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]
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.
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