1884 Detroit Wolverines season

The 1884 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 28–84 record, finishing in last place in the National League.

Offseason

• January 1884: Milt Scott was purchased by the Wolverines from the Fort Wayne Hoosiers.

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		90	341	90	.264	3	40
1B		110	438	108	.247	3	50
2B		75	283	50	.177	2	16
3B		110	461	104	.226	3	41
SS		92	341	56	.164	6	24
OF		81	300	49	.163	0	26
OF	Ned Hanlon	114	450	119	.264	5	39
OF	George Wood	114	473	119	.252	8	29

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
Henry Jones	34	127	28	.220	0	3
Henry Buker	30	111	15	.135	0	3
	27	102	13	.127	0	4
Ed Gastfield	23	82	6	.073	0	2
Tom Kearns	21	79	16	.203	0	7
Fred Wood	12	42	2	.048	0	1
Charles Zimmer	8	29	2	.069	0	0
Edward Santry	6	22	4	.182	0	0
Walter Prince	7	21	3	.143	0	1
Joe Weber	2	8	0	.000	0	0
Frank Jones	2	8	1	.125	0	0
Ben Guiney	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Walt Walker	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Dave Beadle	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Dick Lowe	1	3	1	.333	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
	35	289.0	8	23	3.18	124
	28	227.2	9	18	3.04	142
	26	212.2	4	21	3.72	96
	17	147.1	5	12	1.95	107
	12	103.0	2	10	5.50	18

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	14.40	1

References

• 1884 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference