1905 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 over New York Highlanders 4-3

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Despite winning the World Series, the Superbas did not rest on their laurels and initial notes have them as one of the most improved teams this offseason.

NOTABLE ADDITIONS

Chick Stahl (Trade CLE)
Jake Beckley (Trade CLE)
Joe Sugden (Rule 5 CWS)

NOTABLE LOSSES

Chris Hudson (Trade CLE)
Charlie Jaeger (Trade CLE)

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March 10th, 1904

Brooklyn opened up their Spring schedule by beating the Cubs 4-3.

Bill Bradley and Pop Foster each had a pair of hits.

WP - Eddie Plank (1-0)
Save - Watty Lee (1)
LP - Jack Harper (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

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March 11th, 1905

Candy LaChance tied the game up with a 9th inning sac fly and in the 10th, Socks Seybold hit a one-out homer to walk it off from Brooklyn, beating the Reds 5-3.

WP - Ismael Cervandas (1-0)
LP - Reynaldo Rodriguez (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-0

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March 12th, 1905

A pair of 11th inning errors cost Brooklyn the game as they fell 2-1 to the Cardinals.

WP - Dustin Wilson (1-0)
Save - Ralph Caldwell (1)
LP - John Terry (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-1

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March 13th, 1905

It took 12 innings but the Pirates outlasted the Superbas, beating them 5-4.

Pop Foster hit a home run.

WP - Win Mercer (2-0)
LP - Fred Burchell (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-2

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March 14th, 1905

Jack Pfiester is trying to prove he deserves a spot in the Brooklyn rotation and today he led the Superbas to a 4-2 win over the Giants.

Sam Crawford hit a home run.

WP - Jack Pfiester (1-0)
Save - John Terry (1)
LP - Walter Clarkson (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-2

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March 15th, 1905

Edward Foley made a strong case for moving from the bullpen to the rotation but the Brooklyn batters didn't hold up their end.

The Beaneaters won 4-0.

WP - Bill Dinneen (1-0)
LP - Edward Foley (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-3

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March 16th, 1905

A nice start by Eddie Plank led the Superbas to a 3-2 win over the Phillies.

WP - Eddie Plank (2-0)
Save - Ken Turner (1)
LP - Tom Fisher (0-2)

Spring Record - 4-3

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March 17th, 1905

Cy Young was sharp but the Brooklyn batters weren't and the Superbas fell to the Cubs 3-0.

WP - Charlie Bender (1-1)
Save - Luke Reid (1)
LP - Cy Young (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-4

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March 18th, 1905

Bill Carrick probably just pitched himself off the team.

Brooklyn had a 9-0 lead at one time and by the time Carrick came in to pitch the 9th it was 9-2 over the Reds.

Then they scored 8 times to win 10-9.

WP - Rafael Nunez (1-0)
LP - Bill Carrick (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-5

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BIG TRADE

To ATHLETICS

Tommy Leach
Bill Coughlin
Chick Stahl

To SUPERBAS

Luis Reyes
Cole Crawford
Art Bader
Mike Bass


TRADE

To HIGHLANDERS

Bob Lawson
Frank Couch

To SUPERBAS

Johnny Lush
Rezaul Ali
Ignacio Gomez


Joining Training Camp

Johnny Lush
Rezaul Ali

Sent to the Minor League Camp:

Bill Carrick
Ignacio Gomez
Jorge Estrada
Luis Reyes
Cole Crawford
Art Bader
Mike Bass

Placed on waivers:

Manuel Mora

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March 19th, 1905

Ned Garvin pitched five solid frames and Jesse Burkett hit a home run as Brooklyn beat the Cardinals 5-1.

WP - Ned Garvin (1-0)
LP - Pat Klein (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-5

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March 20th, 1905

A very sloppy game between two very good teams, but Brooklyn came out ahead, beating the Pirates 5-4.

Ryan Tillis was the only player on either team to have two hits.

WP - John Terry (1-1)
Save - Johnny Lush (1)
LP - Fred Applegate (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-5

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March 21st, 1904

Tough day for Ed Foley as he tries to gain a rotation spot.

The Giants won 5-2.

WP - Luthor Taylor (2-0)
LP - Edward Foley (0-2)

Spring Record - 6-6

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March 23rd, 1905

The Brooklyn defense had some issue stoday but they more than made up for it with their bats. The Superbas hit FOUR home runs today, including two by Pat Moran, one of which was a Grand Slam!

Moran had 6 RBI altogether. Th either home runs were by Socks Seybold and Rezaul Ali.

They beat the Beaneaters 13-9. 6 of the Boston runs were unearned.

WP - Ismael Cervandas (2-0)
LP - Walt Harland (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-6

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March 24th, 1905

Sam Crawford hit a walk-off Grand Slam in the 9th to give Brooklyn the 5-2 win over the Phillies!

WP - Crese Heismann (1-0)
LP - Justin Elliott (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-6

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March 25th, 1905

Otto Hess pitched 5 scoreless innings, leading the Superbas to a 3-1 win over the Cubs.

WP - Otto Hess (1-0)
Save - John Terry (2)
LP - Addie Joss (1-2)

Spring Record - 9-6

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March 26th, 1905

Brooklyn dropped a tight game despite a strong performance by Ned Garvin, losing to the Reds 2-1.

Zane Wilson left the game with an undiagnosed injury.

WP - Len Swormstedt (1-0)
Save - Big Jeff Pfeffer (1)
LP - Watty Lee (0-1)

Spring Record - 9-7

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Zane Wilson is going on the D.L. with shoulder soreness.

Ricardo Martinez is called up from the Minor League Camp.