1903 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1903 Brooklyn Superbas season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Superbas began their slide from contention in the National League by finishing in fifth place.

Offseason

January 30, 1903: Jack Doyle was purchased by the Superbas from the Washington Senators.
February 17, 1903: Henry Thielman was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.
February 17, 1903: Rube Vickers was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Notable transactions

September 5, 1903: Tom McCreery was purchased from the Superbas by the Boston Beaneaters.

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		78	259	26	61	.236	0	37	9
1B		139	524	84	164	.313	0	91	34
2B		89	309	27	77	.249	0	32	14
3B		135	508	101	138	.272	0	38	46
SS		138	474	71	124	.262	1	64	34
OF		139	515	99	171	.332	9	75	67
OF		111	414	61	98	.237	2	59	23
OF		56	213	40	69	.324	0	20	10

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
	78	267	27	63	.236	0	21	9
	60	176	31	47	.267	1	21	4
	49	154	20	38	.247	0	18	9
	40	141	13	37	.262	0	20	5
	26	57	8	16	.281	0	4	2
	12	43	5	9	.209	0	9	3
	9	23	3	5	.217	1	2	0
	6	17	2	4	.235	0	1	1
	2	7	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	2	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	----	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; 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
	38	36	324.1	19	14	2.94	77	95	31
	40	36	301.0	22	13	3.83	120	96	29
	38	34	298.0	15	18	3.08	84	154	30
	15	12	110.0	5	9	3.27	41	42	9
	15	13	104.0	6	7	3.46	14	21	11
	4	4	28.0	3	1	2.89	7	9	4

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
	4	3	29.0	0	3	4.66	14	10	3
	4	1	14.0	0	1	10.93	9	5	1

Relief pitchers

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
	3	7.0	0	0	0	7.71	9	4
	1	6.0	0	0	0	6.00	2	2