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| 1968 World Series Game 1
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Busch Stadium, Attendance: 54,692 |
Wednesday, October 2, 1968 Time of Game: 2:29 |
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Tigers
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Cardinals 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X 4 6 0
W: Bob Gibson (1-0), L: Denny McLain (0-1) |
Cardinals
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Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details D McAuliffe 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .500 4 0 M Stanley SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 1.000 3 2 CS A Kaline RF 4 0 1 0 0 3 .250 .750 2 0 2B N Cash 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 6 1 W Horton LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 2 0 J Northrup CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 2 0 B Freehan C 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 4 1 D Wert 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 1.000 0 1 E Mathews PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0 D Tracewski 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D McLain P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 2 T Matchick PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 P Dobson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G Brown PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 D McMahon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 1 17 24 7
St.Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details L Brock LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 1.250 2 0 HR,SB C Flood CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .500 1 0 SB R Maris RF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 1 0 O Cepeda 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 1 T McCarver C 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 1.500 17 1 3B M Shannon 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 .500 1.000 0 0 J Javier 2B 3 0 1 2 1 1 .333 .833 2 0 SB,CS D Maxvill SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 2 0 B Gibson P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1 0 SH Totals 29 4 6 4 4 3 27 2
Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA D McLain, L (0-1) 5 3 3 2 3 3 0 3.60 22 - · · 5· 8· 1· 3 51 - 0.97 -0.17 P Dobson 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 4.50 8 - · · 1· 4· 0· 2 0-0 0.21 -0.01 D McMahon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 - · · 1· 2· 0· 1 0-0 0.05 0.00 Totals 8 6 4 3 4 3 1 34 - · · 7·14· 1· 6 -
St.Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA B Gibson, W (1-0) 9 5 0 0 1 17 0 0.00 32 - · · 3· 8· 3· 3 93 - 0.74 0.32 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 17 0 32 - · · 3· 8· 3· 3 -
Detroit Tigers St.Louis Cardinals 1. Dick McAuliffe 2B 1. Lou Brock LF 2. Mickey Stanley SS 2. Curt Flood CF 3. Al Kaline RF 3. Roger Maris RF 4. Norm Cash 1B 4. Orlando Cepeda 1B 5. Willie Horton LF 5. Tim McCarver C 6. Jim Northrup CF 6. Mike Shannon 3B 7. Bill Freehan C 7. Julian Javier 2B 8. Don Wert 3B 8. Dal Maxvill SS 9. Denny McLain P 9. Bob Gibson P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| b4 | 1 | 12- | R | 19% | 79% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | D. McLain | Single to LF; Maris Scores; McCarver to 3B/Adv on E7; Shannon to 2B | |
| b4 | 1 | -23 | RR | 10% | 89% | 1-0 | STL | J. Javier | D. McLain | Single to RF; McCarver Scores; Shannon Scores/unER | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | 8% | 61% | 0-0 | STL | T. McCarver | D. McLain | Triple (CF-RF) | ||
| b2 | 1 | --3 | O | -7% | 54% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | D. McLain | Strikeout | |
| t6 | 2 | -23 | O | 5% | 94% | 0-3 | DET | N. Cash | B. Gibson | Strikeout |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 52% | 0-0 | DET | D. McAuliffe | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| t1 | 1 | --- | -3% | 50% | 0-0 | DET | M. Stanley | B. Gibson | Single to LF | ||
| t1 | 1 | 1-- | O | 4% | 53% | 0-0 | DET | A. Kaline | B. Gibson | Stanley Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B) | |
| t1 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 54% | 0-0 | DET | A. Kaline | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Denny McLain facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 52% | 0-0 | STL | L. Brock | D. McLain | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b1 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 51% | 0-0 | STL | C. Flood | D. McLain | Flyball: RF | |
| b1 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | R. Maris | D. McLain | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 52% | 0-0 | DET | N. Cash | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| t2 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 54% | 0-0 | DET | W. Horton | B. Gibson | Strikeout Looking | |
| t2 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 55% | 0-0 | DET | J. Northrup | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Denny McLain facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 52% | 0-0 | STL | O. Cepeda | D. McLain | Flyball: CF | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | 8% | 61% | 0-0 | STL | T. McCarver | D. McLain | Triple (CF-RF) | ||
| b2 | 1 | --3 | O | -7% | 54% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | D. McLain | Strikeout | |
| b2 | 2 | --3 | O | -4% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | J. Javier | D. McLain | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 52% | 0-0 | DET | B. Freehan | B. Gibson | Strikeout Looking | |
| t3 | 1 | --- | -3% | 49% | 0-0 | DET | D. Wert | B. Gibson | Single to CF | ||
| t3 | 1 | 1-- | O | 3% | 53% | 0-0 | DET | D. McLain | B. Gibson | Strikeout (foul bunt) | |
| t3 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2% | 55% | 0-0 | DET | D. McAuliffe | B. Gibson | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Denny McLain facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | 4% | 59% | 0-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | D. McLain | Walk | ||
| b3 | 0 | 1-- | O | -2% | 58% | 0-0 | STL | B. Gibson | D. McLain | Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Maxvill to 2B | |
| b3 | 1 | -2- | O | -5% | 52% | 0-0 | STL | L. Brock | D. McLain | Fielder's Choice P; Maxvill out at 3B/P-SS; Brock to 1B | |
| b3 | 2 | 1-- | 2% | 54% | 0-0 | STL | C. Flood | D. McLain | Brock Steals 2B; Brock to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw to 2B) | ||
| b3 | 2 | --3 | O | -4% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | C. Flood | D. McLain | Popfly: SS | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 52% | 0-0 | DET | M. Stanley | B. Gibson | Flyball: RF | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 54% | 0-0 | DET | A. Kaline | B. Gibson | Strikeout Looking | |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 55% | 0-0 | DET | N. Cash | B. Gibson | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Denny McLain facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | 5% | 60% | 0-0 | STL | R. Maris | D. McLain | Walk | ||
| b4 | 0 | 1-- | O | -4% | 56% | 0-0 | STL | O. Cepeda | D. McLain | Foul Flyball: 1B | |
| b4 | 1 | 1-- | 4% | 60% | 0-0 | STL | T. McCarver | D. McLain | Walk; Maris to 2B | ||
| b4 | 1 | 12- | R | 19% | 79% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | D. McLain | Single to LF; Maris Scores; McCarver to 3B/Adv on E7; Shannon to 2B | |
| b4 | 1 | -23 | RR | 10% | 89% | 1-0 | STL | J. Javier | D. McLain | Single to RF; McCarver Scores; Shannon Scores/unER | |
| b4 | 1 | 1-- | 1% | 90% | 3-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | D. McLain | Javier Steals 2B | ||
| b4 | 1 | -2- | O | -1% | 89% | 3-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | D. McLain | Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF) | |
| b4 | 2 | -2- | O | -1% | 88% | 3-0 | STL | B. Gibson | D. McLain | Strikeout | |
| 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-3, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 90% | 0-3 | DET | W. Horton | B. Gibson | Popfly: 2B | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 91% | 0-3 | DET | J. Northrup | B. Gibson | Lineout: SS | |
| t5 | 2 | --- | -1% | 90% | 0-3 | DET | B. Freehan | B. Gibson | Walk | ||
| t5 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2% | 91% | 0-3 | DET | D. Wert | B. Gibson | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Tigers' Denny McLain facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 91% | 3-0 | STL | L. Brock | D. McLain | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 90% | 3-0 | STL | C. Flood | D. McLain | Popfly: 2B | |
| b5 | 2 | --- | 0% | 91% | 3-0 | STL | R. Maris | D. McLain | Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Maris to 1B | ||
| b5 | 2 | 1-- | O | -1% | 90% | 3-0 | STL | O. Cepeda | D. McLain | Lineout: LF (Deep LF-CF) | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-3, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Tom Matchick pinch hits for Denny McLain (P) batting 9th; Tom Matchick pinch hits for Denny McLain (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 92% | 0-3 | DET | T. Matchick | B. Gibson | Groundout: 1B-P | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | -2% | 89% | 0-3 | DET | D. McAuliffe | B. Gibson | Single to RF | ||
| t6 | 1 | 1-- | O | 2% | 92% | 0-3 | DET | M. Stanley | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| t6 | 2 | 1-- | -4% | 88% | 0-3 | DET | A. Kaline | B. Gibson | Double to LF (Deep LF Line); McAuliffe to 3B | ||
| t6 | 2 | -23 | O | 5% | 94% | 0-3 | DET | N. Cash | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Tigers' Pat Dobson facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| Pat Dobson replaces Tom Matchick (PH) pitching and batting 9th; Pat Dobson replaces Tom Matchick (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 93% | 3-0 | STL | T. McCarver | P. Dobson | Popfly: 2B | |
| b6 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 93% | 3-0 | STL | M. Shannon | P. Dobson | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b6 | 2 | --- | 0% | 93% | 3-0 | STL | J. Javier | P. Dobson | Walk | ||
| b6 | 2 | 1-- | O | -0% | 92% | 3-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | P. Dobson | Javier Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS) | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-3, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 94% | 0-3 | DET | W. Horton | B. Gibson | Lineout: SS | |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 95% | 0-3 | DET | J. Northrup | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| t7 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 96% | 0-3 | DET | B. Freehan | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Tigers' Pat Dobson facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 95% | 3-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | P. Dobson | Foul Flyball: 1B | |
| b7 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 95% | 3-0 | STL | B. Gibson | P. Dobson | Popfly: 1B | |
| b7 | 2 | --- | R | 3% | 98% | 3-0 | STL | L. Brock | P. Dobson | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | |
| b7 | 2 | --- | 0% | 98% | 4-0 | STL | C. Flood | P. Dobson | Single to CF | ||
| b7 | 2 | 1-- | 0% | 98% | 4-0 | STL | R. Maris | P. Dobson | Flood Steals 2B | ||
| b7 | 2 | -2- | O | -0% | 98% | 4-0 | STL | R. Maris | P. Dobson | Popfly: 2B | |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 4. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-4, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Mathews pinch hits for Don Wert (3B) batting 8th; Eddie Mathews pinch hits for Don Wert (3B) batting 8th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | O | 1% | 99% | 0-4 | DET | E. Mathews | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| Gates Brown pinch hits for Pat Dobson (P) batting 9th; Gates Brown pinch hits for Pat Dobson (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 1 | --- | O | 0% | 99% | 0-4 | DET | G. Brown | B. Gibson | Flyball: LF | |
| t8 | 2 | --- | O | 0% | 99% | 0-4 | DET | D. McAuliffe | B. Gibson | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 4. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-0, Tigers' Don McMahon facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| Don McMahon replaces Gates Brown (PH) pitching and batting 9th; Don McMahon replaces Gates Brown (PH) pitching and batting 9th; Dick Tracewski replaces Eddie Mathews (PH) playing 3B batting 8th; Dick Tracewski replaces Eddie Mathews (PH) playing 3B batting 8th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 99% | 4-0 | STL | O. Cepeda | D. McMahon | Foul Flyball: C | |
| b8 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 99% | 4-0 | STL | T. McCarver | D. McMahon | Groundout: 1B-P | |
| b8 | 2 | --- | 0% | 99% | 4-0 | STL | M. Shannon | D. McMahon | Single to CF | ||
| b8 | 2 | 1-- | O | -0% | 99% | 4-0 | STL | J. Javier | D. McMahon | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 4. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-4, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | -1% | 98% | 0-4 | DET | M. Stanley | B. Gibson | Single to CF (Line Drive) | ||
| t9 | 0 | 1-- | O | 1% | 99% | 0-4 | DET | A. Kaline | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| t9 | 1 | 1-- | O | 1% | 100% | 0-4 | DET | N. Cash | B. Gibson | Strikeout | |
| t9 | 2 | 1-- | O | 0% | 100% | 0-4 | DET | W. Horton | B. Gibson | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 4. | |||||||||||
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