1901 Brooklyn Superbas season

1901 Brooklyn Superbas
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
PresidentCharles Ebbets
ManagersNed Hanlon
← 1900
1902 →

The 1901 Brooklyn Superbas lost several players to the newly official major league, the American League, and fell to third place.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 90 49 .647 — 45‍–‍24 45‍–‍25
Philadelphia Phillies 83 57 .593 7½ 46‍–‍23 37‍–‍34
Brooklyn Superbas 79 57 .581 9½ 43‍–‍25 36‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 76 64 .543 14½ 40‍–‍31 36‍–‍33
Boston Beaneaters 69 69 .500 20½ 41‍–‍29 28‍–‍40
Chicago Orphans 53 86 .381 37 30‍–‍39 23‍–‍47
New York Giants 52 85 .380 37 30‍–‍38 22‍–‍47
Cincinnati Reds 52 87 .374 38 27‍–‍43 25‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1901 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHI CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 10–10 13–6 11–8–1 14–6–1 7–13 5–15 9–11
Brooklyn 10–10 — 13–7 14–6–1 11–6 11–9 11–8 9–11
Chicago 6–13 7–13 — 10–10 11–9–1 3–17 6–14 10–10
Cincinnati 8–11–1 6–14–1 10–10 — 8–12 4–16 7–13 9–11–1
New York 6–14–1 6–11 9–11–1 12–8 — 8–12 4–16–1 7–13–1
Philadelphia 13–7 9–11 17–3 16–4 12–8 — 7–13 9–11
Pittsburgh 15–5 8–11 14–6 13–7 16–4–1 13–7 — 11–9
St. Louis 11–9 11–9 10–10 11–9–1 13–7–1 11–9 9–11 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1901 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Deacon McGuire 85 301 28 89 .296 0 40 4
1B Joe Kelley 120 492 77 151 .307 4 65 18
2B Tom Daly 133 520 88 164 .315 3 90 31
3B Charlie Irwin 65 242 25 52 .215 0 20 4
SS Bill Dahlen 131 511 69 136 .266 4 82 23
OF Willie Keeler 136 595 123 202 .339 2 43 23
OF Jimmy Sheckard 133 554 116 196 .354 11 104 35
OF Tom McCreery 91 335 47 97 .290 3 53 13

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
Duke Farrell 80 284 38 84 .296 1 31 7
Cozy Dolan 66 253 33 66 .261 0 29 7
Frank Gatins 50 197 21 45 .228 1 21 6
Lefty Davis 25 91 11 19 .209 0 7 4
John Gochnaur 3 11 1 4 .364 0 2 1
Hughie Hearne 2 5 1 2 .400 0 3 0
Farmer Steelman 1 3 0 1 .333 0 0 0

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

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Bill Donovan 45 38 36 351.0 25 15 2.77 152 226
Frank Kitson 38 32 26 280.2 19 11 2.98 67 127
Jay Hughes 31 29 24 250.2 17 12 3.27 102 96
Doc Newton 13 12 9 105.0 6 5 2.83 30 45
Doc McJames 13 12 6 91.0 5 6 4.75 40 42
Gene McCann 6 5 3 34.0 2 3 3.44 16 9
Gene Wright 1 1 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 1 6

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

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Brickyard Kennedy 14 8 6 85.1 3 5 3.06 24 28

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
Kid Carsey 2 7.0 1 0 0 10.29 3 4

References

  1. ^ Gene DeMontreville page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Cozy Dolan page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Lefty Davis page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Hughie Jennings page at Baseball Reference


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