1907 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901)

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1901 - 68-72 - World Series: Boston Americans over Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2

1902 - 81-59 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles 4-2

1903 - 77-63 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Boston Americans 5-1

1904 - 97-57 - WON WORLD SERIES - BROOKLYN SUPERBAS over New York Highlanders 4-3

1905 - 82-72 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Highlanders - 4-0

1906 - 87-67 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators - 4-0

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In 1906 we finished behind the Pirates by only 1 game, but we were unable to crack the dynasty like we did in 1904.

In 6 years the Pirates have won the NL 5 times and the World Series 4 times.

The AL has not won the World Series since 1901.

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How did our newly drafted players really do?

Ed Karger - Played 6 years. Came up with the Pirates. Also played for the Cardinals, Reds, and Red Sox. He had one quite good year with St.Louis, but that was it.

Bill Bailey - 11 years with the Browns for the first half and jumped around for the last half of his career. One good year in 1914, but not much else.

Tony Smith - 3 years, 1 with the Senators, then missed a couple, then 2 with Brooklyn. Sub-par.

Pete Lister - One season with Cleveland. Not bad in limited time.

Charlie Roy - One season and few appearances with the Phillies. Poor.

Doc Tonkin - 2.2 IP with the Senators

We aren't expecting much.

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Major Off-Season Additions

Doc Smooth (Trade - Highlanders)
Bobby Wallace (Trade - White Sox)
John Burrell (Trade - Cubs)

Major Off-Season Losses

Jimmy Sheckard (Trade - Yankees)
Gerald Hunter (Trade - Cubs)
Pat Moran (Trade - Cubs)

Experts so our off-season was a bit above average.

The Naps had the best time. They added Roy Thomas, Dylan McCord, Tom Hughes, and Chick Robitaille.

The always scar Pirates added Three-Finger Brown.

Great.

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March 7th, 1907

Brooklyn started Spring Training off with a win over the Giants, beating them 7-4.

Jason Wright and Phil Dunn each knocked in two runs.

WP - Eddie Plank (1-0)
Save - Doc Newton (1)
LP - Barney Pelty (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

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March 8th, 1907

Cy Young pitched a strong g5 innings and gave the Superbas a good advantage over the Cardinals... until Frank Kitson came in and gave it back. St. Louis won 10-7.

WP - Clark Carpenter (1-0)
LP - Frank Kitson (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

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March 9th, 1907

Antonio Perez won the game with a 9th inning walk-off RBI single to give Brooklyn a 4-3 win over the Pirates.

Marlon Anderson hit a home run.

WP - Joe Harris (1-0)
LP - Hi West (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-1

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March 10th, 1907

Three Brooklyn pitchers combined to shut out the Boston Doves 7-0.

WP - Ken Davis (1-0)
LP - George Winter (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-1

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March 11th, 1907

Del Mason pitched a solid 5 innings as the Superbas beat the Phillies 4-3.

Doc Smoot hit a 3-run triple.

WP - Ed Willett (1-0)
Save - Johnny Lush (1)
LP - Alberto Durango (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-1

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March 12th, 1907

Ismael Cervandas looked sharp., leading Brooklyn to a 4-2 win over the Cubs.

Arturo Aguirre led the game off with a solo home run.

John Burrell hurt his back on the final play of the game. We await word on his condition.

WP - Sam Leever (1-0)
Save - Jack Katoll (1)
LP - Jake Boultes (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-1

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John Burrell has a stiff back and is heading to the D.L. for a short time.

Francisco Roman is called up from the minor league camp.

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March 13th, 1907

Eddie Plank pitched 5 scoreless innings but was LONG gone by the time Frank Kitson hit a 2-run double int he 16th to give Brooklyn a 5-4 win over the Reds.

Adam Schmidt went 3 for 4.

WP - Frank Kitson (1-1)
LP - Charley Hall (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-1

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March 14th, 1907

Brooklyn lost this pitchers' battle to the Giants, 2-1 in 10 innings.

WP - Jesse Tannehill (1-0)
LP - Babe Adams (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-2

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TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Frank Kitson
Will Castillo

To SUPERBAS

Gary Trahan
Dan Todd
Vernon Brown
Carl Coleman
Manuel Garcia

Trahan joins the major league camp.


TRADE

To NAPS

Frank Corridon
Randy Flynn
Eduardo Reyes

To SUPERBAS

Dylan McCord
Dode Paskert
Lawrence Rubio
Steve Blackburn
Wilford Piatt

Welcome back Dylan! He joins the major league camp.


TRADE

To CARDINALS

Sam Leever
Patrick Burkett
Austin McGinnis

To SUPERBAS

Jermaine Norris
Frank Delahanty
Jason Nicholls
Juan Rios
Harry Swacina


First Round of Spring Cuts

Sent to AAA:

Joe Harris
Ed Willett
Darren Chamberlain
Wayne Clarke

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March 15th, 1907

A 10th inning error by Bobby Wallace gave the Cardinals a 2-1 win over the Superbas, wasting a great start by Ken Davis.

WP - Holden Sorensen (2-1)
LP - Babe Adams (0-2)

Spring Record - 6-3

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March 16th, 1907

Brooklyn only managed two hits as they were shut out by the Pirates, 3-0.

WP - Jesus Villanueva (2-0)
Save - Gene Ford (2)
LP - Harry Kane (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-4

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March 17th, 1907

Errors cost Brooklyn today as the Doves scored two unearned runs for the 2-0 win. They wasted a great start by Del Mason.

WP - Beany Jacobson (1-1)
LP - Martin Jennings (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-5

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March 18th, 1907

Sam Crawford's grand slam led Brooklyn to a 9-5 win over the Phillies.

Lew Richie had a nice start.

WP - Lew Richie (1-0)
LP - Alberto Durango (0-2)

Spring Record - 7-5

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March 20th, 1907

Eddie Plank pitched five scoreless innings but the Cubs tied it up until the 14th when Nelson Harper hit a 3-run double to give Brooklyn a 6-3 victory.

WP - Johnny Lush (1-0)
Save - Jack Katoll (2)
LP - Tony Robinson (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-5

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March 21st, 1907

Cy Young and three relievers combined to shut out the Reds, 4-0.

WP - Cy Young (1-0)
LP - George Mullin (0-3)

Spring Record - 9-5