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1908 Brooklyn Superbas

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

53-101, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Patsy Donovan (53-101)
Scored 375 runs, Allowed 516 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99

Ballparks: Washington Park III · Attendance: 275,600 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 99


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1907 / 1909 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Bill Bergen 30 99 320 302 8 53 8 2 0 15 1 5 31 .175 .189 .215 .404 31 65 0 13
2 1B Tim Jordan* 29 148 588 515 58 127 18 5 12 60 9 59 75 .247 .328 .371 .698 127 191 3 11
3 2B Harry Pattee* 26 80 301 264 19 57 5 2 0 9 24 25 40 .216 .286 .250 .536 74 66 1 11
4 SS Phil Lewis 24 118 444 415 22 91 5 6 1 30 9 13 21 .219 .243 .267 .510 66 111 0 16
5 3B Tommy Sheehan 30 146 553 468 45 100 18 2 0 29 9 53 28 .214 .302 .261 .562 83 122 6 26
6 OF Al Burch* 24 123 500 456 45 111 8 4 2 18 15 33 62 .243 .294 .292 .586 91 133 0 11
7 OF Harry Lumley* 27 127 486 440 36 95 13 12 4 39 4 29 62 .216 .266 .327 .593 93 144 1 16
8 OF Billy Maloney* 30 113 402 359 31 70 5 7 3 17 14 24 72 .195 .255 .273 .528 72 98 5 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT John Hummel 25 154 642 594 51 143 11 12 4 41 20 34 52 .241 .284 .320 .604 96 190 2 12
10 2B Whitey Alperman 28 70 238 213 17 42 3 1 1 15 2 9 32 .197 .253 .235 .488 59 50 7 9
11 SS Tommy McMillan 20 43 164 147 9 35 3 0 0 3 5 9 12 .238 .296 .259 .554 80 38 3 5
12 C Lew Ritter 32 38 108 99 6 19 2 1 0 2 0 7 9 .192 .245 .232 .478 55 23 0 2
13 OF Tom Catterson* 23 19 76 68 5 13 1 1 1 2 0 5 13 .191 .257 .279 .536 74 19 1 2
14 C Joe Dunn 23 20 66 64 3 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 19 .172 .172 .219 .391 27 14 0 2
15 C Alex Farmer 31 12 32 30 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .167 .194 .200 .394 28 6 0 1
16 1B Simmy Murch 27 6 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .250 .273 .523 70 3 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
17 P Kaiser Wilhelm 34 42 122 111 4 12 0 0 0 3 0 6 15 .108 .154 .108 .262 -15 12 0 5
18 P Nap Rucker 23 42 119 117 3 21 0 1 0 6 1 1 14 .179 .186 .197 .383 24 23 0 1
19 P Harry McIntire 29 40 103 100 5 20 3 1 0 4 0 2 22 .200 .216 .250 .466 51 25 0 1
20 P Jim Pastorius* 26 28 71 62 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 6 18 .129 .206 .161 .367 20 10 0 3
21 P George Bell 33 29 53 47 1 8 2 2 0 6 0 1 9 .170 .188 .298 .485 57 14 0 5
22 P Jim Holmes? 25 13 13 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -50 1 0 0
23 P Abe Kruger 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
24 P Pembroke Finlayson 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.1 154 5415 4897 375 1044 110 60 28 306 113 323 612 .213 .266 .277 .543 77 1358 29 166
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 7 8 8 4 1 8 1 7 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Whitey Alperman 28 238 -10 -1 0 0 -4 0 7 -8 -1.1 -4 -0.5 -0.6 $ 4/5O6
George Bell 33 53 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bill Bergen 30 320 -22 -2 0 0 3 6 9 -6 -1.3 -9 -1.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 2
Al Burch* 24 500 -8 0 0 0 6 -5 15 8 0.6 2 0.3 0.3 $ Purchased *O
Tom Catterson* 23 76 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 2 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ O
Joe Dunn 23 66 -5 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.3 -0.1 $ 2
Alex Farmer 31 32 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 2
Jim Holmes? 25 13 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.3 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
John Hummel 25 642 -8 0 0 0 0 -5 19 6 0.3 6 0.8 -0.5 $ Purchased O4/63
Tim Jordan* 29 588 10 -2 0 0 -8 -5 18 13 1.5 21 2.9 -1.4 $ Purchased *3
Abe Kruger 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Phil Lewis 24 444 -18 -1 0 0 -3 8 13 -1 -0.7 2 0.3 -1.0 $ *6
Harry Lumley* 27 486 -8 -1 0 0 -4 -6 14 -5 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $ Rule 5 Draft *O
Billy Maloney* 30 402 -13 1 0 0 0 -3 12 -3 -0.7 -3 -0.4 -0.3 $ Traded *O/2
Harry McIntire 29 103 -6 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Tommy McMillan 20 164 -4 -1 0 0 -5 2 5 -3 -0.5 2 0.3 -0.8 $ Rule 5 Draft 6O
Simmy Murch 27 12 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased /3
Jim Pastorius* 26 71 -5 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Harry Pattee* 26 301 -8 1 0 0 5 0 9 7 0.5 2 0.3 0.2 $ 4
Lew Ritter 32 108 -5 -1 0 0 -1 2 3 -2 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ 2
Nap Rucker 23 119 -9 -1 0 0 0 4 4 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.3 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Tommy Sheehan 30 553 -11 -2 0 0 -2 5 16 6 0.2 8 1.1 -0.9 $ Purchased *5
Kaiser Wilhelm 34 122 -13 0 0 0 0 4 4 -5 -0.9 -5 -0.7 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Team Total 27.1 5415 -151 -10 0 0 -13 15 159 0 -4.8 13 2.0 -6.8 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Whitey Alperman 28 238 180 11 1.6 69 .228 .197 .242 .253 .303 .235 .312 .488 .616 59 .252 -9.8 -1.2 .398 .089 .038 1.3 4/5O6
George Bell 33 53 44 3 1.8 69 .211 .170 .242 .188 .303 .298 .312 .485 .615 57 .291 -2.6 -0.3 .385 .149 .128 1
Bill Bergen 30 320 262 12 1.2 69 .196 .175 .242 .189 .303 .215 .312 .404 .615 31 .164 -24.0 -3.0 .285 .060 .040 .0 2
Al Burch* 24 500 356 39 3.0 69 .278 .243 .242 .294 .303 .292 .312 .586 .616 91 .494 -5.4 -0.7 .525 .154 .048 3.5 *O
Tom Catterson* 23 76 57 5 2.4 69 .222 .191 .242 .257 .303 .279 .312 .536 .616 74 .393 -2.1 -0.3 .455 .162 .088 .0 O
Joe Dunn 23 66 55 2 1.0 69 .244 .172 .242 .172 .303 .219 .312 .391 .616 27 .115 -5.3 -0.7 .264 .047 .047 2
Alex Farmer 31 32 26 1 1.0 69 .185 .167 .242 .194 .303 .200 .312 .394 .615 28 .126 -2.4 -0.3 .280 .067 .033 2
Pembroke Finlayson 19 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Jim Holmes? 25 13 12 0 0.0 69 .100 .077 .242 .077 .303 .077 .312 .154 .616 -50 .000 -2.2 -0.3 .083 .000 .000 1
John Hummel 25 642 463 54 3.1 69 .258 .241 .242 .284 .303 .320 .312 .604 .616 96 .522 -5.2 -0.6 .545 .170 .079 6.7 O4/63
Tim Jordan* 29 588 399 62 4.2 69 .269 .247 .242 .328 .303 .371 .312 .698 .615 127 .649 16.0 2.0 .675 .256 .124 10.3 *3
Abe Kruger 23 2 2 0 0.0 69 .000 .000 .242 .000 .304 .000 .312 .000 .615 -100 .000 -0.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Phil Lewis 24 444 340 27 2.1 69 .229 .219 .242 .243 .303 .267 .312 .510 .615 66 .352 -17.8 -2.2 .410 .101 .048 1.8 *6
Harry Lumley* 27 486 361 38 2.8 69 .243 .216 .242 .266 .303 .327 .312 .593 .615 93 .475 -5.8 -0.7 .516 .186 .111 4.0 *O
Billy Maloney* 30 402 303 24 2.1 69 .236 .195 .242 .255 .303 .273 .312 .528 .615 72 .350 -12.3 -1.5 .488 .184 .078 4.9 *O/2
Harry McIntire 29 103 81 5 1.7 69 .256 .200 .242 .216 .303 .250 .312 .466 .616 51 .254 -5.8 -0.7 .338 .070 .050 1
Tommy McMillan 20 164 117 11 2.5 69 .259 .238 .242 .296 .303 .259 .312 .554 .615 80 .424 -3.0 -0.4 .491 .116 .020 .0 6O
Simmy Murch 27 12 9 1 3.0 69 .182 .182 .242 .250 .303 .273 .312 .523 .616 70 .500 -0.3 -0.0 .444 .182 .091 /3
Jim Pastorius* 26 71 57 2 0.9 69 .182 .129 .242 .206 .303 .161 .312 .367 .615 20 .107 -5.6 -0.7 .296 .129 .032 1
Harry Pattee* 26 301 218 19 2.4 69 .254 .216 .242 .286 .303 .250 .312 .536 .616 74 .392 -7.0 -0.9 .560 .220 .034 .0 4
Lew Ritter 32 108 82 6 2.0 69 .211 .192 .242 .245 .303 .232 .312 .478 .616 55 .318 -5.0 -0.6 .375 .111 .040 2
Nap Rucker 23 119 97 4 1.1 69 .204 .179 .242 .186 .303 .197 .312 .383 .615 24 .140 -10.3 -1.3 .260 .034 .017 .0 1
Tommy Sheehan 30 553 394 36 2.5 69 .227 .214 .242 .302 .303 .261 .312 .562 .616 83 .412 -6.1 -0.8 .516 .179 .047 .0 *5
Kaiser Wilhelm 34 122 104 2 0.5 69 .125 .108 .242 .154 .303 .108 .312 .262 .615 -15 .039 -14.1 -1.8 .182 .054 .000 1
League Average 3.1 71 .263 .238 .247 .298 .308 .304 .318 .603 .626 93 .514 .557 .177 .066
Team Total 27.1 5415 4019 364 2.4 69 .239 .213 .242 .266 .303 .277 .312 .543 .615 77 .408 -136.6 -17.0 .473 .153 .064 44.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Whitey Alperman 28 73 251 231 25 53 4 1 1 22 3 11 33 .229 .291 .268 .559 17 70 70
George Bell 33 30 53 52 2 11 3 3 0 9 0 1 9 .212 .226 .385 .611 4 29 29
Bill Bergen 30 103 331 325 12 66 10 2 0 22 1 6 32 .203 .218 .246 .464 18 99 99
Al Burch* 24 128 538 497 64 139 10 5 3 26 19 41 64 .280 .335 .338 .673 56 123 123
Tom Catterson* 23 20 80 73 7 16 1 1 1 3 0 6 14 .219 .288 .301 .589 6 19 19
Joe Dunn 23 21 68 68 4 13 4 0 0 6 0 0 20 .191 .191 .250 .441 3 20 20
Alex Farmer 31 12 34 33 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 .212 .235 .242 .478 2 12 12
Jim Holmes? 25 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
John Hummel 25 160 694 648 73 180 14 15 5 59 25 43 54 .278 .326 .369 .694 77 154 154
Tim Jordan* 29 154 643 564 84 161 23 6 15 87 11 75 78 .285 .373 .427 .801 89 148 148
Abe Kruger 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Phil Lewis 24 123 465 449 31 113 6 7 1 43 11 16 22 .252 .277 .303 .580 38 118 118
Harry Lumley* 27 132 516 478 52 120 16 15 5 56 5 37 64 .251 .306 .379 .685 55 127 127
Billy Maloney* 30 117 423 387 44 87 6 9 4 24 17 30 75 .225 .291 .318 .609 34 113 113
Harry McIntire 29 42 109 107 7 24 4 1 0 5 0 2 23 .224 .239 .280 .519 7 40 40
Tommy McMillan 20 45 175 160 13 44 4 0 0 4 6 11 12 .275 .337 .300 .637 16 43 43
Simmy Murch 27 6 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .250 .273 .523 1 6 6
Jim Pastorius* 26 29 74 66 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 8 19 .152 .243 .182 .425 3 28 28
Harry Pattee* 26 83 320 287 27 72 6 3 0 13 30 32 42 .251 .328 .293 .621 27 80 80
Lew Ritter 32 39 116 107 9 24 3 1 0 3 0 9 9 .224 .284 .271 .556 8 38 38
Nap Rucker 23 44 127 126 4 26 0 1 0 9 1 1 15 .206 .213 .222 .435 6 42 42
Tommy Sheehan 30 152 584 509 65 127 23 3 0 42 11 67 29 .250 .346 .306 .652 52 146 146
Kaiser Wilhelm 34 44 127 119 7 16 0 0 0 5 0 8 16 .134 .189 .134 .323 3 42 42
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Whitey Alperman 28 3 1316 339 1316 1212 99 283 41 24 6 100 20 28 140 .233 .270 .322 .592 92 390 33 43
George Bell 33 2 149 64 149 131 7 16 2 2 0 6 0 9 32 .122 .190 .168 .358 16 22 2 7
Bill Bergen 30 8 2333 662 2333 2206 103 398 39 18 1 154 17 58 291 .180 .201 .216 .417 28 476 0 69
Al Burch* 24 3 1193 302 1193 1065 115 270 18 8 2 46 42 98 174 .254 .316 .291 .608 95 310 0 30
Tom Catterson* 23 1 76 19 76 68 5 13 1 1 1 2 0 5 13 .191 .257 .279 .536 74 19 1 2
Joe Dunn 23 1 66 20 66 64 3 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 19 .172 .172 .219 .391 27 14 0 2
Alex Farmer 31 1 32 12 32 30 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .167 .194 .200 .394 28 6 0 1
Pembroke Finlayson 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Holmes? 25 2 18 16 18 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 42 4 0 0
John Hummel 25 4 1475 388 1475 1331 131 309 32 23 8 100 44 105 149 .232 .291 .309 .600 94 411 5 34
Tim Jordan* 29 5 1716 432 1716 1478 172 383 54 21 28 193 35 195 225 .259 .348 .381 .729 136 563 7 36
Abe Kruger 23 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Phil Lewis 24 4 1940 508 1940 1775 146 429 33 13 4 130 55 95 107 .242 .281 .282 .563 80 500 3 67
Harry Lumley* 27 5 2736 667 2736 2460 284 682 101 63 38 291 109 185 369 .277 .330 .416 .746 136 1023 8 83
Billy Maloney* 30 6 2762 696 2762 2476 294 585 54 42 6 177 155 162 449 .236 .294 .299 .593 83 741 40 84
Harry McIntire 29 4 438 160 438 410 32 87 13 3 1 21 2 18 74 .212 .251 .266 .516 64 109 3 7
Tommy McMillan 20 1 164 43 164 147 9 35 3 0 0 3 5 9 12 .238 .296 .259 .554 80 38 3 5
Simmy Murch 27 3 74 23 74 71 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 2 10 .141 .164 .169 .333 5 12 0 1
Jim Pastorius* 26 3 236 86 236 206 16 33 2 2 0 10 0 17 52 .160 .228 .189 .417 35 39 1 12
Harry Pattee* 26 1 301 80 301 264 19 57 5 2 0 9 24 25 40 .216 .286 .250 .536 74 66 1 11
Lew Ritter 32 7 1580 462 1580 1437 129 315 33 17 1 120 55 96 181 .219 .271 .268 .539 68 385 6 41
Nap Rucker 23 2 222 79 222 214 9 36 1 2 0 14 1 4 37 .168 .183 .192 .375 22 41 0 4
Tommy Sheehan 30 4 1169 317 1169 1011 96 238 26 8 1 88 32 94 49 .235 .305 .280 .585 85 283 7 57
Kaiser Wilhelm 34 4 371 132 371 345 12 38 4 0 0 10 0 12 69 .110 .142 .122 .264 -18 42 1 13
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1907 / 1909 Batting Statistics