1903 Brooklyn Superbas
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 1903 Brooklyn Superbas season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Superbas began their slide from contention in the National League by finishing in fifth place.

Offseason

Regular season

The 1903 Brooklyn Superbas

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 91 49 0.650 — 46–24 45–25
New York Giants 84 55 0.604 6½ 41–27 43–28
Chicago Cubs 82 56 0.594 8 45–28 37–28
Cincinnati Reds 74 65 0.532 16½ 41–35 33–30
Brooklyn Superbas 70 66 0.515 19 40–33 30–33
Boston Beaneaters 58 80 0.420 32 31–35 27–45
Philadelphia Phillies 49 86 0.363 39½ 25–33 24–53
St. Louis Cardinals 43 94 0.314 46½ 22–45 21–49

Record vs. opponents

1903 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–11 7–13–1 7–13 8–12 10–8–1 5–15 12–8
Brooklyn 11–9 — 8–12 10–10 7–12–2 11–8–1 9–11 14–4–1
Chicago 13–7–1 12–8 — 9–11 8–12 12–6 12–8 16–4
Cincinnati 13–7 10–10 11–9 — 12–10 12–8–2 4–16 12–7
New York 12–8 12–7–2 12–8 8–12 — 15–5 10–10 15–5–1
Philadelphia 8–10–1 8–11–1 6–12 8–12–2 5–15 — 4–16–1 10–10
Pittsburgh 15–5 11–9 8–12 16–4 10–10 16–4–1 — 15–5
St. Louis 8–12 4–14–1 4–16 7–12 5–15–1 10–10 5–15 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1903 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 Lew Ritter 78 259 26 61 .236 0 37 9
1B Jack Doyle 139 524 84 164 .313 0 91 34
2B Tim Flood 89 309 27 77 .249 0 32 14
3B Sammy Strang 135 508 101 138 .272 0 38 46
SS Bill Dahlen 138 474 71 124 .262 1 64 34
OF Jimmy Sheckard 139 515 99 171 .332 9 75 67
OF John Dobbs 111 414 61 98 .237 2 59 23
OF Walter McCredie 56 213 40 69 .324 0 20 10

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
Dutch Jordan 78 267 27 63 .236 0 21 9
Fred Jacklitsch 60 176 31 47 .267 1 21 4
Doc Gessler 49 154 20 38 .247 0 18 9
Tom McCreery 40 141 13 37 .262 0 20 5
Hughie Hearne 26 57 8 16 .281 0 4 2
Ed Householder 12 43 5 9 .209 0 9 3
Henry Thielman 9 23 3 5 .217 1 2 0
Hughie Jennings 6 17 2 4 .235 0 1 1
Frank McManus 2 7 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Matt Broderick 2 2 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Ed Hug 1 0 0 0 ---- 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; 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
Oscar Jones 38 36 324.1 19 14 2.94 77 95 31
Henry Schmidt 40 36 301.0 22 13 3.83 120 96 29
Ned Garvin 38 34 298.0 15 18 3.08 84 154 30
Roy Evans 15 12 110.0 5 9 3.27 41 42 9
Bill Reidy 15 13 104.0 6 7 3.46 14 21 11
Grant Thatcher 4 4 28.0 3 1 2.89 7 9 4

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
Henry Thielman 4 3 29.0 0 3 4.66 14 10 3
Rube Vickers 4 1 14.0 0 1 10.93 9 5 1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Jack Doscher 3 7.0 0 0 0 7.71 9 4
Bill Pounds 1 6.0 0 0 0 6.00 2 2

Notes

  1. ^ Jack Doyle page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Henry Thielman page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rube Vickers page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tom McCreery page at Baseball Reference

References

External links


1903 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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