Chronicle-Telegraph Cup

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1900 Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
3	-	1
Brooklyn Superbas		Pittsburgh Pirates
82-54-6 in the National League		79-60-1 in the National League

The Chronicle-Telegraph Cup was a postseason trophy series that was played once in 1900. It was a challenge cup, created by the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. The newspaper offered a silver cup to the winner of a best-of-five series between its local club, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who finished second in the National League, and the league's champion, the Brooklyn Superbas. The series was held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Exposition Park in mid-October. The Superbas prevailed in the series, three games to one, to take the cup. The teams were evenly matched in every aspect of their games except fielding, as the Pirates' fourteen errors led to ten unearned runs, dooming the club. The Pirates would go on to win the next three National League pennants and would appear in the first modern World Series played in 1903. The Brooklyn club, who had participated in the last World's Series ten years earlier, would not win another postseason series until 1955. The series would be the last intra-league championship series in Major League Baseball history.

Contents 1 Background 2 The teams 2.1 Brooklyn Superbas 2.2 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 The series 3.1 Game 1 3.2 Game 2 3.3 Game 3 3.4 Game 4 3.5 Conclusion 4 Series summary 5 Team stats 5.1 Brooklyn Superbas 5.1.1 Batting 5.1.2 Pitching 5.2 Pittsburgh Pirates 5.2.1 Batting 5.2.2 Pitching 6 References

[edit] Background

At the turn of the century, the National League saw the contraction of four clubs, which reduce the number of teams from twelve to eight. The single league was the only "major league" in existence in 1900 and it as such there were no plans for any postseason competition. The last postseason had occurred in 1897, the last season of the Temple Cup.

On September 7 the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph issued a challenge:^[1]

If Pittsburg finishes in first or second place, The Chronicle Telegraph offers a silver trophy, costing $500, to be contested for in a series of games to be played wholly or partly at Pittsburg between the pennant winner and the club standing next, the trophy to become the property of the club winning the series, and the receipts to go to the players.

The expectation that the Pittsburgh club would place in either first or second was well-warranted. At the time the team was riding a seven-game winning streak since the start of the September. In that timespan, the Pirates went from seven games back on the first to just four at the end of games on the seventh. The team had also distanced themselves from the third-place Philadelphia Phillies by one-and-a-half games from three games to 4.5 games. The Pirates were now in second place behind the Brooklyn Superbas with a record of 63-48-0 (.568) versus the Brooklyn club's 65-42-2 (.607) record.

The Pirates were at Brooklyn's Washington Park with three games left in a five game set. The Pittsburgh club won the first game, 9–2, on September 6 and played to a 6–6 tie on the seventh. The teams played a double header on September 8, with Pirates winning the first game, 15–7, but lost the second by a close score, 5–6, ending their winning streak at eight games. The Pirates came back on the tenth to win by a score of 6–5, putting them three games back.

Brooklyn would go 16–10-2 (.615) over the rest of the season to finish at 82-54-6 (.603) while the Pittsburghs would go 14–11 (.560) to finish at 79-60-1 (.568); 4.5 games behind. The Pirates did manage to come as close as one game of a tie for the league lead at the close of play on September 25, 1900 after a five-game Brooklyn losing streak. Pittsburgh lost five of their next six games, while the Superbas went 8-2-1 over the same time period, to capture the pennant.

At the close of the regular season on October 14, the Superbas and Pirates were one-two, having finished there respective seasons a day earlier. Thus, the stage was set for a showdown between the league's leading offense in Brooklyn (at 5.75 runs scored per game) and leading team in pitching, Pittsburgh (allowed 4.37 runs per game). All games were to be played at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park. The umpires for the series were National League veterans Tim Hurst and Ed Swartwood.

[edit] The teams

[edit] Brooklyn Superbas

The Superbas, managed by Ned Hanlon, had lead the league in runs scored with 5.75 runs scored per game, despite having only one league-leader; Willie Keeler with 204 hits. The team that traveled to Pittsburgh featured all of the team's regulars; of players with more than 25 at-bats only utility infielder Gene DeMontreville and Jimmy Sheckard part of a left field platoon did not make the trip. Fielder Jones and Keeler – team's lead-off batters – set the table with on-base plus slugging percentages of 109 and 129 respectively. The rest of the club's starters had pedestrian OPS+, still only part-time catcher Duke Farrell's was below 85.

The Brooklyn pitching staff was led by a trio of starters. Joe McGinnity was the team's workhorse, amassing a league-leading 343 innings pitched and a 28–8 win-loss record, to go along with a 2.94 ERA. Behind him were Brickyard Kennedy and Frank Kitson, both of who started over thirty games; Kennedy had a 3.91 ERA while Kitson's was 4.19 ERA; both were slightly below the league average. Rounding out the team's main pitchers was swingman Harry Howell, who started 10 games with seven complete and finished another ten with a 3.75 ERA. Howell would become the team's third starter with Kennedy not making the trip.

[edit] Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates' offense was a one-man show, consisting of outfielder Honus Wagner, who led the league in batting average (.381), doubles (45), and triples (22); the rest the team hit .259 and Wagner raised the team's average by ten percentage points. For the series, player-manager Fred Clarke, who had 104 games in the outfield for the club, was injured and took himself out of the lineup.^[2] He was replaced by Tommy Leach, who had just four games played in the outfield in the season. The team's other outfielders used during the season either did not play (Tom McCreery) or had been forced into other roles (Tom O'Brien who played first base for Duff Cooley). The team also used a catching platoon as regular starter Chief Zimmer would be replaced by Jack O'Connor whenever Sam Leever pitched. This left the team with a single bench player, 34-year old catcher Pop Schriver.

If the Pirates was not as the team had by far the league's best pitching staff; allowing 0.7 less runs per game than the second ranked team – Brooklyn. Even though the team had a middle-of-the-road offense, its Pythagorean win-loss record was the best in the league at 81-58, five games better than the Superbas' 76-60. The unlike Brooklyn, the team's staff consisted of five capable starters; all had average or above average ERAs and all but one had more than fifteen wins. The team's number one starter was Deacon Phillippe, who went 20-13 with a 2.84. He was followed by another twenty-game winner, Jesse Tannehill who was 20-6 with a 2.88 ERA. Sam Leever and Jack Chesbro each had a 15-13 record, Leever's earned run average was 2.71, second best in the roation while Chesbro's 3.67 mark was the worst, even though it was near the league average. Rounding out the rotation was Rube Waddell, who lead the league in nearly every pitching rate stat including ERA (2.37), hits allowed per nine innings (7.59), strikeouts per nine innings (5.61) and walks plus hits per inning pitched (1.11). The team's pitching depth was unable to give the Pirates a clear advantage as Tannehill and Chesbro did not play in the series.

[edit] The series

[edit] Game 1

Brooklyn manager Ned Hanlon had returned to his home in Baltimore, Maryland and team captain Joe Kelley was put in charge.^[3] The first game of the series was played on October 15 and featured a match-up of two future Hall of Famers as Joe McGinnity took the mound for Brooklyn while Rube Waddell was the Pittsburgh hurler. McGinnity had the league's best record at 28 - 8 while Waddell led the league in earned run average. The game, like much of the series ahead, was to be played in poor weather as it was cold, wet, and dreary.

McGinnity pitched eight innings of shutout, three-hit, ball while his teammates scored five runs three of which were earned. Waddell, on the other hand, was tagged for 13 hits in the game (each Brooklyn player managed at least one hit) and was let down by his two corner infielders, Tom O'Brien at first and Jimmy Williams at third, who each committed two errors. A blunt Pittsburg headline would state "Williams and O'Brien played very poorly"^[2]

In the eighth inning McGinnity was caught in a run down between third and home by Waddell. He fell in an attempt to dodge the tag, striking his temple hard on Waddell's knee and was "laid out" for a few minutes. He remained in the game but in the ninth he hit a batter, gave a base on balls, and two hits leading to two unearned runs, denying him the shutout but he still won the 5–3 decision.^[4][5]

Line and Box Score

October 15, 1900 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Attendance: 4,000)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 12 1 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 4 Win: Joe McGinnity (1-0) Loss: Rube Waddell (0-1)

Brooklyn	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E		Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E
Fielder Jones, CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	0		Tommy Leach, LF	4	0	0	0	2	1	0
Willie Keeler, RF	4	0	2	2	4	0	0		Ginger Beaumont, CF	3	0	0	0	4	0	0
Hughie Jennings, 1B	5	0	1	1	12	0	0		Claude Ritchey, 2B	4	1	2	2	2	4	0
Joe Kelley, LF	5	0	1	1	4	0	0		Honus Wagner, RF	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
Lave Cross, 3B	5	0	1	1	2	3	0		Tom O'Brien, 1B	4	0	1	1	10	0	2
Tom Daly, 2B	4	1	1	1	3	2	0		Jimmy Williams, 3B	3	0	1	1	0	5	2
Bill Dahlen, SS	5	1	2	4	0	3	1		Chief Zimmer, C	4	0	0	0	3	2	0
Deacon McGuire, C	4	1	1	2	2	0	0		Bones Ely, SS	4	0	0	0	4	3	0
Joe McGinnity, P	3	1	1	1	0	3	0		Rube Waddell, P	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	39	5	12	15	27	11	1		Totals	32	2	5	5	27	16	4

Earned runs: Brooklyn, 3

Two-base hit: Deacon McGuire

Three-base hits: Bill Dahlen

Sacrifice hit: Joe McGinnity

Double plays: Tommy Leach and Chief Zimmer; Bill Dahlen, Tom Daly, and Hughie Jennings

First base on balls: off Rube Waddell, 2 (Fielder Jones, Tom Daly); off Joe McGinnity, 2 (Ginger Beaumont, Jimmy Williams)

Hit by pitched ball: Honus Wagner

Struck out: by Rube Waddell, 2, (Hughie Jennings and Joe McGinnity); by Joe McGinnity, 1, (Bones Ely)

Time: One hour and fifty minutes

Umpires: Tim Hurst (HP), Ed Swartwood

[edit] Game 2

On a cold and windy October 16, the Pirates put on a miserable display of fielding, making six errors and lost to the Superbas 4–2.

In the second inning, Pittsburgh starter Sam Leever walked lead-off hitter Joe Kelley, and then threw the ball into the stands on a pickoff attempt to allow Kelley to advance to third. After a Lave Cross out, Brooklyn would score its first run on a Tom Daly sacrifice fly.^[2] Other than that inning Leever pitched a fine game, giving up only seven hits and striking out four, but the team's fielding woes gave the game away in the sixth when Brooklyn scored three unearned runs. Third baseman Williams continued to have throwing problems (he had four errors in the game) and catcher Jack O'Connor's dropped of a throw from shortstop Bones Ely which would have gotten Kelley out at the plate.

The Pirates could not hit effectively against Brooklyn starter Frank Kitson effectively, managing only four hits and two runs. Honus Wagner scored Pittsburgh's first run from third on a wild pitch in the fourth. In the seventh, another run was scored by Tom O'Brien who doubled and was advanced on sacrifices by Williams and O'Connor.^[6][7]

Line and Box Score

October 16, 1900 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Attendance: 1,800)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 6 Win: Frank Kitson (1-0) Loss: Sam Leever (0-1)

Brooklyn	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E		Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E
Fielder Jones, CF	5	0	2	2	2	0	0		Tommy Leach, LF	4	0	0	0	5	0	0
Willie Keeler, RF	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		Ginger Beaumont, CF	4	0	0	0	3	0	0
Hughie Jennings, 1B	5	0	0	0	12	1	0		Claude Ritchey, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Joe Kelley, LF	4	2	0	0	3	0	0		Honus Wagner, RF	4	1	1	2	2	0	0
Lave Cross, 3B	5	1	1	1	1	3	0		Tom O'Brien, 1B	4	1	1	2	6	2	0
Tom Daly, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0		Jimmy Williams, 3B	3	0	1	1	2	2	4
Bill Dahlen, SS	4	1	0	0	0	5	0		Jack O'Connor, C	3	0	0	0	5	0	1
Duke Farrell, C	4	0	2	2	6	0	0		Bones Ely, SS	3	0	1	1	2	2	0
Frank Kitson, P	3	0	0	0	2	1	0		Sam Leever, P	3	0	0	0	1	2	1
Totals	37	4	7	7	27	11	0		Totals	31	2	4	6	27	9	6

Two-base hits: Honus Wagner, Tom O'Brien

Sacrifice hit: Tom Daly

Stolen base: Duke Farrell

First base on balls: off Sam Leever, 3 (Joe Kelley, Willie Keeler, Frank Kitson); off Frank Kitson, 1 (Claude Ritchey)

Struck out: by Sam Leever, 4; by Frank Kitson, 2

Wild pitch: Frank Kitson

Time: Two hours

Umpires: Ed Swartwood (HP), Tim Hurst

[edit] Game 3

Pittsburgh returned to its old form routing the Brooklynites in the series' third game on October 17 by a score of 10–0. It was Brooklyn's turn for fielding to torment them as they made three errors and allowed seven unearned runs.

Brooklyn's starter Harry Howell gave up 13 singles and all ten runs. The top of the Pirates' line up – consisting of Tommy Leach, Ginger Beaumont, Claude Ritchey, and Honus Wagner – was particularly successful, getting ten hits and scored seven times. Both Leach and Beaumont had three hits each, and scored six runs (4, Leach; 2 Beaumont). Pittsburgh starter Deacon Phillippe threw a six-hit shutout and struck out five.

Only one Superba managed to reach as far as third, third baseman Lave Cross hit a leadoff triple in the second inning. Second baseman Tom Daly then failed to score the runner on a bunt to third. Shortstop Bill Dahlen then came up with two outs and attempted to bunt the Cross home but the he was thrown out at home by Tom O'Brien.

Pittsburgh's only error came in the ninth and once again it was by Jimmy Williams who throw low to first base.^[8][9]

After the blowout, it was rumored that the Superbas threw the game, after having won money from bets following the team's wins in the first two games. One the club's stars Cross denied that this occurred.^[2]

Line and Box Score

October 17, 1900 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Attendance: 2,500)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 Pittsburgh 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 x 10 13 1 Win: Deacon Phillippe (1-0) Loss: Harry Howell (0-1)

Brooklyn	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E		Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E
Fielder Jones, CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	0		Tommy Leach, LF	4	4	3	3	3	0	0
Willie Keeler, RF	4	0	2	2	1	1	0		Ginger Beaumont, CF	4	2	3	3	1	0	0
Hughie Jennings, 1B	4	0	1	1	11	1	0		Claude Ritchey, 2B	5	1	2	2	1	3	0
Joe Kelley, LF	3	0	1	1	1	0	0		Honus Wagner, RF	4	0	2	2	4	0	0
Lave Cross, 3B	4	0	1	3	0	5	1		Tom O'Brien, 1B	4	0	0	0	9	2	0
Tom Daly, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0		Jimmy Williams, 3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	1
Bill Dahlen, SS	4	0	0	0	2	4	0		Chief Zimmer, C	3	1	1	1	6	1	0
Deacon McGuire, C	4	0	1	1	7	2	1		Bones Ely, SS	3	1	2	2	1	2	0
Harry Howell, P	3	0	0	0	0	0	1		Deacon Phillippe, P	4	1	0	0	1	2	0
Totals	33	0	6	8	24	16	3		Totals	35	10	13	13	27	11	1

Earned runs: Pittsburgh, 3

Three-base hit: Lave Cross

Sacrifice hit: Ginger Beaumont

Stolen bases: Ginger Beaumont, Honus Wagner (2), Bones Ely

Double play: Fielder Jones and Deacon McGuire

First base on balls: off Deacon Phillippe, 2 (Joe Kelley, Tom Daly); off Harry Howell, 2 (Bones Ely, Tommy Leach)

Hit by pitched ball: Chief Zimmer

Struck out: by Deacon Phillippe, 5; by Harry Howell, 3

Passed ball: Chief Zimmer

Wild pitch: Harry Howell

Time: Two hours

Umpires: Tim Hurst (HP), Ed Swartwood

[edit] Game 4

The series' fourth game was played on October 18, and Brooklyn's offense returned as did Pittsburgh's fielding troubles.

The Superbas would never trail in the game as Pittsburgh's starter Sam Leever gave up a first inning run. In the fourth inning, a fielding error by Leever along with three singles led to three unearned runs. Game one's starter Rube Waddell came on in relief in the fifth inning and finished the game, striking out five in the process. The Superbas offense was lead by third baseman Lave Cross who went two-for-four at the plate and played such flawless defense that the Pittsburgh press claimed it was the best defense at third that Exposition Park had seen all year.^[2]

The Pirates were once again bested by Joe McGinnity who completed his second game of the series. He allowed nine hits and stuck out four, while walking a single batter. The Pirates' only run was scored following a passed ball by Brooklyn's Duke Farrell in the sixth.

The 6–1 win gave the Superbas the series over the hosts 3 to 1.^[10][11]

Line and Box Score

October 18, 1900 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Attendance: 2,335)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 8 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 3 Win: Joe McGinnity (2-0) Loss: Sam Leever (0-2)

Brooklyn	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E		Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	TB	PO	A	E
Fielder Jones, CF	5	2	1	1	4	0	0		Tommy Leach, LF	5	0	0	0	3	0	0
Willie Keeler, RF	4	0	0	0	1	0	0		Ginger Beaumont, CF	4	0	1	1	1	0	0
Hughie Jennings, 1B	4	1	1	2	9	0	0		Claude Ritchey, 2B	4	1	1	2	2	1	0
Joe Kelley, LF	5	0	1	1	2	0	0		Honus Wagner, RF	4	0	2	2	3	0	0
Lave Cross, 3B	4	1	2	2	1	6	0		Tom O'Brien, 1B	4	0	0	0	9	0	0
Tom Daly, 2B	3	1	1	2	1	2	0		Jimmy Williams, 3B	4	0	1	1	1	0	0
Bill Dahlen, SS	4	1	1	1	3	0	0		Jack O'Connor, C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Duke Farrell, C	4	0	1	1	6	0	0		Chief Zimmer, C	2	0	0	0	5	0	1
Joe McGinnity, P	3	0	0	0	0	3	0		Bones Ely, SS	4	0	1	2	2	6	1
									Sam Leever, P	1	0	1	1	1	2	1
									Rube Waddell, P	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
									a-Pop Schriver, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	6	8	10	27	11	0		Totals	36	1	9	11	27	9	3
a-Batted for Waddell in the ninth inning.

Earned runs: Brooklyn, 2

Two-base hits: Claude Ritchey, Hughie Jennings, Tom Daly, Bones Ely

Sacrifice hit: Willie Keeler

Stolen bases: Chief Zimmer, Bones Ely, Sam Leever, Fielder Jones, Lave Cross, Bill Dahlen

First base on balls: off Sam Leever (Tom Daly), 1; off Rube Waddell, 1 (Hughie Jennings); off Joe McGinnity (Chief Zimmer), 1

Struck out: by Rube Waddell, 5; by Joe McGinnity, 4

Passed ball: Jack O'Connor, Duke Farrell

Time: Two hours

Umpires: Ed Swartwood (HP), Tim Hurst

[edit] Conclusion

As the series' winners, the Brooklyn Superbas was awarded the silver Chronicle-Telegraph Cup, worth $500, to go with its half-share of the gate receipts. As a mark of their appreciation for his contribution to the team's success in the series, pitcher Joe McGinnity was given the trophy cup by unanimous vote by his teammates. He was "greatly surprised on be­ing made the recipient of this token of es­teem on the part of his fellow players and he was at a loss for words to express his feelings." The Brooklyn management also gave McGin­nity $100 extra for his work.^[11]

The were presented the trophy to the Superbas on October 19 by Pittsburgh mayor William J. Diehl at the Alvin Theatre in downtown Pittsburgh. Team captain Joe Kelley made a short speech following a presentation speech by Diehl.^[12]

There would be no postseason play for National League teams for two years until the first World Series was played against the American League.

The trophy is currently on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

[edit] Series summary

The difference in series came down to errors as both were evenly matched in runs scored, batting average, and earned run average; the Pirates committed 14 errors to Brooklyn's 4. Pittsburgh third baseman Jimmy Williams accounted for half of his team's total; during the season he was an average-fielding third baseman but his .417 fielding percentage during the season was less than half of his regular season mark (.889). The team's errors were especially costly as they occurred at pivotal moments in games, letting the Superbas win by comfortable margins. Game 2's three unearned runs in the the top of the sixth inning allowed the Superbas to break a one-all tie, and proved to be the difference in the game. The fourth inning error by pitcher Sam Leever in Game 4 also broke the game open for the Brooklyn team as it gave them a 4–0 lead.

The top hitter in the series came from the losing side as Pittsburgh outfielder Honus Wagner, posted a .400 batting average (6-for-15). He also had a .438 on-base percentage and a .467 slugging percentage – each the highest in the series – and drove in three runs. Brooklyn outfielder Willie Keeler of the Superbas had 6 hit in 17 at-bats for a .353 batting average, while fellow outfielder Fielder Jones had 4 RBIs. Jones also had .278 batting average, second on the team tied with third baseman Lave Cross.

Brooklyn's Joe McGinnity was the series' best pitcher, winning two nine-inning complete games while allowing no earned runs (for a 0.00 ERA) – and only gave up three runs – while striking out 5. Frank Kitson, who threw a complete game also had an earned run average of zero. Deacon Phillippe, who had the Pirates' only win, was the Pittsburgh pitcher to have a WHIP under 1.00 (0.89).

Over the following season the paths of the two clubs would sharply diverge. The Pirates would win the next three National League pennants and go on to play in the inaugural World Series in 1903, where they would again lose - this time 5 to 3 versus the Boston Pilgrims. Six years later the Pirates would win their first World Series. For the Brooklyn team, it would be their last postseason series for 16 years, when they reached the World Series. The franchise would not win another postseason series until the 1955 World Series as the Dodgers.

[edit] Team stats

[edit] Brooklyn Superbas

[edit] Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	SH	BB	HBP	SB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PO	A	E	PB	FPCT
Willie Keeler	4	16	0	6	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0.375	0.389	0.375	0.764	6	1	0	0	1.000
Duke Farrell	2	8	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0.375	0.375	0.375	0.750	12	0	0	1	1.000
Lave Cross	4	18	2	5	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0.278	0.278	0.389	0.667	4	17	1	0	0.952
Deacon McGuire	2	8	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.375	0.625	9	2	1	0	0.909
Fielder Jones	4	18	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	0.278	0.316	0.278	0.594	7	1	0	0	1.000
Tom Daly	4	13	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	1	0.154	0.294	0.231	0.525	6	7	0	0	1.000
Bill Dahlen	4	17	3	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0.176	0.176	0.294	0.471	5	12	1	0	0.941
Joe Kelley	4	17	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.176	0.263	0.176	0.440	10	0	0	0	1.000
Hughie Jennings	4	18	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0.167	0.211	0.222	0.433	44	2	0	0	1.000
Joe McGinnity	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.167	0.143	0.167	0.310	0	6	0	0	1.000
Frank Kitson	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.000	0.250	2	1	0	0	1.000
Harry Howell	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0	1	0	n/a
Totals	4	145	15	33	3	2	0	40	3	9	0	4	5	0.228	0.268	0.276	0.543	105	49	4	1	0.974

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W	L	IP	H	SO	BB	WP	R	ER	WHIP	RA/9	ERA
Joe McGinnity	2	2	0	18	14	5	3	0	3	0	0.94	1.50	0.00
Frank Kitson	1	1	0	9	4	2	1	1	2	0	0.56	2.00	0.00
Harry Howell	1	0	1	8	13	3	2	1	10	3	1.88	11.25	3.38
Totals	4	3	1	35	31	10	6	2	15	3	1.06	3.86	0.77

[edit] Pittsburgh Pirates

[edit] Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	SH	BB	HBP	SB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PO	A	E	PB	FPCT
Honus Wagner	4	15	2	6	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0.400	0.438	0.467	0.904	10	0	0	0	1.000
Claude Ritchey	4	16	3	5	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0.313	0.353	0.375	0.728	6	9	0	0	1.000
Bones Ely	4	14	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0.286	0.333	0.357	0.690	9	13	1	0	0.955
Ginger Beaumont	4	15	2	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0.267	0.294	0.267	0.561	9	0	0	0	1.000
Jack O'Connor	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	5	0	1	1	0.800
Sam Leever	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	2	4	2	0	0.667
Jimmy Williams	4	14	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.214	0.267	0.214	0.481	4	8	7	0	0.417
Tommy Leach	4	17	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0.176	0.222	0.176	0.399	13	1	0	0	1.000
Rube Waddell	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400	1	1	0	0	1.000
Chief Zimmer	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0.111	0.273	0.111	0.384	14	3	1	1	0.941
Tom O'Brien	4	16	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.125	0.125	0.188	0.313	34	4	2	0	0.947
Deacon Phillippe	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	2	0	0	1.000
Pop Schriver	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	0	-.---
Totals	4	134	15	31	4	0	0	35	1	6	2	7	2	0.231	0.273	0.261	0.534	108	45	14	2	0.908

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W	L	IP	H	SO	BB	WP	R	ER	WHIP	RA/9	ERA
Deacon Phillippe	1	1	0	9	6	5	2	0	0	0	0.89	0.00	0.00
Rube Waddell	2	0	1	14	14	7	3	0	7	4	1.21	4.50	2.57
Sam Leever	2	0	2	13	13	4	4	0	8	1	1.31	5.54	0.69
Totals	4	1	3	36	33	16	9	0	15	5	1.17	3.75	1.25

[edit] References

1. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Trophy for Baseball Players", New York Times, September 8, 1900, 5. Accessed via Proquest.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Finoli, David and Bill Ranier. The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia. {{{place}}}: {{{publisher}}}, {{{year}}}. ISBN {{{id}}}
3. ↑ Spatz, Lyle. Bad Bill Dahlen: The Rollicking Life And Times Of An Early Baseball Star. {{{place}}}: {{{publisher}}}, {{{year}}}. ISBN {{{id}}}
4. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Champions Find Pirates Easiest of Victims", Brooklyn Eagle, October 16, 1900, 14.Accessed at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online
5. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Brooklyn Won First Game", New York Times, October 16, 1900, 8. Accessed via Proquest.
6. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Pirates No Match for Brooklyn Team", Brooklyn Eagle, October 17, 1900, 14.Accessed at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online
7. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Brooklyn Again Victorious", New York Times, October 17, 1900, 10. Accessed via Proquest.
8. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Champions Shut Out", Brooklyn Eagle, October 18, 1900, 16.Accessed at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online
9. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Pittsburgh, 10; Brooklyn, 0", New York Times, October 18, 1900, 9. Accessed via Proquest.
10. ↑ {{{author}}}. "World's Championship to Brooklyn Ball Team", Brooklyn Eagle, October 19, 1900, 15.Accessed at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online
11. ↑ ^11.0 11.1 {{{author}}}. "Brooklyn the Champions", New York Times, October 19, 1900, 9. Accessed via Proquest.
12. ↑ {{{author}}}. "Baseball Trophy Presented", New York Times, October 20, 1900, 8. Accessed via Proquest.

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