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1899 Brooklyn Superbas season

Field	Value
name	Brooklyn Superbas
season	1899
misc	National League champions
league	National League
ballpark	Washington Park
city	Brooklyn, New York
record
league_place	1st
owners	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
president	Charles Ebbets
managers	Ned Hanlon
prev_season	1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

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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, 8 games ahead of the Boston Beaneaters, after finishing tenth in 1898.

Offseason

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

March 11, 1899: Mike Griffin was sold by the Superbas to the Cleveland Spiders.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 4, 1899: Pat Crisham and George Magoon were traded by the Superbas to the Baltimore Orioles for Aleck Smith.
April 10, 1899: Dan McFarlan was assigned to the Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.
April 25, 1899: Pete Cassidy, Mike Heydon, Dan McFarlan and cash were traded by the Superbas to the Washington Senators for Doc Casey and Duke Farrell.
July 14, 1899: Dan McGann and Aleck Smith were traded by the Superbas to the Washington Senators for Deacon McGuire.
August 3, 1899: Hughie Jennings was traded by the Superbas to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene DeMontreville and Jerry Nops.
August 8, 1899: Gene DeMontreville and Jerry Nops were traded by the Superbas back to the Orioles for Hughie Jennings, undoing the trade of August 3.

Roster

1899 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	80	254	40	76	.299	2	55	6
1B	63	214	49	52	.243	2	32	16
2B	141	498	95	156	.313	5	88	43
3B	134	525	75	141	.269	1	43	27
SS	121	428	87	121	.283	4	76	29
OF	143	538	108	175	.325	6	93	31
OF	141	570	140	216	.379	1	61	45
OF	102	365	75	104	.285	2	38	18

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

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
117	439	65	118	.269	4	92	25
67	198	42	64	.323	1	40	18
46	157	22	50	.318	0	23	4
17	61	6	11	.180	0	6	0
15	49	4	10	.204	0	11	2
15	47	3	13	.277	0	7	0
23	47	12	9	.191	0	4	0
8	24	2	4	.167	0	2	0
6	20	2	3	.150	0	4	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
41	34	29	299.1	23	13	3.70	86	46
35	35	30	291.2	28	6	2.68	119	99
40	33	27	277.1	22	9	2.79	86	55
37	34	27	275.1	19	15	3.50	122	105
4	4	2	26.0	2	0	4.50	6	2

Other pitchers

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

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
10	4	2	47.2	2	2	4.72	16	6
5	2	2	25.0	1	2	4.32	13	11
2	1	1	11.0	1	0	0.82	6	3
2	1	1	7.0	1	0	2.57	2	2

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
	1	6.0	0	0	0	1.50	3	0
	1	3.0	0	0	0	3.86	4	0

Notes

References

"Mike Griffin Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Aleck Smith Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Dan McFarlan Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Hughie Jennings Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.

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