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1888 Detroit Wolverines Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary	68-63, Final Rank:5, GB: 16.0
Days in First	6	last on Monday, Jul 30, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	10	last on Jul 30, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	1	last on Friday, Jul 27, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	17	last on Friday, Oct 12, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	21	last on Friday, Jul 27
Most Games under .500	4	last on Friday, Apr 27
Longest Winning Streak	7	Friday, Jun 1 to Saturday, Jun 9 and Tuesday, Jul 10 to Wednesday, Jul 18
Longest Losing Streak	16	Saturday, Jul 28 to Tuesday, Aug 21
Most Runs Allowed	21	Saturday, Jul 28
Most Runs Scored	18	Thursday, May 3 and Thursday, Jul 5
Times Shutout by Opponent	5
Times Opponent Shutout	10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	68	63	721	629	.519
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	40	26	400	279	.606
Road	28	37	321	350	.431
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	3	5	44	54	.375
May	14	8	155	100	.636
June	16	6	145	92	.727
July	14	10	140	117	.583
August	5	16	87	110	.238
September	13	11	114	106	.542
October	3	7	36	50	.300

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	42	24	414	303	.636
Second Half	26	39	307	326	.400
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	11	19	125	133	.367
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	26	15	333	233	.634

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	8	10	99	119	.444
CHC	10	10	100	105	.500
IND	11	8	125	93	.579
NYG	7	11	92	100	.389
PHI	11	7	87	64	.611
PIT	10	10	124	93	.500
WHS	11	7	94	55	.611

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Friday, Apr 20	DTN	@	PIT	L	2	5		0-1	5	1.0				2:05	3,000	`-`
2	2	Saturday, Apr 21	DTN	@	PIT	L	3	10		0-2	6	2.0				1:55		`--`
3	3	Monday, Apr 23	DTN	@	PIT	L	9	10		0-3	6	3.0				2:05		`---`
4	4	Tuesday, Apr 24	DTN	@	PIT	W	6	4		1-3	6	3.0				1:40		`+`
5	5	Thursday, Apr 26	DTN	@	IND	L	3	8		1-4	5	4.5				1:30		`-`
6	6	Friday, Apr 27	DTN	@	IND	L	7	16		1-5	6	5.5				2:05		`--`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 28	DTN	@	IND	W	1	0		2-5	5	5.5				1:45		`+`
8	8	Monday, Apr 30	DTN	@	IND	W	13	1		3-5	5	5.5				1:35		`++`
9	9	Tuesday, May 1	DTN		PIT	W	10	1		4-5	5	4.5						`+++`
10	10	Wednesday, May 2	DTN		PIT	W	16	1		5-5	4	3.5				1:55		`++++`
11	11	Thursday, May 3	DTN		PIT	W	18	13		6-5	4	3.5				2:25		`+++++`
12	12	Friday, May 4	DTN		PIT	W	8	2		7-5	4	3.0				1:50		`++++++`
13	13	Saturday, May 5	DTN		BSN	L	4	5		7-6	4	4.0				1:45		`-`
14	14	Monday, May 7	DTN		BSN	W	8	3		8-6	4	3.5				2:05		`+`
15	15	Wednesday, May 9	DTN		BSN	L	6	13		8-7	4	4.5				2:10		`-`
16	16	Thursday, May 10	DTN		PHI	L	2	3		8-8	4	4.5				1:25		`--`
17	17	Friday, May 11	DTN		PHI	W	6	4		9-8	4	4.0				1:35		`+`
18	18	Saturday, May 12	DTN		PHI	W	3	1		10-8	4	4.0						`++`
19	19	Tuesday, May 15	DTN		WHS	W	11	5		11-8	4	3.5				2:15		`+++`
20	20	Wednesday, May 16	DTN		WHS	W	2	0		12-8	3	3.5				1:20		`++++`
21	21	Thursday, May 17	DTN		WHS	W	7	1		13-8	3	3.5				1:40		`+++++`
22	22	Saturday, May 19	DTN		NYG	W	5	3		14-8	3	4.0				1:50		`++++++`
23	23	Monday, May 21	DTN		NYG	L	7	8		14-9	3	4.0				2:15		`-`
24	24	Tuesday, May 22	DTN		NYG	L	4	6		14-10	3	4.0						`--`
25	25	Wednesday, May 23	DTN		NYG	W	13	5		15-10	3	4.0						`+`
26	26	Thursday, May 24	DTN	@	CHC	L	4	8		15-11	3	5.0				1:50		`-`
27	27	Friday, May 25	DTN	@	CHC	L	2	3		15-12	3	6.0				2:20		`--`
28	28	Saturday, May 26	DTN	@	CHC	W	9	8		16-12	3	5.0				1:20		`+`
29	29	Wednesday, May 30	DTN	@	PHI	W	6	2		17-12	3	4.0				2:00		`++`
30	30	Wednesday, May 30	DTN	@	PHI	L	4	5		17-13	3	4.0				1:55		`-`
31	31	Friday, Jun 1	DTN	@	PHI	W	4	2		18-13	4	4.0				1:35		`+`
32	32	Saturday, Jun 2	DTN	@	WHS	W	11	1		19-13	4	3.0				2:00		`++`
33	33	Monday, Jun 4	DTN	@	WHS	W	5	4		20-13	4	3.0				2:00		`+++`
34	34	Tuesday, Jun 5	DTN	@	WHS	W	9	0		21-13	4	3.0				1:50		`++++`
35	35	Wednesday, Jun 6	DTN	@	WHS	W	4	2		22-13	2	3.0				2:00		`+++++`
36	36	Friday, Jun 8	DTN	@	BSN	W	11	5		23-13	2	2.0				3:00		`++++++`
37	37	Saturday, Jun 9	DTN	@	BSN	W	10	9		24-13	2	2.0				2:00		`+++++++`
38	38	Monday, Jun 11	DTN	@	BSN	L	9	14		24-14	2	3.0				2:05		`-`
39	39	Tuesday, Jun 12	DTN	@	BSN	L	2	5		24-15	2	4.0				1:40		`--`
40	40	Wednesday, Jun 13	DTN	@	NYG	W	8	6		25-15	2	3.5				1:57	3,500	`+`
41	41	Thursday, Jun 14	DTN	@	NYG	L	2	4		25-16	2	4.0				2:12	8,500	`-`
42	42	Friday, Jun 15	DTN	@	NYG	W	3	2		26-16	2	3.0				2:03		`+`
43	43	Saturday, Jun 16	DTN	@	NYG	L	1	4		26-17	2	4.0				1:43	900	`-`
44	44	Wednesday, Jun 20	DTN		IND	W	5	2		27-17	2	3.0				1:40		`+`
45	45	Thursday, Jun 21	DTN		IND	W	12	2		28-17	2	3.0				2:05		`++`
46	46	Friday, Jun 22	DTN		IND	W	8	7		29-17	2	3.0				1:50		`+++`
47	47	Saturday, Jun 23	DTN		IND	W	12	2		30-17	2	3.0				1:50		`++++`
48	48	Monday, Jun 25	DTN		CHC	W	2	0		31-17	2	2.0				1:50		`+++++`
49	49	Tuesday, Jun 26	DTN		CHC	L	0	2		31-18	2	3.0				1:30		`-`
50	50	Wednesday, Jun 27	DTN		CHC	W	10	4		32-18	2	2.0				2:05		`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Friday, Jun 29	DTN	@	IND	W	9	2		33-18	2	2.0						`++`
52	52	Saturday, Jun 30	DTN	@	IND	L	8	13		33-19	2	2.0				1:45		`-`
53	53	Monday, Jul 2	DTN	@	IND	W	4	3		34-19	2	2.0				2:10		`+`
54	54	Wednesday, Jul 4	DTN		NYG	L	1	4		34-20	2	3.0				2:10	7,000	`-`
55	55	Wednesday, Jul 4	DTN		NYG	L	1	4		34-21	2	3.0				1:33	7,000	`--`
56	56	Thursday, Jul 5	DTN		NYG	W	18	13		35-21	2	3.0				2:20		`+`
57	57	Saturday, Jul 7	DTN		WHS	L	2	3		35-22	2	3.0				1:40		`-`
58	58	Monday, Jul 9	DTN		WHS	L	2	3		35-23	2	3.0				2:00		`--`
59	59	Tuesday, Jul 10	DTN		WHS	W	4	0		36-23	2	3.0				1:35		`+`
60	60	Wednesday, Jul 11	DTN		PHI	W	6	4		37-23	2	3.0				1:45		`++`
61	61	Friday, Jul 13	DTN		PHI	W	3	2		38-23	2	2.0				1:20		`+++`
62	62	Friday, Jul 13	DTN		PHI	W	2	0		39-23	2	2.0				1:30		`++++`
63	63	Saturday, Jul 14	DTN		BSN	T	9	9		39-23	2	2.5				2:10		`++++`
64	64	Monday, Jul 16	DTN		BSN	W	3	2		40-23	2	1.5				1:45		`+++++`
65	65	Tuesday, Jul 17	DTN		BSN	W	7	6		41-23	2	0.5				1:45		`++++++`
66	66	Wednesday, Jul 18	DTN		CHC	W	5	0		42-23	1	up 0.5				1:40		`+++++++`
67	67	Thursday, Jul 19	DTN		CHC	L	3	4		42-24	2	0.5						`-`
68	68	Friday, Jul 20	DTN		CHC	L	1	2		42-25	2	1.5				1:50		`--`
69	69	Saturday, Jul 21	DTN		CHC	W	9	6		43-25	2	0.5				2:15		`+`
70	70	Monday, Jul 23	DTN		PIT	L	1	5		43-26	2	0.5				1:40		`-`
71	71	Tuesday, Jul 24	DTN		PIT	W	7	2		44-26	1	up 1.0				1:40		`+`
72	72	Tuesday, Jul 24	DTN		PIT	W	13	5		45-26	1	up 1.0				2:10		`++`
73	73	Thursday, Jul 26	DTN	@	CHC	W	3	1		46-26	1	up 1.0				1:50		`+++`
74	74	Friday, Jul 27	DTN	@	CHC	W	9	5		47-26	1	up 1.0				2:10		`++++`
75	75	Saturday, Jul 28	DTN	@	CHC	L	17	21		47-27	1	Tied				1:50		`-`
76	76	Monday, Jul 30	DTN		IND	L	5	6		47-28	1	Tied				2:10		`--`
77	77	Tuesday, Jul 31	DTN		IND	L	5	7		47-29	2	1.0				3:15		`---`
78	78	Wednesday, Aug 1	DTN		IND	L	1	4		47-30	2	2.0						`----`
79	79	Thursday, Aug 2	DTN		PIT	L	5	6		47-31	2	3.0				1:55		`-----`
80	80	Saturday, Aug 4	DTN		PIT	L	3	5		47-32	3	4.5						`------`
81	81	Monday, Aug 6	DTN	@	WHS	L	3	5		47-33	3	5.5				1:50		`-------`
82	82	Tuesday, Aug 7	DTN	@	WHS	L	6	10		47-34	3	6.5				2:15		`--------`
83	83	Thursday, Aug 9	DTN	@	PHI	L	5	6		47-35	3	8.0						`---------`
84	84	Friday, Aug 10	DTN	@	PHI	L	3	5		47-36	3	9.0						`----------`
85	85	Saturday, Aug 11	DTN	@	PHI	L	0	1		47-37	3	9.0				1:45		`-----------`
86	86	Tuesday, Aug 14	DTN	@	BSN	L	7	10		47-38	3	9.0				1:50		`------------`
87	87	Wednesday, Aug 15	DTN	@	BSN	L	3	4		47-39	3	9.0				2:30		`-------------`
88	88	Thursday, Aug 16	DTN	@	NYG	L	0	8		47-40	3	10.0				1:45		`--------------`
89	89	Saturday, Aug 18	DTN	@	NYG	L	6	7		47-41	3	11.0				2:00		`---------------`
90	90	Tuesday, Aug 21	DTN	@	IND	L	3	8		47-42	3	12.0				2:00		`----------------`
91	91	Wednesday, Aug 22	DTN	@	IND	W	4	2		48-42	3	12.0				2:00		`+`
92	92	Thursday, Aug 23	DTN		CHC	L	2	3		48-43	3	12.0						`-`
93	93	Friday, Aug 24	DTN		CHC	L	4	14		48-44	3	13.0				2:00		`--`
94	94	Saturday, Aug 25	DTN		CHC	W	4	1		49-44	3	13.0				1:50		`+`
95	95	Monday, Aug 27	DTN		IND	L	0	6		49-45	3	13.0				1:30		`-`
96	96	Tuesday, Aug 28	DTN		IND	W	10	3		50-45	3	12.0				1:45		`+`
97	97	Wednesday, Aug 29	DTN		IND	W	15	1		51-45	3	11.0						`++`
98	98	Thursday, Aug 30	DTN	@	PIT	W	3	1		52-45	3	10.0				1:40		`+++`
99	99	Saturday, Sep 1	DTN	@	PIT	L	3	7		52-46	3	11.0				2:00		`-`
100	100	Saturday, Sep 1	DTN	@	PIT	W	8	2		53-46	3	11.0				1:55		`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Monday, Sep 3	DTN	@	CHC	L	2	9		53-47	4	11.5						`-`
102	102	Tuesday, Sep 4	DTN	@	CHC	W	5	2		54-47	4	11.5				1:55		`+`
103	103	Wednesday, Sep 5	DTN	@	CHC	L	4	10		54-48	4	12.5						`-`
104	104	Thursday, Sep 6	DTN	@	CHC	W	5	2		55-48	4	12.0				2:15		`+`
105	105	Saturday, Sep 8	DTN		WHS	L	1	2		55-49	3	13.0				1:45		`-`
106	106	Saturday, Sep 8	DTN		WHS	W	7	2		56-49	3	13.0				1:45		`+`
107	107	Monday, Sep 10	DTN		WHS	W	7	3		57-49	3	12.0				1:55		`++`
108	108	Tuesday, Sep 11	DTN		PHI	W	8	2		58-49	3	11.0				1:45		`+++`
109	109	Wednesday, Sep 12	DTN		PHI	L	3	5		58-50	3	11.0				1:55		`-`
110	110	Thursday, Sep 13	DTN		PHI	W	11	2		59-50	3	10.0				1:45		`+`
111	111	Friday, Sep 14	DTN		PHI	W	7	5		60-50	3	10.0				1:50		`++`
112	112	Monday, Sep 17	DTN		BSN	W	5	4		61-50	3	9.5				1:55		`+++`
113	113	Tuesday, Sep 18	DTN		BSN	L	2	12		61-51	3	11.0				1:50		`-`
114	114	Tuesday, Sep 18	DTN		BSN	L	4	8		61-52	3	11.0						`--`
115	115	Wednesday, Sep 19	DTN		BSN	W	2	0		62-52	3	10.0				1:45		`+`
116	116	Thursday, Sep 20	DTN		NYG	L	4	5		62-53	3	11.0						`-`
117	117	Friday, Sep 21	DTN		NYG	T	3	3		62-53	3	11.0				2:05		`-`
118	118	Saturday, Sep 22	DTN		NYG	W	6	3		63-53	3	10.0						`+`
119	119	Monday, Sep 24	DTN	@	PIT	L	1	5		63-54	3	11.0				1:35		`-`
120	120	Tuesday, Sep 25	DTN	@	PIT	W	4	0		64-54	3	11.0						`+`
121	121	Tuesday, Sep 25	DTN	@	PIT	L	3	6		64-55	3	11.0						`-`
122	122	Wednesday, Sep 26	DTN	@	PIT	L	1	3		64-56	3	12.5						`--`
123	123	Friday, Sep 28	DTN	@	NYG	T	2	2		64-56	3	13.0				1:50		`--`
124	124	Saturday, Sep 29	DTN	@	NYG	W	6	2		65-56	3	12.0				1:45		`+`
125	125	Monday, Oct 1	DTN	@	NYG	L	0	5		65-57	3	13.0				1:25		`-`
126	126	Tuesday, Oct 2	DTN	@	NYG	L	2	6		65-58	3	14.0				1:46		`--`
127	127	Wednesday, Oct 3	DTN	@	BSN	L	1	5		65-59	3	15.0				1:39		`---`
128	128	Thursday, Oct 4	DTN	@	BSN	W	3	0		66-59	3	15.0				1:20		`+`
129	129	Friday, Oct 5	DTN	@	BSN	L	3	5		66-60	3	16.0				1:52		`-`
130	130	Tuesday, Oct 9	DTN	@	PHI	W	12	8		67-60	3	14.5				1:50		`+`
131	131	Wednesday, Oct 10	DTN	@	PHI	L	2	7		67-61	3	15.5				1:35		`-`
132	132	Thursday, Oct 11	DTN	@	WHS	L	5	7		67-62	4	16.5				1:50		`--`
133	133	Friday, Oct 12	DTN	@	WHS	L	1	3		67-63	5	17.0						`---`
134	134	Saturday, Oct 13	DTN	@	WHS	W	7	4		68-63	5	16.0						`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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