1901 Brooklyn Superbas season
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1901 Brooklyn Superbas | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Washington Park |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon |
President | Charles Ebbets |
Managers | Ned Hanlon |
The 1901 Brooklyn Superbas lost several players to the newly official major league, the American League, and fell to third place.
Offseason
[edit]- February 1901: Gene DeMontreville was purchased from the Superbas by the Boston Beaneaters.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 49 | .647 | — | 45–24 | 45–25 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 57 | .593 | 7½ | 46–23 | 37–34 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 79 | 57 | .581 | 9½ | 43–25 | 36–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 64 | .543 | 14½ | 40–31 | 36–33 |
Boston Beaneaters | 69 | 69 | .500 | 20½ | 41–29 | 28–40 |
Chicago Orphans | 53 | 86 | .381 | 37 | 30–39 | 23–47 |
New York Giants | 52 | 85 | .380 | 37 | 30–38 | 22–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 87 | .374 | 38 | 27–43 | 25–44 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–10 | 13–6 | 11–8–1 | 14–6–1 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 9–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 10–10 | — | 13–7 | 14–6–1 | 11–6 | 11–9 | 11–8 | 9–11 | |||||
Chicago | 6–13 | 7–13 | — | 10–10 | 11–9–1 | 3–17 | 6–14 | 10–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8–11–1 | 6–14–1 | 10–10 | — | 8–12 | 4–16 | 7–13 | 9–11–1 | |||||
New York | 6–14–1 | 6–11 | 9–11–1 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 4–16–1 | 7–13–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–7 | 9–11 | 17–3 | 16–4 | 12–8 | — | 7–13 | 9–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 8–11 | 14–6 | 13–7 | 16–4–1 | 13–7 | — | 11–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–9 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 11–9–1 | 13–7–1 | 11–9 | 9–11 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 17, 1901: Cozy Dolan was purchased by the Superbas from the Chicago Orphans.[2]
- June 19, 1901: Lefty Davis was released by the Superbas.[3]
- June 20, 1901: Hughie Jennings was purchased from the Superbas by the Philadelphia Phillies.[4]
Roster
[edit]1901 Brooklyn Superbas | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Deacon McGuire | 85 | 301 | 28 | 89 | .296 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
1B | Joe Kelley | 120 | 492 | 77 | 151 | .307 | 4 | 65 | 18 |
2B | Tom Daly | 133 | 520 | 88 | 164 | .315 | 3 | 90 | 31 |
3B | Charlie Irwin | 65 | 242 | 25 | 52 | .215 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
SS | Bill Dahlen | 131 | 511 | 69 | 136 | .266 | 4 | 82 | 23 |
OF | Willie Keeler | 136 | 595 | 123 | 202 | .339 | 2 | 43 | 23 |
OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 133 | 554 | 116 | 196 | .354 | 11 | 104 | 35 |
OF | Tom McCreery | 91 | 335 | 47 | 97 | .290 | 3 | 53 | 13 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Duke Farrell | 80 | 284 | 38 | 84 | .296 | 1 | 31 | 7 |
Cozy Dolan | 66 | 253 | 33 | 66 | .261 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
Frank Gatins | 50 | 197 | 21 | 45 | .228 | 1 | 21 | 6 |
Lefty Davis | 25 | 91 | 11 | 19 | .209 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
John Gochnaur | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Hughie Hearne | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Farmer Steelman | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Bill Donovan | 45 | 38 | 36 | 351.0 | 25 | 15 | 2.77 | 152 | 226 |
Frank Kitson | 38 | 32 | 26 | 280.2 | 19 | 11 | 2.98 | 67 | 127 |
Jay Hughes | 31 | 29 | 24 | 250.2 | 17 | 12 | 3.27 | 102 | 96 |
Doc Newton | 13 | 12 | 9 | 105.0 | 6 | 5 | 2.83 | 30 | 45 |
Doc McJames | 13 | 12 | 6 | 91.0 | 5 | 6 | 4.75 | 40 | 42 |
Gene McCann | 6 | 5 | 3 | 34.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.44 | 16 | 9 |
Gene Wright | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 | 6 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Brickyard Kennedy | 14 | 8 | 6 | 85.1 | 3 | 5 | 3.06 | 24 | 28 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
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Kid Carsey | 2 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 | 4 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
- 1901 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
- 1901 Brooklyn Superbas historical game recaps at www.chronicledbaseball.com