1900 Brooklyn Superbas
League Champions
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
PresidentCharles Ebbets
ManagersNed Hanlon
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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

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

The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 82 54 0.603 — 43–26 39–28
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 60 0.568 4½ 42–28 37–32
Philadelphia Phillies 75 63 0.543 8 45–23 30–40
Boston Beaneaters 66 72 0.478 17 42–29 24–43
St. Louis Cardinals 65 75 0.464 19 40–31 25–44
Chicago Orphans 65 75 0.464 19 45–30 20–45
Cincinnati Reds 62 77 0.446 21½ 27–34 35–43
New York Giants 60 78 0.435 23 38–31 22–47

Record vs. opponents

1900 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1900 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 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 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

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 21 10 110.1 6 5 3.75 36 26 7

Postseason

Chronicle-Telegraph Cup

Main article: 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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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

October 16, 1900

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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

October 17, 1900

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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

October 18, 1900

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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

  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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