1908 World Series

1908 World Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Chicago Cubs (4) Frank Chance (player/manager) 99–55, .643, GA: 1 Detroit Tigers (1) Hughie Jennings 90–63, .588, GA: ​ 1⁄2
Dates	October 10–14
Umpires	Jack Sheridan (AL), Hank O'Day (NL), odd-numbered games; Bill Klem (NL), Tommy Connolly (AL), even-numbered games
Hall of Famers	Umpires: Tommy Connolly, Bill Klem, Hank O'Day. Cubs: Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker. Tigers: Sam Crawford, Ty Cobb.
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The 1908 World Series matched the defending champion Chicago Cubs against the Detroit Tigers in a rematch of the 1907 Series. In this first-ever rematch of this young event, the Cubs won in five games for their second consecutive World Series title.

The 1908 World Series was significant for being the last World Series championship the Cubs would win until the 2016 World Series (108 years later). Before the 2016 series, the team would go on to appear in seven World Series; in 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945, losing each time. The Cubs had been one of baseball's most dominant teams in the early 1900s. This was the year of the infamous "Merkle's Boner" play that allowed the Chicago Cubs to reach the World Series after beating the New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants) in a one-game "playoff", actually the makeup game for the tie that the Merkle play had caused.

The Series was anti-climactic after tight pennant races in both leagues. Ty Cobb had a much better World Series than in the previous year, as did the rest of his team. The final two games, held in Detroit, were shutouts. This was also the most poorly attended World Series in history, with the final game drawing a record-low 6,210 fans. Attendance in Chicago was harmed by a ticket-scalping scheme that fans accused the club's owner of participating in, and the World Series was boycotted to some degree.

For the first time, four umpires were used in the series, in alternating two-man teams.

Contents

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  1 Summary
  


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  2 Matchups
  
  
  
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    2.1 Game 1
    
  
  
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    2.2 Game 2
    
  
  
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    2.3 Game 3
    
  
  
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    2.4 Game 4
    
  
  
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    2.5 Game 5
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Composite line score
  


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  4 Notes
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Summary

NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs. AL Detroit Tigers (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 10	Chicago Cubs – 10, Detroit Tigers – 6	Bennett Park	2:10	10,812[1]
2	October 11	Detroit Tigers – 1, Chicago Cubs – 6	West Side Grounds	1:30	17,760[2]
3	October 12	Detroit Tigers – 8, Chicago Cubs – 3	West Side Grounds	2:10	14,543[3]
4	October 13	Chicago Cubs – 3, Detroit Tigers – 0	Bennett Park	1:35	12,907[4]
5	October 14	Chicago Cubs – 2, Detroit Tigers – 0	Bennett Park	1:25	6,210[5]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 10, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	10	14	2
Detroit	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	10	3
WP: Mordecai Brown (1–0)   LP: Ed Summers (0–1)

With Detroit leading 6–5 in the top of the ninth after finally coming from behind with two runs in the bottom of the eighth, the Cubs broke out with six straight one-out singles against Ed Summers, scoring five times and winning the first game just as they had forced a tie in the first game of the 1907 Series by coming from behind with two runs in the ninth.

Game 2

Sunday, October 11, 1908, at West Side Grounds in Chicago

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	X	6	7	0
WP: Orval Overall (1–0)   LP: Wild Bill Donovan (0–1) Home runs: DET: None CHC: Joe Tinker (1)

A scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth came to an end when Joe Tinker's two-run homer launched a six-run Cub outburst. Orval Overall's complete-game win took just 90 minutes.

Game 3

Monday, October 12, 1908, at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	8	12	4
Chicago	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
WP: George Mullin (1–0)   LP: Jack Pfiester (0–1)

It was in this game that Ty Cobb enjoyed the finest World Series outing he ever had. The 21-year-old Georgian rapped three singles and a double in five at-bats, and stole two bases. In the top of the ninth, he singled and promptly stole second and third, but then the hyped-up boy wonder pressed his luck and was thrown out trying to steal home. This was the only Tiger win in their back-to-back first two World Series losses to the Cubs.

Game 4

Tuesday, October 13, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	0
Detroit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
WP: Mordecai Brown (2–0)   LP: Ed Summers (0–2)

This one was over in 95 minutes. RBI singles by Harry Steinfeldt and Solly Hofman in the third inning gave Mordecai Brown all the support he'd need. Brown allowed only four hits and walked none.

Game 5

Wednesday, October 14, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
Detroit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
WP: Orval Overall (2–0)   LP: Wild Bill Donovan (0–2)

The attendance during this last game of the 1908 World Series (6,210) was the smallest crowd in Series history.

Overall allowed only three hits, walking four and striking out 10 for his second win of the series. In 18.1 innings, he allowed only seven hits and two runs for an ERA of 0.98.

Boss Schmidt, who made the last out of the 1907 Series with a popup to short, also made the last out of this Series with a feeble catcher-to-first groundout.

This was also the first World Series game in which neither team committed an error.

The Cubs would not win another World Series title until finally reclaiming the crown in 2016.

Composite line score

1908 World Series (4–1): Chicago Cubs (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago Cubs	1	0	6	3	1	0	1	6	6	24	48	2
Detroit Tigers	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	1	15	33	9
Total attendance: 62,232   Average attendance: 12,446 Winning player's share: $1,318   Losing player's share: $870[6]

Notes

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   ^ "1908 World Series Game 2 – Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
   


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   ^ "1908 World Series Game 3 – Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
   


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   ^ "1908 World Series Game 4 – Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
   


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   ^ "1908 World Series Game 5 – Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
   


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   ^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
   

References

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  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. 23–26. ISBN 0-312-03960-3.
  


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  Reichler, Joseph (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.). Macmillan Publishing. p. 2116. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
  

External links

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  1908 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
  


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  1908 World Series at Baseball Almanac
  


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  1908 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
  


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  The 1908 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
  


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  History of the World Series - 1908 at The SportingNews. Archived from the original on 2008.

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Established in 1901 Based in Detroit, Michigan
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v t e Chicago Cubs 1908 World Series champions
Mordecai Brown Frank Chance Johnny Evers Chick Fraser Solly Hofman Del Howard Johnny Kling Carl Lundgren Orval Overall Jack Pfiester Ed Reulbach Frank Schulte Jimmy Sheckard Harry Steinfeldt Joe Tinker Heinie Zimmerman
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