The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas captured their second consecutive

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championship by four and a half games. The

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, which had been owned by the same group, folded after the 1899 season when such arrangements were outlawed, and a number of the Orioles' players, including star pitcher

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, were reassigned to the Superbas.

Offseason

* January 1900:

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. * March 1900: Kit McKenna,

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and Candy LaChance were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues. * March 10, 1900:

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and

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were purchased from the Superbas by the

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. Before opening day in April 1900, Brooklyn manager Ned Hanlon made a public offer of $10,000 to purchase

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from the Phillies which would be rebuffed by the Phillies ownership.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* April 1900: Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the

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. * May 15, 1900:

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was purchased by the Superbas from the

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Roster

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''

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''

Pitching

Starting 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''

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''

Postseason

''Chronicle-Telegraph'' Cup

The ''Chronicle-Telegraph'' Cup was held just once, in 1900, and was sponsored by the ''

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'', a newspaper in the hometown of the National League's second-place finisher, the Pittsburgh Pirates. It pitted the Pirates against the Superbas in a best-of-five postseason series, with all the games taking place in Pittsburgh. The Superbas won the series, 3 games to 1.

Game 1

''October 15, 1900''

Game 2

''October 16, 1900''

Game 3

''October 17, 1900''

Game 4

''October 18, 1900''

References

External links

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page1900 Brooklyn Superbas uniformAcme Dodgers page

Retrosheet
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