1882 Detroit Wolverines season

1882 Detroit Wolverines
Major League affiliations
Location
  • 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

Roster

1882 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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