1908 World Series - Chicago Cubs over Detroit Tigers (4-1)

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1908 World Series (4-1): Chicago Cubs (99-55) over Detroit Tigers (90-63)

1907 WS / 1909 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 10, 1908 at Bennett Park (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  4    0  0  0    1  0  5    10 14  2
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  0    0  0  0    3  2  0     6 10  3

    PITCHERS: CHC - Reulbach, Overall (7), Brown (8)
              DET - Killian, Summers (3)

               WP - Mordecai Brown
	       LP - Ed Summers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 10,812

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 11, 1908 at West Side Grounds (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  4  1
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  0  0    0  6  x     6  7  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Donovan
              CHC - Overall

               WP - Orval Overall
	       LP - Bill Donovan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CHC - Tinker

  ATTENDANCE: 17,760

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 12, 1908 at West Side Grounds (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  0    0  0  5    0  2  0     8 12  4
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Mullin
              CHC - Pfiester, Reulbach (9)

               WP - George Mullin
	       LP - Jack Pfiester
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 14,543

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 13, 1908 at Bennett Park (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1     3 10  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1

    PITCHERS: CHC - Brown
              DET - Summers, Winter (9)

               WP - Mordecai Brown
	       LP - Ed Summers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 12,907

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 14, 1908 at Bennett Park (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     2 10  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0

    PITCHERS: CHC - Overall
              DET - Donovan

               WP - Orval Overall
	       LP - Bill Donovan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 6,210

Series Batting Stats

Chicago Cubs Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Mordecai Brown	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	46	121	5	25	0	4	2	.207	.426
Frank Chance	5	19	4	8	0	0	0	2	3	1	.421	.500	.421	.921	5	0	129	452	65	123	2	55	27	.272	.701
Johnny Evers	5	20	5	7	1	0	0	2	1	2	.350	.381	.400	.781	2	2	126	416	83	125	0	37	36	.300	.777
Solly Hofman	5	19	2	6	0	1	0	4	1	4	.316	.350	.421	.771	2	0	120	411	55	100	2	42	15	.243	.628
Del Howard	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	96	315	42	88	1	26	11	.279	.668
Johnny Kling	5	16	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	2	.250	.333	.313	.646	0	2	126	424	51	117	4	59	16	.276	.697
Orval Overall	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	38	70	3	9	0	9	1	.129	.369
Jack Pfiester	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	79	2	8	0	2	1	.101	.248
Ed Reulbach	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	46	99	10	23	0	9	1	.232	.610
Frank Schulte	5	18	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	.389	.450	.500	.950	2	2	102	386	42	91	1	43	15	.236	.600
Jimmy Sheckard	5	21	2	5	2	0	0	1	2	3	.238	.304	.333	.638	1	0	115	403	54	93	2	22	18	.231	.641
Harry Steinfeldt	5	16	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	5	.250	.316	.250	.566	1	1	150	539	63	130	1	62	12	.241	.600
Joe Tinker	5	19	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	2	.263	.263	.421	.684	2	1	157	548	67	146	6	68	30	.266	.697
Totals	49	164	24	48	4	2	1	20	13	26	.293	.343	.360	.702	15	8	158	5085	624	1267	19		212	.249	.632

Detroit Tigers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ty Cobb	5	19	3	7	1	0	0	4	1	2	.368	.400	.421	.821	2	1	150	581	88	188	4	108	39	.324	.842
Bill Coughlin	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.125	.200	.125	.325	0	0	119	405	32	87	0	23	10	.215	.501
Sam Crawford	5	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	2	.238	.273	.286	.558	0	0	152	591	102	184	7	80	15	.311	.812
Bill Donovan	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	0	30	82	5	13	0	2	2	.159	.421
Red Downs	2	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.167	.286	.333	.619	0	0	84	289	28	64	1	35	2	.221	.524
Davy Jones	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	56	121	17	25	0	10	11	.207	.523
Ed Killian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	73	5	10	0	6	0	.137	.315
Matty McIntyre	5	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	.222	.364	.278	.641	1	0	151	569	105	168	0	28	20	.295	.775
George Mullin	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	55	125	13	32	1	8	2	.256	.634
Charley O'Leary	5	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.211	.211	.211	.421	0	0	65	211	21	53	0	17	4	.251	.617
Claude Rossman	5	19	3	4	0	0	0	3	1	4	.211	.250	.211	.461	0	0	138	524	45	154	2	71	8	.294	.748
Germany Schaefer	5	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.176	.125	.301	1	1	153	584	96	151	3	52	40	.259	.646
Boss Schmidt	4	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.071	.071	.071	.143	0	0	122	419	45	111	1	38	5	.265	.617
Ed Summers	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	40	113	6	14	0	5	0	.124	.265
Ira Thomas	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	0	0	40	101	6	31	0	8	0	.307	.663
George Winter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*29	67	4	11	0	3	0	.164	.343
Totals	52	158	15	33	5	0	0	14	12	26	.209	.272	.241	.512	5	2	154	5115	647	1347	19		165	.263	.659

Chicago Cubs Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Mordecai Brown	2	1	0.00	2	0	0	1	11.0	6	0	1	5	0.636	44	31	1.47	29	9	5	312.1	214	49	123	0.842
Orval Overall	3	2	0.98	2	0	0	2	18.1	7	2	7	15	0.764	37	27	1.92	15	11	4	225.0	165	78	167	1.080
Jack Pfiester	1	1	7.88	0	1	0	0	8.0	11	7	3	1	1.750	33	29	2.00	12	10	0	252.0	204	70	117	1.087
Ed Reulbach	2	1	4.70	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	4	1	5	1.304	46	35	2.03	24	7	1	297.2	227	106	133	1.119
Totals	8	5	2.60	4	1	0	3	45.0	33	13	12	26	1.000	158	158	2.141	99	55		1433.2	1137	437	668	1.098

Detroit Tigers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Bill Donovan	2	2	4.24	0	2	0	2	17.0	17	8	4	10	1.235	29	28	2.08	18	7	0	242.2	210	53	141	1.084
Ed Killian	1	1	11.57	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	1	3.429	27	23	2.99	12	9	1	180.2	170	53	47	1.234
George Mullin	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	0	1	8	0.889	39	30	3.10	17	13	0	290.2	301	71	121	1.280
Ed Summers	2	1	4.30	0	2	0	0	14.2	18	7	4	7	1.500	40	32	1.64	24	12	1	301.0	271	55	103	1.083
George Winter	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	2.000	*29	23	2.65	5	19	1	204.0	199	41	80	1.176
Totals	7	5	3.68	1	4	0	3	44.0	48	18	13	26	1.386	154	154	2.403	90	63		1374.1	1313	318	553	1.187

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