🏆 World Series Champions

1887 Detroit Wolverines

79-45 • 0.637 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
45 Losses
0.637 Win %
1st Rank
969 R 710 RA
Diff +259

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⚡ Quick Stats

969 Runs Scored
710 Runs Allowed
+259 Run Diff
16K Attendance

📈 vs. 1887 NL Average

Batting Avg .299 11% above the 1887 league average (.268)
OBP .348 9% above the 1887 league average (.320)
SLG .334 11% above the 1887 league average (.300)
Team ERA 3.95 2% better than the 1887 league average (4.05)
Runs Scored 969 25% above the 1887 league average (773 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRecreation Park
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Home Games 62
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Total Attendance 16,700
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Avg per Game 269

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Sam Thompson 0.372 2 Dan Brouthers 0.338 3 Larry Twitchell 0.333 4 Hardy Richardson 0.328 5 Jack Rowe 0.318

Home Runs

1 Dan Brouthers 12 2 Sam Thompson 10 3 Hardy Richardson 8 4 Jack Rowe 6 5 Fred Dunlap 5

RBI

1 Sam Thompson 166 2 Dan Brouthers 101 3 Jack Rowe 96 4 Hardy Richardson 94 5 Deacon White 75
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sam Thompson 127 545 118 203 0 0 10 166 32 19 22 0.372
Hardy Richardson 120 543 131 178 0 0 8 94 31 40 29 0.328
Jack Rowe 124 537 135 171 0 0 6 96 39 11 22 0.318
Dan Brouthers 123 500 153 169 0 0 12 101 71 9 34 0.338
Ned Hanlon 118 471 79 129 0 0 4 69 30 24 69 0.274
Deacon White 111 449 71 136 0 0 3 75 26 15 20 0.303
Fred Dunlap 65 272 60 72 0 0 5 45 25 12 15 0.265
Larry Twitchell 65 264 44 88 0 0 0 51 8 19 12 0.333
Charlie Ganzel 57 227 40 59 0 0 0 20 8 2 3 0.260
Charlie Bennett 46 160 26 39 0 0 3 20 30 22 7 0.244
Pretzels Getzien 43 156 19 29 0 0 1 14 10 32 2 0.186
Fatty Briody 33 128 24 29 0 0 1 26 9 10 6 0.227
Pete Conway 24 95 16 22 0 0 1 7 2 9 0 0.232
Lady Baldwin 24 85 15 23 0 0 0 7 10 6 4 0.271
Billy Shindle 22 84 17 24 0 0 0 12 7 10 13 0.286
George Weidman 21 82 12 17 0 0 1 11 3 3 6 0.207
Jim Manning 13 52 5 10 0 0 0 3 5 4 3 0.192
Henry Gruber 7 24 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0.167
William Burke 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Ed Beatin 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Henry Gruber 2.74 2 Pete Conway 2.90 3 Pretzels Getzien 3.73 4 Lady Baldwin 3.84 5 Larry Twitchell 4.33

Wins

1 Pretzels Getzien 29 2 Lady Baldwin 13 3 George Weidman 13 4 Larry Twitchell 11 5 Pete Conway 8

Strikeouts

1 Pretzels Getzien 135 2 Lady Baldwin 60 3 George Weidman 56 4 Pete Conway 40 5 Larry Twitchell 24
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pretzels Getzien 29 13 3.73 43 42 0 366.2 106 135
Lady Baldwin 13 10 3.84 24 24 0 211.0 61 60
George Weidman 13 7 5.36 21 21 0 183.0 60 56
Pete Conway 8 9 2.90 17 17 0 146.0 47 40
Larry Twitchell 11 1 4.33 15 12 1 112.1 36 24
Henry Gruber 4 3 2.74 7 7 0 62.1 21 12
Ed Beatin 1 1 4.00 2 2 0 18.0 8 6
William Burke 0 1 6.00 2 2 0 15.0 5 3
Fred Dunlap 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 1

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
DTN def. SL4 10-5

👥 Roster (20)

Lady Baldwin Ed Beatin Charlie Bennett Fatty Briody Dan Brouthers William Burke Pete Conway Fred Dunlap Charlie Ganzel Pretzels Getzien Henry Gruber Ned Hanlon +8 more

20 players

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