1906 World Series
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| Dates: | October 9–October 14, 1906 | |||||||||
| Umpires: | Jim Johnstone (NL), Silk O'Loughlin (AL) | |||||||||
| Future Hall of Famers: | White Sox: George Davis, Ed Walsh. Cubs: Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker. | |||||||||
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The 1906 World Series featured a crosstown matchup between the Chicago Cubs, who had posted the highest regular-season win total (116) and winning percentage (.763) in the major leagues since the advent of the 154-game season; and the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox, known as the "Hitless Wonders" after finishing with the worst team batting average (.230) in the American League, beat the Cubs in six games for one of the greatest upsets in Series history. The teams split the first four games; then the Hitless Wonders exploded for 26 hits in the last two games. True to their nickname, the White Sox hit only .198 as a team in winning the series but it bettered the .196 average produced by the Cubs.
In Game 3, Ed Walsh struck out 12 Cubs, breaking the previous record of 11 set by Bill Dinneen in 1903.
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[edit] Summary
AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs (2)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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| 1 | Chicago White Sox - 2, Chicago Cubs - 1 | October 9 | West Side Grounds | 12,693[1] |
| 2 | Chicago Cubs - 7, Chicago White Sox - 1 | October 10 | South Side Park III | 12,595[2] |
| 3 | Chicago White Sox - 3, Chicago Cubs - 0 | October 11 | West Side Grounds | 13,667[3] |
| 4 | Chicago Cubs - 1, Chicago White Sox - 0 | October 12 | South Side Park III | 18,385[4] |
| 5 | Chicago White Sox - 8, Chicago Cubs - 6 | October 13 | West Side Grounds | 23,257[5] |
| 6 | Chicago Cubs - 3, Chicago White Sox - 8 | October 14 | South Side Park III | 19,249[6] |
[edit] Matchups
[edit] Game 1
Tuesday, October 9, 1906 at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois
Cubs hurler Mordecai Brown was sent to continue the dominance against Nick Altrock. Both pitchers pitched a perfect game through three innings. The Cubs had a runner at second, but couldn't score in the 4th. In the top of the 5th, George Rohe tripled to lead off, then scored on an error to homeplate when Patsy Dougherty reached on a fielder's choice. In the 6th, the White Sox sought the add another run. Nick Altrock walked, then was sacrificed to second base by Ed Hahn. When Fielder Jones singled to center field, Altrock was thrown out at home, but Jones moved to second on the throw. When Cubs catcher Johnny Kling allowed a passed ball, Jones moved to third. Frank Isbell singled to make a 2-0 White Sox lead. In the bottom half, the Cubs struck back. Kling walked and Brown singled, putting runners on first and second with nobody out. After Solly Hofman moved the runners to second and third on a sacrifice bunt, Altrock threw a wild pitch, allowing Kling to score and Brown to go to third. With one out and a man at third, Altrock pitched with no margin for error. He got Jimmy Sheckard to pop out and Frank Schulte to ground out to end the threat. For the rest of the game Altrock pitched beautifully, allowing only one more Cub to reach second base. The lead would stand as the White Sox won Game One 2 to 1.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
WP: Nick Altrock (1-0) LP: Mordecai Brown (0-1)
[edit] Game 2
Wednesday, October 10, 1906 at South Side Park III in Chicago, Illinois
Cubs pitcher Ed Reulbach was called upon to stem the tide against White Sox hurler Doc White. After each pitcher had a 1-2-3 first inning, things started to fall apart for White. After Frank Chance struck out to lead off, Harry Steinfeldt singled to left. Joe Tinker followed with a bunt single. Johnny Evers would then reach on an error by second baseman Frank Isbell, which also allowed Steinfeldt to score (unearned) and move Tinker and Evers to second and third. Johnny Kling was then intentionally walked to load the bases with one out. Ed Reulbach was out on a sacrifice bunt which scored Tinker (unearned) and moved Evers to third and Kling to second. Solly Hofman then followed with a single to shortstop Lee Tannehill that scored Evers (unearned), but, when he tried to score, Kling was out at home, ending the threat. The Cubs added another unearned run in the 3rd, ending Doc White's night. Despite giving up four runs, none of them were earned. The White Sox were able to get on the board on the 5th with an unearned run thanks to a wild pitch and an error. The Cubs would score three more runs, all of them earned, in the 6th and 8th innings to take Game 2 by a score of 7 to 1 and tie the Series at one game a piece.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Chicago (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
WP: Ed Reulbach (1-0) LP: Doc White (0-1)
[edit] Game 3
Thursday, October 11, 1906 at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois
After allowing 2 first-inning hits, White Sox pitcher "Big" Ed Walsh didn't give up another and struck out 12 to give the Sox a 2-1 edge in the series. Third baseman George Rohe cracked a two out bases loaded triple to left field in the top of the 6th to account for the only runs of the game.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
WP: Ed Walsh (1-0) LP: Jack Pfiester (0-1)
[edit] Game 4
Friday, October 12, 1906 at South Side Park III in Chicago, Illinois
"Three-Finger" Mordecai Brown pitched 5-2/3 innings of no hit ball for the Cubs, settling for a 2-hitter in evening the series at 2 games apiece. Nick Altrock was the hard luck loser with Johnny Evers 2-out single in the 7th scoring Frank Chance for the only score of the game. The White Sox had the tying run on second base in the 9th, thanks to a 2-out walk and a passed ball, but Frank Isbell gounded out to end the game.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Chicago (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
WP: Mordecai Brown (1-1) LP: Nick Altrock (1-1)
[edit] Game 5
Saturday, October 13, 1906 at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois
Game 5 saw a wild affair in which there were a total of 18 hits, 10 walks, 6 errors, 2 hit batsmen, 3 wild pitches and a steal of home. The Cubs allowed a first inning run to the Sox, then scored 3 of their own to take an early lead. The White Sox tied the game in the 3rd on George Davis' theft of home on a double steal and then took the lead for good with a 4 run rally in the 4th inning and held on for the victory to take a 3-2 lead in the series. A 12 hit attack led by Frank Isbell's 4 doubles were enough to overcome 6 errors committed by the porous White Sox defense. Ed Walsh gathered his 2nd win of the series, although he needed 3 innings of relief help from Doc White
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago (AL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| Chicago (NL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
WP: Ed Walsh (2-0) LP: Jack Pfiester (0-2) SV: Doc White (1)
[edit] Game 6
Sunday, October 14, 1906 at South Side Park III in Chicago, Illinois
Mordecai Brown, pitching on only 1 day of rest, didn't make it out of the 2nd inning as the White Sox stunned the Cubs in the series finale. The White Sox battered Brown for 7 runs on 8 hits and received a solid pitching performance from Doc White in winning the series over a team that had won 116 games during the regular season.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago (NL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago (AL) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 | 14 | 3 |
WP: Doc White (1-1) LP: Mordecai Brown (1-2)
[edit] Composite Box
1906 World Series (4-2): Chicago White Sox (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago White Sox | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 15 |
| Chicago Cubs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 7 |
| Total Attendance: 99,846 Average Attendance: 16,641 | ||||||||||||
| Winning Player’s Share: – $1,875 Losing Player’s Share – $440[7] | ||||||||||||
[edit] Firsts and Lasts
- This was the first appearance in the World Series for both teams, and the first of three in a row for the Cubs. The White Sox would next reappear in the World Series in 1917.
- This was the first modern "Subway Series", in the broad sense of the term meaning both teams from the same city, and the only one to happen in Chicago as of 2007.
- This was also be the last World Series, as of 2007, to feature two franchises that had never before appeared in the Series.
- It was the first World Series appearance for the Cubs' famous infield trio of Joe Tinker (shortstop), Johnny Evers (second base), and Frank Chance (first base). The trio hit a combined 9-for-59 in the series.
- Two future Hall of Fame pitchers also appeared: Mordecai Brown for the Cubs and Ed Walsh for the White Sox. However, this legendary pair did not pitch against each other in any game of the Series. Nor did either of them pitch the most dominant game of the series. Instead, that honor went to the Cubs' 23-year-old Ed Reulbach, who pitched the first one-hitter in World Series history in Game 2.
- The first five games of the Series were won by the road team. This unusual occurrence was duplicated exactly 90 years later in the 1996 World Series.
- Doc White recorded the first ever World Series save in Game 5. Saves were not officially recognized as a statistic until 1969, but the stat has been retrofitted by historians.
- This was the first Series with a surprise star, an obscure player who for a brief time became a star. In this case it was third baseman George Rohe who batted .348 and drove in 9 runs in the six games. He had a rather nondescript career before and after, and was out of the game by 1908.
- Games 1 and 2 were played amid snow flurries in Chicago. This would not happen again in a World Series until 1997.[citation needed]
[edit] Notes
- ^ 1906 World Series Game 1 - Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ 1906 World Series Game 2 - Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ 1906 World Series Game 3 - Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ 1906 World Series Game 4 - Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ 1906 World Series Game 5 - Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ 1906 World Series Game 6 - Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
[edit] References
- Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 13-17)
- Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2114. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
- Forman, Sean L.. 1906 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
[edit] External links
- 1906 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- 1906 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
- 1906 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
- 1906 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
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