1884 Detroit Wolverines | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Recreation Park |
City | Detroit, Michigan |
Owner | Joseph Marsh |
Manager | Jack Chapman |
The 1884 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 28–84 record, finishing in last place in the National League.
Offseason
[edit]- January 1884: Milt Scott was purchased by the Wolverines from the Fort Wayne Hoosiers.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Providence Grays | 84 | 28 | .750 | — | 45–11 | 39–17 |
Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 38 | .658 | 10½ | 40–16 | 33–22 |
Buffalo Bisons | 64 | 47 | .577 | 19½ | 37–18 | 27–29 |
New York Gothams | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 34–22 | 28–28 |
Chicago White Stockings | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 39–17 | 23–33 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 39 | 73 | .348 | 45 | 19–37 | 20–36 |
Cleveland Blues | 35 | 77 | .312 | 49 | 22–34 | 13–43 |
Detroit Wolverines | 28 | 84 | .250 | 56 | 18–38 | 10–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BSN | BUF | CHI | CLV | DTN | NYG | PHI | PRV | |||||||||
Boston | — | 9–6–2 | 10–6 | 14–2 | 12–4–1 | 8–8–1 | 13–3 | 7–9–1 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 6–9–2 | — | 10–6–1 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 5–11–1 | 11–5 | 6–10 | |||||||||
Chicago | 6–10 | 6–10–1 | — | 8–8 | 11–5 | 12–4 | 14–2 | 5–11 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 2–14 | 2–14 | 8–8 | — | 9–7 | 5–11 | 6–10–1 | 3–13 | |||||||||
Detroit | 4–12–1 | 4–12 | 5–11 | 7–9 | — | 2–14–1 | 5–11 | 1–15 | |||||||||
New York | 8–8–1 | 11–5–1 | 4–12 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 | — | 11–5 | 3–13–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 3–13 | 5–11 | 2–14 | 10–6–1 | 11–5 | 5–11 | — | 3–13 | |||||||||
Providence | 9–7–1 | 10–6 | 11–5 | 13–3 | 15–1 | 13–3–1 | 13–3 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Charlie Bennett | 90 | 341 | 90 | .264 | 3 | 40 |
1B | Milt Scott | 110 | 438 | 108 | .247 | 3 | 50 |
2B | Bill Geiss | 75 | 283 | 50 | .177 | 2 | 16 |
3B | Joe Farrell | 110 | 461 | 104 | .226 | 3 | 41 |
SS | Frank Meinke | 92 | 341 | 56 | .164 | 6 | 24 |
OF | Stump Weidman | 81 | 300 | 49 | .163 | 0 | 26 |
OF | Ned Hanlon | 114 | 450 | 119 | .264 | 5 | 39 |
OF | George Wood | 114 | 473 | 119 | .252 | 8 | 29 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Henry Jones | 34 | 127 | 28 | .220 | 0 | 3 |
Henry Buker | 30 | 111 | 15 | .135 | 0 | 3 |
Frank Cox | 27 | 102 | 13 | .127 | 0 | 4 |
Ed Gastfield | 23 | 82 | 6 | .073 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Kearns | 21 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 0 | 7 |
Fred Wood | 12 | 42 | 2 | .048 | 0 | 1 |
Charles Zimmer | 8 | 29 | 2 | .069 | 0 | 0 |
Edward Santry | 6 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Walter Prince | 7 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Weber | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Jones | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Guiney | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Walker | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Beadle | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Lowe | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Frank Meinke | 35 | 289.0 | 8 | 23 | 3.18 | 124 |
Dupee Shaw | 28 | 227.2 | 9 | 18 | 3.04 | 142 |
Stump Weidman | 26 | 212.2 | 4 | 21 | 3.72 | 96 |
Charlie Getzien | 17 | 147.1 | 5 | 12 | 1.95 | 107 |
Frank Brill | 12 | 103.0 | 2 | 10 | 5.50 | 18 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bill Geiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 1 |