1907 Brooklyn Superbas season

1907 Brooklyn Superbas
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Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
Managers	Patsy Donovan

The 1907 Brooklyn Superbas finished in fifth place, with another losing season.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	107	45	.704	—	54‍–‍19	53‍–‍26
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	63	.591	17	47‍–‍29	44‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies	83	64	.565	21½	45‍–‍30	38‍–‍34
New York Giants	82	71	.536	25½	45‍–‍30	37‍–‍41
Brooklyn Superbas	65	83	.439	40	37‍–‍38	28‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	.431	41½	43‍–‍36	23‍–‍51
Boston Doves	58	90	.392	47	31‍–‍42	27‍–‍48
St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	.340	55½	31‍–‍47	21‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1907 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–7–2	5–17	9–13	9–13	8–11–1	9–13–1	6–16
Brooklyn	7–12–2	—	5–15–1	15–7–1	10–12–1	8–13	6–16	14–8
Chicago	17–5	15–5–1	—	17–5	16–6	14–8	12–10–1	16–6–1
Cincinnati	13–9	7–15–1	5–17	—	9–13–1	8–13	10–12–1	14–8
New York	13–9	12–10–1	6–16	13–9–1	—	11–10	10–12	17–5
Philadelphia	11–8–1	13–8	8–14	13–8	10–11	—	14–8	14–7–1
Pittsburgh	13–9–1	16–6	10–12–1	12–10–1	12–10	8–14	—	20–2
St. Louis	16–6	8–14	6–16–1	8–14	5–17	7–14–1	2–20	—

Notable transactions

• July 5, 1907: Al Burch was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Lew Ritter	93	271	55	.203	0	17
1B	Tim Jordan	147	485	133	.274	4	53
2B	Whitey Alperman	141	558	130	.233	2	39
3B	Doc Casey	141	527	122	.231	0	19
SS	Phil Lewis	136	475	118	.248	0	30
OF	Billy Maloney	144	502	115	.229	0	32
OF	Harry Lumley	127	454	121	.267	9	66
OF	Emil Batch	116	388	96	.247	0	31

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
John Hummel	107	342	80	.234	3	31
Bill Bergen	51	138	22	.159	0	14
Al Burch	40	120	35	.292	0	12
Jack McCarthy	25	91	20	.220	0	8
John Butler	30	79	10	.127	0	2
Jerry Hurley	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Ed McLane	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Patsy Donovan	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nap Rucker	37	275.1	15	13	2.06	131
George Bell	35	263.2	8	16	2.25	88
Elmer Stricklett	29	229.2	12	14	2.27	69
Jim Pastorius	28	222	16	12	2.35	70
Harry McIntire	28	199.2	7	15	2.39	49
Doc Scanlan	17	107	6	8	3.20	59
Weldon Henley	7	56	1	5	3.05	11

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

N/A

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jesse Whiting	1	0	0	0	12.00	2

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1907 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet