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

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 8254 0.603 43–26 39–28
Pittsburgh Pirates 7960 0.568 42–28 37–32
Philadelphia Phillies 7563 0.543 8 45–23 30–40
Boston Beaneaters 6672 0.478 17 42–29 24–43
St. Louis Cardinals 6575 0.464 19 40–31 25–44
Chicago Orphans 6575 0.464 19 45–30 20–45
Cincinnati Reds 6277 0.446 21½ 27–34 35–43
New York Giants 6078 0.435 23 38–31 22–47

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BR CHI CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 4–16–212–813–711–7–29–115–1512–8
Brooklyn 16–4–210–10–115–4–210–1010–88–11–113–7
Chicago 8–1210–10–19–11–112–8–19–11–18–129–11–2
Cincinnati 7–134–15–211–9–17–139–11–212–812–8
New York 7–11–210–108–12–113–77–139–116–14
Philadelphia 11–98–1011–9–111–9–213–79–1112–18
Pittsburgh 15–511–8–112–88–1211–911–911–9
St. Louis 8–127–1311–9–28–1214–68–129–11

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
CDuke Farrell762733375.2750393
1BHughie Jennings11544161120.27216931
2BTom Daly9734372107.31245527
3BLave Cross11746173135.29346720
SSBill Dahlen13348387125.25916931
OFFielder Jones136552106171.31045433
OFWillie Keeler136563106204.36246841
OFJimmy Sheckard852737482.30013930

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 Kelley12145490145.31969126
Deacon McGuire712412069.2860342
Gene DeMontreville692343457.24402821
Aleck Smith72526.240032
Farmer Steelman1400.000000
Doc Casey1301.333010

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 McGinnity4437343.02882.941139332
Brickyard Kennedy4235292.020133.911117526
Frank Kitson4030253.115134.19565521
Jerry Nops9868.0443.8418226
Gus Weyhing8848.0344.312083
Jack Dunn10763.0345.572865
Bill Donovan5431.0126.6818132
Joe Yeager2217.0116.88522

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 Howell2110110.1653.7536267

Postseason

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 003 101 000 5131
Pittsburgh 000 000 002 254
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 010 003 000 470
Pittsburgh 000 100 100 246
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 000 000 000 063
Pittsburgh 310 020 13x 10131
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 100 311 000 680
Pittsburgh 000 001 000 193
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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