# 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Providence Grays | 84 | 28 | .750 | — | 45‍–‍11 | 39‍–‍17 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 38 | .658 | 10½ | 40‍–‍16 | 33‍–‍22 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 64 | 47 | .577 | 19½ | 37‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍29 |
| New York Gothams | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 34‍–‍22 | 28‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 39‍–‍17 | 23‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 39 | 73 | .348 | 45 | 19‍–‍37 | 20‍–‍36 |
| Cleveland Blues | 35 | 77 | .312 | 49 | 22‍–‍34 | 13‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 28 | 84 | .250 | 56 | 18‍–‍38 | 10‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1884 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BSN | BUF | CHI | CLV | DTN | NYG | PHI | PRV |
| Boston | — | 9–6–2 | 10–6 | 14–2 | 12–4–1 | 8–8–1 | 13–3 | 7–9–1 |
| Buffalo | 6–9–2 | — | 10–6–1 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 5–11–1 | 11–5 | 6–10 |
| Chicago | 6–10 | 6–10–1 | — | 8–8 | 11–5 | 12–4 | 14–2 | 5–11 |
| Cleveland | 2–14 | 2–14 | 8–8 | — | 9–7 | 5–11 | 6–10–1 | 3–13 |
| Detroit | 4–12–1 | 4–12 | 5–11 | 7–9 | — | 2–14–1 | 5–11 | 1–15 |
| New York | 8–8–1 | 11–5–1 | 4–12 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 | — | 11–5 | 3–13–1 |
| Philadelphia | 3–13 | 5–11 | 2–14 | 10–6–1 | 11–5 | 5–11 | — | 3–13 |
| Providence | 9–7–1 | 10–6 | 11–5 | 13–3 | 15–1 | 13–3–1 | 13–3 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | 90 | 341 | 90 | .264 | 3 | 40 |
| 1B | Milt Scott | 110 | 438 | 108 | .247 | 3 | 50 |
| 2B | Bill Geiss | 75 | 283 | 50 | .177 | 2 | 16 |
| 3B | Joe Farrell | 110 | 461 | 104 | .226 | 3 | 41 |
| SS | Frank Meinke | 92 | 341 | 56 | .164 | 6 | 24 |
| OF | Stump Weidman | 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 |
| Frank Cox | 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 |
| Frank Meinke | 35 | 289.0 | 8 | 23 | 3.18 | 124 |
| Dupee Shaw | 28 | 227.2 | 9 | 18 | 3.04 | 142 |
| Stump Weidman | 26 | 212.2 | 4 | 21 | 3.72 | 96 |
| Charlie Getzien | 17 | 147.1 | 5 | 12 | 1.95 | 107 |
| Frank Brill | 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 |
| Bill Geiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 1 |