1900 Brooklyn Superbas season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Superbas 1900 League championsChronicle-Telegraph Cup champions National League Washington Park Brooklyn, New York 82 54 y 1st Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon Charles Ebbets Ned Hanlon The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas captured their second consecutive National League championship by four and a half games.Baseball season for 1900 not a banner one The Brooklyn Daily Times October 15, 1900 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-times-1900-mlb-standi/173698502/ Newspapers.com 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 January 1900: Farmer Steelman was purchased by the Superbas from the Louisville Colonels.Farmer Steelman page at Baseball Reference March 1900: Kit McKenna,Kit McKenna page at Baseball Reference Pat CrishamPat Crisham page at Baseball Reference and Candy LaChanceCandy LaChance page at Baseball Reference were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues. March 10, 1900: Bill Keister,Bill Keister page at Baseball Reference John McGrawJohn McGraw page at Baseball Reference and Wilbert RobinsonWilbert Robinson page at Baseball Reference 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. April 5, 1900 Hanlon Offers $10,000 for Lajoie Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 Regular season thumb|200px|right|The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas Season standings Brooklyn Superbas Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions April 1900: Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox.Steve Brodie page at Baseball Reference May 15, 1900: Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.Lave Cross page at Baseball Reference Roster 1900 Brooklyn Superbas Roster Pitchers Bill Donovan Jack Dunn Harry Howell Brickyard Kennedy Frank Kitson Joe McGinnity Jerry Nops Gus Weyhing Joe Yeager Catchers Duke Farrell Deacon McGuire Farmer Steelman Infielders Doc Casey Lave Cross Bill Dahlen Tom Daly Gene DeMontreville Hughie Jennings Aleck Smith Outfielders Fielder Jones Willie Keeler Joe Kelley Jimmy Sheckard Manager Ned Hanlon 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 Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB 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 Tom Daly (infielder) 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 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 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 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 Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG 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 Frank Kitson (baseball) 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 Jack Dunn (baseball) 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 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 Harry Howell Harry Howell (baseball) 21 10 110.1 6 5 3.75 36 26 7 Postseason Chronicle-Telegraph Cup 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 Team123456789RHEBrooklyn0031010005131Pittsburgh000000002254W: Joe McGinnity (1–0)   L: Rube Waddell (0–1)   Att.: 4,000 Game 2 October 16, 1900 Team123456789RHEBrooklyn010003000470Pittsburgh000100100246W: Frank Kitson (1–0)   L: Sam Leever (0–1)   Att.: 1,800 Game 3 October 17, 1900 Team123456789RHEBrooklyn000000000063Pittsburgh31002013x10131W: Deacon Phillippe (1–0)   L: Harry Howell (0–1)   Att.: 2,500 Game 4 October 18, 1900 Team123456789RHEBrooklyn100311000680Pittsburgh000001000193W: Joe McGinnity (2–0)   L: Sam Leever (0–2)   Att.: 2,335 References 2 External links Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page 1900 Brooklyn Superbas uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Retrosheet Category:National League champion seasons Brooklyn Superbas season Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brook Category:19th century in Brooklyn Category:Park Slope