1900 Brooklyn Superbas season

1900 Brooklyn Superbas
1900 National League Champions Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
Manager(s)	Ned 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

January 1900: Farmer Steelman was purchased by the Superbas from the Louisville Colonels.^[1]
March 1900: Kit McKenna,^[2] Pat Crisham^[3] and Candy LaChance^[4] were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues.
March 10, 1900: Bill Keister,^[5] John McGraw^[6] and Wilbert Robinson^[7] were purchased from the Superbas by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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
Pittsburg 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 Records Sources:
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
Pittsburg	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

April 1900: Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox.^[8]
May 15, 1900: Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[9]

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	Farrell, DukeDuke Farrell	76	273	33	75	.275	0	39	3
1B	Jennings, HughieHughie Jennings	115	441	61	120	.272	1	69	31
2B	Daly, TomTom Daly	97	343	72	107	.312	4	55	27
3B	Cross, LaveLave Cross	117	461	73	135	.293	4	67	20
SS	Dahlen, BillBill Dahlen	133	483	87	125	.259	1	69	31
OF	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	136	552	106	171	.310	4	54	33
OF	Keeler, WillieWillie Keeler	136	563	106	204	.362	4	68	41
OF	Sheckard, JimmyJimmy 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
Kelley, JoeJoe Kelley	121	454	90	145	.319	6	91	26
McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire	71	241	20	69	.286	0	34	2
DeMontreville, GeneGene DeMontreville	69	234	34	57	.244	0	28	21
Smith, AleckAleck Smith	7	25	2	6	.240	0	3	2
Steelman, FarmerFarmer Steelman	1	4	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Casey, DocDoc 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
McGinnity, JoeJoe McGinnity	44	37	343	28	8	2.94	113	93	32
Kennedy, BrickyardBrickyard Kennedy	42	35	292	20	13	3.91	111	75	26
Kitson, FrankFrank Kitson	40	30	253.1	15	13	4.19	56	55	21
Nops, JerryJerry Nops	9	8	68	4	4	3.84	18	22	6
Weyhing, GusGus Weyhing	8	8	48	3	4	4.31	20	8	3
Dunn, JackJack Dunn	10	7	63	3	4	5.57	28	6	5
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	5	4	31	1	2	6.68	18	13	2
Yeager, JoeJoe Yeager	2	2	17	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
Howell, HarryHarry 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

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Brooklyn Superbas 1900 National League Champions

Lave Cross Bill Dahlen Tom Daly Gene DeMontreville Jack Dunn Duke Farrell Harry Howell Hughie Jennings Fielder Jones Willie Keeler Joe Kelley Brickyard Kennedy Frank Kitson Joe McGinnity Deacon McGuire Jerry Nops Jimmy Sheckard Gus Weyhing

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