1910 World Series
Encyclopedia
The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics
and the Chicago Cubs
, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.
Jack Coombs
of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins
supplied timely hitting. The greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century.
Chief Bender
allowed the Cubs just three hits and one unearned run.
Jack Coombs, pitching an erractic game in which he allowed eight hits and walked nine but still picked up the win. The Cubs left 14 men on base, a Series record at that time. The A's combed Mordecai Brown for 13 hits, including four doubles in a six-run eighth that put the game away.
in Chicago, Illinois
in Chicago, Illinois
The Cubs were trailing 3–2 in the bottom of the ninth, then they tied it on a triple by Frank Chance, then won it in the tenth on a base hit by Jimmy Sheckard
.
in Chicago, Illinois
(A.L.) over Chicago Cubs
(N.L.)
1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
The Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders...
and the Chicago Cubs
1910 Chicago Cubs season
- Notable transactions :* May 13, 1910: Doc Miller was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Doves for Lew Richie.- Roster :- Starters by position :...
, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.
Jack Coombs
Jack Coombs
John Wesley "Jack" Coombs , nicknamed Colby Jack after his alma mater, was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Philadelphia Athletics , Brooklyn Robins , and Detroit Tigers...
of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins
Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. , nicknamed "Cocky", was an American Major League Baseball second baseman, manager and executive...
supplied timely hitting. The greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century.
Summary
Game 1
Monday, October 17, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
Chief Bender
Chief Bender
Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century...
allowed the Cubs just three hits and one unearned run.
Game 2
Tuesday, October 18, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
Jack Coombs, pitching an erractic game in which he allowed eight hits and walked nine but still picked up the win. The Cubs left 14 men on base, a Series record at that time. The A's combed Mordecai Brown for 13 hits, including four doubles in a six-run eighth that put the game away.
Game 3
Thursday, October 20, 1910 at West Side GroundsWest Side Park
West Side Park was the name used for two different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois. They were both home fields of the team now known as the Chicago Cubs of the National League. Both parks witnessed championship baseball...
in Chicago, Illinois
Game 4
Saturday, October 22, 1910 at West Side GroundsWest Side Park
West Side Park was the name used for two different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois. They were both home fields of the team now known as the Chicago Cubs of the National League. Both parks witnessed championship baseball...
in Chicago, Illinois
The Cubs were trailing 3–2 in the bottom of the ninth, then they tied it on a triple by Frank Chance, then won it in the tenth on a base hit by Jimmy Sheckard
Jimmy Sheckard
Samuel James Tilden "Jimmy" Sheckard was an American left fielder and left-handed leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Superbas , Baltimore Orioles , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago Cubs , St...
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Game 5
Sunday, October 23, 1910 at West Side GroundsWest Side Park
West Side Park was the name used for two different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois. They were both home fields of the team now known as the Chicago Cubs of the National League. Both parks witnessed championship baseball...
in Chicago, Illinois
Composite box
1910 World Series (4–1): Philadelphia AthleticsOakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
(A.L.) over Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
(N.L.)
Firsts
- All nine players in the lineup for Philadelphia got a hit in Game 2, the first time in World Series history.
- Jimmy ArcherJimmy ArcherJames Patrick Archer was an Irish-born catcher in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with four National League teams, primarily the Chicago Cubs, for whom he played from 1909 to 1917...
became the first player in World Series history to appear in a World Series for both the National and American leagues when he took the field in Game 3 for Chicago. Archer played for the Tigers in the 1907 World Series1907 World SeriesThe 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none for their first championship....
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