1900 Brooklyn Superbas season

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1900  Brooklyn Superbas
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
←  1899
1901  →

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.

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Offseason

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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The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 82540.603—43–2639–28
Pittsburgh Pirates 79600.5684½42–2837–32
Philadelphia Phillies 75630.543845–2330–40
Boston Beaneaters 66720.4781742–2924–43
St. Louis Cardinals 65750.4641940–3125–44
Chicago Orphans 65750.4641945–3020–45
Cincinnati Reds 62770.44621½27–3435–43
New York Giants 60780.4352338–3122–47

Record vs. opponents

1900 National League record

Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHICINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston —4–16–212–813–711–7–29–115–1512–8
Brooklyn 16–4–2—10–10–115–4–210–1010–88–11–113–7
Chicago 8–1210–10–1—9–11–112–8–19–11–18–129–11–2
Cincinnati 7–134–15–211–9–1—7–139–11–212–812–8
New York 7–11–210–108–12–113–7—7–139–116–14
Philadelphia 11–98–1011–9–111–9–213–7—9–1112–18
Pittsburgh 15–511–8–112–88–1211–911–9—11–9
St. Louis 8–127–1311–9–28–1214–68–129–11—

Notable transactions

Roster

1900 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Duke Farrell 762733375.2750393
1B Hughie Jennings 11544161120.27216931
2B Tom Daly 9734372107.31245527
3B Lave Cross 11746173135.29346720
SS Bill Dahlen 13348387125.25916931
OF Fielder Jones 136552106171.31045433
OF Willie Keeler 136563106204.36246841
OF Jimmy Sheckard 852737482.30013930

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Joe Kelley 12145490145.31969126
Deacon McGuire 712412069.2860342
Gene DeMontreville 692343457.24402821
Aleck Smith 72526.240032
Farmer Steelman 1400.000000
Doc Casey 1301.333010

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Joe McGinnity 4437343.02882.941139332
Brickyard Kennedy 4235292.020133.911117526
Frank Kitson 4030253.115134.19565521
Jerry Nops 9868.0443.8418226
Gus Weyhing 8848.0344.312083
Jack Dunn 10763.0345.572865
Bill Donovan 5431.0126.6818132
Joe Yeager 2217.0116.88522

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Harry Howell 2110110.1653.7536267

Postseason

Chronicle-Telegraph Cup

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

October 15, 1900

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W: Joe McGinnity (1–0)   L: Rube Waddell (0–1)   Att.: 4,000

Game 2

October 16, 1900

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W: Frank Kitson (1–0)   L: Sam Leever (0–1)   Att.: 1,800

Game 3

October 17, 1900

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W: Deacon Phillippe (1–0)   L: Harry Howell (0–1)   Att.: 2,500

Game 4

October 18, 1900

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W: Joe McGinnity (2–0)   L: Sam Leever (0–2)   Att.: 2,335

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References

  1. ↑ Farmer Steelman page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Kit McKenna page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Pat Crisham page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Candy LaChance page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Bill Keister page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ John McGraw page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Wilbert Robinson page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "Hanlon Offers $10,000 for Lajoie". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1900. p. 6.
  9. ↑ Steve Brodie page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Lave Cross page at Baseball Reference
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