1888 Detroit Wolverines season

The 1888 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 68–63 record, finishing in fifth place in the National League. After the season, the ownership, having lost so much money on the team, disbanded the team and sold off the players.

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	Charlie Bennett	74	258	68	.264	5	29
1B	Dan Brouthers	129	522	160	.307	9	66
2B	Hardy Richardson	58	266	77	.289	6	32
SS	Jack Rowe	105	451	125	.277	2	74
3B	Deacon White	125	527	157	.298	4	71
OF	Count Campau	70	251	51	.203	1	18
OF		131	524	128	.244	5	67
OF	Ned Hanlon	109	459	122	.266	5	39

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
Charlie Ganzel	95	386	96	.249	1	46
Sam Thompson	56	238	67	.282	6	40
Sy Sutcliffe	49	191	49	.257	0	23
Ted Scheffler	27	94	19	.202	0	4
Parson Nicholson	24	85	22	.259	1	9
Jake Wells	16	57	9	.158	0	2
Deacon McGuire	3	13	0	.000	0	0
Sam LaRocque	2	9	4	.444	0	2
Barney Gilligan	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Frank Scheibeck	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Cal Broughton	1	4	0	.000	0	0

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
	46	404.0	19	25	3.05	202
Pete Conway	45	391.0	30	14	2.26	176
Henry Gruber	27	240.0	11	14	2.29	71
	12	107.0	5	7	2.86	44
	6	53.0	3	3	5.43	26

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
	2	0	0	1	6.75	3