1884 Detroit Wolverines

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Charlie Bennett	29	90	377	341	37	90	18	6	3	40			36	40	.264	.334	.378	.713	130	129		0
2	1B	Milt Scott	23	110	447	438	29	108	17	5	3	50			9	62	.247	.262	.329	.591	90	144		0
3	2B	Bill Geiss?	25	75	289	283	22	50	11	4	2	16			6	60	.177	.194	.265	.459	47	75		0
4	SS	Frank Meinke	20	92	347	341	28	56	5	7	6	24			6	89	.164	.179	.273	.451	44	93		0
5	3B	Joe Farrell	27	110	475	461	59	104	10	5	3	41			14	66	.226	.248	.289	.537	73	133		0
6	OF	Ned Hanlon*	26	114	490	450	86	119	18	6	5	39			40	52	.264	.324	.364	.689	123	164		0
7	OF	Stump Wiedman	23	81	313	300	24	49	6	0	0	26			13	41	.163	.198	.183	.381	24	55		0
8	OF	George Wood*	25	114	512	473	79	119	16	10	8	29			39	75	.252	.309	.378	.687	121	179		0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Henry Jones#	27	34	143	127	24	28	3	1	0	3			16	18	.220	.308	.260	.568	86	33		0
10	UT	Henry Buker?	25	30	115	111	5	15	1	0	0	3			4	15	.135	.165	.144	.309	1	16		0
11	SS	Frank Cox?	26	27	104	102	6	13	3	1	0	4			2	36	.127	.144	.176	.321	3	18		0
12	C	Ed Gastfield	18	23	84	82	6	6	1	0	0	2			2	34	.073	.095	.085	.181	-41	7		0
13	2B	Tom Kearns	23	21	81	79	9	16	0	1	0	7			2	10	.203	.222	.228	.450	46	18		0
14	UT	Fred Wood	18	12	45	42	4	2	0	0	0	1			3	18	.048	.111	.048	.159	-47	2		0
15	UT	Chief Zimmer	23	8	30	29	0	2	1	0	0	0			1	14	.069	.100	.103	.203	-34	3		0
16	OF	Walter Prince*	23	7	24	21	0	3	0	0	0	1			3	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	31	3		0
17	MI	Edward Santry?	23	6	23	22	1	4	0	0	0	0			1	2	.182	.217	.182	.399	31	4		0
18	OF	Joe Weber	22	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
19	UT	Frank Jones*	25	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-19	1		0
20	C	Ben Guiney#	25	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
21	C	Walt Walker?	24	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	62	1		0
22	C	Dick Lowe?	30	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	116	1		0
23	UT	Dave Beadle*	20	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Dupee Shaw*	25	36	140	136	16	26	4	1	1	8			4	21	.191	.214	.257	.472	52	35		0
25	P	Pretzels Getzien	20	17	60	55	4	6	0	0	0	1			5	20	.109	.183	.109	.292	-3	6		0
26	P	Frank Brill	20	13	45	44	5	6	0	0	0	2			1	13	.136	.156	.136	.292	-5	6		0
		Team Totals	24.6	114	4177	3970	445	825	114	47	31	297			207	699	.208	.247	.284	.531	71	1126		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	8	8	8	6	4		1	1	6	1	8	8	8	8		8				1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Frank Meinke?	20	8	23	.258	3.18	35	31	4	31	1	0	289.0	341	217	102	10	63		124		0	15	1303	91	1.398	10.6	0.3	2.0	3.9	1.97
2	SP	Dupee Shaw*	25	9	18	.333	3.04	28	28	0	25	0	0	227.2	219	153	77	8	72		142		0	9	998	95	1.278	8.7	0.3	2.8	5.6	1.97
3	SP	Stump Wiedman	23	4	21	.160	3.72	26	26	0	24	0	0	212.2	257	179	88	9	57		96		0	7	1000	78	1.476	10.9	0.4	2.4	4.1	1.68
4	SP	Pretzels Getzien	20	5	12	.294	1.95	17	17	0	17	1	0	147.1	118	73	32	2	25		107		0	9	604	148	0.971	7.2	0.1	1.5	6.5	4.28
5	SP	Frank Brill	20	2	10	.167	5.50	12	12	0	12	1	0	103.0	148	98	63	7	26		18		0	4	500	53	1.689	12.9	0.6	2.3	1.6	0.69
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6		Bill Geiss?	25	0	0		14.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	14	16	8	0	2		1		0	0	35	22	3.200	25.2	0.0	3.6	1.8	0.50
		Team Totals	21.8	28	84	.250	3.38	114	114	5	109	3	0	984.2	1097	736	370	36	245		488		0	44	4440	86	1.363	10.0	0.3	2.2	4.5	1.99
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		6				2	7	5	7	8	7	6	5	5		5
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Dave Beadle	20	2		7	3	1	3	0	.571	2.00	1						OF-C
Charlie Bennett	29	92		644	468	114	62	10	.904	6.33	49						C-OF-SS-1B-2B-3B
Frank Brill	20	13		20	5	14	1	0	.950	1.46							P-OF
Henry Buker	25	30		114	35	65	14	5	.877	3.33							SS-OF
Frank Cox	26	27		133	28	80	25	7	.812	4.00							SS
Joe Farrell	27	111		385	126	198	61	12	.842	2.92							3B-OF
Ed Gastfield	18	23		231	142	53	36	4	.844	8.48	20						C-OF-1B
Bill Geiss	25	76		486	203	218	65	28	.866	5.54							P-2B-1B-OF
Pretzels Getzien	20	17		32	3	22	7	1	.781	1.47							P
Ben Guiney	25	2		8	3	3	2	0	.750	3.00	4						C
Ned Hanlon	26	114		310	241	30	39	5	.874	2.38							OF
Frank Jones	25	2		4	0	2	2	0	.500	1.00							SS-OF
Henry Jones	27	34		145	56	74	15	4	.897	3.82							2B-OF-SS
Tom Kearns	23	21		121	48	50	23	5	.810	4.67							2B
Dick Lowe	30	1		8	0	1	7	0	.125	1.00	4						C
Frank Meinke	20	96		338	80	214	44	20	.870	3.06							P-SS-OF-2B-3B
Walter Prince	23	7		8	3	0	5	0	.375	0.43							OF
Edward Santry	23	6		35	14	16	5	1	.857	5.00							SS-2B
Milt Scott	23	110		1184	1120	26	38	37	.968	10.42							1B
Dupee Shaw	25	38		81	14	55	12	2	.852	1.82							P-OF
Walt Walker	24	1		8	5	1	2	0	.750	6.00	7						C
Joe Weber	22	2		4	2	1	1	0	.750	1.50							OF
Stump Wiedman	23	81		188	89	62	37	3	.803	1.86							P-OF-SS-2B
Fred Wood	18	14		68	41	14	13	1	.809	3.93	19						C-OF-SS
George Wood	25	115		232	190	18	24	1	.897	1.81							OF-3B
Chief Zimmer	23	8		50	31	11	8	3	.840	5.25	11						C-OF
Team Totals	24.5	114		4844	2950	1343	551	149	.886	4.12	115
Rank in 8 NL teams							2	6	7
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Dave Beadle*	20	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/2O
Charlie Bennett	29	377	8	-3	0	0	11	5	12	33	3.2	22	2.0	1.2	$		*2/O6345
Frank Brill	20	45	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$		1/O
Henry Buker?	25	115	-14	-1	0	0	0	1	4	-10	-0.9	-10	-0.9	0.0	$		6O
Frank Cox?	26	104	-15	0	0	0	-3	2	3	-13	-1.1	-10	-0.9	-0.2	$		6
Joe Farrell	27	475	-21	0	0	0	-2	4	14	-5	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		*5/O
Ed Gastfield	18	84	-16	0	0	0	-3	1	3	-15	-1.4	-12	-1.1	-0.3	$		2/3O
Bill Geiss?	25	289	-23	-1	0	0	-8	1	9	-22	-1.9	-14	-1.3	-0.6	$		4/3O1
Pretzels Getzien	20	60	-8	0	0	0	0	0	2	-6	-0.5	-6	-0.5	0.0	$		1
Ben Guiney#	25	7	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$		/2
Ned Hanlon*	26	490	7	1	0	0	2	-6	15	19	1.8	17	1.5	0.3	$1,700	Free Agency	*O
Frank Jones*	25	8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O6
Henry Jones#	27	143	-3	0	0	0	-2	0	4	-1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$		4O/6
Tom Kearns	23	81	-6	0	0	0	-4	0	3	-7	-0.7	-3	-0.3	-0.4	$		4
Dick Lowe?	30	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$		/2
Frank Meinke	20	347	-31	0	0	0	-4	3	11	-21	-1.8	-17	-1.5	-0.3	$		61/O45
Walter Prince*	23	24	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		/O
Edward Santry?	23	23	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/64
Milt Scott	23	447	-12	-3	0	0	2	0	14	1	0.3	-1	-0.1	0.4	$	Purchased	*3
Dupee Shaw*	25	140	-9	0	0	0	-2	-1	4	-8	-0.7	-6	-0.5	-0.2	$		1O
Walt Walker?	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/2
Joe Weber	22	8	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/O
Stump Wiedman	23	313	-29	-1	0	0	-2	-3	10	-25	-2.2	-23	-2.1	-0.1	$		O1/46
Fred Wood	18	45	-9	0	0	0	-5	0	1	-13	-1.2	-8	-0.7	-0.5	$		/2O6
George Wood*	25	512	4	0	0	0	1	-7	15	13	1.2	12	1.1	0.1	$1,600		*O/5
Chief Zimmer	23	30	-6	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-7	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$		/2O
Team Total	24.6	4177	-199	-8	0	0	-29	0	128	-108	-8.8	-79	-7.3	-1.5	$3,300
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Frank Brill	20	103.0	12	98	74	-2	1.0	-24	-2.2	$
Bill Geiss?	25	5.0	0	16	4	0	1.0	-12	-1.1	$
Pretzels Getzien	20	147.1	17	73	107	-3	1.0	34	3.0	$
Frank Meinke?	20	289.0	31	217	209	-6	1.0	-8	-0.8	$
Dupee Shaw*	25	227.2	28	153	165	-5	1.0	12	1.0	$
Stump Wiedman	23	212.2	26	179	154	-4	1.0	-25	-2.3	$
Team Total	21.8	984.2	114	736	713	-20	1.0	-23	-2.4	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1883 / 1885 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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