# 1907 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1907 Brooklyn Superbas finished in fifth place, with another losing season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 107 | 45 | .704 | — | 54‍–‍19 | 53‍–‍26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | .591 | 17 | 47‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 64 | .565 | 21½ | 45‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 82 | 71 | .536 | 25½ | 45‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍41 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 65 | 83 | .439 | 40 | 37‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 41½ | 43‍–‍36 | 23‍–‍51 |
| Boston Doves | 58 | 90 | .392 | 47 | 31‍–‍42 | 27‍–‍48 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 101 | .340 | 55½ | 31‍–‍47 | 21‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1907 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–7–2 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 6–16 |
| Brooklyn | 7–12–2 | — | 5–15–1 | 15–7–1 | 10–12–1 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 15–5–1 | — | 17–5 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 16–6–1 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–1 | 8–13 | 10–12–1 | 14–8 |
| New York | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 13–9–1 | — | 11–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 11–8–1 | 13–8 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 10–11 | — | 14–8 | 14–7–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 20–2 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–14–1 | 2–20 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 5, 1907: Al Burch was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Lew Ritter | 93 | 271 | 55 | .203 | 0 | 17 |
| 1B | Tim Jordan | 147 | 485 | 133 | .274 | 4 | 53 |
| 2B | Whitey Alperman | 141 | 558 | 130 | .233 | 2 | 39 |
| 3B | Doc Casey | 141 | 527 | 122 | .231 | 0 | 19 |
| SS | Phil Lewis | 136 | 475 | 118 | .248 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Billy Maloney | 144 | 502 | 115 | .229 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Harry Lumley | 127 | 454 | 121 | .267 | 9 | 66 |
| OF | Emil Batch | 116 | 388 | 96 | .247 | 0 | 31 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| John Hummel | 107 | 342 | 80 | .234 | 3 | 31 |
| Bill Bergen | 51 | 138 | 22 | .159 | 0 | 14 |
| Al Burch | 40 | 120 | 35 | .292 | 0 | 12 |
| Jack McCarthy | 25 | 91 | 20 | .220 | 0 | 8 |
| John Butler | 30 | 79 | 10 | .127 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Hurley | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McLane | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Donovan | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Nap Rucker | 37 | 275.1 | 15 | 13 | 2.06 | 131 |
| George Bell | 35 | 263.2 | 8 | 16 | 2.25 | 88 |
| Elmer Stricklett | 29 | 229.2 | 12 | 14 | 2.27 | 69 |
| Jim Pastorius | 28 | 222.0 | 16 | 12 | 2.35 | 70 |
| Harry McIntire | 28 | 199.2 | 7 | 15 | 2.39 | 49 |
| Doc Scanlan | 17 | 107.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.20 | 59 |
| Weldon Henley | 7 | 56.0 | 1 | 5 | 3.05 | 11 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jesse Whiting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 |