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.Farmer Steelman page at Baseball Reference March 1900: Kit McKenna,Kit McKenna page at Baseball Reference Pat CrishamPat Crisham page at Baseball Reference and Candy LaChanceCandy LaChance page at Baseball Reference were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues. March 10, 1900: Bill Keister,Bill Keister page at Baseball Reference John McGrawJohn McGraw page at Baseball Reference and Wilbert RobinsonWilbert Robinson page at Baseball Reference 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.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 1900: Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox.Steve Brodie page at Baseball Reference May 15, 1900: Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.Lave Cross page at Baseball Reference
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 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 Player 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 Player 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 Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG 21 10 110.1 6 5 3.75 36 26 7
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
Team123456789RHEBrooklyn0031010005131Pittsburgh000000002254W: Joe McGinnity (1–0) L: Rube Waddell (0–1) Att.: 4,000
Game 2 October 16, 1900
Team123456789RHEBrooklyn010003000470Pittsburgh000100100246W: Frank Kitson (1–0) L: Sam Leever (0–1) Att.: 1,800
Game 3 October 17, 1900
Team123456789RHEBrooklyn000000000063Pittsburgh31002013x10131W: Deacon Phillippe (1–0) L: Harry Howell (0–1) Att.: 2,500
Game 4 October 18, 1900
Team123456789RHEBrooklyn100311000680Pittsburgh000001000193W: Joe McGinnity (2–0) L: Sam Leever (0–2) Att.: 2,335
References
External links Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page 1900 Brooklyn Superbas uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site Acme Dodgers page Retrosheet