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1884 Detroit Wolverines

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1883 / 1885

28-84, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Chapman (28-84)
Scored 445 runs, Allowed 736 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 32-80

Ballparks: Recreation Park ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 99


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1883 / 1885 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Dave Beadle 20 L 6' 2" 200 Jan, 1864 1st 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 -0.2 $
Charlie Bennett 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 21, 1854 6 90 90 0 80 1 1 1 4 1 0 4 5 3.2 $
Frank Brill 20 R R 5' 8" 155 Mar 28, 1864 1st 13 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -2.6 $
Henry Buker 25 140 1859 1st 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 11 11 -0.9 $
Frank Cox 26 5' 6" Aug 29, 1857 1st 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Joe Farrell 27 R 5' 6" 160 1857 3 110 110 0 0 0 0 110 0 1 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Ed Gastfield 18 R 5' 9" 155 Aug 1, 1865 1st 23 23 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1.4 $
Bill Geiss 25 5' 10" 164 Jul 15, 1858 2 75 75 1 0 1 73 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3.0 $
Pretzels Getzien 20 R R 5' 10" 172 Feb 14, 1864 1st 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Ben Guiney 25 B R 6' 0" 170 Nov 16, 1858 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ned Hanlon HOF 26 L R 5' 9" 170 Aug 22, 1857 5 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 114 1.8 $1,700
Frank Jones 25 L 5' 8" 155 Aug 25, 1858 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Henry Jones 27 B 5' 6" 149 May 10, 1857 1st 34 34 0 0 0 16 0 7 0 0 11 11 0.0 $
Tom Kearns 23 R R 5' 7" 160 Nov 9, 1860 3 21 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Dick Lowe 30 Jan 28, 1854 1st 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Frank Meinke 20 R 5' 10" 172 Oct 18, 1863 1st 92 92 35 0 0 3 3 51 1 0 4 4 -2.6 $
Walter Prince 23 L R 5' 9" 150 May 9, 1861 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 -0.3 $
Edward Santry 23 1861 1st 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Milt Scott 23 R 5' 9" 160 Jan 17, 1861 2 110 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Dupee Shaw 25 L L 5' 8" 165 May 31, 1859 2 36 36 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0.3 $
Walt Walker 24 R 5' 10" 162 Mar 12, 1860 1st 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joe Weber 22 R 5' 9" 167 Feb 15, 1862 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -0.2 $
Stump Wiedman 23 R R 5' 7" 165 Feb 17, 1861 5 81 81 26 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 53 53 -4.5 $
Fred Wood 18 R 5' 5" 150 Jul 21, 1865 1st 12 12 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 -1.2 $
George Wood 25 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 9, 1858 5 114 114 0 0 0 0 1 0 114 0 1 114 1.2 $1,600
Chief Zimmer 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 23, 1860 1st 8 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.6 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1883 / 1885 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers