1884 Detroit Wolverines season

1884 Detroit Wolverines
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Detroit, Michigan (since 1881)
Other information
Owner(s) Joseph Marsh
Manager(s) Jack 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

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 84 28 0.750 — 45–11 39–17
Boston Beaneaters 73 38 0.658 10½ 40–16 33–22
Buffalo Bisons 64 47 0.577 19½ 37–18 27–29
New York Gothams 62 50 0.554 22 34–22 28–28
Chicago White Stockings 62 50 0.554 22 39–17 23–33
Philadelphia Quakers 39 73 0.348 45 19–37 20–36
Cleveland Blues 35 77 0.312 49 22–34 13–43
Detroit Wolverines 28 84 0.250 56 18–38 10–46

Roster

1884 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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 Bennett, CharlieCharlie Bennett 90 341 90 .264 3 40
1B Scott, MiltMilt Scott 110 438 108 .247 3 50
2B Geiss, BillBill Geiss 75 283 50 .177 2 16
3B Farrell, JoeJoe Farrell 110 461 104 .226 3 41
SS Meinke, FrankFrank Meinke 92 341 56 .164 6 24
OF Wiedman, StumpStump Wiedman 81 300 49 .163 0 26

Other batters

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
Cox, FrankFrank Cox 27 102 13 .127 0 4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Meinke, FrankFrank Meinke 35 289 8 23 3.18 124
Shaw, DupeeDupee Shaw 28 227.2 9 18 3.04 142
Wiedman, StumpStump Wiedman 26 212.2 4 21 3.72 96
Getzein, CharlieCharlie Getzein 17 147.3 5 12 1.95 107
Brill, FrankFrank Brill 12 103 2 10 5.50 18

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Geiss, BillBill Geiss 1 0 0 0 14.40 1

Notes

References