Baseball Almanac - Detroit Wolverines Stats, Rosters, Schedules and Uniform Numbers by Baseball Almanac

Baseball Almanac invites you to join us as we take a closer look at the Detroit Wolverines franchise. Included in our journey will be a team specific record book, famous firsts, and other interesting Wolverines data.

"In Detroit, they are not concerned with what happened in the years B.C. ( before [Ty] Cobb). I very much doubt whether 100 people in the city can name the individual members of the 'Big Four' who won the pennant and post-season series in 1887." - H.G. Salsinger in The American League (1959)

100 Wins In A Season
Year	Record	Manager
None	n/a	n/a

100 Losses In A Season
Year	Record	Manager
None	n/a	n/a

No-Hitters BOLD = PERFECT GAME
Name	IP	Date
None	n/a	n/a

Cycle Hitters BOLD = NATURAL CYCLE
Name	Inn.	Date
George Wood	9	06-13-1885
Mox McQuery	9	09-28-1885
Jack Rowe	9	08-21-1886

Cy Young Winners
Year	Name	Position
None	n/a	n/a

Most Valuable Players
Year	Name	Position
None	n/a	n/a

Rookies of the Year
Year	Name	Position
None	n/a	n/a

Retired Numbers
#	Name	Position
n/a	None	n/a

Batting Champions
Year	Name	#
None	n/a	n/a

ERA Champions
Year	Name	#
1881	Stump Wiedman	1.80

Home Run Champions
Year	Name	#
1882	George Wood	7
1886	Dan Brouthers	11
1886	Hardy Richardson	11

Strikeout Champions
Year	Name	#
1881	George Derby	212
1886	Lady Baldwin	323

N.L. Pennants
Year	Record	Manager
1887	79-45	Bill Watkins

World Championships
Year	Opponent	M.V.P.
1887	St. Louis Browns	n/a

Detroit Wolverines Franchise Facts At-A-Glance

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Detroit Wolverines Rosters, Uniform, Schedules & Stats

The Wolverines "Big Four" were mentioned in the quote at the top of the page. They were Dan Brouthers, Hardy Richardson, Jack Rowe & Deacon White and they cost the team owner — Frederick Kimball Stearns — $4,000.00.

Stearns was the heir to a pharmaceutical corporation and bought some of the best players of the era, but the team still had financial problems and folded due to poor gate receipts and in 1888 he sold off his players / team for $45,000.

Did you know that the Detroit Wolverines were admitted into the National League as the "replacement" team for the recently banished Cincinnati Red Stockings?

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