1910 World Series

1910 World Series

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Philadelphia Athletics (4)	Connie Mack	102–48, .680, GA: 14 ¹⁄₂
Chicago Cubs (1)	Frank Chance (player/manager)	104–50, .675, GA: 13

Dates:

October 17–23

Umpires:

Tommy Connolly (AL), Cy Rigler (NL), Jack Sheridan (AL), Hank O'Day (NL)

Hall of Famers:

Athletics: Connie Mack (mgr.), Frank Baker, Chief Bender, Eddie Collins, Eddie Plank (dnp). Cubs: Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers (dnp), Joe Tinker.

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The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.

Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting. The greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century.

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Composite box
4 Firsts
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

Summary

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Chicago Cubs – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 4	Shibe Park	1:54	26,891^[1]
2	October 18	Chicago Cubs – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 9	Shibe Park	2:25	24,597^[2]
3	October 20	Philadelphia Athletics – 12, Chicago Cubs – 5	West Side Grounds	2:07	26,210^[3]
4	October 22	Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Chicago Cubs – 4 (10 innings)	West Side Grounds	2:14	19,150^[4]
5	October 23	Philadelphia Athletics – 7, Chicago Cubs – 2	West Side Grounds	2:06	27,374^[5]

Matchups

Game 1

Monday, October 17, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
Philadelphia	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	4	7	2
WP: Chief Bender (1–0) LP: Orval Overall (0–1)

Chief Bender allowed the Cubs just three hits and one unearned run.

Game 2

Tuesday, October 18, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	8	3
Philadelphia	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	X	9	14	4
WP: Jack Coombs (1–0) LP: Mordecai Brown (0–1)

Jack Coombs, pitching an erractic game in which he allowed eight hits and walked nine but still picked up the win. The Cubs left 14 men on base, a Series record at that time. The A's combed Mordecai Brown for 13 hits, including four doubles in a six-run eighth that put the game away.

Game 3

Thursday, October 20, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	16	0
Chicago	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	7	2
WP: Jack Coombs (2–0) LP: Harry McIntire (0–1) Home runs: PHA: Danny Murphy (1) CHC: None

Game 4

Saturday, October 22, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	2
Chicago	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	10	1
WP: Mordecai Brown (1–1) LP: Chief Bender (1–1)

The Cubs were trailing 3–2 in the bottom of the ninth, then they tied it on a triple by Frank Chance, then won it in the tenth on a base hit by Jimmy Sheckard.

Game 5

Sunday, October 23, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	7	9	1
Chicago	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	2
WP: Jack Coombs (3–0) LP: Mordecai Brown (1–2)

Composite box

1910 World Series (4–1): Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia Athletics	2	4	9	2	2	0	10	6	0	0	35	57	9
Chicago Cubs	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	15	37	9
Total attendance: 124,222 Average attendance: 24,844
Winning player’s share: $2,063 Losing player’s share: $1,375^[6]

Firsts

All nine players in the lineup for Philadelphia got a hit in Game 2, the first time in World Series history.
Jimmy Archer became the first player in World Series history to appear in a World Series for both the National and American leagues when he took the field in Game 3 for Chicago. Archer played for the Tigers in the 1907 World Series.

Notes

^ "1910 World Series Game 1 - Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1910/B10170PHA1910.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1910 World Series Game 2 - Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1910/B10180PHA1910.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1910 World Series Game 3 - Philadelphia Athletics vs. Chicago Cubs". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1910/B10200CHN1910.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1910 World Series Game 4 - Philadelphia Athletics vs. Chicago Cubs". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1910/B10220CHN1910.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1910 World Series Game 5 - Philadelphia Athletics vs. Chicago Cubs". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1910/B10230CHN1910.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-14.

References

Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, David S. (1990). The World Series: Complete Play-By-Play of Every Game, 1903–1989. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 32–35. ISBN 0-312-03960-3.
Forman, Sean L., ed. "1910 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com — Major League Baseball Statistics and History. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1910_WS.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
Reichler, Joseph (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.). MacMillian Publishing. p. 2118. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.

External links

1910 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
1910 World Series at Baseball Almanac
1910 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
The 1910 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
History of the World Series - 1910 at The SportingNews. Archived from the original on 2008.

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