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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 The Fort Wayne Hoosiers (originally the Fort Wayne Major Hoosiers) were an American basketball team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana that was a member of the American Basketball League (1925-1955), American Basketball League. Year-by-year See also< ... /ref> Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position ''Note: Pos = Position; G = Ga ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recreation Park (Detroit)
Recreation Park was a baseball park, ballpark located in Detroit, Michigan, Detroit. It is best known as the home of the Detroit Wolverines of the National League (baseball), National League from 1881 to 1888. Recreation Park was built in 1879. Its developers intended it to be a multi-use facility. There was a half-mile dirt track running along the outside of the property to be used for horse racing, bicycling and foot races. The owners also envisioned use for baseball, cricket, archery, croquet, as well as ice skating in the winter. Detroit fielded a minor league team that summer. Two years later the Wolverines major league team made its debut. The first major league baseball game in Detroit was played here on May 2, 1881. As the 1880s progressed, the team improved and won the National League pennant in 1887, as well as the World Series, defeating the St. Louis Browns of the American Association (19th century), American Association. By the end of the next season, the club was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Cox (baseball)
Francis Bernard Cox (August 29, 1857 – June 24, 1928), also known as "Runt", was an American professional baseball player from 1884 to 1891. He played 27 games in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Detroit Wolverines in the latter part of the 1884 season. Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Cox was the son of Irish immigrants. He began his professional baseball career in 1884 with the Grand Rapids, Michigan team in the Northwestern League. After appearing in 61 games for Grand Rapids, he made his major league debut on August 13, 1884, with the Detroit Wolverines. He appeared in 27 games at the shortstop position for Detroit, while compiling a .127 batting average. His final major league game was on September 29, 1884. Cox continued to play in the minor leagues for another several years through the 1891 season. His minor league career included stints with teams in New Britain, Connecticut (1885 and 1891), Waterbury, Connecticut (1885), Lawrence, Massachusetts (1886), B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wood (baseball)
George Albert Wood (November 9, 1858 – April 4, 1924), also known as "Dandy" Wood, was a Canadian-born professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1878 to 1896. He played 13 seasons of Major League Baseball, primarily as an outfielder, for the Worcester Ruby Legs (1880), Detroit Wolverines (1881–85), Philadelphia Quakers (1886–89), Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91), Baltimore Orioles (1889, 1892), and Cincinnati Reds (1892). In 1891, he served as both a player and the manager of the Athletics. Early years Wood was born in Pownal, Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1858. He was the son of Joseph A. Wood and Mary Ann Jenkins and is believed to be the first major league player from Prince Edward Island, and one of only three in major league history, along with Henry Oxley and Vern Handrahan. Wood moved with his family to East Boston as a child in 1867. Professional baseball career Worcester Wood began his professional baseball career in 1878 and 1879 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stump Weidman
George Edward "Stump" Weidman (February 17, 1861 – March 2, 1905) was an American professional baseball player from 1880 to 1893. He played nine years in Major League Baseball, principally as a pitcher and outfielder, for five different major league clubs. He appeared in 379 major league games, 279 as a pitcher and 122 as an outfielder, and his longest stretches were with the Detroit Wolverines (288 games, 1881–1885, 1887) and the Kansas City Cowboys (51 games, 1886). As a pitcher, Weidman compiled a 101–156 (.393) win–loss record with a 3.61 earned run average (ERA) in innings pitched. He led the National League in 1881 with a 1.80 ERA and totaled 45 wins in the 1882 and 1883 seasons. He pitched more innings for the Wolverines (1,654) than any other pitcher in the club's history. Early years Weidman was born in Rochester, New York, in 1861. He attended Rochester University and was a pitcher on the baseball team there in 1880. He also played for the Hop Bitters Club o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Weber (baseball)
Joseph Edward Weber (February 15, 1862 – December 15, 1921), was a Canadian professional baseball player, who played in with the Detroit Wolverines, of the National League. In his two-game career, Weber had no hits in eight at-bats. He was born and died in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T .... External links 1862 births 1921 deaths 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball players from Canada Detroit Wolverines players Omaha Omahogs players Keokuk Hawkeyes players Utica Braves players {{canada-baseball-outfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Prince
Walter Farr Prince (May 9, 1861 – August 4, 1938) was an American professional baseball player from 1883 to 1889. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a first baseman, from 1883 to 1884. His longest stint with one team was 43 games with the Washington Nationals (AA) in 1884. Early years Prince was born in Amherst, New Hampshire, in 1861. Professional baseball player Prince began his professional baseball career with the Woonsocket Comets. In August 1883, he joined the Louisville Eclipse of the American Association to replace the team's injured first baseman Jumbo Latham. Prince appeared in only four games for Louisville, compiling a .182 batting average. In 1884, Prince played for three different major league clubs—the Detroit Wolverines of the National League (seven games), the Washington Nationals of the American Association (43 games), and the Washington Nationals of the Union Association (one game). In 51 major league games during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Hanlon (baseball)
Edward Hugh Hanlon (August 22, 1857 – April 14, 1937), also known as "Foxy Ned", and sometimes referred to as "The Father of Modern Baseball," was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1876 to 1914. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996 by the Veterans Committee. Hanlon was a manager in Major League Baseball from 1889 to 1907, compiling a 1,313–1,164 (.530) record with five different clubs. He is best remembered as the manager of the Baltimore Orioles (1892–1898) and Brooklyn Superbas (1899–1905). In the seven seasons from 1894 to 1900, Hanlon compiled a 635–315 () record, and his teams won five National League pennants. During his years with the Orioles, Hanlon was also credited with inventing and perfecting the "inside baseball" strategy, including the "hit and run" play and the Baltimore chop. In 1899, he became the second manager in baseball history to win 100 games in a season, doing so aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Beadle
David A. Beadle (1864–1925) was an American professional baseball player who played catcher and outfielder in one game in the Major Leagues for the 1884 Detroit Wolverines. He appeared in his game on June 17, 1884 and failed to get a hit in three at-bats. He played in the minor leagues for the Jersey City Skeeters in 1887 and for three separate Central Interstate League The Central Interstate League was an independent minor league baseball league that operated from 1888 to 1890. William H. Allen (1888), Henderson Ridgely (1889), E.T. McNeally (1890) and Fitzpatrick (1890) served as the league presidents. Th ... teams in 1888. External links 1864 births 1925 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball outfielders Detroit Wolverines players 19th-century baseball players Jersey City Skeeters players Elmira (minor league baseball) players Bloomington Reds players Decatur (minor league baseball) players Baseball players from New York (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Santry
Edward Santry (1861 – March 6, 1899) was an American professional baseball player who played in six Major League Baseball games for the Detroit Wolverines in August 1884. Early years Santry was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1861. His father, John Santry, was an immigrant from Ireland who worked in Chicago as a stonemason. His mother, Ellen, was also an Irish immigrant.Census entry for John Santry. Son Edward Santry, age 10, born in Illinois. Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Chicago Ward 18, Cook, Illinois; Roll: M593_210; Page: 30B; Image: 64; Family History Library Film: 545709. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census atabase on-line Professional baseball Santry made his debut in Major League Baseball on August 7, 1884, with the Detroit Wolverines. His major league career lasted less than a week, with his last major league game on August 12, 1884. Santry compiled a .182 batting average and scored one run in 22 at bats for the Wolverines. In 1886, San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Meinke
Frank Louis Meinke (October 18, 1863 – November 8, 1931), was an American professional baseball pitcher from 1883 to 1887. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Wolverines from 1884 to 1885. In 36 major league games, he compiled an 8-24 record with 124 strikeouts and a 3.18 earned run average (ERA). Early years Meinke was born in 1863 in Chicago. His parents Herman and Louise Meinke, were both immigrants from Germany.Death record for Frank L. Meinke, section foreman, born October 18, 1863, died November 8, 1931. Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Professional baseball player Meinke began his professional baseball career in 1883 with the Grand Rapids, Michigan club in the Northwestern League. On May 1, 1884, opening day of the 1884 season, Meinke made his Major League Baseball debut with the Detroit Wolverines of the National League. The Wolverines lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kearns (baseball)
Thomas J. Kearns (November 9, 1859 – December 7, 1938), was a Major League Baseball playerhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kearnto01.shtml who played catcher in two games for the 1880 Buffalo Bisons and second base in 25 games for the 1882 and 1884 Detroit Wolverines The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In total, they won 426 games and lost 437, taking their lone pennant (and winning the pre .... References External links 1859 births 1938 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Buffalo Bisons (NL) players Detroit Wolverines players 19th-century baseball players Rochester (minor league baseball) players Grand Rapids (minor league baseball) players Toledo Avengers players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Portland (minor league baseball) players Toronto Canucks players London Tecumsehs (baseball) players Hamilto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Jones (second Baseman)
Henry Monroe Jones (May 10, 1857 – May 31, 1955) was a professional baseball player who played second base and outfield in the Major Leagues for the 1884 Detroit Wolverines The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In total, they won 426 games and lost 437, taking their lone pennant (and winning the pre .... External links 1857 births 1955 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Detroit Wolverines players 19th-century baseball players Grand Rapids (minor league baseball) players Chattanooga (minor league baseball) players Baseball players from New York (state) {{Baseball-second-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
