1881 Detroit Wolverines Roster by Baseball Almanac

1881 Detroit Wolverines Roster

The 1881 Detroit Wolverines team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1881 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1881 Detroit Wolverines Opening Day starters list, a 1881 Detroit Wolverines salary list, a 1881 Detroit Wolverines uniform number breakdown and a 1881 Detroit Wolverines primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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George Derby

6-00

175

Right

Left

1857-07-06

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Frank Mountain

5-11

185

Right

1860-05-17

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Tony Mullane

5-10½

165

Both

1859-01-20

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Will White

5-09½

175

Right

Both

1854-10-11

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Stump Wiedman

5-07½

165

Right

1861-02-17

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Charlie Bennett

5-11

180

Right

1854-11-21

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Charlie Reilly

5-10

165

Right

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Sam Trott

5-09

190

Left

0000-00-00

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George Bradley

5-10½

175

Right

1852-07-13

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Lew Brown

5-10½

185

Right

1858-02-01

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Will Foley

5-09½

150

Right

1855-11-15

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Joe Gerhardt

6-00

160

Right

1855-02-14

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Sadie Houck

5-07

151

Right

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Mike Moynahan

5-09

165

Right

Left

0000-00-00

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Martin Powell

6-00

170

Left

1856-03-25

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Ecky Stearns

6-01

185

Right

Left

1861-10-17

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Billy Taylor

5-11½

204

Right

1855-00-00

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Dasher Troy

5-05

154

Right

1856-05-08

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Art Whitney

5-08

155

Right

1858-01-16

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Sam Wise

5-10½

170

Right

Left

1857-08-18

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Mike Dorgan

5-09

180

Right

1853-10-02

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Ned Hanlon

5-09½

175

Right

1857-08-22

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Lon Knight

5-11½

165

Right

1853-06-16

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Jack Leary

5-11

186

Left

Unknown

1857-07-00

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Dan O'Leary

5-10

165

Unknown

Left

1856-10-22

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George Wood

5-10½

175

Right

Left

1858-11-09

The 1881 Detroit Wolverines played 84 games during the regular season, won 41 games, lost 43 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Recreation Park (Park Factors: 104/105) where 53,720 fans witnessed their 1881 Wolverines finish the season with a .488 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1881 Detroit Wolverines Opening Day starters list, a 1881 Detroit Wolverines salary list, a 1881 Detroit Wolverines uniform number breakdown and a 1881 Detroit Wolverines primary starters list:

1881 Detroit Wolverines
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1881 Detroit Wolverines
Most Games by Position
C Charlie Bennett (70)
1B Martin Powell (55)
2B Joe Gerhardt (79)
3B Art Whitney (58)
SS Sadie Houck (75)
LF George Wood (80)
CF Ned Hanlon (72)
RF Lon Knight (82)

CL George Derby

1881 Detroit Wolverines
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1881 Detroit Wolverines
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1881 Detroit Wolverines Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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