Detroit Tigers vs Chicago Cubs
October 12, 1908 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1908 at West Side Grounds. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago Cubs 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McIntyre lf 4 1 1 0
O'Leary ss 4 2 1 0
Crawford cf 5 1 2 1
Cobb rf 5 1 4 2
Rossman 1b 4 2 2 2
Schaefer 2b 4 0 0 0
Thomas c 3 0 1 1
Coughlin 3b 3 0 0 1
Mullin p 3 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 12 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Sheckard lf 4 0 0 0
Evers 2b 3 1 0 0
Schulte rf 4 0 1 0
Chance 1b 4 1 2 1
Steinfeldt 3b 4 1 1 0
Hofman cf 4 0 2 1
Tinker ss 3 0 1 0
Kling c 3 0 0 0
Pfiester p 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Reulbach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 2
Detroit 100 005 0208124
Chicago 000 300 000370
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mullin  W (1-0) 9.0 7 3 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
7
3
0
1
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pfiester  L (0-1) 8.0 11 8 7 3 1
  Reulbach   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
4
1

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Detroit Thomas (1,off Pfiester); Cobb (1,off Pfiester).  3B–Chicago Hofman (1,off Mullin).  SF–Coughlin (1,off Pfiester).  SB–Cobb 2 (2,2nd base off Reulbach/Kling,3rd base off Reulbach/Kling); Chance 2 (5,2nd base off Mullin/Thomas 2); Steinfeldt (1,2nd base off Mullin/Thomas).  CS–Cobb (1,Home by Reulbach/Kling); Schulte (1,2nd base by Mullin/Thomas); Tinker (1,2nd base by Mullin/Thomas); Evers (1,2nd base by Mullin/Thomas).  U–Hank O'Day (NL), Jack Sheridan (AL).  T–2:10.  A–14,543.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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