1903 Brooklyn Superbas season

1903 Brooklyn Superbas
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (Since 1898) Brooklyn, New York (Since 1883)
1903 Information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
Manager(s)	Ned Hanlon
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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.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

Offseason[edit]

January 30, 1903: Jack Doyle was purchased by the Superbas from the Washington Senators.^[1]
February 17, 1903: Henry Thielman was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
February 17, 1903: Rube Vickers was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Regular season[edit]

The 1903 Brooklyn Superbas

Season standings[edit]

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	49	0.650	—	46–24	45–25
New York Giants	84	55	0.604	6½	41–27	43–28
Chicago Cubs	82	56	0.594	8	45–28	37–28
Cincinnati Reds	74	65	0.532	16½	41–35	33–30
Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	0.515	19	40–33	30–33
Boston Beaneaters	58	80	0.420	32	31–35	27–45
Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	0.363	39½	25–33	24–53
St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	0.314	46½	22–45	21–49

Notable transactions[edit]

September 5, 1903: Tom McCreery was purchased from the Superbas by the Boston Beaneaters.^[4]

Roster[edit]

1903 Brooklyn Superbas

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Ned Hanlon

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Ritter, LewLew Ritter	78	259	26	61	.236	0	37	9
1B	Doyle, JackJack Doyle	139	524	84	164	.313	0	91	34
2B	Flood, TimTim Flood	89	309	27	77	.249	0	32	14
3B	Strang, SammySammy Strang	135	508	101	138	.272	0	38	46
SS	Dahlen, BillBill Dahlen	138	474	71	124	.262	1	64	34
OF	Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard	139	515	99	171	.332	9	75	67
OF	Dobbs, JohnJohn Dobbs	111	414	61	98	.237	2	59	23
OF	McCredie, JudgeJudge McCredie	56	213	40	69	.324	0	20	10

Other batters[edit]

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
Jordan, DutchDutch Jordan	78	267	27	63	.236	0	21	9
Jacklitsch, FredFred Jacklitsch	60	176	31	47	.267	1	21	4
Gessler, DocDoc Gessler	49	154	20	38	.247	0	18	9
McCreery, TomTom McCreery	40	141	13	37	.262	0	20	5
Hearne, HughieHughie Hearne	26	57	8	16	.281	0	4	2
Householder, EdEd Householder	12	43	5	9	.209	0	9	3
Thielman, HenryHenry Thielman	9	23	3	5	.217	1	2	0
Jennings, HughieHughie Jennings	6	17	2	4	.235	0	1	1
McManus, FrankFrank McManus	2	7	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Broderick, MattMatt Broderick	2	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Hug, EdEd Hug	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; 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
Jones, OscarOscar Jones	38	36	324.1	19	14	2.94	77	95	31
Schmidt, HenryHenry Schmidt	40	36	301	22	13	3.83	120	96	29
Garvin, NedNed Garvin	38	34	298	15	18	3.08	84	154	30
Reidy, BillBill Reidy	15	13	104	6	7	3.46	14	21	11
Evans, RoyRoy Evans	15	12	110	5	9	3.27	41	42	9
Thatcher, GrantGrant Thatcher	4	4	28	3	1	2.89	7	9	4

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; 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
Thielman, HenryHenry Thielman	4	3	29	0	3	4.66	14	10	3
Vickers, RubeRube Vickers	4	1	14	0	1	10.93	9	5	1

Relief pitchers[edit]

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
Doscher, JackJack Doscher	3	7	0	0	0	7.71	9	4
Pounds, BillBill Pounds	1	6	0	0	0	6.00	2	2

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

v t e 1903 MLB season by team

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