1907 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901)

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March 22nd, 1907

It took 12 inning for the Superbas to beat the Giants 6-5.

Of special note, all five on New York's runs were unearned.

Ken Davis has yet to give up an earned run this spring.

Wish Egan not only got the win, but also had a 2-run single for the winning RBI.

WP - Wish Egan (1-0)
LP - Dustin Wilson (1-1)

Spring Record - 10-5

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March 23rd, 1907

Brooklyn had no real problem today, beating the Cardinals 6-1.

WP - Doc Newton (1-0)
Save - Ismael Cervandas (1)
LP - Earl Dunn (1-1)

Spring Record - 11-5

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March 24th, 1907

A walk-ff RBI single by Rip Cannell scored Bobby Wallace in the 15th to give Brooklyn a 3-2 win over the Pirates.

WP - Gary Trahan (1-0)
LP - Millard Spears (2-1)

Spring Record - 12-5

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TRADE

To GIANTS

Harry Kane
Bob Rhoads
Ed Karger

To SUPERBAS

Frank Oberlin
Domingo Martinez
Bill Abstein
Pedro Castillo
Ed Konetchy


Oberlin joins the big league camp.

TRADE

To PIRATES

Rip Cannell

To SUPERBAS

Joe Wright
Wilfried Albertini
Jerome Bernard
Manny Garza
Vincent Ford

Wright joins the big league camp.

TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Bryant Chapman
Adam Shepherd

To SUPERBAS

Chris Lindsay
Oles Bartodziejski
Jeff Coffey
William Heuer
Jose Pineda



Sent to Minor League Camp: Martin Jennings, Lew Richie, Dylan McCord, Doc Smoot

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March 25th, 1907

Francisco Roman knocked in 3 runs in a single plate appearance as the Superbas beat the Doves 13-7.

WP - Eddie Plank (2-0)
LP - Rube Vickers (1-1)

Spring Record - 13-5

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March 26th, 1907

A 5 run 9th made it close but the Phillies were able to get that last out before the Superbas were able to get that last run and beat Brooklyn 9-8.

WP - Cy Young (1-1)
LP - Tully Sparks (2-1)
Save - Noodles Hahn (1)

Spring Record - 13-6

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March 27th, 1907

The Cubs were the first team to score on Ken Davis this spring, but it was the Brooklyn bullpen that gave up the game, as the Superbas lost 5-3.

WP - Jake Boultes (1-1)
Save - Charlie Bender (4)
LP - Gary Trahan (1-1)

Spring Record - 13-7

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John Burrell was activated from the D.L.

Joe Wright was reassigned to the minor league camp.

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March 28th, 1907

Brooklyn came back to tie the game in the 8th only to have the Reds beat them in walk-off fashion in the 9th.

4-3 Cincinnati.

WP - Charley Hall (1-1)
LP - Jack Katoll (0-1)

Spring Record - 13-8

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March 29th, 1907

Brooklyn dealt with the Giants handily behind a strong performance by Del Mason. The Superbas won 8-1.

Phil Dunn went 3 for 3.

WP - Del Mason (1-0)
LP - Barney Peltry (1-3)

Spring Record - 14-8

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March 30th, 1907

Eddie Plank pitched well but the Superbas still fell 4-2 to the Cardinals.

WP - Jack Cronin (1-0)
Save - Holden Sorensen (4)
LP - Eddie Plank (2-1)

Spring Record - 14-9

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March 31st, 1907

An 11th inning outburst gave Brooklyn a 6-2 win over the Pirates.

Buck Freeman went 3 for 3 with a pair of RBI.

WP - Wish Egan (2-0)
LP - Gene Ford (0-3)

Spring Record - 15-9

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April 2nd, 1907

Cale Bernard had a couple of hits and knocked a couple in, leading the Superbas over the Doves 8-4.

WP - Johnny Lush (2-0)
LP - Mike Thompson (0-2)

Spring Record - 16-9

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April 3rd, 1907

This 10-6 drubbing by the Phillies may have been Doc Newton's last chance to make the Superbas rotation. If so, that chance is now lost.

WP - Wiley Piatt (2-0)
Save - George Prentiss (3)
LP - Doc Newton (1-1)

Spring Record - 16-10

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April 4th, 1907

Yesterday the pitching let Brooklyn down. Today it was the defense as they made 6 errors on the way to a 9-6 loss to the Cubs.

WP - George Bell (1-3)
Save - Charlie Bender (6)
LP - Del Mason (1-1)

Spring Record - 16-11

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April 5th, 1907

Brooklyn finished off their spring schedule with a nice, 4-3 win over the Reds.

Eddie Plank pitched five scoreless and looks ready for the season to start!

WP - Frank Oberlin (2-0)
Save - Ismael Cervandas (2)
LP - George McQuillan (1-3)

FINAL SPRING RECORD - 17-11

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TRADE

To ATHLETICS

Wish Egan

To SUPERBAS

Charlie Jaeger

TRADE

To HIGHLANDERS

Doc Newton
Tomas Ruiz

To SUPERBAS

Jimmy Sheckard (coming home!)
William Barnes


TRADE

To PHILLIES

Gary Trahan

To SUPERBAS

Bill Miller


TRADE

To AMERICANS

Marlon Anderson

To SUPERBAS

Doug Powell

Final Spring Cuts

Sent to minor league camp:

Charlie Jaeger
John Burrell
Jason Wright

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OPENING DAY ROSTER

ROTATION

Eddie Plank
Cy Young
Ken Davis
Del Mason

BULLPEN

Johnny Lush
Frank Oberlin
Babe Adams
Ismael Cervandas
Jack Katoll


LINE-UP

2B - Arturo Aguirre
RF - Jose Guerrero
3B - Cale Bernard
CF - Sam Crawford
LF - Phil Dunn
SS - Bobby Wallace
1B - Cole Crawford
C - Dan Drake

BENCH

C - Mike Bailey
C - Adam Schmidt
1B - John Ganzel
IF - Francisco Roman
LF - Jimmy Sheckard
CF - Antonio Perez
OF - NelsonHarper
RF - Buck Freeman

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Owner Expectation - better than .500. Low bar.

Preseason Predictions - we win the NL by 2 games over the Pirates and are fairly evenly matched vs the Athletics for the World Series.

Top Players for the AL - Mike Donlin, Highlanders & Orval Overall, Athletics

For the NL - Honus Wagner, Pirates (We have nobody in the top 10) & Eddie Plank, Superbas (with Cy Young in 2nd).

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April 11th, 1906

The Superbas opened the season is Boston, playing the renamed Doves.

Brooklyn fell behind quickly and an 8th inning rally was cut short when Phil Dunn hit into a Triple Play.

Boston won 4-2.

WP - George Winter (1-0)
LP - Eddie Plank (0-1)

Record - 0-1