1886 Detroit Wolverines Roster by Baseball Almanac

1886 Detroit Wolverines Roster

The 1886 Detroit Wolverines team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1886 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 1886 Detroit Wolverines Opening Day starters list, a 1886 Detroit Wolverines salary list, a 1886 Detroit Wolverines uniform number breakdown and a 1886 Detroit Wolverines primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Lady Baldwin

5-11

160

Left

1859-04-08

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Pete Conway

5-10½

162

Right

1866-10-30

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Charlie Getzien

5-10

172

Right

1864-02-14

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Bill Smith

5-08

152

Right

Unknown

1861-04-00

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Phenomenal Smith

5-06½

161

Left

1864-12-12

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Larry Twitchell

6-00

185

Right

1864-02-18

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Charlie Bennett

5-11

180

Right

1854-11-21

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Harry Decker

5-11

180

Right

1864-09-03

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Charlie Ganzel

6-00

161

Right

1862-06-18

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Tom Gillen

5-08

160

Unknown

1862-05-18

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Dan Brouthers

6-02

207

Left

1858-05-08

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Sam Crane

6-00

190

Right

1854-01-02

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Fred Dunlap

5-08

165

Right

1859-05-21

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Jack Rowe

5-08

170

Right

Left

1856-12-08

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Billy Shindle

5-08½

155

Right

1860-12-05

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Deacon White

5-11

175

Right

Left

1847-12-07

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Ned Hanlon

5-09½

175

Right

1857-08-22

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Jim Manning

5-07

157

Right

Both

1862-01-31

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Jack McGeachy

5-08

165

Right

1864-05-23

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Hardy Richardson

5-09½

170

Right

1855-04-21

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Sam Thompson

6-02

207

Left

1860-03-05

The 1886 Detroit Wolverines played 123 games during the regular season, won 87 games, lost 36 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Recreation Park (Park Factors: 103/100) where 105,000 fans witnessed their 1886 Wolverines finish the season with a .707 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 1886 Detroit Wolverines Opening Day starters list, a 1886 Detroit Wolverines salary list, a 1886 Detroit Wolverines uniform number breakdown and a 1886 Detroit Wolverines primary starters list:

1886 Detroit Wolverines
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1886 Detroit Wolverines
Most Games by Position
C Charlie Bennett (69)
1B Dan Brouthers (121)
2B Fred Dunlap (51)
3B Deacon White (124)
SS Jack Rowe (110)
LF Hardy Richardson (80)
CF Ned Hanlon (126)
RF Sam Thompson (122)

SP Charlie Getzien

CL Lady Baldwin

1886 Detroit Wolverines
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1886 Detroit Wolverines
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1886 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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