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Brooklyn Superbas - The Turn of the Century (1900-1909)
 
   
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  Titles: NL Champs 1900 Top Brooklyn Players of the Oughts  
   
  BallPark: Washington Park III Pitchers:  
  Frank Kitson (8.47) -   39  
  Team Name: Superbas Wild Bill Donovan (8.49) -   35  
    Nap Rucker (17.2) -   35  
  Owner: Harry von der Horst (1900-1904) Oscar Jones (5.25) -   28  
  Charles Ebbets and Henry Medicus (1905-1909) Harry McIntire (5.17) -   27  
  Doc Scanlan (8.16) -   24  
  President: Charles Ebbets Jay Hughes (3.05) -   23  
    Iron Man Joe McGinnity (5.64) -   20  
  Managers: Ned Hanlon (1900-1905) Elmer Stricklett (3.61) -   20  
  Patsy Donovan (1906-1908) Jim Pastorius (2.16) -   19  
  Harry Lumley (1909) George Bell (4.36) -   17  
    Brickyard Kennedy (5.16) -   15  
  No Hitters:  Kaiser Wilhelm (4.91) -   13  
  Mal Eason 1906 Doc Newton (6.1) -   12  
  Nap Rucker 1908 Ned Garvin (4.37) -   11  
       
  Hall of Famers: Catchers:  
  Ned Hanlon Billy Bergen (7.36) -   22  
  Wee Willie Keeler Duke Farrell (2.49) -   13  
  Joe Kelley Deacon McGuire (2.82) -   12  
  Iron Man Joe McGinnity    
    First Basemen:  
  Notable Events: Tim Jordan (11.52) -   24  
    Joe Kelley (6.66) -   19  
   In 1899, the Brooklyn Superbas and the Baltimore Orioles, Jack Doyle (3.44) -   11  
   both of the National League, merged into the Brooklyn ball club.    
   The Superbas, owned by a youthful  Charles Ebbets were perenial  Second Basemen:  
   doormats.  The Orioles, owned by Harry von der Horst, were perennial Whitey Alperman (2.18) -   18  
   contenders. Von der Horst had controlling interest in the merged ballclub Tom Daly (5.68) -   16  
   and installed Baltimore's manager, the legendary Ned Hanlon, as manager     
  of  Brooklyn. The Superbas would go on to win the National League  ShortStop:  
   title  in both 1899 and 1900. Meanwhile, the Baltimore club stuck around  Bill Dahlen (16.13) -   46  
  one more year (1899) and finished fourth. Back in those days, major     
  league baseball had degenerated  to the point where owners could own Third Base:  
   more than one team in the league, stack one of them and have the other Doc Casey (3.54) -  5  
   as a sort of farm team on the big league level  - very bad if you wanted a    
   truly competitive league Outfield:  
    Jimmy Sheckard (25.38) -   66  
  1901 - The American League arrives and immediately begins raiding the  Harry Lumley (14.83) -   46  
  National League for players. Owner von der Horst can't bring himself to  Wee Willie Keeler (10.99) -   26  
  start throwing money at players to compete for their services and things  Billy Maloney (0.72) -   20  
  begin going downhill on the field for Brooklyn immediately - and stay there. John Hummel (4.87) -   18  
  Here are some of the big time names that defect to the AL: John Dobbs (2.14) -   17  
  □  1901 - Star outfielder Fielder Jones signs with the White Sox Doc Gessler (4.61) -   16  
   □  1901 - Future Hall of Fame righthander Joe McGinnity signs with Al Burch (3.75) -   13  
   the new AL Orioles Fielder Jones (2.37) -   10  
  □  1901 - Shortstop Lave Cross signs with the A's    
  □  1902 - Furture HOF First Baseman Joe Kelley signs with  Notable Events:  
   the new AL Orioles    
  □  1903 - Ace Righthander Frank Kitson jumps to the Tigers 1906 - Star outfielder Jimmy Sheckard is dealt to the Cubs -   
  □  1903 - Ace righthander Wild Bill Donovan signs with the Tigers  cash is included.  
  □  1903 - Future HOF outfielder Wee Willie Keeler signs    Brooklyn was no where near contending and Ebbets and Medicus   
  with the Highlanders needed  the money - they were not in a position to compete with the  
  □  1904 - Star shortstop Bill Dahlen is traded to the Giants  big boys financially at this time. The Oughts were a decade where  
    Ebbets and Medicus were just trying to keep their heads above water  
  1903 - Amidst all of the defections, future star outfielder Harry   and the on field product would flounder.  
  Lumley, 23, is obtained from Colorado Springs. He is a solid     
  contributor to the Brooklyn oufield thru the end of the decade. 1907 - Ace lefthander Nap Rucker, 22. is drafted from Atlanta in    
    the Rule 5 draft  
  1904 - Von der Horst put his majority share of the stock up for sale      
    due to heavy losses in the stock market. There were two interested 1909 - Future Hall of Fame outfielder, Zach Wheat, 21 is a rookie.   
   buyers: Charles Ebbets and Ned Hanlon. Hanlon wanted to move the   He had been purchased from Mobile.   
  club back to Baltimore. Ebbets wanted to stay in Brooklyn. Ebbets     
  found  an investor, Henry Medicus, to kick in the money to pay von  1909 - Future star outfielder, Hy Myers, 20, is purchased  
   der Horst. Ebbets and Medicus bought the club and were now   from Connelsville.   
    co-owners. Von der Horst, meanwhile, died the following year. Hanlon,    
    unhappy, left the ball club after the 1905 season. Suprising he stayed  
    that long. The old guard was now gone.