1913 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901)

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March 22nd, 1913

Wilbur Cooper pitched five scoreless innings but the bullpen was not so successful. Loren Smith homered in the Top of the 10th, but the Giants came back in the bottom of the 10th to walk off the Superbas, 6-5.

What a poor way to celebrate the Managers -55th birthday!

WP - Julian Lopez (1-0)
LP - Fred Applegate (0-1)

Spring Record - 11-6

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March 23rd, 1913

A strong start by Bill Doak and a 4 for 4 day by Burt Shotton drove the Superbas to a 6-1 win over the Phillies.

WP - Bill Doak (1-0)
LP - Spencer Brown (1-1)

Spring Record - 12-6

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March 24th, 1913

Brandon Sparks allowed only two hits across five scoreless innings as the Superbas beat the Cubs, 5-1.

WP - Brandon Sparks (1-1)
LP - Jose Ruiz (0-1)

Spring Record - 13-6

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March 25th, 1913

A 10th inning RBI single by Dan Gillespie gave the Superbas a walk-off, 3-2 win over the Reds.

WP - Bert Sincock (3-0)
LP - Lorenzo Gonzales (0-1)

Spring Record - 14-6

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TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Fred Applegate
Ben Hunt

To SUPERBAS

Jacob Bledsoe
Ramon Alfaro
Tyler Hollis
Javier Carillo
Pinch Thomas

All minor leaguers

TRADE

To NAPS

Kurt George

To SUPERBAS

Bill Carrigan
John Peterson
Chris Norman
Bill Otis
Ashton Clifton
$400

Carrigan joins the Big Camp

TRADE

To CARDINALS

Terry Turner

To SUPERBAS

Emil Batch

Batch joins the Big Camp

TRADE

To TIGERS

Tex Irwin

To SUPERBAS

Tom Downey
Cedric Peters
$1,000

Downey joins the main Camp

Second Round of Spring Cuts

Sent to Minor League Camp

Bunny Hearn
Burt Keeley
Marty McHale
Kip Jordan
Jose Contreras
Antonio Silva
Harry Lord
Jack Lelivelt

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March 26th, 1913

The amazing part of this game wasn't the 14-5 Brooklyn win over the Cardinals. It was the 13 run 4th inning.

Jack Lapp went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple, and three RBI.

WP - Hugh Bedient (1-0)
LP - Ed Karger (2-1)

Spring Record - 15-6

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March 27th, 1913

The fans got their money's worth as it took 12 innings for the Braves to beat the Superbas, 3-2.

WP - Domingo Robles (1-1)
LP - Kevin Johnston (0-1)

Spring Record - 15-7

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March 28th, 1913

Not only did Wilbur Cooper not allow an earned run in his five innings of work, but he also hit a two run triple, as the Superbas beat the Pirates, 3-2.

WP - Ray Brown (1-0)
Save - Bert Sincock (1)
LP - Joe Benz (0-2)

Spring Record - 16-7

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Bill Lelivelt has rejoined the team.

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March 29th, 1913

Bill Doak pitched a sharp game but it took until the 9th when George Burns hit an RBI single to give the Superbas a 4-3, walk-off win over the Giants.

Del Paddock homered for Brooklyn.

WP - Mack Allison (1-0)
LP - Matt Skopec (1-1)

Spring Record - 17-7

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March 31st, 1913

The Superbas rounded out March with a 5-2 loss to the Phillies.

WP - Ken Davis (1-2)
Save - Chris Mallory (1)
LP - Eppa RIxey (0-1)

Spring Record - 17-8

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April 1st, 1913

No foolin', the Cubs thumped the Superbas, 10-2.

WP - Jeff Hodges (1-3)
LP - Hugh Bedient (1-1)

Spring Record - 17-9

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April 2nd, 1913

9th inning. Down by one. Bases loaded. None out.

The Reds hold the Superbas scoreless and beat them, 2-1.

WP - Jim Scott (1-0)
LP - Les Backman (1-2)

Spring Record - 17-10

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April 3rd, 1913

Another great showing by Nap Rucker. He is ending Spring with a 0.72 ERA.

He led the Superbas to a 7-4 win over the Cardinals.

WP - Nap Rucker (3-1)
Save - Kevin Johnston (3)
LP - Javier Ordonez (0-1)

Spring Record - 18-10

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April 4th, 1913

The Braves shut out the Superbas, 5-0.

More concerning was Bert Sincock leaving the game with pain in his pitching elbow.

WP - Roger Sutton (3-1)
LP - Wilbur Cooper (2-1)

Spring Record - 18-11

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April 5th, 1913

The Superbas finished off their Spring Schedule with a 4-1 win over the Pirates, behind five shutout innings from Bill Doak.

WP - Bill Doak (2-0)
Save - Kevin Johnston (4)
LP - David Benson (0-4)

FINAL SPRING RECORD - 19-11

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TRADE

To REDS

Roy Hartzell
Tom Downey

To SUPERBAS

Doc Miller
Ramon Yanez
Jeremy Craft
Ivan Torrez
Manuel Dominguez
$1,000

Miller joins the big club.

FINAL SPRING CUTS

Sent to the Minor League Camp

George Daly
Eppa Rixey
Lee Karslake
Mack Allison
John McCloskey
Emil Batch
Bill Carrigan
T.J. Garrett
X John Henry
Dan Gillespie
Eddie Murphy
Art Butler
Burt Shotton

Designated for Assignment

Bill Lelivelt
Kid Elberfeld
Danny Green
Keith Erwine

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We thought we were ready for Opening Day... but Bert Sincock has elbow strain that will cause him to miss all of April, and into May.

He goes to the IL and Eddie Higgins is called up.

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The Owner expects us to win the NL.

We are 14th out of 16 for Minor League systems.

Our prospects in the Top 100 are:

11. Ramon Yanez, 2B (Rookie)
54. Eddie Murphy, RF (AAA)
81. Dan Gillespie, 2B (AAA)
82. Buck Weaver, SS (Short A)

The writers are down on Brooklyn. 70-84. 7th in the NL.

They are wrong.

Their prediction: White Sox vs Braves

AL Top Hitter - Ty Cobb, Athletics
AL Top Pitcher - Charlie Bender, White Sox

NL Top Hitter - Tris Speaker, Braves (5. Sam Crawford, 9. Danny Murphy, 10. George Burns)
NL Top Pitcher - Orlando Esini, Cubs (4. Nap Rucker)

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Brooklyn Superbas 1913 Opening Day Roster

Rotation

Hugh Bedient
Les Backman
Nap Rucker
Wilbur Cooper

Bullpen

Christy Mathewson
Eddie Higgins
Ray Brown
Kevin Johnston
In-chor Kwak
Brandon Sparks
Bill Doak

Lineup

LF - George Burns
2B - Art Fletcher
1B - Sam Crawford
RF - Danny Murphy
3B - Milt Stock
SS - Germany Schaefer
C - Jack Lapp
CF - Loren Smith

Bench

John Henry - C
Jim Delahanty - IF
Del Paddock - IF
Masaki Tanaka - 1B
Phil Dunn - OF
Doc Miller - OF