1883 Detroit Wolverines season

1883 Detroit Wolverines
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1881)
Location
Recreation Park (since 1881) Detroit, Michigan (since 1881)
Other information
Owner(s)	Joseph Marsh
Manager(s)	Jack Chapman
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The 1883 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 40–58 record, good for seventh place in the National League.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	63	35	0.643	—	41–8	22–27
Chicago White Stockings	59	39	0.602	4	36–13	23–26
Providence Grays	58	40	0.592	5	34–15	24–25
Cleveland Blues	55	42	0.567	7½	31–18	24–24
Buffalo Bisons	49	45	0.521	12	36–13	13–32
New York Gothams	46	50	0.479	16	28–19	18–31
Detroit Wolverines	40	58	0.408	23	23–26	17–32
Philadelphia Quakers	17	81	0.173	46	9–40	8–41

Record vs. opponents[]

1883 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	PRV
Boston	—	7–7	7–7	10–4	10–4	7–7	14–0	8–6
Buffalo	7–7	—	5–9	7–7	9–5–1	8–5	9–5	7–7
Chicago	7–7	9–5	—	6–8	9–5	9–5	12–2	7–7
Cleveland	4–10	7–7	8–6	—	9–5–1	7–6–2	12–2	8–6
Detroit	4–10	5–9–1	5–9	5–9–1	—	8–6	11–3–1	2–12
New York	7–7	5–8	5–9	6–7–2	6–8	—	12–2	5–9
Philadelphia	0–14	5–9	2–12	2–12	3–11–1	2–12	—	3–11
Providence	6–8	7–7	7–7	6–8	12–2	9–5	11–3	—

Roster[]

1883 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers Jumping Jack Jones Frank McIntyre George Radbourn Dupee Shaw Stump Wiedman		Catchers Charlie Bennett Infielders Joe Farrell Sadie Houck Martin Powell Joe Quest Sam Trott		Outfielders Dick Burns Ben Guiney Ned Hanlon Tom Mansell George Wood		Manager Jack Chapman

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	Charlie Bennett	92	371	113	.305	5	55
1B	Martin Powell	101	421	115	.273	1	48
2B	Sam Trott	75	295	72	.244	0	29
3B	Joe Farrell	101	444	108	.243	0	36
SS	Sadie Houck	101	416	105	.252	0	40
OF	Ned Hanlon	100	413	100	.242	1	40
OF	Stump Wiedman	79	313	58	.185	1	24
OF	George Wood	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
Joe Quest	37	137	32	.234	0	15
Dick Burns	37	140	26	.186	0	5
Tom Mansell	34	131	29	.221	0	10
Ben Guiney	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
Stump Wiedman	52	402.1	20	24	3.53	183
Dupee Shaw	26	227	10	15	2.50	73
Dick Burns	17	127.2	2	12	4.51	30
Jack Jones	12	92.2	6	5	3.50	33
George Radbourn	3	22	1	2	6.55	2
Frank McIntyre	1	11	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
Tom Mansell	1	0	0	0	18.90	3
George Wood	1	0	0	0	7.20	0

Game log[]

Legend
Detroit win	Detroit loss

1883 Game Log (40–58)

May (12–8) # Date Opponent W/L Score Record Pitcher 1 May 1 CHI L 4-7 0-1 Wiedman[1] 2 May 2 CHI L 3-5 0-2 Wiedman 3 May 3 CHI L 1-10 0-3 Burns 4 May 5 @CHI W 3-2 1-3 Wiedman 5 May 7 @CHI W 7-0 2-3 Wiedman 6 May 9 @CHI W 17-7 3-3 Wiedman 7 May 11 NY W 12-1 4-3 Wiedman 8 May 12 NY W 9-5 5-3 Burns 9 May 15 PHI L 3-4 5-4 Burns 10 May 16 PHI W 11-10 6-4 McIntyre 11 May 17 PHI W 12-6 7-4 Wiedman 12 May 18 NY L 6-11 7-5 Burns 13 May 19 PRO W 7-5 8-5 Wiedman 14 May 23 PRO W 6-4 9-5 Wiedman 15 May 24 BOS W 5-1 10-5 Wiedman 16 May 25 BOS W 8-3 11-5 Wiedman 17 May 28 BOS L 4-10 11-6 Wiedman 18 May 30 @NY W 5-2 12-6 Radbourn 19 May 30 @NY L 4-8 12-7 Wiedman 20 May 31 @NY L 1-4 12-8 Wiedman

References[]

• 1883 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference