1883 Detroit Wolverines season explained

Detroit Wolverines
Season:	1883
League:	National League
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owner:	Joseph Marsh
Manager:	Jack Chapman

The 1883 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 40–58 record, good for seventh place in the National League.

Regular season

Roster

1883 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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		92	371	113	.305	5	55
1B		101	421	115	.273	1	48
2B		75	295	72	.244	0	29
3B		101	444	108	.243	0	36
SS		101	416	105	.252	0	40
OF		100	413	100	.242	1	40
OF		79	313	58	.185	1	24
OF		99	441	113	.302	5	47

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
	37	140	26	.186	0	5
	37	137	32	.234	0	15
	34	131	29	.221	0	10
	1	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	52	402.1	20	24	3.53	183
	26	227.0	10	15	2.50	73
	17	127.2	2	12	4.51	30
	12	92.2	6	5	3.50	33
	3	22.0	1	2	6.55	2
	1	11.0	1	0	0.82	0

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	1	0	0	0	18.90	3
	1	0	0	0	7.20	0

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1 || May 1 || CHI || L || 4-7 || 0-1 || Weidman^[1] |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 2 || May 2 || CHI || L || 3-5 || 0-2 || Weidman |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 3 || May 3 || CHI || L || 1-10 || 0-3 || Burns|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 4 || May 5 || @CHI || W || 3-2 || 1-3 || Weidman |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 5 || May 7 || @CHI || W || 7-0 || 2-3 || Weidman|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 6 || May 9 || @CHI ||W ||17-7 || 3-3 || Weidman|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 7 || May 11 ||NY ||W ||12-1 || 4-3||Weidman |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 8 || May 12 ||NY ||W ||9-5 ||5-3 || Burns |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 9 || May 15 ||PHI ||L || 3-4||5-4 || Burns |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 10 || May 16 ||PHI ||W ||11-10||6-4 || McIntyre|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 11 || May 17 ||PHI ||W ||12-6||7-4 || Weidman |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 12 || May 18 ||NY || L || 6-11||7-5 || Burns|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 13 || May 19 ||PRO || W || 7-5||8-5 || Weidman |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 14 || May 23 ||PRO || W || 6-4||9-5 || Weidman|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 15 || May 24 ||BOS || W || 5-1|| 10-5 || Weidman|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 16 || May 25 ||BOS || W || 8-3||11-5 || Weidman|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 17 || May 28 ||BOS || L || 4-10||11-6 || Weidman |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 18 || May 30 ||@NY || W || 5-2 ||12-6 || Radbourn|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 19 || May 30 ||@NY || L || 4-8||12-7 || Weidman|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 20 || May 31 ||@NY ||L ||1-4 ||12-8 || Weidman|-

References

• 1883 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1883 Detroit Wolverines Regular Season Game Log. Retrosheet. 2012-01-14.