1907 Brooklyn Superbas season

1907 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, Henry Medicus
Manager(s)	Patsy Donovan
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The 1907 Brooklyn Superbas finished in fifth place, with another losing season.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	107	45	0.704	—	54–19	53–26
Pittsburg Pirates	91	63	0.591	17	47–29	44–34
Philadelphia Phillies	83	64	0.565	21½	45–30	38–34
New York Giants	82	71	0.536	25½	45–30	37–41
Brooklyn Superbas	65	83	0.439	40	37–38	28–45
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	0.431	41½	43–36	23–51
Boston Doves	58	90	0.392	47	31–42	27–48
St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	0.340	55½	31–47	21–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 National League Records Sources:
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
Pittsburg	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.^[1]

Roster

1907 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers George Bell Weldon Henley Harry McIntire Jim Pastorius Nap Rucker Doc Scanlan Elmer Stricklett Jesse Whiting		Catchers Bill Bergen John Butler Jerry Hurley Lew Ritter Infielders Whitey Alperman Doc Casey John Hummel Phil Lewis Tim Jordan		Outfielders Emil Batch Al Burch Patsy Donovan Harry Lumley Billy Maloney Jack McCarthy Ed McLane		Manager Patsy Donovan

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	Ritter, LewLew Ritter	93	271	55	.203	0	17
1B	Jordan, TimTim Jordan	147	485	133	.274	4	53
2B	Alperman, WhiteyWhitey Alperman	141	558	130	.233	2	39
3B	Casey, DocDoc Casey
SS	Lewis, PhilPhil Lewis
OF	Maloney, BillyBilly Maloney
OF	Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley
OF	Batch, EmilEmil Batch

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
Hummel, JohnJohn Hummel
Bergen, BillBill Bergen
Burch, AlAl Burch	40	120	35	.292	0	12
McCarthy, JackJack McCarthy
Butler, JohnJohn Butler	30	79	10	.127	0	2
Hurley, JerryJerry Hurley	1	2	0	.000	0	0
McLane, EdEd McLane
Donovan, PatsyPatsy 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
Rucker, NapNap Rucker
Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	35	263.2	8	16	2.25	88
Pastorius, JimJim Pastorius
Stricklett, ElmerElmer Stricklett	29	229.2	12	14	2.27	69
McIntire, HarryHarry McIntire	28	199.2	7	15	2.39	49
Henley, WeldonWeldon 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
Whiting, JesseJesse Whiting

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
Knolls, HubHub Knolls

Notes

1. Al Burch page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

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