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

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1908 at Bennett Pk (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

  October 11, 1908 at WestSide Grd (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

  October 12, 1908 at WestSide Grd (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 11  4
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0     3  7  1

    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

  October 13, 1908 at Bennett Pk (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

  October 14, 1908 at Bennett Pk (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

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Chicago Cubs

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Mordecai Brown      2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 121  25  0  .207  .427   2
 Frank Chance        5  19  4  8  0  0  0   2  3  1  .421  .500  .421  5 | 452 123  2  .272  .701  27
*Johnny Evers        5  20  5  7  1  0  0   2  1  2  .350  .381  .400  2 | 416 125  0  .300  .777  36
 Solly Hofman        5  19  2  6  0  1  0   4  1  4  .316  .350  .421  2 | 411 100  2  .243  .628  15
*Del Howard          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 315  88  1  .279  .668  11
 Johnny Kling        5  16  2  4  1  0  0   2  2  2  .250  .333  .313  0 | 424 117  4  .276  .697  16
#Orval Overall       3   6  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |  70   9  0  .129  .368   1
 Jack Pfiester       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79   8  0  .101  .248   1
 Ed Reulbach         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  99  23  0  .232  .609   1
*Frank Schulte       5  18  4  7  0  1  0   2  2  1  .389  .450  .500  2 | 386  91  1  .236  .600  15
*Jimmy Sheckard      5  21  2  5  2  0  0   1  2  3  .238  .304  .333  1 | 403  93  2  .231  .641  18
 Harry Steinfeldt    5  16  3  4  0  0  0   3  2  5  .250  .316  .250  1 | 539 130  1  .241  .600  12
 Joe Tinker          5  19  2  5  0  0  1   4  0  2  .263  .263  .421  2 | 548 146  6  .266  .698  30
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 164 24 48  4  2  1  20 13 26  .293  .343  .360 15 |         19  .249  .627 212

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Ty Cobb             5  19  3  7  1  0  0   4  1  2  .368  .400  .421  2 | 581 188  4  .324  .842  39
 Bill Coughlin       3   8  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .125  .200  .125  0 | 405  87  0  .215  .501  10
*Sam Crawford        5  21  2  5  1  0  0   1  1  2  .238  .273  .286  0 | 591 184  7  .311  .812  15
 Bill Donovan        2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .200  .000  1 |  82  13  0  .159  .421   2
 Red Downs           2   6  1  1  1  0  0   1  1  2  .167  .286  .333  0 | 289  64  1  .221  .524   2
*Davy Jones          3   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .333  .000  0 | 121  25  0  .207  .524  11
*Ed Killian          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  73  10  0  .137  .315   0
*Matty McIntyre      5  18  2  4  1  0  0   0  3  2  .222  .364  .278  1 | 569 168  0  .295  .775  20
 George Mullin       1   3  1  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  .333  .500  .333  0 | 125  32  1  .256  .634   2
 Charley O'Leary     5  19  2  4  0  0  0   0  0  3  .211  .211  .211  0 | 211  53  0  .251  .617   4
*Claude Rossman      5  19  3  4  0  0  0   3  1  4  .211  .250  .211  0 | 524 154  2  .294  .748   8
 Germany Schaefer    5  16  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  4  .125  .176  .125  1 | 584 151  3  .259  .646  40
#Boss Schmidt        4  14  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  .071  .071  .071  0 | 419 111  1  .265  .617   5
#Ed Summers          2   5  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 | 113  14  0  .124  .266   0
 Ira Thomas          2   4  0  2  1  0  0   1  1  0  .500  .600  .750  0 | 101  31  0  .307  .663   0
 George Winter       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 67  11  0  .164  .343   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 158 15 33  5  0  0  14 12 26  .209  .272  .241  5 |         19  .263  .654 165

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Chicago Cubs

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Orval Overall       3   0.98 2-0  0  2 18.3  7  2  7 15 | 15-11 225  1.92  1.08 167  4
 Mordecai Brown      2   0.00 2-0  0  1 11.0  6  0  1  5 | 29-9  312  1.47  0.84 123  5
*Jack Pfiester       1   7.88 0-1  0  0  8.0 11  7  3  1 | 12-10 252  2.00  1.09 117   
 Ed Reulbach         2   4.70 0-0  0  0  7.7  9  4  1  5 | 24-7  298  2.03  1.12 133  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.60 4-1  0  3 45.0 33 13 12 26 |            2.14 1.100   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bill Donovan        2   4.24 0-2  0  2 17.0 17  8  4 10 | 18-7  243  2.08  1.08 141   
 Ed Summers          2   4.30 0-2  0  0 14.7 18  7  4  7 | 24-12 301  1.64  1.08 103  1
 George Mullin       1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  7  0  1  8 | 17-13 291  3.10  1.28 121   
*Ed Killian          1  11.57 0-0  0  0  2.3  5  3  3  1 | 12-9  181  2.99  1.23  47  1
 George Winter       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  1  0 |+ 5-19 204  2.65  1.18  80  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.68 1-4  0  3 44.0 48 18 13 26 |            2.40 1.190   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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