1900 Brooklyn Superbas season explained

Brooklyn Superbas
Season:	1900
Misc:	League Champions Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Champions
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Washington Park
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
President:	Charles Ebbets
Managers:	Ned 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

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.

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

Notable transactions

April 1900: Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox.^[9]
May 15, 1900: Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[10]

Roster

1900 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	76	273	33	75	.275	0	39	3
1B	115	441	61	120	.272	1	69	31
2B	97	343	72	107	.312	4	55	27
3B	117	461	73	135	.293	4	67	20
SS	133	483	87	125	.259	1	69	31
OF	136	552	106	171	.310	4	54	33
OF	136	563	106	204	.362	4	68	41
OF	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

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
121	454	90	145	.319	6	91	26
71	241	20	69	.286	0	34	2
69	234	34	57	.244	0	28	21
7	25	2	6	.240	0	3	2
1	4	0	0	.000	0	0	0
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

G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
44	37	343.0	28	8	2.94	113	93	32
42	35	292.0	20	13	3.91	111	75	26
40	30	253.1	15	13	4.19	56	55	21
9	8	68.0	4	4	3.84	18	22	6
8	8	48.0	3	4	4.31	20	8	3
10	7	63.0	3	4	5.57	28	6	5
5	4	31.0	1	2	6.68	18	13	2
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

Postseason

Chronicle-Telegraph Cup

See 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

align=left width=28%	Team	width=6%	1	width=6%	2	width=6%	3	width=6%	4	width=6%	5	width=6%	6	width=6%	7	width=6%	8	width=6%	9	width=6%	R	width=6%	H	width=6%	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

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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

align=left width=28%	Team	width=6%	1	width=6%	2	width=6%	3	width=6%	4	width=6%	5	width=6%	6	width=6%	7	width=6%	8	width=6%	9	width=6%	R	width=6%	H	width=6%	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

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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

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/steelfa01.shtml Farmer Steelman page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mckenki01.shtml Kit McKenna page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crishpa01.shtml Pat Crisham page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lachaca01.shtml Candy LaChance page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keistbi01.shtml Bill Keister page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgrajo01.shtml John McGraw page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/robinwi01.shtml Wilbert Robinson page at Baseball Reference
News: . April 5, 1900 . Hanlon Offers $10,000 for Lajoie. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brodist01.shtml Steve Brodie page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crossla01.shtml Lave Cross page at Baseball Reference