1910 Brooklyn Superbas season

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1910  Brooklyn Superbas
League National League
Ballpark Washington Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
President Charles Ebbets
Managers Bill Dahlen
  1909
1911  

The 1910 Brooklyn Superbas hired Bill Dahlen as the new manager, but still finished in a dismal sixth place in the National League.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 104500.67558–1946–31
New York Giants 91630.5911352–2639–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 86670.56217½46–3040–37
Philadelphia Phillies 78750.51025½40–3638–39
Cincinnati Reds 75790.4872939–3736–42
Brooklyn Superbas 64900.4164039–3925–51
St. Louis Cardinals 63900.41240½35–4128–49
Boston Doves 531000.34650½29–4824–52

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 10–125–178–14–16–16–14–17–28–1412–10
Brooklyn 12–106–167–158–149–13–110–12–112–10
Chicago 17–516–616–614–814–812–1015–7
Cincinnati 14–8–115–76–168–1410–12–110–1212–10
New York 16–6–114–88–1414–815–712–1012–10
Philadelphia 17–4–213–9–18–1412–10–17–1511–1110–12
Pittsburgh 14–812–10–110–1212–1010–1211–1117–4
St. Louis 10–1210–127–1510–1210–1212–104–17

Notable transactions

Roster

1910 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bill Bergen 8924940.161014
1B Jake Daubert 144552146.264850
2B John Hummel 153578141.244574
3B Ed Lennox 11036795.259332
SS Tony Smith 10632158.181116
OF Zack Wheat 156606172.284255
OF Jack Dalton 7727362.227121
OF Bill Davidson 136509121.238034

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Al Burch 10335283.236120
Pryor McElveen 7421348.225126
Tex Erwin 8120238.188110
Dolly Stark 3010317.16508
Bob Coulson 258922.247113
Happy Smith 357618.23705
Tommy McMillan 237413.17602
Otto Miller 316611.16702
Harry Lumley 8213.14300
Tim Jordan 551.20013
Bill Dahlen 320.00000
George Hunter 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nap Rucker 41320.117182.58147
George Bell 44310.010272.64102
Cy Barger 35271.215152.8887
Doc Scanlan 34217.19112.61103
Elmer Knetzer 20132.2753.1956
Sandy Burk 419.1036.0514

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kaiser Wilhelm 1568.1374.7417
Fred Miller 621.0114.712
George Crable 27.1004.913

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rube Dessau 192315.7924
Frank Schneiberg 100063.000

Notes

  1. Harry McIntire page at Baseball Reference

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