# 1882 Detroit Wolverines season

The 1882 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 42–41 record, good for fifth place in the National League.
During the season, Detroit owner William G. Thompson had a private investigator look into umpire Richard Higham, after suspicions of matchfixing, which resulted in Higham becoming the only umpire to be banned in MLB history.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 55 | 29 | .655 | — | 35‍–‍10 | 20‍–‍19 |
| Providence Grays | 52 | 32 | .619 | 3 | 30‍–‍12 | 22‍–‍20 |
| Boston Red Caps | 45 | 39 | .536 | 10 | 27‍–‍15 | 18‍–‍24 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 45 | 39 | .536 | 10 | 26‍–‍13 | 19‍–‍26 |
| Cleveland Blues | 42 | 40 | .512 | 12 | 21‍–‍19 | 21‍–‍21 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 42 | 41 | .506 | 12½ | 24‍–‍18 | 18‍–‍23 |
| Troy Trojans | 35 | 48 | .422 | 19½ | 22‍–‍20 | 13‍–‍28 |
| Worcester Worcesters | 18 | 66 | .214 | 37 | 12‍–‍30 | 6‍–‍36 |

### Record vs. opponents

1882 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | PRV | TRO | WOR |
| Boston | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–4–1 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
| Buffalo | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–1 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 9–3 |
| Cleveland | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–9 | — | 4–7–1 | 4–8 | 9–2–1 | 11–1 |
| Detroit | 4–8–1 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–4–1 | — | 3–9 | 8–4–1 | 9–3 |
| Providence | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | — | 9–3 | 10–2 |
| Troy | 8–4 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–9–1 | 4–8–1 | 3–9 | — | 9–3 |
| Worcester | 5–7 | 1–11 | 3–9 | 1–11 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 3–9 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Charlie Bennett | 84 | 342 | 103 | .301 | 5 | 51 |
| 1B | Martin Powell | 80 | 338 | 81 | .240 | 0 | 29 |
| 2B | Dasher Troy | 40 | 152 | 37 | .243 | 0 | 14 |
| 3B | Joe Farrell | 69 | 283 | 70 | .247 | 1 | 24 |
| SS | Mike McGeary | 34 | 133 | 19 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| OF | Ned Hanlon | 82 | 347 | 80 | .231 | 5 | 38 |
| OF | Lon Knight | 86 | 347 | 72 | .207 | 0 | 24 |
| OF | George Wood | 84 | 375 | 101 | .269 | 7 | 29 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Sam Trott | 32 | 129 | 31 | .240 | 0 | 12 |
| Art Whitney | 31 | 115 | 21 | .183 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Forster | 21 | 76 | 7 | .092 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Kinzie | 13 | 53 | 5 | .094 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Casey | 9 | 39 | 9 | .231 | 1 | 7 |
| Yank Robinson | 11 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Kearns | 4 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Luff | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Morrissey | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Willigrod | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Stump Weidman | 46 | 411.0 | 25 | 20 | 2.63 | 161 |
| George Derby | 40 | 362.0 | 17 | 20 | 3.26 | 182 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Art Whitney | 3 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 11 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Yank Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |