1886 Detroit Wolverines season

1886 Detroit Wolverines
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Owner(s) Frederick K. Stearns
Manager(s) Bill Watkins
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The 1886 Detroit Wolverines had the best winning percentage of any major league baseball team to play in Detroit. They compiled a record of 87–36 for a .707 winning percentage. Nevertheless, the Wolverines finished in second place, 2½ games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Chicago White Stockings 90 34 -- .726
Detroit Wolverines 87 36 2.5 .707
New York Giants 75 44 12.5 .630
Philadelphia Quakers 71 43 14 .623
Boston Beaneaters 56 61 30.5 .479
St. Louis Maroons 43 79 46 .352
Kansas City Cowboys 30 91 58.5 .248
Washington Nationals 28 92 60 .233

Record vs. opponents

1886 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CHI DET KC NYG PHI STL WSH
Boston — 6–12 6–11 11–6 6–11 3–10 11–6–1 13–5
Chicago 12–6 — 11–7 17–1 10–8–1 10–7–1 13–4 17–1
Detroit 11–6 7–11 — 16–2 11–7 10–7–1 15–2–1 17–1–1
Kansas City 6–11 1–17 2–16 — 3–15–1 2–14–1 5–12–2 11–6–1
New York 11–6 8–10–1 7–11 15–3–1 — 8–8–1 15–3 11–3–2
Philadelphia 10–3 7–10–1 7–10–1 14–2–1 8–8–1 — 12–6 13–4–1
St. Louis 6–11–1 4–13 2–15–1 12–5–2 3–15 6–12 — 10–8
Washington 5–13 1–17 1–17–1 6–11–1 3–11–2 4–13–1 8–10 —

Roster

1886 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging percentage; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. Slg. HR RBI
C Bennett, CharlieCharlie Bennett 72 235 37 57 .243 .391 4 34
1B Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers 121 489 139 181 .370 .581 11 72
2B Dunlap, FredFred Dunlap 51 196 32 56 .286 .418 4 37
3B White, DeaconDeacon White 124 491 65 142 .289 .354 1 76
SS Rowe, JackJack Rowe 111 468 97 142 .303 .425 6 87
OF Thompson, SamSam Thompson 122 503 101 156 .310 .445 8 89
OF Hanlon, NedNed Hanlon 126 494 105 116 .235 .296 4 60
OF Richardson, HardyHardy Richardson 125 538 125 189 .351 .504 11 61

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging percentage; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB R H Avg. Slg. HR RBI
Ganzel, CharlieCharlie Ganzel 57 213 28 58 .272 .338 0 51
Crane, SamSam Crane 47 185 24 26 .141 .189 1 12
Manning, JimJim Manning 26 97 14 18 .186 .268 0 7
Decker, HarryHarry Decker 14 54 2 12 .222 .250 0 5
McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey 6 27 3 9 .333 .333 0 4
Shindle, BillyBilly Shindle 7 26 4 7 .269 .269 0 4
Gillen, TomTom Gillen 2 10 2 4 .400 .400 0 4

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Baldwin, LadyLady Baldwin 56 487 42 13 2.24 323
Getzien, CharlieCharlie Getzien 43 386.2 30 11 3.03 172
Conway, PetePete Conway 11 91 6 5 3.36 35
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 9 77 5 4 4.09 36
Smith, PhenomenalPhenomenal Smith 3 25 1 1 2.16 15
Twitchell, LarryLarry Twitchell 4 25 0 2 6.48 6

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
Richardson, HardyHardy Richardson 4 3 0 0 4.50 5

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Lady Baldwin

Dan Brouthers

Charlie Getzien

Ned Hanlon

Hardy Richardson

Jack Rowe

Sam Thompson

Deacon White

Players Ranking Among Top 100 of All Time at Position

The following members of the 1886 Detroit Wolverines are among the Top 100 of all time at their positions, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

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