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1884 Detroit Wolverines season

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1884 Detroit Wolverines
LeagueNational League
BallparkRecreation Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnerJoseph Marsh
ManagerJack Chapman
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The 1884 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 28–84 record, finishing in last place in the National League.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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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1884 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
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

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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
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

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Geiss 1 0 0 0 14.40 1

Notes

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References

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