1902 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901)

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Jimmy Sheckard was named NL Player of the week! He hit .480 this week with a homer and 3 RBI.

Ollie Pickering of the Bronchos won for the AL.

Brooklyn rose slightly to #7 on the weekly power rankings.

Edward Foley of Vandercook Lake won Player of the week for his AAA league.

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June 23rd, 1902

The Giants feared on Gene Wright as they beat the Superbas 13-5.

Bill Bradley hit his team-leading 3rd home run.

WP - Morton Wise (10-5)
LP - Gene Wright (6-5)

Record - 29-30

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June 24th, 1902

A combination of an effective Eddie Plank and a terrible Giant defense led the Superbas to a 7-0 win.

WP - Eddie Plank (9-5)
LP - Chappie McFarland (6-10)

Record - 30-30

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June 25th, 1902

Boston fans will want to forget this day as Brooklyn beat the Beaneaters 15-1.

Sam Crawford went 3 for 6 with 3 RBI. Bill Bradley tied the league record by scoring 4 times in the game.

WP - Jim Hughes (10-4)
LP - Kid Nichols (7-8)

Record - 31-30

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June 26th, 1902

A nicely pitched game by Ken Turner and Bill Bradley's fourth dinger of the year led to a 3-1 win over the Beaneaters.

WP - Ken Turner (6-2)
LP - Vic Willis (5-11)

Record - 32-30

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June 27th, 1902

Joe Kelley led the attack, going 3 for 3 with 3 RBI, as the Superbas beat the Beaneaters 6-2.

WP - Gene Wright (7-5)
LP - Bill Dinneen (3-13)

Record - 33-30

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June 28th, 1902

Eddie Plank pitched a nice game, keeping Boston in check right through as the Superbas beat the Beaneaters 5-2.

Brooklyn has now won 5 in a row.

WP - Eddie Plank (10-5)
LP - Ham Iburg (6-10)

Record - 34-30

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Brooklyn has risen to #5 on the weekly power rankings.

Players of the week: Noodles Hahn, Reds & Jimmy Williams, Orioles


Ray Rutledge was player of the week in Vandercook Lake (AAA).

Teddy Spear was player of the week in Greensboro (AA).

Portland (A) topped their weekly power rankings.

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June 30th, 1902

Jim Hughes continues his amazing season on the mount, dropping his ERA to 1.89 as the Superbas squeaked past the Phillies 3-2. (Those two runs by Philadelphia coming off a 2-out error.

That is 6 in a row for Brooklyn.

WP - Jim Hughes (11-4)
Save - Bob Lawson (2)
LP - Happy Townsend (9-7)

Record - 35-30

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Bill Bradley was named NL Batter of the Month after hitting .364 with 3 HRs, 26 RBI and 21 runs scored.

Jay Miller was batter of the month in Vandercook Lake (AAA)

Michael McCormick was batter of the month in Portland (A)


All June awards

PITCHERS: Morton Wise, Giants & Ed Siever, Tigers

HITTERS: Bill Bradley, Superbas & Nap Lajoie, Athletics

ROOKIES: Felix Julio, Orphans & Bill Jackson, Senators

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TRADE

To REDS

Steve Wise
Manolo Manuel

To SUPERBAS

Charlie Irwin
Phillip Cooper

Irwin joins the Superbas, as does Jay Miller and John Morrison from AAA.

Sent to AAA: Pat Clinch, Cori Skinner, Jonathan Greene

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July 1st, 1902

The Superbas went into the bottom half of the 9th down 5-1 but a remarkable comeback was capped off by a pinch-hit, walk-off RBI triple by Jake Beckley to give them the 6-5 win over the Phillies for their 7th straight win.

WP - Rube Vickers (1-0)
LP - Doc White (11-5)

Record - 36-30

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July 2nd, 1902

Eddie Plank kept the Phillies to only one run over seven innings but then he left for a pinch hitter and Philadelphia feasted on Otto Hess. Luckily the Superba batters had created a big enough cushion to hop don to a 9-5 win.

That is 8 straight for Brooklyn.

WP - Eddie Plank (11-5)
LP - Al Orth (6-7)

Record - 37-30

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With Brooklyn's great run, they have moved into 3rd in the NL.


PIRATES - 43-23 / - / 4-6 / W1 / 75
REDS - 40-23 / 1.5 / 9-1 / L1
SUPERBAS - 37-30 / 6.5 / 9-1 / W8

The biggest challenge of the run starts now as the Superbas head to Exposition Park in Pittsburgh.

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July 3rd, 1902

Brooklyn's winning streak ran straight into the Pirates and a 7 run explosion in the fifth, hanging a 9-4 loss on the Superbas.

WP - Jesse Tannehill (10-8)
LP - Ken Turner (6-3)

Record - 37-31

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July 4th, 1902

The first game of a fourth of July double-header and Brooklyn supplied the fireworks, hitting three big home runs (by Sam Crawford, Pat Moran and Joe Kelley), but the Pirates kept hitting too and finally got them with a walk-off single by Ginger Beaumont in the 10th for an 8-7 Pittsburgh win.

WP - Sam Leever (11-5)
LP - Rube Vickers (1-1)

Record - 37-32

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July 4th, 1902

Brooklyn fared better in the second half of the day, as Jimmy Sheckard led the way, going 3 for 4 with a two-run homer as the Superbas beat the Pirates 7-2.

WP - Gene Wright (8-5)
LP - Rube Waddell (13-4)

Record - 38-32

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July 5th, 1902

This was a tight game between two great pitchers... until the Superbas exploded for nine runs in the top of the ninth to beat the Pirates 12-2.

Bill Bradley led the onslaught, going 4 for 5, but in the end, all 8 starting position players got at least one hit.

WP - Eddie Plank (12-5)
LP - Jack Chesbro (10-7)

Record - 39-32

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July 6th, 1902

Eddie Plank insisted on going again today and he was right as he went the distance, beating the Reds 3-2!

WP - Eddie Plank (13-5)
LP - Bill Phillips (8-9)

Record - 40-32

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July 7th, 1902

Ken Turner went all nine as the Superbas beat the Reds by a score of 4-2.

WP - Ken Turner (7-3)
LP - Doc Newton (8-10)

Record - 41-32