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Major League Baseball team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1881, Detroit Mayor William G. Thompson bought most of the players from the defunct Cincinnati Reds franchise and formed the Detroit Wolverines, which joined the National League. The team finished the season with a 41–43 record, good enough for fourth place in the NL race.
1881 Detroit Wolverines | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Recreation Park |
City | Detroit, Michigan |
Owner | William G. Thompson |
Manager | Frank Bancroft |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 56 | 28 | .667 | — | 32–10 | 24–18 |
Providence Grays | 47 | 37 | .560 | 9 | 23–20 | 24–17 |
Buffalo Bisons | 45 | 38 | .542 | 10½ | 25–16 | 20–22 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 43 | .488 | 15 | 23–19 | 18–24 |
Troy Trojans | 39 | 45 | .464 | 17 | 24–18 | 15–27 |
Boston Red Caps | 38 | 45 | .458 | 17½ | 19–22 | 19–23 |
Cleveland Blues | 36 | 48 | .429 | 20 | 20–22 | 16–26 |
Worcester Worcesters | 32 | 50 | .390 | 23 | 19–22 | 13–28 |
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | PRV | TRO | WOR | |||||||||
Boston | — | 4–8 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–3 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–5 | |||||||||
Chicago | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–6–1 | 7–5 | |||||||||
Detroit | 8–4 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | |||||||||
Providence | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Troy | 5–7 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 6–6–1 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | |||||||||
Worcester | 3–8 | 5–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–4 | — |
1881 Detroit Wolverines | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Charlie Bennett | 76 | 299 | 90 | .301 | 7 | 64 |
1B | Martin Powell | 55 | 219 | 74 | .338 | 1 | 38 |
2B | Joe Gerhardt | 80 | 297 | 72 | .242 | 0 | 36 |
3B | Art Whitney | 58 | 214 | 39 | .182 | 0 | 9 |
SS | Sadie Houck | 75 | 308 | 86 | .279 | 1 | 36 |
OF | Lon Knight | 83 | 340 | 92 | .271 | 1 | 52 |
OF | George Wood | 80 | 337 | 100 | .297 | 2 | 32 |
OF | Ned Hanlon | 76 | 305 | 85 | .279 | 2 | 28 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Lew Brown | 27 | 108 | 26 | .241 | 3 | 14 |
Charlie Reilley | 19 | 70 | 12 | .171 | 0 | 3 |
Dasher Troy | 11 | 44 | 15 | .341 | 0 | 4 |
Mike Dorgan | 8 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 0 | 5 |
Sam Trott | 6 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Will Foley | 5 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Leary | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
Dan Stearns | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Dan O'Leary | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Bradley | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Moynahan | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Taylor | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Wise | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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George Derby | 56 | 494.2 | 29 | 26 | 2.20 | 212 |
Stump Weidman | 13 | 115.0 | 8 | 5 | 1.80 | 26 |
Frank Mountain | 7 | 60.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.25 | 13 |
Tony Mullane | 5 | 44.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.91 | 7 |
Will White | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 | 5 |
Jack Leary | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.15 | 2 |
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