1901 Brooklyn Superbas season explained

Brooklyn Superbas
Season:	1901
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 1901 Brooklyn Superbas lost several players to the newly official major league, the American League, and fell to third place.

Offseason

• February 1901: Gene DeMontreville was purchased from the Superbas by the Boston Beaneaters.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 17, 1901: Cozy Dolan was purchased by the Superbas from the Chicago Orphans.^[2]
• June 19, 1901: Lefty Davis was released by the Superbas.^[3]
• June 20, 1901: Hughie Jennings was purchased from the Superbas by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[4]

Roster

1901 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	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		85	301	28	89	.296	0	40	4
1B		120	492	77	151	.307	4	65	18
2B		133	520	88	164	.315	3	90	31
3B		65	242	25	52	.215	0	20	4
SS		131	511	69	136	.266	4	82	23
OF		136	595	123	202	.339	2	43	23
OF		133	554	116	196	.354	11	104	35
OF		91	335	47	97	.290	3	53	13

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
	80	284	38	84	.296	1	31	7
	66	253	33	66	.261	0	29	7
	50	197	21	45	.228	1	21	6
	25	91	11	19	.209	0	7	4
	3	11	1	4	.364	0	2	1
	2	5	1	2	.400	0	3	0
	1	3	0	1	.333	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
	45	38	36	351.0	25	15	2.77	152	226
	38	32	26	280.2	19	11	2.98	67	127
	31	29	24	250.2	17	12	3.27	102	96
	13	12	9	105.0	6	5	2.83	30	45
	13	12	6	91.0	5	6	4.75	40	42
	6	5	3	34.0	2	3	3.44	16	9
	1	1	1	9.0	1	0	1.00	1	6

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

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

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• 1901 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet
• 1901 Brooklyn Superbas historical game recaps at www.chronicledbaseball.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/demonge01.shtml Gene DeMontreville page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dolanco01.shtml Cozy Dolan page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisle01.shtml Lefty Davis page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jennihu01.shtml Hughie Jennings page at Baseball Reference