1913 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901)

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1901 - 68-72 - World Series: Boston Americans over Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2

1902 - 81-59 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles 4-2

1903 - 77-63 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Boston Americans 5-1

1904 - 97-57 - WON WORLD SERIES - BROOKLYN SUPERBAS over New York Highlanders 4-3

1905 - 82-72 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Highlanders - 4-0

1906 - 87-67 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators - 4-0

1907 - 94-60 - BROOKLYN lost World Series to New York Highlanders 4-2

1908 - 82-72 - World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1

1909 - 94-60 - BROOKLYN lost World Series to Philadelphia Athletics 4-2

1910 - 89-65 - WON WORLD SERIES - BROOKLYN SUPERBAS over Philadelphia Athletics 4-0

1911 - 84-70 - BROOKLYN lost World Series to Chicago White Sox 4-2

1912 - 84-70 - BROOKLYN lost World Series to Chicago White Sox 4-1

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No Major changes. But having Christy Mathewson back on the field could be a huge win.

MINOR OFFSEASON ADDITION

Jeff Thomas (Trade from DET)

MINOR OFFSEASON LOSS

Chad McKee (Waivers to CLE)

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March 5th, 1913

Five strong innings by Bill Doak and a home run by Danny Murphy sent the Superbas to a Spring Opening win. They beat the Braves, 4-2.

WP - Bert Sincock (1-0)
Save - Doug Powell (1)
LP - Yeong-sam Yom (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

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March 6th, 1913

Nap Rucker allowed only one hit in five scoreless innings and Phil Dunn homered as the Superbas beat the Pirates, 1-0.

WP - Nap Rucker (1-0)
Save - In-chor Kwak (1)
LP - Tomas Lopez (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-0

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March 7th, 1913

Christy Mathewson nearly matched Nap Rucker, allowing two hits over five scoreless frames.

The Superbas beat the Giants, 1-0.

WP - Christy Mathewson (1-0)
Save - Kevin Johnston (1)
LP - Ray Caldwell (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-0

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March 8th, 1913

Les Backman and four relievers combined to shut out the Phillies as the Superbas won, 4-0.

WP - Les Backman (1-0)
LP - Red Ames (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-0

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March 9th, 1913

A good start by Wilbur Cooper set the stage for a 5-4 Brooklyn win over the Cubs.

WP - Wilbur Cooper (1-0)
Save - Manny Claro (1)
LP - Orlando Esini (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-0

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March 10th, 1913

The first Spring loss for the Superbas came from a 3-0 shutout by the Reds.

WP - Felipe Hernandez (2-0)
Save - Lorenzo Gonzales (1)
LP - Babe Adams (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-1

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March 11th, 1913

Bill Doak allowed only two hits in five scoreless innings and the Superbas beat the Cardinals, 2-1.

WP - Bert Sincock (2-0)
Save - Doug Powell (2)
LP - Miguel Dieguez (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-1

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March 12th, 1913

A fine outing by Nap Rucker led the Superbas to a 2-1 win over the Braves.

WP - Nap Rucker (2-0)
Save - Burt Keeley (1)
LP - Diego Campos (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-1

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March 13th, 1913

The Pirates beat the Superbas, 6-1, in Spring action.

WP - Sam Buchanan (1-0)
LP - Les Backman (1-1)

Record - 7-2

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March 14th, 1913

Christy Mathewson has now pitched ten scoreless inning this Spring as he led the Superbas to an 8-1 win over the Giants.

WP - Christy Mathewson (2-0)
LP - Mitch Brewer (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-2

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BIG TRADE

To BRAVES

Honus Wagner
Tommy Leach
Rafael Montoya

To SUPERBAS

Germany Schaefer
Hugh Bedient
Biff Schaller
Tany Ramirez
Buck Weaver
$2,000

Schaefer and Bedient join the Big League Camp

TRADE

To PIRATES

John Titus

To SUPERBAS

Jack Lelivelt
Emilio Fernandez
$275

Lelivelt joins his brother in the Big League Camp.


TRADE

To CARDINALS

Doug Powell

To SUPERBAS

Brandon Sparks
Herberto Folhadela
$1,000

Sparks joins the Big League Camp

TRADE

To ATHLETICS

Jeff Thomas
Daniel De Los Santos

To SUPERBAS

Roy Hartzell
Robert Barbier
Artie Perez
Del Paddock
Norberto Flores

Hartzell and Paddock join the Spring Training Roster


First Round of Spring Cuts

Sent to the Minor League Camp

John Barnes
Alec Cox
Fernando Gonzalez
Jorge Hernandez
Eddie Higgins
Julio Figueroa
Alfonso Cortez
Adamnan Pakpahan
Rod Cresswell
Jeremy Chamberlain


Placed on Waivers

Manny Claro
Babe Adams

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March 15th, 1913

The Superbas easily handled the Phillies, winning 8-3.

WP - Wilbur Cooper (2-0)
LP - Jorge Reyna (0-2)

Spring Record - 9-2

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March 16th, 1913

Bill Doak kept the Cubs off the board for his five frames, but Chicago came on late to beat the Superbas, 4-2 in 10 innings.

WP - Raul Rios (1-2)
Save - Fytor Pancas (1)
LP - Burt Keeley (0-1)

Spring Record - 9-3

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TRADE

To GIANTS

Babe Adams
$1,000

To SUPERBAS

Keith Erwine
Guy O'Grady

Erwine joins the Big League camp.

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March 18th, 1913

Not a great outing for the Superbas as they lost, 8-2, to the Reds.

WP - Victor Rosario (2-0)
LP - Brandon Sparks (0-1)

Spring Record - 9-4

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March 19th, 1913

Three errors led to three unearned runs and the Cardinals beat the Superbas, 5-2.

Germany Schaefer homered for Brooklyn.

WP - Rafael Nunez (1-0)
Save - Mariano Castillo (1)
LP - Nap Rucker (2-1)

Spring Record - 9-5

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March 20th, 1913

Down to their last out, Dan Gillespie launched a 9th inning, three-run home run to send the Superbas to a 4-2 win over the Braves.

We saw a nice outing from new starter, Hugh Bedient.

WP - In-chor Kwak (1-0)
LP - Bernardo Cantu (0-1)

Spring Record - 10-5

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March 21st, 1913

Les Backman made a good start but the Superbas took until the 9th before they sealed the 4-2 win over the Pirates.

WP - Lee Karslake (1-0)
Save - Kevin Johnston (2)
LP - Augusto Ciuffo (0-2)

Spring Record - 11-5