1907 World Series
The 1907 World Series once again, featured the National's Chicago Cubs going up against the American's Detroit Tigers, who had just edged out the previous year's champion Philadelphia Athletics in a fierce pennant race. The opening contest rewarded fans on both sides of the field with neither team backing down. After twelve innings, the game was called because of darkness. Tigers 3, Cubs 3. Although Detroit had clearly started Game 1 with more momentum, Chicago showed it's resolve and snatched the victory from the Tiger's grasp. The Cubs seemed inspired by their stunning loss to the underdog White Sox in the last years Series and had obviously learned from their mistakes. It was only the beginning as Manager Hugh Jennings' Tigers would fail to recapture the initial fire and fail to score more than one run in any of the remaining Series games. Chicago's Jack Pfiester dominated Detroit, 3-1, in Game 2 and Ed Reulbach continued the streak beating American League champs, 5-1, the next day.
The Tigers showed some signs of life in Game 4 when they seized a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning as an up-and-coming twenty year-old named Ty Cobb, having just won his first batting championship, slammed a triple and scored on a Claude Rossman single. Unfortunately that was all they could muster and went down to a 6-1 defeat against Orval Overall. Game 5 was Detroit's last chance at turning the series, but Mordecai Brown threw a seven-hitter clinching the 2-0 triumph and a Cubs sweep of the Series. Chicago's boys from the West Side had dominated the entire contest and made amends for the Series loss to their cross town rivals the previous year.
Most fans were not surprised by Chicago's supremacy. The Cubs were quickly becoming baseball's first "dynasty" making their second (soon to be third) post-season championship appearance, getting there by winning one-hundred seven games and finishing seventeen games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Detroit never had a chance as the Cubs aggressive play on both sides of the plate stole the show. They had outstanding offense from Steinfeldt and Evers, who batted .471 and .350, respectively (with Steinfeldt getting seven hits in the last three games of the Series and Evers getting seven in the first three games). They ran with reckless abandon against the Tigers, stealing seven bases in Game 1 and finishing the Series with eighteen. Most importantly, Chicago's pitching staff held a potentially threatening Tigers line-up to forty-three scoreless innings out of forty-eight and shut down the American League's top hitters of 1907, Cobb and Sam Crawford. Cobb managed only a .200 average in the Series after batting .350 in the regular season; Crawford hit .238 after a .323 season.
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| 1907 World Series Fast Facts |
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Game 1
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Date / Box Score
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10-08-1907
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Location
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West Side Grounds
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Attendance
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24,377
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Game 2
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Date / Box Score
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10-09-1907
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Location
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West Side Grounds
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Attendance
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21,901
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Game 3
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Date / Box Score
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10-10-1907
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Location
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West Side Grounds
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Attendance
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13,114
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Game 4
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Date / Box Score
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10-11-1907
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Location
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Bennett Park
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Attendance
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11,306
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Game 5
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Date / Box Score
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10-12-1907
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Location
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Bennett Park
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Attendance
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7,370
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| 1907 World Series Fast Facts |
| 1907 World Series Game 1 Capsule |
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Team
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
R |
H |
E |
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Detroit
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
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Chicago
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
| Chicago Pitcher(s) |
Detroit Pitcher(s) |
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Bill Donovan
-
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Orval Overall
Ed Reulbach (10th)
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| Chicago Home Runs |
Detroit Home Runs |
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None
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None
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| 1907 World Series Game 2 Capsule |
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Team
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
|
Detroit
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
|
Chicago
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
x |
3 |
9 |
1 |
| Detroit Pitcher(s) |
Chicago Pitcher(s) |
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George Mullin (L)
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Jack Pfiester (W)
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| Detroit Home Runs |
Chicago Home Runs |
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None
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None
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| 1907 World Series Game 3 Capsule |
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Team
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
|
Detroit
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
|
Chicago
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
x |
5 |
10 |
1 |
| Detroit Pitcher(s) |
Chicago Pitcher(s) |
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Ed Siever (L)
Ed Killian (5th)
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Ed Reulbach (W)
-
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| Detroit Home Runs |
Chicago Home Runs |
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None
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None
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| 1907 World Series Game 4 Capsule |
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Team
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
|
Chicago
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
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Detroit
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0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
| Chicago Pitcher(s) |
Detroit Pitcher(s) |
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Orval Overall (W)
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Bill Donovan (L)
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| Chicago Home Runs |
Detroit Home Runs |
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None
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None
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| 1907 World Series Game 5 Capsule |
|
Team
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
|
Chicago
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
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Detroit
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
| Chicago Pitcher(s) |
Detroit Pitcher(s) |
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Mordecai Brown (W)
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George Mullin (L)
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| Chicago Home Runs |
Detroit Home Runs |
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None
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None
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| Name |
W |
L |
G |
GS |
CG |
S |
Sh |
IP |
ERA |
H |
SO |
ER |
BB |
|
Mordecai Brown
Orval Overall
Jack Pfiester
Ed Reulbach
|
1
1
1
1
|
0
0
0
0
|
1
2
1
2
|
1
2
1
1
|
1
1
1
1
|
0
0
0
0
|
1
0
0
0
|
9.0
18.0
9.0
12.0
|
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.75
|
7
14
9
6
|
4
11
3
4
|
0
2
1
1
|
1
4
1
3
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| Totals |
4
|
0
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
48.0
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0.75
|
36
|
22
|
4
|
9
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| Name |
W |
L |
G |
GS |
CG |
S |
Sh |
IP |
ERA |
H |
SO |
ER |
BB |
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Bill Donovan
Ed Killian
George Mullin
Ed Siever
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0
0
0
0
|
1
0
2
1
|
2
1
2
1
|
2
0
2
1
|
2
0
2
0
|
0
0
0
0
|
0
0
0
0
|
21.0
4.0
17.0
4.0
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1.71
2.25
2.12
4.50
|
17
3
16
7
|
16
1
8
1
|
4
1
4
2
|
5
1
6
0
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| Totals |
0
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
46.0
|
2.15
|
43
|
26
|
11
|
12
|
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