1900 Brooklyn Superbas season

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.
March 1900: Kit McKenna, Pat Crisham and Candy LaChance were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues.
March 10, 1900: Bill Keister, John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson 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

Notable transactions

April 1900: Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox.
May 15, 1900: Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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''

Game 2

''October 16, 1900''

Game 3

''October 17, 1900''

Game 4

''October 18, 1900''