page_title: 1887 Detroit Wolverines season
section_title: Catchers: Charlie Ganzel and Charlie Bennett
hierarchical_section_title: 1887 Detroit Wolverines season / The players / Catchers: Charlie Ganzel and Charlie Bennett
caption_attribution_description: English: Cropped image of Jack Rowe (1856 – 1911) from 19th Century baseball card. The source of the image is a 19th Century baseball card. Because it was published before 1923, it is believed to be in the public domain in the United States.
context_page_description: The 1887 Detroit Wolverines season was a season in American baseball. The team won the 1887 National League pennant, then defeated the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series. The season was the team's seventh since it entered the National League in 1881. It was the first World Series championship for the Detroit Wolverines and the City of Detroit.
context_section_description: Catching duties were divided between Charlie Ganzel (51 games at catcher) and Charlie Bennett (45 games at catcher). Both were good defensive catchers, though neither hit particularly well. Bennett had a better fielding percentage than Ganzel (.951 to .913), but Ganzel was stronger in range factor (6.78 to 5.64) and fielding runs (9 to 2).  Bennett's career in baseball ended when he lost both his legs in a train accident. When the Detroit Tigers opened their new ballpark in 1896, they named it Bennett Park in his honor. It remained Bennett Park until 1912, when the newly built stadium on the same site was named Navin Field.
caption: Jack Rowe
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