1901 Brooklyn Superbas season

1901 Brooklyn Superbas
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
Manager(s)	Ned Hanlon
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The 1901 Brooklyn Superbas lost several players to the newly official major league, the American League, and fell to third place.

Offseason

• February 1901: Gene DeMontreville was purchased from the Superbas by the Boston Beaneaters.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburg Pirates	90	49	0.647	—	45–24	45–25
Philadelphia Phillies	83	57	0.593	7½	46–23	37–34
Brooklyn Superbas	79	57	0.581	9½	43–25	36–32
St. Louis Cardinals	76	64	0.543	14½	40–31	36–33
Boston Beaneaters	69	69	0.500	20½	41–29	28–40
Chicago Orphans	53	86	0.381	37	30–39	23–47
New York Giants	52	85	0.380	37	30–38	22–47
Cincinnati Reds	52	87	0.374	38	27–43	25–44

Record vs. opponents

1901 National League Records Sources:
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
Pittsburg	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

• June 17, 1901: Cozy Dolan was purchased by the Superbas from the Chicago Orphans.^[2]
• June 19, 1901: Lefty Davis was released by the Superbas.^[3]
• June 20, 1901: Hughie Jennings was purchased from the Superbas by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[4]

Roster

1901 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Kid Carsey Bill Donovan Jay Hughes Brickyard Kennedy Frank Kitson Gene McCann Doc McJames Doc Newton Gene Wright		Catchers Duke Farrell Hughie Hearne Deacon McGuire Farmer Steelman Infielders Bill Dahlen Tom Daly Frank Gatins John Gochnaur Charlie Irwin Joe Kelley		Outfielders Lefty Davis Cozy Dolan Willie Keeler Tom McCreery Jimmy Sheckard		Manager Ned Hanlon

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	McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire	85	301	28	89	.296	0	40	4
1B	Kelley, JoeJoe Kelley	120	492	77	151	.307	4	65	18
2B	Daly, TomTom Daly	133	520	88	164	.315	3	90	31
3B	Irwin, CharlieCharlie Irwin	65	242	25	52	.215	0	20	4
SS	Dahlen, BillBill Dahlen	131	511	69	136	.266	4	82	23
OF	Keeler, WillieWillie Keeler	136	595	123	202	.339	2	43	23
OF	Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard	133	554	116	196	.354	11	104	35
OF	McCreery, TomTom 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
Farrell, DukeDuke Farrell	80	284	38	84	.296	1	31	7
Dolan, CozyCozy Dolan	66	253	33	66	.261	0	29	7
Gatins, FrankFrank Gatins	50	197	21	45	.228	1	21	6
Davis, LeftyLefty Davis	25	91	11	19	.209	0	7	4
Gochnaur, JohnJohn Gochnaur	3	11	1	4	.364	0	2	1
Hearne, HughieHughie Hearne	2	5	1	2	.400	0	3	0
Steelman, FarmerFarmer 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
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	45	38	36	351	25	15	2.77	152	226
Kitson, FrankFrank Kitson	38	32	26	280.2	19	11	2.98	67	127
Hughes, JayJay Hughes	31	29	24	250.2	17	12	3.27	102	96
Newton, DocDoc Newton	13	12	9	105	6	5	2.83	30	45
McJames, DocDoc McJames	13	12	6	91	5	6	4.75	40	42
McCann, GeneGene McCann	6	5	3	34	2	3	3.44	16	9
Wright, GeneGene Wright	1	1	1	9	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
Kennedy, BrickyardBrickyard 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
Carsey, KidKid Carsey	2	7	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

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• 1901 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet
• 1901 Brooklyn Superbas historical game recaps at www.chronicledbaseball.com