1903 Brooklyn Superbas season

1903 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 1903 Brooklyn Superbas season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Superbas began their slide from contention in the National League by finishing in fifth place.

Offseason

• January 30, 1903: Jack Doyle was purchased by the Superbas from the Washington Senators.
• February 17, 1903: Henry Thielman was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.
• February 17, 1903: Rube Vickers was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

The 1903 Brooklyn Superbas

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburg Pirates	91	49	0.650	—	46–24	45–25
New York Giants	84	55	0.604	6½	41–27	43–28
Chicago Cubs	82	56	0.594	8	45–28	37–28
Cincinnati Reds	74	65	0.532	16½	41–35	33–30
Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	0.515	19	40–33	30–33
Boston Beaneaters	58	80	0.420	32	31–35	27–45
Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	0.363	39½	25–33	24–53
St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	0.314	46½	22–45	21–49

Record vs. opponents

1903 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–11	7–13–1	7–13	8–12	10–8–1	5–15	12–8
Brooklyn	11–9	—	8–12	10–10	7–12–2	11–8–1	9–11	14–4–1
Chicago	13–7–1	12–8	—	9–11	8–12	12–6	12–8	16–4
Cincinnati	13–7	10–10	11–9	—	12–10	12–8–2	4–16	12–7
New York	12–8	12–7–2	12–8	8–12	—	15–5	10–10	15–5–1
Philadelphia	8–10–1	8–11–1	6–12	8–12–2	5–15	—	4–16–1	10–10
Pittsburg	15–5	11–9	8–12	16–4	10–10	16–4–1	—	15–5
St. Louis	8–12	4–14–1	4–16	7–12	5–15–1	10–10	5–15	—

Notable transactions

• September 5, 1903: Tom McCreery was purchased from the Superbas by the Boston Beaneaters.

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	Lew Ritter	78	259	26	61	.236	0	37	9
1B	Jack Doyle	139	524	84	164	.313	0	91	34
2B	Tim Flood	89	309	27	77	.249	0	32	14
3B	Sammy Strang	135	508	101	138	.272	0	38	46
SS	Bill Dahlen	138	474	71	124	.262	1	64	34
OF	Jimmy Sheckard	139	515	99	171	.332	9	75	67
OF	John Dobbs	111	414	61	98	.237	2	59	23
OF	Judge McCredie	56	213	40	69	.324	0	20	10

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
Dutch Jordan	78	267	27	63	.236	0	21	9
Fred Jacklitsch	60	176	31	47	.267	1	21	4
Doc Gessler	49	154	20	38	.247	0	18	9
Tom McCreery	40	141	13	37	.262	0	20	5
Hughie Hearne	26	57	8	16	.281	0	4	2
Ed Householder	12	43	5	9	.209	0	9	3
Henry Thielman	9	23	3	5	.217	1	2	0
Hughie Jennings	6	17	2	4	.235	0	1	1
Frank McManus	2	7	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Matt Broderick	2	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Ed Hug	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Oscar Jones	38	36	324.1	19	14	2.94	77	95	31
Henry Schmidt	40	36	301	22	13	3.83	120	96	29
Ned Garvin	38	34	298	15	18	3.08	84	154	30
Bill Reidy	15	13	104	6	7	3.46	14	21	11
Roy Evans	15	12	110	5	9	3.27	41	42	9
Grant Thatcher	4	4	28	3	1	2.89	7	9	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Henry Thielman	4	3	29	0	3	4.66	14	10	3
Rube Vickers	4	1	14	0	1	10.93	9	5	1

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
Jack Doscher	3	7	0	0	0	7.71	9	4
Bill Pounds	1	6	0	0	0	6.00	2	2

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1903 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet