1882 Detroit Wolverines
LeagueNational League
BallparkRecreation Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnerWilliam G. Thompson
ManagerFrank Bancroft

The 1882 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 42–41 record, good for fifth place in the National League.

During the season, Detroit owner William G. Thompson had a private investigator look into umpire Richard Higham, after suspicions of matchfixing, which resulted in Higham becoming the only umpire to be banned in MLB history.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 5529 0.655 — 35–10 20–19
Providence Grays 5232 0.619 3 30–12 22–20
Boston Red Caps 4539 0.536 10 27–15 18–24
Buffalo Bisons 4539 0.536 10 26–13 19–26
Cleveland Blues 4240 0.512 12 21–19 21–21
Detroit Wolverines 4241 0.506 12½ 24–18 18–23
Troy Trojans 3548 0.422 19½ 22–20 13–28
Worcester Worcesters 1866 0.214 37 12–30 6–36

Record vs. opponents

1882 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET PRV TRO WOR
Boston —7–56–67–58–4–16–64–87–5
Buffalo 5–7—6–66–65–76–66–611–1
Chicago 6–66–6—9–38–48–49–39–3
Cleveland 5–76–63–9—4–7–14–89–2–111–1
Detroit 4–8–17–54–87–4–1—3–98–4–19–3
Providence 6–66–64–88–49–3—9–310–2
Troy 8–46–63–92–9–14–8–13–9—9–3
Worcester 5–71–113–91–113–92–103–9—

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
CCharlie Bennett84342103.301551
1BMartin Powell8033881.240029
2BDasher Troy4015237.243014
3BJoe Farrell6928370.247124
SSMike McGeary3413319.14302
OFNed Hanlon8234780.231538
OFLon Knight8634772.207024
OFGeorge Wood84375101.269729

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
Sam Trott3212931.240012
Art Whitney3111521.18304
Tom Forster21767.09202
Walt Kinzie13535.09402
Bob Casey9399.23117
Yank Robinson11397.17902
Tom Kearns4134.30801
Henry Luff3113.27301
Tom Morrissey272.28600
Julius Willigrod131.33301

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
Stump Weidman46411.025202.63161
George Derby40362.017203.26182

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
Art Whitney318.0016.0011

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
Yank Robinson10000.000

References

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