Brooklyn Superbas

The Superbas won the National League pennant in 1899 and 1900, their first two seasons under the name, and did not win another. Thirteen seasons at 879-1,030. The name came from a vaudeville act of the day called Hanlon's Superbas, and Ned Hanlon was the manager, so it stuck.

The best season is 1899, at 101-47, the first of four hundred-win seasons the club had in Brooklyn under one name or another. By 1905 it had fallen to 48-104. Home was Washington Park and, from 1913, Ebbets Field.

Six Hall of Famers played here, among them Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Zack Wheat, Hughie Jennings and Casey Stengel, who debuted with the club in 1912. Hanlon managed the first seven seasons and won 511 games. The club became the Robins in 1914 and the Dodgers in 1932.