Detroit Wolverines Top 50 Career Pitching Leaders

Team Name: Detroit Wolverines

Seasons: 8 (1881 to 1888)

Record: 426-437, .494 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 0

Pennants: 1

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Bill Watkins, 249-161, .607 W-L%

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Career Top 50 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1.	George Weidman	18.4
2.	Lady Baldwin	15.1
3.	Pretzels Getzien	12.9
4.	George Derby	9.2
5.	Pete Conway	6.9
6.	Dupee Shaw	4.7
7.	Henry Gruber	3.2
8.	Dan Casey	1.0
9.	Phenomenal Smith	0.7
10.	Jack Jones	0.6
11.	Ed Beatin	0.4
12.	Jack Leary	0.3
13.	William Robinson	0.2
	Larry Twitchell	0.2
15.	Billy Smith	0.1

Earned Run Average
1.	Pete Conway	2.57
2.	George Derby	2.65
3.	Lady Baldwin	2.71
4.	Pretzels Getzien	3.09
5.	George Weidman	3.34

Wins
1.	Pretzels Getzien	95
2.	George Weidman	84
3.	Lady Baldwin	69
4.	George Derby	46
5.	Pete Conway	44
6.	Dupee Shaw	19
7.	Henry Gruber	15
8.	Larry Twitchell	11
9.	Frank Meinke	8
10.	Ed Beatin	6
	Jack Jones	6
12.	Billy Smith	5
13.	Dan Casey	4
14.	Frank Mountain	3
	Hardy Richardson	3
16.	Frank Brill	2
	Dick Burns	2
18.	Frank McIntyre	1
	Tony Mullane	1
	George Radbourn	1
	Phenomenal Smith	1

Win-Loss %
1.	Lady Baldwin	.663
2.	Pete Conway	.611
3.	Pretzels Getzien	.525
4.	George Derby	.500
5.	George Weidman	.454
6.	Dupee Shaw	.365

Walks & Hits per IP
1.	Pete Conway	1.065
2.	Lady Baldwin	1.089
3.	Pretzels Getzien	1.231
4.	George Derby	1.235
5.	George Weidman	1.244

Hits per 9 IP
1.	Pete Conway	7.739
2.	Lady Baldwin	7.826
3.	Pretzels Getzien	9.084
4.	George Derby	9.361
5.	George Weidman	9.550

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1.	George Weidman	1.649
2.	George Derby	1.754
3.	Pete Conway	1.849
4.	Lady Baldwin	1.973
5.	Pretzels Getzien	1.993

Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.	Lady Baldwin	5.263
2.	George Derby	4.139
3.	Pretzels Getzien	3.997
4.	George Weidman	3.651
5.	Pete Conway	3.597

Games Played
1.	George Weidman	196
2.	Pretzels Getzien	186
3.	Lady Baldwin	107
4.	George Derby	96
5.	Pete Conway	73
6.	Dupee Shaw	54
7.	Frank Meinke	36
8.	Henry Gruber	34
9.	Larry Twitchell	21
10.	Dick Burns	17
11.	Ed Beatin	14
12.	Frank Brill	12
	Dan Casey	12
	Jack Jones	12
15.	Billy Smith	9
16.	Frank Mountain	7
17.	Tony Mullane	5
18.	Hardy Richardson	4
19.	George Radbourn	3
	Phenomenal Smith	3
	Art Whitney	3
22.	William Burke	2
	Jack Leary	2
	Will White	2
	George Wood	2
26.	Fred Dunlap	1
	Bill Geiss	1
	Tom Mansell	1
	Frank McIntyre	1
	Gene Moriarty	1
	William Robinson	1

Saves
1.	Larry Twitchell	2
	George Weidman	2
3.	Lady Baldwin	1

Innings Pitched
1.	George Weidman	1654.0
2.	Pretzels Getzien	1634.2
3.	Lady Baldwin	930.1
4.	George Derby	856.2
5.	Pete Conway	628.0
6.	Dupee Shaw	454.2
7.	Henry Gruber	302.1
8.	Frank Meinke	294.0
9.	Larry Twitchell	141.1
10.	Dick Burns	127.2
11.	Ed Beatin	125.0
12.	Dan Casey	104.0
13.	Frank Brill	103.0
14.	Jack Jones	92.2
15.	Billy Smith	77.0
16.	Frank Mountain	60.0
17.	Tony Mullane	44.0
18.	Phenomenal Smith	25.0
19.	George Radbourn	22.0
20.	Will White	18.0
	Art Whitney	18.0
22.	William Burke	15.0
23.	Jack Leary	13.0
24.	Hardy Richardson	12.0
25.	Frank McIntyre	11.0
26.	George Wood	9.0
27.	Tom Mansell	6.2
28.	Bill Geiss	5.0
29.	Fred Dunlap	2.0
	Gene Moriarty	2.0
	William Robinson	2.0

Strikeouts
1.	Pretzels Getzien	726
2.	George Weidman	671
3.	Lady Baldwin	544
4.	George Derby	394
5.	Pete Conway	251
6.	Dupee Shaw	215
7.	Frank Meinke	124
8.	Henry Gruber	83
9.	Dan Casey	79
10.	Ed Beatin	50
11.	Billy Smith	36
12.	Jack Jones	33
	Larry Twitchell	33
14.	Dick Burns	30
15.	Frank Brill	18
16.	Phenomenal Smith	15
17.	Frank Mountain	13
18.	Art Whitney	11
19.	Tony Mullane	7
20.	Hardy Richardson	5
	Will White	5
22.	William Burke	3
	Tom Mansell	3
24.	Jack Leary	2
	George Radbourn	2
26.	Fred Dunlap	1
	Bill Geiss	1
	Gene Moriarty	1
	George Wood	1

Games Started
1.	George Weidman	190
2.	Pretzels Getzien	185
3.	Lady Baldwin	106
4.	George Derby	94
5.	Pete Conway	73
6.	Dupee Shaw	53
7.	Henry Gruber	32
	Frank Meinke	32
9.	Larry Twitchell	16
10.	Ed Beatin	14
11.	Dick Burns	13
12.	Frank Brill	12
	Dan Casey	12
	Jack Jones	12
15.	Billy Smith	9
16.	Frank Mountain	7
17.	Tony Mullane	5
18.	George Radbourn	3
	Phenomenal Smith	3
20.	William Burke	2
	Jack Leary	2
	Will White	2
	Art Whitney	2
24.	Frank McIntyre	1

Complete Games
1.	Pretzels Getzien	182
2.	George Weidman	178
3.	Lady Baldwin	103
4.	George Derby	93
5.	Pete Conway	70
6.	Dupee Shaw	48
7.	Henry Gruber	32
8.	Frank Meinke	31
9.	Ed Beatin	14
10.	Dick Burns	13
	Larry Twitchell	13
12.	Frank Brill	12
	Dan Casey	12
14.	Jack Jones	9
	Billy Smith	9
16.	Frank Mountain	7
17.	Tony Mullane	5
18.	Phenomenal Smith	3
19.	George Radbourn	2
	Will White	2
21.	William Burke	1
	Jack Leary	1
	Frank McIntyre	1
	Art Whitney	1

Shutouts
1.	George Derby	12
2.	George Weidman	11
3.	Lady Baldwin	9
4.	Pretzels Getzien	7
5.	Pete Conway	4
6.	Henry Gruber	3
7.	Ed Beatin	1
	Frank Brill	1
	Dan Casey	1
	Jack Jones	1
	Frank Meinke	1
	Dupee Shaw	1

Home Runs
1.	Pretzels Getzien	53
2.	George Weidman	45
3.	Lady Baldwin	25
4.	Pete Conway	15
5.	George Derby	11
	Henry Gruber	11
	Dupee Shaw	11
8.	Frank Meinke	10
9.	Ed Beatin	8
	Dick Burns	8
11.	Frank Brill	7
12.	Larry Twitchell	5
13.	Tom Mansell	2
	Frank Mountain	2
	Tony Mullane	2
16.	Dan Casey	1
	George Radbourn	1
	Hardy Richardson	1
	Art Whitney	1

Bases on Balls
1.	Pretzels Getzien	362
2.	George Weidman	303
3.	Lady Baldwin	204
4.	George Derby	167
5.	Pete Conway	129
6.	Dupee Shaw	116
7.	Frank Meinke	67
8.	Henry Gruber	62
9.	Larry Twitchell	48
10.	Dan Casey	35
11.	Dick Burns	33
12.	Billy Smith	30
13.	Frank Brill	26
14.	Ed Beatin	24
15.	Jack Jones	19
16.	Frank Mountain	18
17.	Tony Mullane	17
18.	Hardy Richardson	10
19.	Phenomenal Smith	8
	Art Whitney	8
21.	George Radbourn	7
22.	William Burke	5
	Tom Mansell	5
24.	George Wood	4
25.	Bill Geiss	2
	Jack Leary	2
	Will White	2
28.	Frank McIntyre	1
	Gene Moriarty	1
	William Robinson	1

Hits
1.	George Weidman	1755
2.	Pretzels Getzien	1650
3.	George Derby	891
4.	Lady Baldwin	809
5.	Pete Conway	540
6.	Dupee Shaw	457
7.	Frank Meinke	354
8.	Henry Gruber	259
9.	Dick Burns	172
10.	Larry Twitchell	161
11.	Frank Brill	148
12.	Ed Beatin	124
13.	Dan Casey	105
14.	Jack Jones	103
15.	Billy Smith	81
16.	Frank Mountain	80
17.	Tony Mullane	55
18.	George Radbourn	38
19.	Art Whitney	31
20.	Will White	24
21.	William Burke	21
	Tom Mansell	21
23.	Phenomenal Smith	16
24.	Bill Geiss	14
25.	Jack Leary	13
	George Wood	13
27.	Frank McIntyre	11
	Hardy Richardson	11
29.	Fred Dunlap	4
30.	Gene Moriarty	3

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1.	Lady Baldwin	2.667
2.	George Derby	2.359
3.	George Weidman	2.215
4.	Pretzels Getzien	2.006
5.	Pete Conway	1.946

Home Runs per 9 IP
1.	George Derby	0.116
2.	Pete Conway	0.215
3.	Lady Baldwin	0.242
4.	George Weidman	0.245
5.	Pretzels Getzien	0.292

Losses
1.	George Weidman	101
2.	Pretzels Getzien	86
3.	George Derby	46
4.	Lady Baldwin	35
5.	Dupee Shaw	33
6.	Pete Conway	28
7.	Frank Meinke	24
8.	Henry Gruber	17
9.	Dick Burns	12
10.	Frank Brill	10
11.	Ed Beatin	8
	Dan Casey	8
13.	Jack Jones	5
14.	Frank Mountain	4
	Tony Mullane	4
	Billy Smith	4
17.	Larry Twitchell	3
18.	Jack Leary	2
	George Radbourn	2
	Will White	2
21.	William Burke	1
	Phenomenal Smith	1
	Art Whitney	1

Earned Runs
1.	George Weidman	613
2.	Pretzels Getzien	562
3.	Lady Baldwin	280
4.	George Derby	252
5.	Pete Conway	179
6.	Dupee Shaw	140
7.	Frank Meinke	104
8.	Henry Gruber	80
9.	Larry Twitchell	75
10.	Dick Burns	64
11.	Frank Brill	63
12.	Ed Beatin	42
13.	Dan Casey	38
14.	Jack Jones	36
15.	Frank Mountain	35
	Billy Smith	35
17.	Tony Mullane	24
18.	George Radbourn	16
19.	Tom Mansell	12
	Art Whitney	12
21.	William Burke	10
	Will White	10
23.	Bill Geiss	8
24.	Jack Leary	6
	Hardy Richardson	6
	Phenomenal Smith	6
27.	George Wood	4
28.	Gene Moriarty	2
29.	Fred Dunlap	1
	Frank McIntyre	1

Wild Pitches
1.	Pretzels Getzien	82
2.	George Weidman	50
3.	Lady Baldwin	42
4.	George Derby	30
5.	Pete Conway	25
6.	Henry Gruber	16
7.	Frank Meinke	15
	Dupee Shaw	15
9.	Ed Beatin	10
	Frank Mountain	10
11.	Billy Smith	9
12.	Larry Twitchell	8
13.	Dick Burns	6
	Tony Mullane	6
15.	George Radbourn	5
16.	Frank Brill	4
	Jack Jones	4
18.	George Wood	3
19.	Dan Casey	2
	Hardy Richardson	2
	Phenomenal Smith	2
22.	William Burke	1
	Tom Mansell	1
	Gene Moriarty	1
	Will White	1
	Art Whitney	1

Hit By Pitch
1.	Pete Conway	18
2.	Pretzels Getzien	10
	Larry Twitchell	10
4.	George Weidman	9
5.	Lady Baldwin	6
6.	Henry Gruber	4
7.	Ed Beatin	3
8.	William Burke	2

Batters Faced
1.	George Weidman	7162
2.	Pretzels Getzien	6974
3.	Lady Baldwin	3813
4.	George Derby	3691
5.	Pete Conway	2588
6.	Dupee Shaw	1972
7.	Frank Meinke	1337
8.	Henry Gruber	1227
9.	Larry Twitchell	623
10.	Dick Burns	604
11.	Ed Beatin	534
12.	Frank Brill	500
13.	Dan Casey	445
14.	Jack Jones	416
15.	Billy Smith	343
16.	Frank Mountain	292
17.	Tony Mullane	199
18.	George Radbourn	117
19.	Phenomenal Smith	100
20.	Art Whitney	91
21.	Will White	83
22.	William Burke	73
23.	Hardy Richardson	63
24.	Jack Leary	53
25.	Frank McIntyre	48
26.	Tom Mansell	43
27.	George Wood	42
28.	Bill Geiss	35
29.	Gene Moriarty	11
30.	Fred Dunlap	8
	William Robinson	8

Games Finished
1.	George Weidman	6
2.	Dick Burns	4
	Frank Meinke	4
	Hardy Richardson	4
	Larry Twitchell	4
6.	Lady Baldwin	2
	George Derby	2
	Henry Gruber	2
	George Wood	2
10.	Fred Dunlap	1
	Bill Geiss	1
	Pretzels Getzien	1
	Tom Mansell	1
	Gene Moriarty	1
	William Robinson	1
	Dupee Shaw	1
	Art Whitney	1

Adjusted ERA+
1.	Lady Baldwin	122
	Pete Conway	122
3.	George Derby	110
4.	Pretzels Getzien	103
5.	George Weidman	92

Fielding Independent Pitching
1.	George Derby	2.55
2.	Lady Baldwin	2.93
3.	Pete Conway	3.03
4.	George Weidman	3.13
5.	Pretzels Getzien	3.20

Adj. Pitching Runs
1.	Lady Baldwin	63
2.	Pete Conway	30
3.	Pretzels Getzien	18
4.	Henry Gruber	16
5.	George Derby	11
6.	Dupee Shaw	4
7.	Phenomenal Smith	3
8.	Frank McIntyre	1
	William Robinson	1

Adj. Pitching Wins
1.	Lady Baldwin	6.1
2.	Pete Conway	2.9
3.	Pretzels Getzien	1.5
	Henry Gruber	1.5
5.	George Derby	1.1
6.	Dupee Shaw	0.4
7.	Phenomenal Smith	0.3
8.	Frank McIntyre	0.1
	William Robinson	0.1