Soon after play resumed in the same inning, two Cubs reached base on an error and a walk. Many thanks to him. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. This Series would be the closest to a four-game sweep until the first true Series sweep in 1914, when George Stallings' "miracle" Boston Braves surged from last place in mid-July to win the NL pennant and upset Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics in the Series. The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none (with one tie) for their first championship. Cobb managed only a .200 average in the Series after batting .350 in the regular season; Crawford hit .238 after a .323 season. Although Detroit had clearly started Game 1 with more momentum, Chicago showed it's resolve and snatched the victory from the Tiger's grasp. This was the closest the Tigers would come to winning a game in this, their first Series.

All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 1907 World Series. In their first World Series home game, the Tigers took a 1–0 lead on a triple by their 20-year-old batting champion Ty Cobb and an RBI single by Claude Rossman in the bottom of the fourth, shortly before a rain delay in the top of the fifth.

To install click the Add extension button. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. Game 5 was Detroit's last chance at turning the series, but Mordecai Brown threw a seven-hitter clinching the 2-0 triumph and a Cubs sweep of the Series. The Cubs committed five errors and struck out 12 times in the game, but nine stolen base attempts (seven successful) and five bunts (two for hits) set an aggressive offensive tone that would pressure the Tigers for the rest of the series.

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Copyright 1999- NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs. AL Detroit Tigers (0), Tuesday, October 8, 1907, at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois.

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Jack Pfiester, while allowing ten hits, benefited from two double plays and three caught-stealings by battery-mate Johnny Kling and was the winning pitcher for the Cubs. George Mullin, who both won and lost 20 games for Detroit in the regular season, and who had walked over 100 batters in each of his last five seasons, issued a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second, matching the Tiger run in the top of the inning and tying the score at 1–1. Ty Cobb was merely twenty years old during this series, but entered the game leading the American League in hits, runs batted in, batting average, slugging average and stolen bases. After twelve innings, the game was called because of darkness.

Saturday, October 12, 1907, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan. Or write about sports? Chicago wrapped up the series with a 2–0 victory on "Three-fingered" Mordecai Brown's seven-hit shutout. Tigers 3, Cubs 3. Joe Tinker scored a run and drove in another in Game 2 after being pinch-hit for in the ninth inning of Game 1.

The Cubs were quickly becoming baseball's first "dynasty" making their second (soon to be third) post-season championship appearance, getting there by winning one-hundred seven games and finishing seventeen games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Cubs came back strong from their shocking loss in the 1906 World Series. Most fans were not surprised by Chicago's supremacy.

Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Postseason History; More Postseason Pages. Detroit had runners on second and third with one out in the last of the fourth, but left them there and never seriously threatened after that.

- Hall of Famer (and manager of the world champion 1907 Chicago Cubs) Frank Chance, 1907 World Series Official ProgramDetroit Tigers Version, 1907 World Series Official ProgramChicago Cubs Version. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. The Cubs came back strong from their shock­ing loss in the 1906 World Se­ries. copyright=new Date(); Chicago's Jack Pfiester dominated Detroit, 3-1, in Game 2 and Ed Reulbach continued the streak beating American League champs, 5-1, the next day. Find out more. Regular-season 23-game winner Overall was masterful after the rain delay, allowing only one hit in Detroit's final five innings, giving his Cubs a commanding 3–0 lead in the Series. Game 1, you see, resulted in a 3-3 tie, called on account of darkness after 12 innings. We present them here for purely educational purposes. After Joe Tinker sacrificed, pitcher Orval Overall drove both runners home on a single to right.

1907 World Series (4–0–1): Chicago Cubs (N.L.) "You can do things my way or you meet me after the game."

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Are you a Stathead, too? ✪ Chicago Cubs World Series Champions 11-2-16 Joe And Jaye Maddon, ✪ Chicago Cubs 2016 Postseason Highlights. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 12:56AM. The Cubs scored a run in the top of the first on a walk, stolen base and RBI single by Harry Steinfeldt and scored again in the second on an error, a single, a double-steal and a groundout to drive in the last run of the Series. The Tigers' young star Ty Cobb came into the Series with the first of his many league batting championships. document.write(update); The Cubs loaded the bases on a single, walk and infield error with 1 out. The Cubs scored three more in the seventh without the ball leaving the infield, on four bunts (two for hits) and two ground balls. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea! Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date?

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Back in the World Series after its shocking upset in 1906, this time the Chicago Cubs left nothing to chance, sweeping the Tigers in four straight... or rather, five straight. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Back in the World Series after its shocking upset in 1906, this time the Chicago Cubs left nothing to chance, sweeping the Tigers in four straight... or rather, five straight.

Detroit never had a chance as the Cubs aggressive play on both sides of the plate stole the show.

It was only the beginning as Manager Hugh Jennings' Tigers would fail to recapture the initial fire and fail to score more than one run in any of the remaining Series games. The opening contest rewarded fans on both sides of the field with neither team backing down.

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Friday, October 11, 1907, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan. update=copyright.getFullYear(); Detroit conceded a run on a ground ball for the second out … Hughie Jennings recorded the first ejection in World Series history when he argued a caught stealing call by Hank O'Day against Germany Schaefer. All rights reserved. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The opening contest rewarded fans on both sides of the field with neither team backing down. Game 1, you see, resulted in a 3-3 tie, called on account of darkness after 12 innings. Detroit conceded a run on a ground ball for the second out, and Cub player-manager Frank Chance then pinch-hit Del Howard for Joe Tinker. October 8, 1907 at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois The Tigers scored 3 runs, in large part to 3 Chicago errors, in the 8th inning and held a 3-1 lead going into the bottom of the 9th. Unfortunately that was all they could muster and went down to a 6-1 defeat against Orval Overall. The Cubs seemed inspired by their stunning loss to the underdog White Sox in the last years Series and had obviously learned from their mistakes. Games 1 (a tie), 2, 3 were played in Chicago; games 4 and 5 were played in Detroit. The Tigers' young star Ty Cobb came into the Series with the first of his many league batting championships. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Join our linker program. The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none (with one tie) for their first championship.