bob Leadley (19-19)
Scored 721 runs, Allowed 629 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-57

Ballparks: Recreation Park ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97


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1887 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 29 R L 5' 11" 160 Apr 8, 1859 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -2.0 $
Ed Beatin 21 R L 5' 9" 162 Aug 10, 1866 2 16 16 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0.6 $
Charlie Bennett 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 21, 1854 10 74 74 0 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
Cal Broughton 27 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1860 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dan Brouthers HOF 30 L L 6' 2" 207 May 8, 1858 10 129 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 $4,000
Count Campau 24 L R 5' 11" 160 Oct 17, 1863 1st 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 70 -0.9 $
Pete Conway 21 R R 5' 10" 162 Oct 30, 1866 4 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.6 $
Charlie Ganzel 26 R R 6' 0" 161 Jun 18, 1862 5 95 95 0 28 1 49 9 3 0 0 5 5 1.5 $
Pretzels Getzien 24 R R 5' 10" 172 Feb 14, 1864 5 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $2,150
Barney Gilligan 32 R R 5' 6" 130 Jan 3, 1856 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Henry Gruber 24 R R 5' 9" 155 Dec 14, 1863 2 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Ned Hanlon HOF 30 L R 5' 9" 170 Aug 22, 1857 9 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 109 1.3 $2,800
Sam LaRocque 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Feb 26, 1863 1st 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Deacon McGuire 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 18, 1863 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Parson Nicholson 25 5' 9" 148 Apr 14, 1863 1st 24 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Hardy Richardson 33 R R 5' 9" 170 Apr 21, 1855 10 58 58 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $4,000
Jack Rowe 31 L R 5' 8" 170 Dec 8, 1856 10 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 2.6 $3,500
Ted Scheffler 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Apr 5, 1864 1st 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 0 27 -0.2 $
Frank Scheibeck 23 R R 5' 7" 145 Jun 28, 1865 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Sy Sutcliffe 26 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 15, 1862 4 49 49 0 14 5 2 0 24 0 0 4 4 0.3 $2,000
Sam Thompson HOF 28 L L 6' 2" 207 Mar 5, 1860 4 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 56 2.0 $
Larry Twitchell 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1864 3 131 131 2 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 131 -0.2 $1,200
Jake Wells 24 R R 5' 11" 167 Aug 9, 1863 1st 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Deacon White 40 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 7, 1847 18 125 125 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $3,500
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

1887 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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