1909 Brooklyn Superbas Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 55-98
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 321,300, Avg. 4,683
Ballpark: Washington Park III
Manager: Harry Lumley (55-98)
Location: New York, New York
1909 Brooklyn Superbas RosterTeam Record: 55-98
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 321,300, Avg. 4,683
Ballpark: Washington Park III
Manager: Harry Lumley (55-98)
Location: New York, New York
1909 Brooklyn Superbas Results
The Brooklyn Superbas of the National League ended the 1909 season with a record of 55 wins and 98 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Superbas scored 444 runs and conceded 627 runs. John Hummel drove in 52 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .280. George Bell led the team with 16 wins, while Nap Rucker recorded a 2.24 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Harry Lumley coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bell | 16 | 15 | .516 | 2.71 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 256.0 | 236 | 103 | 77 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1018 |
| Nap Rucker | 13 | 19 | .406 | 2.24 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 309.3 | 245 | 95 | 77 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 201 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1188 |
| Doc Scanlan | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.93 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 141.3 | 125 | 53 | 46 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 565 |
| Harry McIntire | 7 | 17 | .292 | 3.63 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 228.0 | 200 | 114 | 92 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 925 |
| George Hunter | 4 | 10 | .286 | 2.46 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 113.3 | 104 | 48 | 31 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 451 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | 3 | 13 | .188 | 3.26 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 163.0 | 176 | 92 | 59 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 671 |
| Eddie Dent | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.29 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 168 |
| Elmer Knetzer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.03 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 153 |
| Jim Pastorius | 1 | 9 | .100 | 5.76 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 79.7 | 91 | 65 | 51 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 350 |
| Pembroke Finlayson | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Sam Fletcher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| Totals | 55 | 98 | .359 | 3.10 | 185 | 155 | 29 | 126 | 18 | 3 | 1384.3 | 1277 | 627 | 477 | 31 | 528 | 0 | 594 | 49 | 2 | 26 | 5565 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Burch | 152 | 661 | 601 | 80 | 163 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 38 | 0 | 51 | 59 | .271 | .329 | .329 | .659 | 198 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hummel | 146 | 597 | 542 | 54 | 152 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 59 | .280 | .311 | .363 | .674 | 197 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Lennox | 126 | 497 | 435 | 33 | 114 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 41 | .262 | .337 | .359 | .695 | 156 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitey Alpermann | 111 | 442 | 420 | 35 | 104 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 44 | .248 | .262 | .357 | .619 | 150 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Jordan | 103 | 403 | 330 | 47 | 90 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 41 | .273 | .386 | .379 | .765 | 125 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Clement | 92 | 377 | 340 | 35 | 88 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 33 | .259 | .296 | .306 | .602 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McMillan | 108 | 400 | 373 | 18 | 79 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 33 | .212 | .254 | .257 | .511 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pryor McElveen | 81 | 277 | 258 | 22 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 44 | .198 | .242 | .271 | .513 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bergen | 112 | 372 | 346 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 50 | .139 | .163 | .156 | .319 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lumley | 55 | 202 | 172 | 13 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .250 | .314 | .331 | .645 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Wheat | 26 | 113 | 102 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .304 | .343 | .431 | .774 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Marshall | 50 | 156 | 149 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .201 | .232 | .262 | .494 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hunter | 44 | 135 | 123 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .228 | .286 | .285 | .570 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jules Kustus | 53 | 192 | 173 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .145 | .204 | .191 | .395 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Downey | 19 | 81 | 78 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .256 | .275 | .269 | .544 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Bell | 33 | 98 | 90 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .167 | .219 | .222 | .441 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | 22 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .228 | .241 | .316 | .557 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry McIntire | 32 | 80 | 76 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .171 | .182 | .276 | .458 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Scanlan | 19 | 52 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .273 | .373 | .386 | .759 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nap Rucker | 38 | 110 | 101 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .119 | .136 | .129 | .265 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sebring | 25 | 93 | 81 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .099 | .207 | .136 | .342 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hi Myers | 6 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .227 | .292 | .273 | .564 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Catterson | 9 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .222 | .333 | .222 | .556 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Dunn | 10 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .160 | .192 | .200 | .392 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Meyer | 7 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .130 | .200 | .130 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pastorius | 12 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .080 | .179 | .080 | .259 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Dent | 6 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Redmond | 6 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pembroke Finlayson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Fletcher | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Knetzer | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1510 | 5579 | 5056 | 442 | 1158 | 176 | 59 | 16 | 370 | 141 | 0 | 330 | 644 | .229 | .279 | .297 | .576 | 1500 | 0 | 20 | 173 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Jordan | 1B | 95 | 95 | 843.0 | 937 | 29 | 17 | 36 | .983 | 1.313 | 1.168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hummel | 1B | 54 | 54 | 483.0 | 572 | 15 | 8 | 22 | .987 | 1.938 | 1.870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pryor McElveen | 1B | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 11.600 | 11.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Burch | 1B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 16.875 | 15.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitey Alpermann | 2B | 108 | 104 | 935.0 | 266 | 297 | 42 | 32 | .931 | 5.419 | 5.213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hummel | 2B | 38 | 39 | 342.0 | 66 | 106 | 9 | 6 | .950 | 4.526 | 4.526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Redmond | 2B | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 6.907 | 6.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pryor McElveen | 2B | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 5.023 | 4.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy McMillan | 2B | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Lennox | 3B | 121 | 121 | 1059.0 | 167 | 210 | 16 | 18 | .959 | 3.204 | 3.116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pryor McElveen | 3B | 37 | 34 | 314.0 | 41 | 64 | 7 | 5 | .938 | 3.010 | 2.838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy McMillan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bergen | C | 112 | 108 | 941.0 | 536 | 202 | 18 | 18 | .976 | 7.058 | 6.589 | 5 | 0 | 142 | 138 | 49.3 |
| Doc Marshall | C | 49 | 41 | 384.0 | 210 | 61 | 9 | 2 | .968 | 6.352 | 5.531 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 42 | 42.9 |
| Joe Dunn | C | 7 | 6 | 54.0 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 6.667 | 5.714 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 20.8 |
| Al Burch | OF | 151 | 152 | 1337.0 | 320 | 23 | 16 | 4 | .955 | 2.309 | 2.272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Clement | OF | 88 | 88 | 783.0 | 179 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .965 | 2.218 | 2.193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Lumley | OF | 52 | 52 | 451.0 | 83 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .948 | 1.836 | 1.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jules Kustus | OF | 50 | 48 | 433.0 | 92 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .951 | 2.037 | 1.960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Wheat | OF | 26 | 26 | 224.0 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 2.371 | 2.269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Sebring | OF | 25 | 24 | 207.0 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.696 | 1.560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hunter | OF | 23 | 21 | 195.0 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .871 | 1.246 | 1.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Downey | OF | 19 | 19 | 164.0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.482 | 1.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hummel | OF | 17 | 16 | 146.0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.158 | 2.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pryor McElveen | OF | 13 | 8 | 81.0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.889 | 1.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hi Myers | OF | 6 | 6 | 54.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Catterson | OF | 6 | 4 | 48.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .937 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Marshall | OF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nap Rucker | P | 38 | 33 | 309.0 | 3 | 67 | 4 | 3 | .946 | 2.039 | 1.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Bell | P | 33 | 30 | 256.0 | 10 | 81 | 6 | 1 | .938 | 3.199 | 2.758 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry McIntire | P | 32 | 26 | 228.0 | 6 | 62 | 4 | 3 | .944 | 2.684 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | P | 22 | 17 | 163.0 | 3 | 56 | 6 | 0 | .908 | 3.258 | 2.682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Scanlan | P | 19 | 17 | 141.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.106 | 1.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hunter | P | 16 | 13 | 113.0 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 2.867 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Pastorius | P | 12 | 9 | 80.0 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 3.375 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Dent | P | 6 | 5 | 42.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Knetzer | P | 5 | 4 | 36.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 4.000 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Fletcher | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pembroke Finlayson | P | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy McMillan | SS | 105 | 102 | 914.0 | 190 | 310 | 47 | 32 | .914 | 4.923 | 4.762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hummel | SS | 36 | 35 | 302.0 | 57 | 84 | 18 | 9 | .887 | 4.202 | 3.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pryor McElveen | SS | 10 | 11 | 101.0 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 4.455 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Meyer | SS | 7 | 7 | 61.0 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 2 | .882 | 6.639 | 6.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1460 | 1395 | 12407.0 | 4131 | 1924 | 282 | 220 | .955 | 4.392 | 4.147 | 8 | 0 | 217 | 185 | 46.0 |
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