1881 Detroit Wolverines season

Major League Baseball team season

1881 Detroit Wolverines

League| National League
Ballpark| Recreation Park
City| Detroit, Michigan
Owner| William G. Thompson
Manager| Frank Bancroft

1882 ->

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.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League 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

### Record vs. opponents

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1881 National League record

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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 | —

### Roster

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1881 Detroit Wolverines

Roster
Pitchers

* George Derby
* Frank Mountain
* Tony Mullane
* Stump Weidman
* Will White

Catchers

* Charlie Bennett
* Charlie Reilley
* Sam Trott

|  | Infielders

* George Bradley
* Lew Brown
* Will Foley
* Joe Gerhardt
* Sadie Houck
* Mike Moynahan
* Martin Powell
* Dan Stearns
* Billy Taylor
* Dasher Troy
* Art Whitney
* Sam Wise

|  | Outfielders

* Mike Dorgan
* Ned Hanlon
* Lon Knight
* Jack Leary
* Dan O'Leary
* George Wood

|  | Manager

* Frank Bancroft

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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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

#### Other batters

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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

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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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

## References

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* 1881 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference

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1881 MLB season by team

National League|

* Boston
* Buffalo
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Providence
* Troy
* Worcester

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Detroit Wolverines

Based in Detroit, Michigan

Ballparks|

* Recreation Park (Detroit)

Seasons|

* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888

World Series Championships|

* 1887

See Also|

* Players
* Managers
* Opening Day starting pitchers

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