1900 Brooklyn Superbas season
1900 Brooklyn Superbas | |
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League Champions Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Champions | |
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 1900 Brooklyn Superbas captured their second consecutive National League championship by four and a half games. The Baltimore Orioles, which had been owned by the same group, folded after the 1899 season when such arrangements were outlawed, and a number of the Orioles' players, including star pitcher Joe McGinnity, were reassigned to the Superbas.
Offseason
[edit]- January 1900: Farmer Steelman was purchased by the Superbas from the Louisville Colonels.[1]
- March 1900: Kit McKenna,[2] Pat Crisham[3] and Candy LaChance[4] were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues.
- March 10, 1900: Bill Keister,[5] John McGraw[6] and Wilbert Robinson[7] were purchased from the Superbas by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Before opening day in April 1900, Brooklyn manager Ned Hanlon made a public offer of $10,000 to purchase Nap Lajoie from the Phillies which would be rebuffed by the Phillies ownership.[8]
Regular season
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Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Superbas | 82 | 54 | .603 | — | 43–26 | 39–28 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 60 | .568 | 4½ | 42–28 | 37–32 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 63 | .543 | 8 | 45–23 | 30–40 |
Boston Beaneaters | 66 | 72 | .478 | 17 | 42–29 | 24–43 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 40–31 | 25–44 |
Chicago Orphans | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 45–30 | 20–45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 77 | .446 | 21½ | 27–34 | 35–43 |
New York Giants | 60 | 78 | .435 | 23 | 38–31 | 22–47 |
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 | — | 4–16–2 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 11–7–2 | 9–11 | 5–15 | 12–8 | |||||
Brooklyn | 16–4–2 | — | 10–10–1 | 15–4–2 | 10–10 | 10–8 | 8–11–1 | 13–7 | |||||
Chicago | 8–12 | 10–10–1 | — | 9–11–1 | 12–8–1 | 9–11–1 | 8–12 | 9–11–2 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–13 | 4–15–2 | 11–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 9–11–2 | 12–8 | 12–8 | |||||
New York | 7–11–2 | 10–10 | 8–12–1 | 13–7 | — | 7–13 | 9–11 | 6–14 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–9 | 8–10 | 11–9–1 | 11–9–2 | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 12–18 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–8–1 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 11–9 | 11–9 | — | 11–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–12 | 7–13 | 11–9–2 | 8–12 | 14–6 | 8–12 | 9–11 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 1900: Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox.[9]
- May 15, 1900: Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.[10]
Roster
[edit]1900 Brooklyn Superbas | |||||||||
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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 | Duke Farrell | 76 | 273 | 33 | 75 | .275 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
1B | Hughie Jennings | 115 | 441 | 61 | 120 | .272 | 1 | 69 | 31 |
2B | Tom Daly | 97 | 343 | 72 | 107 | .312 | 4 | 55 | 27 |
3B | Lave Cross | 117 | 461 | 73 | 135 | .293 | 4 | 67 | 20 |
SS | Bill Dahlen | 133 | 483 | 87 | 125 | .259 | 1 | 69 | 31 |
OF | Fielder Jones | 136 | 552 | 106 | 171 | .310 | 4 | 54 | 33 |
OF | Willie Keeler | 136 | 563 | 106 | 204 | .362 | 4 | 68 | 41 |
OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 85 | 273 | 74 | 82 | .300 | 1 | 39 | 30 |
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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Joe Kelley | 121 | 454 | 90 | 145 | .319 | 6 | 91 | 26 |
Deacon McGuire | 71 | 241 | 20 | 69 | .286 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
Gene DeMontreville | 69 | 234 | 34 | 57 | .244 | 0 | 28 | 21 |
Aleck Smith | 7 | 25 | 2 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Farmer Steelman | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Casey | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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Joe McGinnity | 44 | 37 | 343.0 | 28 | 8 | 2.94 | 113 | 93 | 32 |
Brickyard Kennedy | 42 | 35 | 292.0 | 20 | 13 | 3.91 | 111 | 75 | 26 |
Frank Kitson | 40 | 30 | 253.1 | 15 | 13 | 4.19 | 56 | 55 | 21 |
Jerry Nops | 9 | 8 | 68.0 | 4 | 4 | 3.84 | 18 | 22 | 6 |
Gus Weyhing | 8 | 8 | 48.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.31 | 20 | 8 | 3 |
Jack Dunn | 10 | 7 | 63.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.57 | 28 | 6 | 5 |
Bill Donovan | 5 | 4 | 31.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.68 | 18 | 13 | 2 |
Joe Yeager | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.88 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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Harry Howell | 21 | 10 | 110.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.75 | 36 | 26 | 7 |
Postseason
[edit]Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
[edit]The Chronicle-Telegraph Cup was held just once, in 1900, and was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, a newspaper in the hometown of the National League's second-place finisher, the Pittsburgh Pirates. It pitted the Pirates against the Superbas in a best-of-five postseason series, with all the games taking place in Pittsburgh. The Superbas won the series, 3 games to 1.
Game 1
[edit]October 15, 1900
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
W: Joe McGinnity (1–0) L: Rube Waddell (0–1) Att.: 4,000 |
Game 2
[edit]October 16, 1900
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
W: Frank Kitson (1–0) L: Sam Leever (0–1) Att.: 1,800 |
Game 3
[edit]October 17, 1900
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | x | 10 | 13 | 1 |
W: Deacon Phillippe (1–0) L: Harry Howell (0–1) Att.: 2,500 |
Game 4
[edit]October 18, 1900
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
W: Joe McGinnity (2–0) L: Sam Leever (0–2) Att.: 2,335 |
References
[edit]- ^ Farmer Steelman page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Kit McKenna page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Pat Crisham page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Candy LaChance page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Keister page at Baseball Reference
- ^ John McGraw page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Wilbert Robinson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Hanlon Offers $10,000 for Lajoie". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1900. p. 6.
- ^ Steve Brodie page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lave Cross page at Baseball Reference