1st June 1883
The fans of the Detroit Wolverines saw a two different sides of the team during the month on the way to an average season. The team picked up a record of 13-13 for May. This has seen them drift down the AL table to 7th place. This leaves them 10 games behind the leaders.
The team started the month in poor form as they lost the final two games of the road trip to the Baltimore Orioles. This was followed up by a 1-2 home series loss to the Washington Nationals before going down 1-2 at home to the Boston Beaneaters. The next series saw the team again go down 1-2 on the road to the Cleveland Blues. The form finally picked up after this as they went 2-1 at home to the Chicago White Sox. They then went 1-2 on the road to the Louisville Eclipse before sweeping the Philadelphia Athletics 3-0 on the road. The foinal 2 series of the month saw the team go 2-1 at home to the Baltimore Orioles before winning 2-1 at the Washington Nationals.
The player to produce the best play over the past month was Pitcher Doc Landis. Landis pitched 115.1 innings in 13 game starts for 8 wins. He gave up 101 hits and 26 earned runs for an ERA of 2.03.
The team suffered a nasty blow to the batting line up mid month when they saw Right Fielder Jim Keenan sidelined for the rest of the season. He has been diagnosed with a Torn Abdominal Muscle that will see him miss 3 months of baseball.
The team also lost John Reccius for between 3 and 4 weeks with an oblique strain.
This has been offset slightly with the return pf Right Fielder Clipper Flynn from injury.
The team traded 24 year old pitcher Laurie Reis to the Washington Nationals in exchange for 22 year old minor league Catcher Abe Wolstenholme and 23 year old minor league Catcher Charlie Ingraham.
The Wolverines managed to get some representation in the AL All Star Squad. They were pitchers Frank Pearce, Laurie Reis and George Snyder.
No Wolverines started in the AL's 8-5 win.
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