19th-Century Majors
Detroit Wolverines
Active 1881–1888 · 108 players · 4 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Detroit Wolverines itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Detroit Wolverines itself. A season counts here only when Detroit Wolverines is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 35 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 33 of 108 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1881–1888 · C44.7
- 1886–1888 · 1B34.7HOF ’45
- 1884–1888 · P31.5
- 1885–1888 · P30.0
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Bennett | 1881–1888 | 44.7 |
| 2 | Dan BrouthersHOF | 1886–1888 | 34.7 |
| 3 | Pretzels Getzien | 1884–1888 | 31.5 |
| 4 | Lady Baldwin | 1885–1888 | 30.0 |
| 5 | Sam ThompsonHOF | 1885–1888 | 28.7 |
| 6 | Hardy Richardson | 1886–1888 | 26.4 |
| 7 | George Wood | 1881–1885 | 26.1 |
| 8 | Ned HanlonHOF | 1881–1888 | 19.7 |
| 9 | Pete Conway±1 | 1886–1888 | 17.9 |
| 10 | George Wiedman±2 | 1881–1887 | 17.0 |
| 11 | George Derby | 1881–1882 | 9.8 |
| 12 | Henry Gruber | 1887–1888 | 9.3 |
| 13 | Larry Twitchell | 1886–1888 | 7.1 |
| 14 | Sadie Houck | 1881–1883 | 6.6 |
| 15 | Dupee Shaw±1 | 1883–1884 | 4.7 |