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1899 Brooklyn Superbas
National League champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
Record101–47 (.682)
League place1st
OwnersCharles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
PresidentCharles Ebbets
ManagersNed Hanlon
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The 1899 Brooklyn Superbas season was the 16th season of the current-day Dodgers franchise and the ninth season in the National League. The team won the National League pennant with a record of 101–47, eight games ahead of the Boston Beaneaters, after finishing tenth in 1898.

Offseason

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The 1899 season began with the Brooklyn team and the Baltimore Orioles merging their ownership groups. Baltimore owner Harry Von der Horst and Ned Hanlon became part owners of Brooklyn. Von der Horst insisted that Hanlon become the team's new manager, a position that had been promised to outfielder Mike Griffin, who had been interim manager the previous year. Griffin quit and wound up suing the team for lost wages. His contract was sold to the Cleveland Spiders, but Griffin never played or managed in the majors again.

Renamed the Superbas as part of the deal, the team also siphoned off several of the Orioles' best players. On March 11, the team brought Bill Dahlen, Mike Heydon, Jay Hughes, Hughie Jennings, Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Al Maul, Dan McGann and Doc McJames onto their roster from Baltimore, while assigning Harry Howell, Candy LaChance, Kit McKenna, Ralph Miller, Jack Ryan, Jimmy Sheckard and Aleck Smith to the Orioles. This influx of talent was a good part of the reason why the Superbas won the National League pennant with 101 wins after winning just 54 games in 1898.

Notable transactions

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 10147 .682 — 61‍–‍16 40‍–‍31
Boston Beaneaters 9557 .625 8 53‍–‍26 42‍–‍31
Philadelphia Phillies 9458 .618 9 58‍–‍25 36‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles 8662 .581 15 51‍–‍24 35‍–‍38
St. Louis Perfectos 8467 .556 18½ 50‍–‍33 34‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds 8367 .553 19 57‍–‍29 26‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 7673 .510 25½ 49‍–‍34 27‍–‍39
Chicago Orphans 7573 .507 26 44‍–‍39 31‍–‍34
Louisville Colonels 7577 .493 28 33‍–‍28 42‍–‍49
New York Giants 6090 .400 42 35‍–‍38 25‍–‍52
Washington Senators 5498 .355 49 35‍–‍43 19‍–‍55
Cleveland Spiders 20134 .130 84 9‍–‍33 11‍–‍101

Record vs. opponents

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1899 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore —7–76–89–54–912–26–7–210–46–7–19–38–69–4–1
Boston 7–7—6–85–710–411–39–512–25–910–48–612–2–1
Brooklyn 8–68–6—8–5–17–614–011–310–48–68–68–4–111–3
Chicago 5–97–55–8–1—8–613–17–77–6–15–96–7–28–64–9
Cincinnati 9–44–106–76–8—14–08–69–5–14–1010–3–35–8–28–6–1
Cleveland 2–123–110–141–130–14—4–101–132–122–121–134–10
Louisville 7–6–25–93–117–76–810–4—7–77–66–8–15–9–112–2
New York 4–102–122–106–7–15–9–113–17–7—4–10–16–74–107–7
Philadelphia 7–6–19–56–89–510–412–26–710–4–1—6–87–712–2
Pittsburgh 3–94–106–87–6–23–10–312–28–6–17–68–6—7–711–3
St. Louis 6–86–84–8–16–88–5–213–19–5–110–47–77–7—8–6
Washington 4–9–12–12–13–119–46–8–110–42–127–72–123–116–8—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1899 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Farrell802544076.2992556
1BDan McGann632144952.24323216
2BTom Daly14149895156.31358843
3BDoc Casey13452575141.26914327
SSBill Dahlen12142887121.28347629
OFJoe Kelley143538108175.32569331
OFWillie Keeler141570140216.37916145
OFFielder Jones10236575104.28523818

Other batters

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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
John Anderson11743965118.26949225
Hughie Jennings671984264.32314018
Deacon McGuire461572250.3180234
Aleck Smith1761611.180060
Zeke Wrigley1549410.2040112
John Grim1547313.277070
Joe Yeager2347129.191040
Erve Beck82424.167020
Pete Cassidy62023.150041

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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
Jack Dunn413429299.123133.708646
Jay Hughes353530291.22862.6811999
Brickyard Kennedy403327277.12292.798655
Doc McJames373427275.119153.50122105
Al Maul44226.0204.5062

Other pitchers

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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
Joe Yeager104247.2224.72166
Bill Donovan52225.0124.321311
Bill Hill21111.0100.8263
Bill Reidy2117.0102.5722

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Dan McFarlan16.00001.5030
Welcome Gaston13.00003.8640

Notes

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  1. ↑ "Mike Griffin Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. 1 2 "Aleck Smith Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. 1 2 "Dan McFarlan Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. 1 2 "Hughie Jennings Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.

References

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