 Despite Getzein 's pitching performance , Detroit lost the game by a 1 – 0 score as Cleveland scored an unearned run . Getzein went on to start ( and complete ) 17 games for the Wolverines during the remaining two months of the 1883 season . He posted a 5 – 12 record for a Detroit team that finished in last place in the National League with a 28 – 84 record , 56 games out of contention . Getzein provided one of the few highlights for the 1884 Wolverines , pitching a six @-@ inning no @-@ hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies on October 1 , 1884 . The Detroit Free Press reported on Getzein 's no @-@ hitter as follows : 
