The Detroit Wolverines - The Rise and Wreck of a National League Champion, 1881-1888

The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century. But the Wolverines were the city's first major league club, playing in the National League beginning in 1881 and capturing the pennant in 1887. Playing in what was then one of the best ballparks in America, during an era when Detroit was known as the "Paris of the West," the team battled hostile National League owners and struggled with a fickle fan base to become world champions, before financial woes led to their being disbanded in 1888. This first-ever history of the Wolverines covers the team's rise and abrupt fall and the powerful men behind it.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

� Late to the Game

� The Hollinger Nine

� Getting Back in the Game

� A Fine Debut

� A Wild Ride

� Thompson and the ç’—ail-enders

� Retooling

� A Big Deal

� Going for It

10. Getting There

11. Collapse

Epilogue

Appendix: Detroit Baseball Rosters, 1879, 1881 to 1888

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Award-winning journalist Brian Martin lives in London, Ontario. He is a member of the selection committee of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and the Society for American Baseball Research.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Martin
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2017
• EAN: 9781476665078
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6507-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Baseball, Detroit, Michigan, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Sports teams & clubs, history of sport, Sports teams and clubs