1899 Brooklyn Superbas season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = Brooklyn Superbas
season = 1899
misc = 1899 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Washington Park
y4 = 1898
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
managers = Ned Hanlon
television = none
radio = none|The 1899 season began with the Brooklyn team and the Baltimore Orioles merging. Baltimore owner Harry Von der Horst and Ned Hanlon became part owners of Brooklyn. Von der Horst insisted than Hanlon become the team's new manager, a position that had been promised to outfielder Mike Griffin, who had been interim manager the previous year. Griffin quit and wound up suing the team for lost wages. Re-named the Superbas as part of the deal, the team also siphoned off the several of the Orioles best players.. part of the reason why the Superbas managed to win the National League pennant with 101 wins.

eason standings

1899 Roster

1899 Transactions

*March 11: Sold Mike Griffin to the Cleveland Spiders
*March 11: Traded Harry Howell, Candy LaChance, Kit McKenna, Ralph Miller, Jack Ryan, Jimmy Sheckard and Aleck Smith to the Baltimore Orioles for Bill Dahlen, Mike Heydon, Jim Hughes, Hughie Jennings, Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Al Maul, Dan McGann and Doc McJames
*April 4: Traded Pat Crisham and George Magoon to the Baltimore Orioles for Aleck Smith
*April 10: Received Dan McFarlan from the Baltimore Orioles
*April 25: Traded Pete Cassidy, Mike Heydon, Dan McFarlan and cash to the Washington Senators for Doc Casey and Duke Farrell
*July 14: Traded Dan McGann and Aleck Smith to the Washington Senators for Deacon McGuire
*August 3: Traded Hughie Jennings to Baltimore Orioles for Gene DeMontreville and Jerry Nops

External links

* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1899.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1899&t=BR6 Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers Media Guide History]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]