1882 Detroit Wolverines season

March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Wolverines 1882 National League Recreation Park Detroit, Michigan 42 41 y 5th William G. Thompson Frank 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 Detroit Wolverines Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1882 Detroit Wolverines Roster Pitchers George Derby Stump Weidman Catchers Charlie Bennett Sam Trott Infielders Bob Casey Joe Farrell Tom Forster Tom Kearns Walt Kinzie Henry Luff Mike McGeary Tom Morrissey Martin Powell Yank Robinson Dasher Troy Art Whitney Julius Willigrod Outfielders Ned Hanlon Lon Knight George Wood Manager Frank Bancroft 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 84 342 103 .301 5 51 1B Martin Powell Martin Powell (baseball) 80 338 81 .240 0 29 2B Dasher Troy 40 152 37 .243 0 14 3B Joe Farrell Joe Farrell (baseball) 69 283 70 .247 1 24 SS Mike McGeary 34 133 19 .143 0 2 OF Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon (baseball) 82 347 80 .231 5 38 OF Lon Knight 86 347 72 .207 0 24 OF George Wood George Wood (baseball) 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 Sam Trott 32 129 31 .240 0 12 Art Whitney 31 115 21 .183 0 4 Tom Forster Tom Forster (baseball) 21 76 7 .092 0 2 Walt Kinzie 13 53 5 .094 0 2 Bob Casey Bob Casey (third baseman) 9 39 9 .231 1 7 Yank Robinson 11 39 7 .179 0 2 Tom Kearns Tom Kearns (baseball) 4 13 4 .308 0 1 Henry Luff 3 11 3 .273 0 1 Tom Morrissey Tom Morrissey (baseball) 2 7 2 .286 0 0 Julius 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 Stump Weidman 46 411.0 25 20 2.63 161 George Derby George Derby (baseball) 40 362.0 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 Art Whitney 3 18.0 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 Yank Robinson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 References 1882 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Wolverines seasons Detroit Wolverines season Detroit Wolv Category:1880s in Detroit