1883 Detroit Wolverines season

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

1883 Detroit Wolverines
League	National League
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owner	Joseph Marsh
Manager	Jack Chapman

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	63	35	.643	—	41‍–‍8	22‍–‍27
Chicago White Stockings	59	39	.602	4	36‍–‍13	23‍–‍26
Providence Grays	58	40	.592	5	34‍–‍15	24‍–‍25
Cleveland Blues	55	42	.567	7½	31‍–‍18	24‍–‍24
Buffalo Bisons	49	45	.521	12	36‍–‍13	13‍–‍32
New York Gothams	46	50	.479	16	28‍–‍19	18‍–‍31
Detroit Wolverines	40	58	.408	23	23‍–‍26	17‍–‍32
Philadelphia Quakers	17	81	.173	46	9‍–‍40	8‍–‍41

Record vs. opponents

1883 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	NYG	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 Weidman		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 Weidman	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
Dick Burns	37	140	26	.186	0	5
Joe Quest	37	137	32	.234	0	15
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 Weidman	52	402.1	20	24	3.53	183
Dupee Shaw	26	227.0	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	22.0	1	2	6.55	2
Frank McIntyre	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
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 Weidman 2 May 2 CHI L 3-5 0-2 Weidman 3 May 3 CHI L 1-10 0-3 Burns 4 May 5 @CHI W 3-2 1-3 Weidman 5 May 7 @CHI W 7-0 2-3 Weidman 6 May 9 @CHI W 17-7 3-3 Weidman 7 May 11 NY W 12-1 4-3 Weidman 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 Weidman 12 May 18 NY L 6-11 7-5 Burns 13 May 19 PRO W 7-5 8-5 Weidman 14 May 23 PRO W 6-4 9-5 Weidman 15 May 24 BOS W 5-1 10-5 Weidman 16 May 25 BOS W 8-3 11-5 Weidman 17 May 28 BOS L 4-10 11-6 Weidman 18 May 30 @NY W 5-2 12-6 Radbourn 19 May 30 @NY L 4-8 12-7 Weidman 20 May 31 @NY L 1-4 12-8 Weidman

References

• 1883 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference