1902 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901) - Page 12

rpriske · 06-19-2014, 11:48 PM

Manager Bob Nielsen and hitting coach Andy Parker are leaving Portland (A).

Jason Routley is the new hitting coach at AAA.

rpriske · 06-20-2014, 05:24 PM

September 19th, 1902

Eddie Plank pitched well enough to win but so did Luthor Taylor. The Giants broke the tie in the 11th but Brooklyn tied in back up until the bottom of the 12th when Sam Crawford hit a bases-loaded single to give the Superbas the 4-3 victory.

WP - Jim St. Vrain (3-1)
LP - Chappie McFarland (17-16)

Record - 80-52

rpriske · 06-20-2014, 05:27 PM

New staff:

Portland Manager: Arturo Martinez
Portland Hitting Coach: Jose Villareal
Greensboro Manager: Luis Antonio Rodriguez

rpriske · 06-21-2014, 12:50 PM

September 20th, 1902

Three wins in a row against the Giants where all three losses were awarded to the same pitcher.

Today it was a 5-3, 12 inning win.

WP - Jim St Vrain (4-1)
LP - Chappie McFarland (17-17)

Record - 81-52

rpriske · 06-22-2014, 08:49 AM

September 22nd, 1902

Gene Wright had a terrible day, giving up 6 runs in 3 innings. The bullpen shut things down the rest of the way but Brooklyn couldn't make up the gap, falling 6-5 to the Phillies.

Sam Crawford hit a three-run home run!

WP - Red Donahue (16-21)
LP - Gene Wright (15-11)

Record - 81-53

rpriske · 06-22-2014, 08:50 AM

Brooklyn held at #3 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

Players of the week: Heinie Peitz, Reds & Socks Seybold, Athletics

rpriske · 06-23-2014, 07:03 AM

September 23rd, 1902

Brooklyn tied it up in the 8th, but gave the lead up in the 9th, falling to the Phillies 3-2.

WP - Togie Pittinger (8-4)
LP - Eddie Plank (25-9)

Record - 81-54

rpriske · 06-23-2014, 07:05 AM

Ramon Altagracia of Baton Rouge (Sh A) is retiring.

rpriske · 06-24-2014, 08:48 PM

September 27th, 1902

Chappie McFarland got his revenge against Brooklyn by leading the Giants to a 5-0 shutout win.

WP - Chappie McFarland (19-17)
LP - Eddie Plank (25-10)

Record - 81-55

rpriske · 06-25-2014, 11:00 PM

September 29th, 1902

Three games left in the season and the Superbas played like they were looking for a golf course.

SEVEN errors on the way to a 15-2 loss to the Giants.

Plus, reliever Otto Hess left with injury. Hopefully it is something he can work off in the off-season.

WP - Luther Taylor (14-17)
LP - Jim Hughes (20-12)

rpriske · 06-25-2014, 11:01 PM

No such luck. Otto Hess tore his labrum and is out for 9-10 months.

rpriske · 06-25-2014, 11:04 PM

Awards for September

PITCHER: Togie Pittinger, Phillies & Bill Phyle, Tigers

HITTER: Honus Wagner, Pirates & Mike Donlin, Orioles

ROOKIE: Antonio Gomes, Beaneaters & Joe Tinker, Bronchos

rpriske · 07-02-2014, 05:28 PM

OCT. 2 - Lose to Phillies 5-4
OCT. 3 - Lose to Phillies 4-1

Glen Anderson signed Minor league deal

rpriske · 07-02-2014, 05:29 PM

October 4th, 1902

Brooklyn ended the season with a 7 game losing streak. Today the Phillies beat them 5-3.

WP - Togie Pittinger (10-4)
LP - Gene Wright (15-12)

FINAL RECORD - 81-59

(In real life they went 75-63)

Eddie Plank was the ERA leader for the NL in 1902!

Ginger Beaumont of the Pirates won the batting title.

Over in the AL, Nap Lajoie won the triple crown, hitting .445 with 12 HRs and 117 RBI!

Hubert Greer of Baton Rouge was named Pitcher of the Year for his S A league!

WORLD SERIES GAME ONE!

BAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 3
PIT 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 X - 5 11 2

WP - Rube Waddell (1-0)
LP - Christy Mathewson (0-1)

Game MVP - Waddell

WORLD SERIES GAME TWO!

BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2
PIT 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 X - 4 9 1

WP - Jack Chesbro (1-0)
LP - Deacon Phillippe (0-1)

Game MVP - Chesbro

Pirates lead 2-0

WORLD SERIES GAME THREE!

PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 6 14 1
BAL 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 16 3

WP - Harry Howell (1-0)
LP - Cy Voorhees (0-1)

HR - PIT - Honus Wagner (1)

Game MVP - Cale Bernard, Orioles

Pirates lead 2-1.

WORLD SERIES GAME FOUR!

PIT 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 6 12 1
BAL 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 3

HR - BAL - Mike Donlin

WP - Rube Waddell (2-0)
LP - Christy Mathewson (0-2)

Game MVP - Waddell

Pirates lead 3-1

WORLD SERIES GAME FIVE!

PIT 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 13 2
BAL 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 X - 4 13 1

WP - Deacon Phillippe (1-1)
LP - Jack Chesbro (1-1)

Game MVP - Phillippe

Pirates lead 3-2

WORLD SERIES GAME SIX!

BAL 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 - 7 12 11
PIT 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 4 X - 14 15 5

HR - PIT, Ginger Beaumont (1)

WP - Jesse Tannehill (1-0)
LP - Harry Howell (1-1)

Game MVP - Beaumont

Pirates win series 4-2!

World Series MVP - Rube Waddell!

Pithing Coach Gregorio Rey is leaving the Superbas.

TRADE

To SENATORS

Chris Hilton

To SUPERBAS

John Terry
Bill Coughlin
Salvador Marin

Francis Willis is the new Brooklyn Pitching Coach. He was with the Senators the past two seasons.

GOLD GLOVES ANNOUNCED! Bill Bradley wins!

NL

P - Ham Iburg, Beaneaters
C - Johnny Kling, Phillies
1B - Bill Locke, Giants
2B - Claude Ritchey, Pirates
3B - BILL BRADLEY, SUPERBAS
SS - Bobby Wallace, Cardinals
LF - Jimmy Slagle, Cubs
CF - Billy Hamilton, Beaneaters
RF - Elmer Flick, Phillies

AL

P - Joe Yeager, Tigers
C - Boileryard Clarke, Athletics
1B - Henry Robinson, Tigers
2B - Nap Lajoie, Athletics
3B - Jimmy Collins, Americans
SS - Bill Dahlen, Americans
LF - Herm McFarland, Browns
CF - Fielder Jones, Americans
RF - Chick Stahl, Americans

The Cleveland Bronchos are now called the Cleveland Naps! Kind of funny seeing how Nap Lajoie is not on the team...

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS!

NL - Chappie McFarland, Giants

AL - Joe Tinker, Naps

MANAGER OF THE YEAR!

NL - Fred Clarke, Pirates

AL - John McGraw, Highlanders (formerly the Baltimore Orioles)

‘CY YOUNG’ AWARDS!

NL - Rube Waddell, Pirates

AL - Ed Siever, Tigers

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Jack Adams has signed a minor league contract

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NL MVP - Honus Wagner, Pirates

AL MVP - Nap Lajoie, Athletics

1902 DRAFT!!

Brooklyn is picking 14th out of 17

The Cubs pick first and they take… Chief Bender

Three-Finger Brown went to the White Sox at #3.

Our picks by round:

1. Fred Burchell, MR
2. Bob Blewett, MR
3. Hunter Hill, 3B
4. Harry Betts, MR
5. Pinky Swander, RF
6. Ed Hilley, 3B

Fred Burchell and Ed Hilley signed almost immediately.

Harry Betts has signed.

Bob Blewett has signed.

Pinky Swander has signed.

Hunter Hill has signed.

That’s a clean sweep!

Brooklyn signed free agent Jose Rodriguez!

Jake Livingstone was placed on waivers

TRADE

To BEANEATERS

Bruce Duncan
Sam Mertes
Rube Vickers
Gene Wright

To SUPERBAS

Billy Hamilton
Ham Iburg
Waylon Kramer
Brian Calhoun
Bill Stanley

TRADE

To CUBS

Jose Rodriguez
Frank Morrissey
Ray Rutledge

To SUPERBAS

Jim Delahanty
Charlie Shields
Jeff Hodges

RULE 5 DRAFT

We took:

Ron Cook - AA C from Pirates
Ray Rutledge… who we just traded to the Cubs! (Of course now he has to stay in the majors or he goes back…)

TRADE

To TIGERS

Joe Kelley

To SUPERBAS

Fred Jacklitsch
Robin Dorsey

TRADE

To SENATORS

Jerry Moore
Ed Walker

To SUPERBAS

Candy LaChance
Jack Hawkins

Harry McNeal is activated from the 60-day D.L.

06-19-2014, 11:48 PM	#221
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	Manager Bob Nielsen and hitting coach Andy Parker are leaving Portland (A). Jason Routley is the new hitting coach at AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-20-2014, 05:24 PM	#222
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	September 19th, 1902 Eddie Plank pitched well enough to win but so did Luthor Taylor. The Giants broke the tie in the 11th but Brooklyn tied in back up until the bottom of the 12th when Sam Crawford hit a bases-loaded single to give the Superbas the 4-3 victory. WP - Jim St. Vrain (3-1) LP - Chappie McFarland (17-16) Record - 80-52 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-20-2014, 05:27 PM	#223
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	New staff: Portland Manager: Arturo Martinez Portland Hitting Coach: Jose Villareal Greensboro Manager: Luis Antonio Rodriguez __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-21-2014, 12:50 PM	#224
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	September 20th, 1902 Three wins in a row against the Giants where all three losses were awarded to the same pitcher. Today it was a 5-3, 12 inning win. WP - Jim St Vrain (4-1) LP - Chappie McFarland (17-17) Record - 81-52 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-22-2014, 08:49 AM	#225
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	September 22nd, 1902 Gene Wright had a terrible day, giving up 6 runs in 3 innings. The bullpen shut things down the rest of the way but Brooklyn couldn't make up the gap, falling 6-5 to the Phillies. Sam Crawford hit a three-run home run! WP - Red Donahue (16-21) LP - Gene Wright (15-11) Record - 81-53 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-22-2014, 08:50 AM	#226
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	Brooklyn held at #3 on the Weekly Power Rankings. Players of the week: Heinie Peitz, Reds & Socks Seybold, Athletics __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-23-2014, 07:03 AM	#227
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	September 23rd, 1902 Brooklyn tied it up in the 8th, but gave the lead up in the 9th, falling to the Phillies 3-2. WP - Togie Pittinger (8-4) LP - Eddie Plank (25-9) Record - 81-54 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-23-2014, 07:05 AM	#228
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	Ramon Altagracia of Baton Rouge (Sh A) is retiring. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-24-2014, 08:48 PM	#229
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	September 27th, 1902 Chappie McFarland got his revenge against Brooklyn by leading the Giants to a 5-0 shutout win. WP - Chappie McFarland (19-17) LP - Eddie Plank (25-10) Record - 81-55 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-25-2014, 11:00 PM	#230
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	September 29th, 1902 Three games left in the season and the Superbas played like they were looking for a golf course. SEVEN errors on the way to a 15-2 loss to the Giants. Plus, reliever Otto Hess left with injury. Hopefully it is something he can work off in the off-season. WP - Luther Taylor (14-17) LP - Jim Hughes (20-12) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-25-2014, 11:01 PM	#231
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	No such luck. Otto Hess tore his labrum and is out for 9-10 months. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-25-2014, 11:04 PM	#232
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	Awards for September PITCHER: Togie Pittinger, Phillies & Bill Phyle, Tigers HITTER: Honus Wagner, Pirates & Mike Donlin, Orioles ROOKIE: Antonio Gomes, Beaneaters & Joe Tinker, Bronchos __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-02-2014, 05:28 PM	#233
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	OCT. 2 - Lose to Phillies 5-4 OCT. 3 - Lose to Phillies 4-1 Glen Anderson signed Minor league deal __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-02-2014, 05:29 PM	#234
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,281	October 4th, 1902 Brooklyn ended the season with a 7 game losing streak. Today the Phillies beat them 5-3. WP - Togie Pittinger (10-4) LP - Gene Wright (15-12) FINAL RECORD - 81-59 (In real life they went 75-63) Eddie Plank was the ERA leader for the NL in 1902! Ginger Beaumont of the Pirates won the batting title. Over in the AL, Nap Lajoie won the triple crown, hitting .445 with 12 HRs and 117 RBI! Hubert Greer of Baton Rouge was named Pitcher of the Year for his S A league! WORLD SERIES GAME ONE! BAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 3 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 X - 5 11 2 WP - Rube Waddell (1-0) LP - Christy Mathewson (0-1) Game MVP - Waddell WORLD SERIES GAME TWO! BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 PIT 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 X - 4 9 1 WP - Jack Chesbro (1-0) LP - Deacon Phillippe (0-1) Game MVP - Chesbro Pirates lead 2-0 WORLD SERIES GAME THREE! PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 6 14 1 BAL 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 16 3 WP - Harry Howell (1-0) LP - Cy Voorhees (0-1) HR - PIT - Honus Wagner (1) Game MVP - Cale Bernard, Orioles Pirates lead 2-1. WORLD SERIES GAME FOUR! PIT 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 6 12 1 BAL 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 3 HR - BAL - Mike Donlin WP - Rube Waddell (2-0) LP - Christy Mathewson (0-2) Game MVP - Waddell Pirates lead 3-1 WORLD SERIES GAME FIVE! PIT 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 13 2 BAL 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 X - 4 13 1 WP - Deacon Phillippe (1-1) LP - Jack Chesbro (1-1) Game MVP - Phillippe Pirates lead 3-2 WORLD SERIES GAME SIX! BAL 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 - 7 12 11 PIT 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 4 X - 14 15 5 HR - PIT, Ginger Beaumont (1) WP - Jesse Tannehill (1-0) LP - Harry Howell (1-1) Game MVP - Beaumont Pirates win series 4-2! World Series MVP - Rube Waddell! Pithing Coach Gregorio Rey is leaving the Superbas. TRADE To SENATORS Chris Hilton To SUPERBAS John Terry Bill Coughlin Salvador Marin Francis Willis is the new Brooklyn Pitching Coach. He was with the Senators the past two seasons. GOLD GLOVES ANNOUNCED! Bill Bradley wins! NL P - Ham Iburg, Beaneaters C - Johnny Kling, Phillies 1B - Bill Locke, Giants 2B - Claude Ritchey, Pirates 3B - BILL BRADLEY, SUPERBAS SS - Bobby Wallace, Cardinals LF - Jimmy Slagle, Cubs CF - Billy Hamilton, Beaneaters RF - Elmer Flick, Phillies AL P - Joe Yeager, Tigers C - Boileryard Clarke, Athletics 1B - Henry Robinson, Tigers 2B - Nap Lajoie, Athletics 3B - Jimmy Collins, Americans SS - Bill Dahlen, Americans LF - Herm McFarland, Browns CF - Fielder Jones, Americans RF - Chick Stahl, Americans The Cleveland Bronchos are now called the Cleveland Naps! Kind of funny seeing how Nap Lajoie is not on the team... ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS! NL - Chappie McFarland, Giants AL - Joe Tinker, Naps MANAGER OF THE YEAR! NL - Fred Clarke, Pirates AL - John McGraw, Highlanders (formerly the Baltimore Orioles) ‘CY YOUNG’ AWARDS! NL - Rube Waddell, Pirates AL - Ed Siever, Tigers `````````````` Jack Adams has signed a minor league contract `````````````` NL MVP - Honus Wagner, Pirates AL MVP - Nap Lajoie, Athletics 1902 DRAFT!! Brooklyn is picking 14th out of 17 The Cubs pick first and they take… Chief Bender Three-Finger Brown went to the White Sox at #3. Our picks by round: 1. Fred Burchell, MR 2. Bob Blewett, MR 3. Hunter Hill, 3B 4. Harry Betts, MR 5. Pinky Swander, RF 6. Ed Hilley, 3B Fred Burchell and Ed Hilley signed almost immediately. Harry Betts has signed. Bob Blewett has signed. Pinky Swander has signed. Hunter Hill has signed. That’s a clean sweep! Brooklyn signed free agent Jose Rodriguez! Jake Livingstone was placed on waivers TRADE To BEANEATERS Bruce Duncan Sam Mertes Rube Vickers Gene Wright To SUPERBAS Billy Hamilton Ham Iburg Waylon Kramer Brian Calhoun Bill Stanley TRADE To CUBS Jose Rodriguez Frank Morrissey Ray Rutledge To SUPERBAS Jim Delahanty Charlie Shields Jeff Hodges RULE 5 DRAFT We took: Ron Cook - AA C from Pirates Ray Rutledge… who we just traded to the Cubs! (Of course now he has to stay in the majors or he goes back…) TRADE To TIGERS Joe Kelley To SUPERBAS Fred Jacklitsch Robin Dorsey TRADE To SENATORS Jerry Moore Ed Walker To SUPERBAS Candy LaChance Jack Hawkins Harry McNeal is activated from the 60-day D.L. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````