- 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 ownerHarry 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 theNational League pennant with 101 wins.eason standings
1899 Roster
1899 Transactions
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March 11 : Sold Mike Griffin to theCleveland Spiders
*March 11 : Traded Harry Howell,Candy LaChance ,Kit McKenna , Ralph Miller, Jack Ryan,Jimmy Sheckard andAleck Smith to the Baltimore Orioles forBill Dahlen ,Mike Heydon , Jim Hughes,Hughie Jennings ,Willie Keeler ,Joe Kelley ,Al Maul ,Dan McGann andDoc McJames
*April 4 : TradedPat Crisham andGeorge Magoon to the Baltimore Orioles forAleck Smith
*April 10 : ReceivedDan McFarlan from the Baltimore Orioles
*April 25 : TradedPete Cassidy ,Mike Heydon ,Dan McFarlan and cash to the Washington Senators forDoc Casey andDuke Farrell
*July 14 : TradedDan McGann andAleck Smith to the Washington Senators forDeacon McGuire
*August 3 : TradedHughie Jennings to Baltimore Orioles forGene DeMontreville andJerry 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]
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