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1888 Detroit Wolverines Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887)
68-63, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 721 runs, Allowed 629 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-57
Manager: Bill Watkins (49-44) and Bob Leadley (19-19)
Ballpark: 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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Lady Baldwin 29 L L 5' 11" 160 Apr 8, 1859 5 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ed Beatin 21 R L 5' 9" 162 Aug 10, 1866 2 16 16 16 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
Charlie Bennett 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 21, 1854 10 74 74 74 0 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cal Broughton 27 R R Dec 28, 1860 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Brouthers HOF 30 L L 6' 2" 207 May 8, 1858 10 129 129 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Count Campau 24 L R 5' 11" 160 Oct 17, 1863 1st 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 70
Pete Conway 21 R R 162 Oct 30, 1866 4 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Charlie Ganzel 26 R R 6' 0" 161 Jun 18, 1862 5 95 95 95 0 28 1 49 9 3 0 0 5 5
Charlie Getzien 24 R R 5' 10" 172 Feb 14, 1864 5 46 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barney Gilligan 32 R R 130 Jan 3, 1856 11 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry Gruber 24 R R 5' 9" 155 Dec 14, 1863 2 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ned Hanlon HOF 30 L R 170 Aug 22, 1857 9 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 109
Sam LaRoque 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Feb 26, 1863 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deacon McGuire 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 18, 1863 5 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parson Nicholson 25 5' 10" 190 Apr 14, 1863 1st 24 24 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hardy Richardson 33 R R 170 Apr 21, 1855 10 58 58 58 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Rowe 31 L R 5' 8" 170 Dec 8, 1856 10 105 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0
Ted Scheffler 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Apr 5, 1864 1st 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 0 27
Frank Scheibeck 23 R R 5' 7" 145 Jun 28, 1865 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sy Sutcliffe 26 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 15, 1862 3 49 49 49 0 14 5 2 0 24 0 0 4 4
Sam Thompson HOF 28 L L 6' 2" 207 Mar 5, 1860 4 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 56
Larry Twitchell 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1864 3 131 131 131 2 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 131
Jake Wells 24 R R 5' 11" 167 Aug 9, 1863 1st 16 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deacon White 40 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 7, 1847 18 125 125 125 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1887 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played