1887 Detroit Wolverines Roster by Baseball Almanac

1887 Detroit Wolverines Roster

The 1887 Detroit Wolverines team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1887 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 1887 Detroit Wolverines Opening Day starters list, a 1887 Detroit Wolverines salary list, a 1887 Detroit Wolverines uniform number breakdown and a 1887 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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Ed Beatin

5-09

162

Left

Right

1866-08-10

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Bill Burke

6-00

200

Right

Unknown

0000-00-00

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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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Henry Gruber

5-09

155

Right

1863-12-14

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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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Fatty Briody

5-08½

190

Right

Unknown

1858-08-13

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Charlie Ganzel

6-00

161

Right

1862-06-18

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Dan Brouthers

6-02

207

Left

1858-05-08

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Fred Dunlap

5-08

165

Right

1859-05-21

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Hardy Richardson

5-09½

170

Right

1855-04-21

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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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Sam Thompson

6-02

207

Left

1860-03-05

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Larry Twitchell

6-00

185

Right

1864-02-18

The 1887 Detroit Wolverines played 124 games during the regular season, won 79 games, lost 45 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Recreation Park (Park Factors: 103/99) where 95,000 fans witnessed their 1887 Wolverines finish the season with a .637 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 1887 Detroit Wolverines Opening Day starters list, a 1887 Detroit Wolverines salary list, a 1887 Detroit Wolverines uniform number breakdown and a 1887 Detroit Wolverines primary starters list:

1887 Detroit Wolverines
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1887 Detroit Wolverines
Most Games by Position
C Charlie Ganzel (51)
1B Dan Brouthers (123)
2B Fred Dunlap (65)
3B Deacon White (106)
SS Jack Rowe (124)
LF Hardy Richardson (58)
CF Ned Hanlon (117)
RF Sam Thompson (127)

SP Lady Baldwin
SP Pete Conway
SP Charlie Getzien
SP Stump Wiedman

CL Larry Twitchell

1887 Detroit Wolverines
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1887 Detroit Wolverines
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1887 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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