# 1883 Detroit Wolverines season

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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)
#DateOpponentW/LScoreRecordPitcher
1May 1CHIL4-70-1Weidman
2May 2CHIL3-50-2Weidman
3May 3CHIL1-100-3Burns
4May 5@CHIW3-21-3Weidman
5May 7@CHIW7-02-3Weidman
6May 9@CHIW17-73-3Weidman
7May 11NYW12-14-3Weidman
8May 12NYW9-55-3Burns
9May 15PHIL3-45-4Burns
10May 16PHIW11-106-4McIntyre
11May 17PHIW12-67-4Weidman
12May 18NYL6-117-5Burns
13May 19PROW7-58-5Weidman
14May 23PROW6-49-5Weidman
15May 24BOSW5-110-5Weidman
16May 25BOSW8-311-5Weidman
17May 28BOSL4-1011-6Weidman
18May 30@NYW5-212-6Radbourn
19May 30@NYL4-812-7Weidman
20May 31@NYL1-412-8Weidman :