1900 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas captured their second consecutive National League championship by four and a half games.^[1] 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.

1900 Brooklyn Superbas
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
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Offseason

• January 1900: Farmer Steelman was purchased by the Superbas from the Louisville Colonels.^[2]
• March 1900: Kit McKenna,^[3] Pat Crisham^[4] and Candy LaChance^[5] were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues.
• March 10, 1900: Bill Keister,^[6] John McGraw^[7] and Wilbert Robinson^[8] 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.^[9]

Regular season

The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Superbas	82	54	.603	—	43‍–‍26	39‍–‍28
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	60	.568	4½	42‍–‍28	37‍–‍32
Philadelphia Phillies	75	63	.543	8	45‍–‍23	30‍–‍40
Boston Beaneaters	66	72	.478	17	42‍–‍29	24‍–‍43
St. Louis Cardinals	65	75	.464	19	40‍–‍31	25‍–‍44
Chicago Orphans	65	75	.464	19	45‍–‍30	20‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	62	77	.446	21½	27‍–‍34	35‍–‍43
New York Giants	60	78	.435	23	38‍–‍31	22‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1900 National League record v t e 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
Pittsburgh	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.^[10]
• May 15, 1900: Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[11]

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	Duke Farrell	76	273	33	75	.275	0	39	3
1B	Hughie Jennings	115	441	61	120	.272	1	69	31
2B	Tom Daly	97	343	72	107	.312	4	55	27
3B	Lave Cross	117	461	73	135	.293	4	67	20
SS	Bill Dahlen	133	483	87	125	.259	1	69	31
OF	Fielder Jones	136	552	106	171	.310	4	54	33
OF	Willie Keeler	136	563	106	204	.362	4	68	41
OF	Jimmy 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
Joe Kelley	121	454	90	145	.319	6	91	26
Deacon McGuire	71	241	20	69	.286	0	34	2
Gene DeMontreville	69	234	34	57	.244	0	28	21
Aleck Smith	7	25	2	6	.240	0	3	2
Farmer Steelman	1	4	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Doc 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
Joe McGinnity	44	37	343.0	28	8	2.94	113	93	32
Brickyard Kennedy	42	35	292.0	20	13	3.91	111	75	26
Frank Kitson	40	30	253.1	15	13	4.19	56	55	21
Jerry Nops	9	8	68.0	4	4	3.84	18	22	6
Gus Weyhing	8	8	48.0	3	4	4.31	20	8	3
Jack Dunn	10	7	63.0	3	4	5.57	28	6	5
Bill Donovan	5	4	31.0	1	2	6.68	18	13	2
Joe Yeager	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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Harry 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