List of Detroit Wolverines managers

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Frank Bancroft was the Detroit Wolverines' first manager. Frank Carter Bancroft.jpg
Frank Bancroft was the Detroit Wolverines' first manager.

The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in Detroit, Michigan. They played in the National League from 1882 through 1888. [1] During their history, the Detroit Wolverines employed five managers. [2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. [3] [4]

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The Wolverines' first manager was Frank Bancroft, who managed the team in 1882 and 1883. [2] Bancroft managed 170 games for the Wolverines, with 83 wins and 84 losses. [5] Bancroft was replaced by Frank Chapman, who managed the team in 1884 and 1885. [2] Chapman managed 215 games for the Wolverines, with 68 wins and 142 losses. [6] Both Bancroft and Chapman would manage teams to the World Series after leaving the Wolverines: Bancroft with the 1884 Providence Grays and Chapman with the 1890 Louisville Colonels. [5] [6] The 19th century World Series was considered an exhibition contest between the champion of the National League and the champion of the American Association. [7]

Charlie Morton began the 1885 season as the Wolverines' manager. Morton managed the Wolverines for 38 games in 1885 before being replaced by Bill Watkins. [2] Morton won just 7 games against 31 losses for a winning percentage of .184, the lowest of any Wolverines' manager. [2] [8] Watkins managed the team from the middle of the 1885 season through the middle of the 1888 season. [2] Watkins managed the Wolverines for 417 games, the most in Wolverines' history. [2] Watkins won 249 games and lost 161, both the most in Wolverines' history. [2] Watkins' .607 winning percentage is the highest of any Wolverines' manager. [2] In 1887, Watkins managed the Wolverines' the National League championship with a record of 79 wins and 45 losses, with 3 ties. [1] Watkins also led the Wolverines to the 1887 World Series championship. [9] The Wolverines defeated the American Association champion St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series winning 10 games and losing 5. [9] That was the only World Series championship in Wolverines' history. [1]

Robert Leadley was the last Wolverines' manager. [2] Leadley replaced Watkins midway through the 1888 season, managing 40 games with 19 wins and 19 losses. [2] The Wolverines folded after the 1888 season.

Table key

#
A running total of the number of Wolverines' managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
G
Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W
Number of regular season wins in games managed
L
Number of regular season losses in games managed
WPct
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC
League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
†
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

#ImagesManagerSeasonsGWLWPctPAPWPLLCWSRef
1 Frank Carter Bancroft.jpg Frank Bancroft 1881–1882 1708384.497————— [5]
2 Jack Chapman 1883–1884 21568142.324————— [6]
3 Charlie Morton (1854-1921).jpg Charlie Morton 1885 38731.184————— [8]
4 W. H. Watkins (1905).jpg Bill Watkins 1885–1888 417249161.607110511 [a] [9] [10]
5 R. H. Leadley.png Robert Leadley 1888 401919.500————— [11]

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  6. 1 2 3 "Jack Chapman Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
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  8. 1 2 "Charlie Morton Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
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