1882 Detroit Wolverines season

1882 Detroit Wolverines
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1881)
Location
Recreation Park (since 1881)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1881)
Other information
Owner(s)	William G. Thompson
Manager(s)	Frank Bancroft
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The 1882 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 42–41 record, good for fifth place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	55	29	0.655	—	35–10	20–19
Providence Grays	52	32	0.619	3	30–12	22–20
Boston Red Caps	45	39	0.536	10	27–15	18–24
Buffalo Bisons	45	39	0.536	10	26–13	19–26
Cleveland Blues	42	40	0.512	12	21–19	21–21
Detroit Wolverines	42	41	0.506	12½	24–18	18–23
Troy Trojans	35	48	0.422	19½	22–20	13–28
Worcester Worcesters	18	66	0.214	37	12–30	6–36

Record vs. opponents

1882 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–4–1	6–6	4–8	7–5
Buffalo	5–7	—	6–6	6–6	5–7	6–6	6–6	11–1
Chicago	6–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	8–4	9–3	9–3
Cleveland	5–7	6–6	3–9	—	4–7–1	4–8	9–2–1	11–1
Detroit	4–8–1	7–5	4–8	7–4–1	—	3–9	8–4–1	9–3
Providence	6–6	6–6	4–8	8–4	9–3	—	9–3	10–2
Troy	8–4	6–6	3–9	2–9–1	4–8–1	3–9	—	9–3
Worcester	5–7	1–11	3–9	1–11	3–9	2–10	3–9	—

Roster

1882 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers George Derby Stump Wiedman Catchers Charlie Bennett Sam Trott		Infielders Bob Casey Joe Farrell Tom Forster Tom Kearns Walt Kinzie Henry Luff Mike McGeary Tom Morrissey Martin Powell Yank Robinson Dasher Troy Art Whitney Julius Willigrod		Outfielders Ned Hanlon Lon Knight George Wood		Manager Frank Bancroft

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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	Bennett, CharlieCharlie Bennett	84	342	103	.301	5	51
1B	Powell, MartinMartin Powell	80	338	81	.240	0	29
2B	Troy, DasherDasher Troy	40	152	37	.243	0	14
3B	Farrell, JoeJoe Farrell	69	283	70	.247	1	24
SS	McGeary, MikeMike McGeary	34	133	19	.143	0	2
OF	Hanlon, NedNed Hanlon	82	347	80	.231	5	38
OF	Knight, LonLon Knight	86	347	72	.207	0	24
OF	Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood	84	375	101	.269	7	29

Other batters

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
Trott, SamSam Trott	32	129	31	.240	0	12
Whitney, ArtArt Whitney	31	115	21	.183	0	4
Forster, TomTom Forster	21	76	7	.092	0	2
Kinzie, WaltWalt Kinzie	13	53	5	.094	0	2
Casey, BobBob Casey	9	39	9	.231	1	7
Robinson, YankYank Robinson	11	39	7	.179	0	2
Kearns, TomTom Kearns	4	13	4	.308	0	1
Luff, HenryHenry Luff	3	11	3	.273	0	1
Morrissey, TomTom Morrissey	2	7	2	.286	0	0
Willigrod, JuliusJulius Willigrod	1	3	1	.333	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wiedman, StumpStump Wiedman	46	411	25	20	2.63	161
Derby, GeorgeGeorge Derby	40	362	17	20	3.26	182

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Whitney, ArtArt Whitney	3	18	0	1	6.00	11

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Robinson, YankYank Robinson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1882 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference