Chicago Tribune, 28 September 1932
CUBS OPEN WORLD SERIES AGAINST YANKEES TODAY
CLOUDS HOVER OVER NEW YORK, DIM ENTHUSIASM
Rain Prevents Drill at Stadium.
The Cubs and Yankees will open the world series at New York. Guy Bush is picked to pitch for Chicago and Charley Ruffin for New York. The game will start at 12:30 o’clock central standard time. Rain and cool weather are forecast.
BY IRVING VAUGHAN
They are all ready to roll up the curtain tomorrow at Yankee stadium on the first act of baseball’s greatest show—the world series.
The Chicago Cubs of the National league are calmly confident that everything will turn out all right. Joe McCarthy, the leader of the New York Yankees, has his false mustache ready for the rôle the he hopes will prove him the melodramatic villain in the whipping of the team he managed for five years. McCarthy has longed for this chance ever since he was deposed by the Cubs late in the season of 1930 and now he has it.
Chicago Cubs Gut Bush, William Jurges, Charles Hartnett, Hazen Cuyler, R. B. Hemsley, William Herman, Burleigh Grimes, James Taylor, Stanley Hack, Elwood English, LeRoy Herrmann, Frank May, Charles Root, John Corriden, Robert Smith, Frank Demaree, John Moore, Mark Koenig, Lon Warneke, Chas. O’Leary, Marvin Gudat, Riggs Stephenson, Lyle Tinning, Peace Malone,Charles Grimm Manager
New York Yankees Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Arndt Jorgens, Edward Farrell, Lyn Lary, Sam Byrd, Charles Ruffing, Dan MacFayden, William Dickey, Charles Devens, Frank Crosetti, Herbert Pennock, Vernon Gomez, Earle Combs, Edwin Wells, Walter Brown, Tony Lazzerti, George Pipgras, Joseph Sewell, Myril Hoag, Ralph Perkins, Wilcy Moore, John Allen, Ben Chapman, Joe McCarthy Manager
John Fan, the patient fellow who for years has been paying over whatever amount the baseball people asked for their big spectacle, is the only one who doesn’t seem to be ready. John Fan right now is apparently only mildly interested, because of his financial status. He has not broken any speed records getting to the box office and when the first game gets under way tomorrow there is every prospect that the players who have been basing their estimates of their share of the proceeds on capacity houses will be discouraged by the sight of bare seats.
May Drop 3 Ticket Plan.
Tomorrow morning the ticket booths at the Stadium will be opened, and there will be available approximately 35,000 unreserved seats. The bleachers will take 20,000 of this total. The others are in the upper deck grand stand to be dispensed for the sum of $3.30. The number of unsold reserved seats is not known, but the condition must be alarming to the officials. Today there was some talk of abandoning the rule about selling only sets of three tickets and dispensing seats for single games. This might be done tomorrow for the first time in recent world series history.
Adverse weather threatens to lend discouragement to what always has been regarded as the best possible world series—New York against Chicago. Rain was falling today when the Cubs stepped off their special train. This made necessary a calling off of the Cubs’ contemplated workout at the Stadium, which most of the Chicago boys never have seen.
Adverse Conditions Likely.
Tonight the clouds were hanging so low and there were so many of them that if the game is played tomorrow the conditions may be such that many prospective purchasers of unreserved seats will stay at home and turn on the radio.
The late forecast tonight was for more rain and continued cool weather. The prediction for Thursday was fair and somewhat cooler.
The pitching assignments for the important opening game will be as previously announced. Guy Bush, the swarthy Mississippian, will pitch for the Cubs and if his screw ball, his curve and speed do not bother the mauling Yankees nothing will. Manager McCarthy is going to give the Yankee pitching assignment to Charley Ruffing, who never has participated in a world series. McCarthy had considered starting Vernon Gomez, his most consistent winner, but so long as he has temporarily stabled the youth it is a fairly good guess that he entertains some fear as to the southpaw’s physical condition.
18″ Souvenir Miniature Baseball Bat of the 1932 World Series.
Brown May Pitch in Chicago.
McCarthy is a bit uncertain about what pitchers to employ when the series swings to Chicago next Saturday afternoon, but it is probable that for the opener there he will use Walter Brown, the fat boy who came through sensationally in his three starts of the season. All of these were in September. He held the Detroit Tigers to one run in ten innings, the Chicago White Sox to two in nine and shit out the Boston Red Sox.
No other number of the staff produced such a record in three consecutive starts. It is possible that Brown may turn out to be the man able to swing the world title into New York’s hands.
The first error of the series already has been entered in the official ledger. It has been charged against Mark Koenig, the ex-Yankee, whose shortstopping services were of vast aid to the Cubs during the last two months of the season.
Forgets Wallet Containing $400.
When Koenig walked off the train this morning he neglected to carry with him his wallet containing $400. He was half way to his hotel when he realized his negligence. He made a mad dash back to the station and finally, after much sweating, was rewarded with the return of the abandoned purse.
The Cubs have been pictured in the prints here as a team not exactly generous in the distribution of cash they will draw from the world series. This may cost them the rooting support of more than a few customers with Giant or Dodger sentiments who would prefer to root for their own league. The fact that the Yanks awarded shares so generously that some of them must be cancelled because of baseball law is being brought out as proof that Rogers Hornsby, who managed the Cubs into early August, should not have been overlooked. If precedent means anything, the baseball commissioner will almost be forced to make an alteration in behalf of the deposed pilot.
Criticize Koenig’s Treatment.
The writers here are even annoyed because Koenig was cut in for a half share instead of a full share. They regard his invaluable services, even though his period of employment was limited, as something that should not be overlooked. They point out that Wiley Moore, who was taken from the Red Sox on waivers not long before the Cubs brought Koenig back from the minors, has been listed for a full slice. Moore has been in only a few games as a relief pitcher.
Just how much the Cubs know about the Yankees’ weaknesses and strong points appears to be more or less a mystery. Somebody in the employ of the Chicago club has been scouting the Yankees, but his identity is being kept a secret. It is suspected that this important task was entrusted to Jack Doyle, the veteran scout. If Doyle handled the job there need be no worry about his reports being correct. It will be remembered that McCarthy in 1929 turned this task over to Joe Tinker, who had been out of baseball for years, and Tinker turned in tips that gad to be reversed after the Athletics had taken the first two games in Chicago.
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How about this:
Here is a look at the Chicago Cubs post season appearances by the numbers……I tracked the Cubs game by game after the All Star break in 2016…………. I think the compassion to the 1908 Cubs and the 2016 Cubs is pretty interesting………..See what you think………..
2016 final Standings
Central W L PCT GB HOME AWAY
Chi Cubs 103 58 .640 – 57-24 46-34
St. Louis 86 76 .531 17.5 38-43 48-33
Pittsburgh 78 83 .484 25.0 38-42 40-41
Milwaukee 73 89 .451 30.5 41-40 32-49
Cincinnati 68 94 .420 35.5 38-43 30-51
April: 17-6
May: 18-10
June: 16-12
July 1-27: 9-13
July 28, 2016:
Record: 60-40 1st in Central NL: 8.0 games ahead
Oct 2, 2016
103-58 (.640 winning %) (Tie game Sept. 29 vs Pitt. rainout 1-1)
Wins 43
Losses 18 (.705 winning %) Won Central Division (Sept. 15)
Batting Order
1. RF Dexter Fowler
2. 3B/LF Kris Bryant
3. 1B Anthony Rizzo
4. 2B/OF Ben Zorbist
5. LF (C. Coglan, R. Almora, J. Heyward)
6. SS Addison Russell
7. 2B Javier Baez
8. C (W. Contras, D. Ross, M. Montero)
9. Pitcher
Rotation GS W L ERA Win% CG IP
1. Jake Arrieta 32 18-8 3.10 .720 1 202.1
2. Jon Lester 31 19-5 2.44 .826 2 197.1
3. John Lackey 29 11-8 3.35 .579 0 188.1
4. Jason Hammels 30 15-10 3.56 .600 0 162.2
5. Kyle Hendricks 29 16-8 2.13 .667 3 190.0
Bullpen GS W L ERA Win% CG IP
1. Aroldis Chapman 0 1 1 1.01 .500 0 26.2
2. Hector Rondon 0 2 3 3.53 .400 0 51.0
3. Pedro Strop 0 2 2 2.85 .500 0 47.1
4. Travis Wood 0 4 0 3.05 1.000 0 61.0
5. Justin Grim 0 2 1 4.10 .667 0 52.2
6. Mike Montgomery 0 4 6 2.52 .667 0 38.1
7. Carl Edwards Jr. 0 0 1 3.75 .000 0 36.0
Closer: Aroldis Chapman, (4-1) 36/39 (16/18) saves, 1.55 ERA in 2016
RH setup man: Hector Rondon, (2-3) 18/22 saves, 3.53 ERA in 2016
CHICAGO — Now that the Chicago Cubs have clinched a spot in the postseason for the second consecutive year, let’s take an early peek at what a playoff roster might look like. As manager Joe Maddon has indicated several times recently, some on the roster will be determined by who the opponent is, so adjustments will be made accordingly based on a first-round, best-of-five series.
Because the Cubs used 11 pitchers and 14 position players last year in the National League Division Series, we’ll use that as our standard here, but that’s no guarantee as pitching coach Chris Bosio has already indicated they might want more help in the bullpen.
Position player locks: Anthony Rizzo, Ben Zobrist, Addison Russell, Kris Bryant, Jason Heyward, Javier Baez, Jorge Soler, Dexter Fowler, Willson Contreras, David Ross, Matt Szczur, Tommy La Stella.
On the bubble: Miguel Montero, Chris Coghlan and Albert Almora.
My call:
If the Cubs keep 14 position players, the decision may not be that difficult here. Montero and Coghlan would probably get the edge based on a couple of factors: They’re both veterans and they’re both left-handed. The Cubs likely would be OK with carrying three catchers — especially when one is a rookie and another is 39 years old — as that would give Maddon more flexibility within a game. If Fowler needed to come out late for defensive reasons, a better case could be made for Almora. Szczur is more than capable as a late-inning defensive replacement as well.
Coghlan might be on the outside looking in if the Cubs keep only 13 position players. La Stella and Szczur get the edge because of their ability to come off the bench and deliver a hit or walk. There is a chance Almora makes it over Coghlan no matter how many they keep, but with righty closers throughout the NL postseason, lefty bats off the bench could be most important.
Pitching locks: Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks, Jake Arrieta, John Lackey, Aroldis Chapman, Pedro Strop, Hector Rondon, Justin Grimm, Travis Wood, Carl Edwards Jr.
On the bubble: Joe Smith, Mike Montgomery, Rob Zastryzny, Trevor Cahill, Jason Hammel.
Despite being a mainstay in the Cubs rotation this season, Jason Hammel is no sure thing when it comes to making the team’s postseason roster. Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports
My call:
The Cubs are deeper in the bullpen this year than last, and if they play the Giants or Cardinals they will absolutely want another left-hander back there, so Montgomery actually might be closer to a lock than on the bubble. Remember, Wood has been awful against righties, so he’s almost a one-batter pitcher in a close game unless lefties are stacked next to each other in the lineup.
Smith and Hammel have allowed too many home runs, which can change a postseason game quickly. Zastryzny is a rookie and if not for Montgomery’s presence, he might make the roster. Cahill could be the odd man out as he has been inconsistent and is best suited for long relief, a spot the Cubs hope they won’t need come October.
With weeks until the postseason, things could change simply based on who gets hot down the stretch. And how many pitchers versus position players they keep will undoubtedly be an intense discussion between the Cubs’ front office and their manager.
(Article appeared in ESPN editorial section 9/25/2016)
World Series Roster
Infielders:
Anthony Rizzo 1B
Addison Russell SS
Javier Baez 2B
Kris Bryant 3B
Catchers:
David Ross
Willson Conteras
Miguel Montero
Utility:
Chris Coghlan
Robert Almora Jr.
Kyle Schwarber (DH-AL stadium)
Outfielders:
Jason Heyward
Dexter Fowler
Ben Zorbist
Jorge Soler
Pitchers:
Jake Arritea
Jon Lester
Kyle Hendricks
John Lackey
Bull Pen:
1.) Aroldis Chapman
2.) Pedro Strop
3.) Justin Grimm
4.) Travis Wood
5.) Hector Rondon
6.) Carl Edwards Jr.
7.) Mike Montgomery
World Series Championships
1907 Defeated Detroit Tigers 4-0
1908 Defeated Detroit Tigers 4-1
World Series Appearances
1910 Lost Phil. Athletics 4-1
1918 Lost Phil. Athletics 4-1
1932 Lost NY Yankees 4-0
1935 Lost Detroit Tigers 4-2
1938 Lost NY Yankees 4-0
1945 Lost Detroit Tigers 4-3
2016 Won Cleveland Indians 4-3
Post Season Appearances
1984 Lost NLCS SD Padres 3-2
1989 Lost NLCS SF Giants 4-1
1998 Lost NLDS Atlanta Braves 3-0
2003 Lost NLCS Florida Marlins 4-3
2007 Lost NLDS Arizona Dibacks 3-0
2008 Lost NLDS LA Dodgers 3-0
2015 Won WC Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0
2015 Won NLDS St. Louis Cardinals 3-1
2015 Lost NLCS NY Mets 4-0
2016 Won NLDS SF Giants 3-1
2016 Won NLCS LA Dodgers 4-2
2016 World Series
Pitching
Rotation W L IP ERA CG SO Win%
1. Jon Lester 1 1 14.2 3.68 0 16 .500
2. Jake Arrieta 2 0 13.0 2.38 0 15 1.000
3. Kyle Hendricks O 0 8.0 1.00 0 8 0.00
4. John Lackey 0 1 5.0 3.60 0 5 0.00
Bull Pen: W L IP ERA SO Win%
1.) Aroldis Chapman 1 0 7.2 3.52 11 1.000
2.) Pedro Strop 0 0 2.0 0.00 2
3.) Justin Grimm 0 0 2.0 18.00 2
3.) Travis Wood 0 0 1.2 5.40 2
4.) Hector Rondon 0 0 2.1 3.86 2
5.) Carl Edwards Jr. 0 1 2.2 6.75 1
6.) Mike Montgomery 0 0 4.2 1.93 4
Box Scores
Game 1
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 8:08 pm EDT at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Cleveland 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 x 6 10 0
WP: Corey Kluber (1–0) LP: Jon Lester (0–1)
Home runs:
CHC: None
CLE: Roberto Pérez 2 (2)
Attendance: 38,091
Game 2
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:08 pm (EDT) at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 9 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2
WP: Jake Arrieta (1–0) LP: Trevor Bauer (0–1)
Attendance: 38,172
Game 3
Friday, October 28, 2016 7:08 pm (CDT) at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 1
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
WP: Andrew Miller (1–0) LP: Carl Edwards Jr. (0–1) Sv: Cody Allen (1)
Attendance: 41,703
Game 4
October 29, 2016 7:08 pm (CDT) at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 10 0
Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 2
WP: Corey Kluber (2–0) LP: John Lackey (0–1)
Home runs:
CLE: Carlos Santana (1), Jason Kipnis (1)
CHC: Dexter Fowler (1)
Attendance: 41,706
Game 5
October 29, 2016 7:08 pm (CDT) at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 10 0
Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 2
WP: Corey Kluber (2–0) LP: John Lackey (0–1)
Home runs:Pl
CLE: Carlos Santana (1), Jason Kipnis (1)
CHC: Dexter Fowler (1)
Attendance: 41,706
Game 6
November 1, 2016 8:08 pm (EDT) at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 13 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 1
WP: Jake Arrieta (2–0) LP: Josh Tomlin (0–1)
Home runs:
CHC: Kris Bryant (2), Addison Russell (1), Anthony Rizzo (1)
CLE: Jason Kipnis (2)
Attendance: 38,116
Game 7
November 2, 2016 8:00 pm (EDT) at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Chicago 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 8 13 3
Cleveland 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 11 1
WP: Aroldis Chapman (1–0) LP: Bryan Shaw (0–1) Sv: Mike Montgomery (1)
Home runs:
CHC: Dexter Fowler (2), Javier Báez (1), David Ross (1)
CLE: Rajai Davis (1)
Attendance: 38,104
(Box Scores from Baseball-Reference.com)
1945 Cubs Season standings National League
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 56 .636 — 49–26 49–30
St. L Cards 95 59 .617 3 48–29 47–30
Brklyn Dods 87 67 .565 11 48–30 39–37
Pitts Pirates 82 72 .532 16 45–34 37–38
NY Giants 78 74 .513 19 47–30 31–44
Bos Braves 67 85 .441 30 36–38 31–47
Cinn Reds 61 93 .396 37 36–41 25–52
Phil Phillies 46 108 .299 52 22–55 24–53
Roster (1945)
Pitchers
Player GS W L Win% ERA CG IP
Hank Wyse 34 22 10 .688 2.68 23 278.1
Claude Passeau 27 17 9 .654 2.46 19 227.0
Paul Derringer 30 16 11 .593 3.45 15 213.2
Ray Prim 19 13 8 .619 2.40 9 165.1
Hank Borowy 14 11 2 .846 2.13 11 122.1
Paul Erickson 7 7 4 .636 3.32 3 108.0
Hy Vandenberg 9 7 3 .700 3.49 3 95.1
Bob Chipman 10 4 5 .444 3.50 3 72.0
Mack Stewart 0 1 .000 4.76 0 28.1
Lon Warneke 0 1 .000 3.86 0 14.0
Ray Starr 1 0 1.000 7.43 0 13.1
Jorge Comellas 0 2 .000 4.50 0 12.0
Walter Signer 0 0 .000 3.38 0 8.0
Ed Hanyzewski 0 0 .000 5.79 0 4.2
George Hennessey 0 0 .000 7.36 0 3.2
Catchers
10 Paul Gillespie
11 Mickey Livingston
8 Len Rice
12 Dewey Williams
Infielders
7 Heinz Becker
53 Cy Block
44 Phil Cavarretta
6 Stan Hack
23 Roy Hughes
20 Pep Johnson
21 Lennie Merullo
50 Johnny Ostrowski
51 Reggie Otero
22 Bill Schuster
Outfielders
32 Loyd Christopher
47 Peanuts Lowrey
43 Bill Nicholson
48 Andy Pafko
45 Ed Sauer
49 Frank Secory
Other batters
5 Johnny Moore
Manager
40 Charlie Grimm
Coaches
42 Roy Johnson
52 Red Smith
41 Milt Stock
1945 World Series
The Curse of Billy “The Goat” Sianis
Curse of the Billy Goat
The Curse of the Billy Goat is a curse on the Chicago Cubs that was started in 1945. As the story goes, Billy Sianis, a Greek immigrant (from Paleopyrgos, Greece[1]), who owned a nearby tavern (the now-famous Billy Goat Tavern), had two $7.20 box seat tickets to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, and decided to bring along his pet goat, Murphy (or Sinovia according to some references), which Sianis had restored to health when the goat had fallen off a truck and subsequently limped into his tavern. The goat wore a blanket with a sign pinned to it which read “We got Detroit’s goat”.[2] Sianis and the goat were allowed into Wrigley Field and even paraded about on the playing field before the game before ushers intervened and led them off the field. After a heated argument, both Sianis and the goat were permitted to stay in the stadium occupying the box seat for which he had tickets. At this point, Andy Frain (head of Wrigley Field’s hired security company at the time), waved the goat’s box-seat ticket in the air and proclaimed, “If he eats the ticket that would solve everything.”[2] However, the goat did not. Before the game was over, it started to rain and Sianis and the goat were ejected from the stadium at the command of Cubs owner Philip Knight Wrigley due to the objectionable odor of wet goat. Sianis was outraged at the ejection and allegedly placed a curse upon the Cubs that they would never win another pennant or play in a World Series at Wrigley Field again because the Cubs organization had insulted his goat, and subsequently left the U.S. to vacation in his home in Greece.
The Cubs lost Game 4 and eventually the 1945 World Series, prompting Sianis to write to Wrigley from Greece, saying, “Who stinks now?”
1945 World Series
Pitching:
Player Series W L Win% ERA CG IP
Ray Prim 0 1 .000 9.00 0 4.0
Hy Vand. 0 0 .000 .00 0 6.0
Hank Wyse 0 1 .000 7.04 0 7.2
Claude Passeau 1 0 1.000 2.70 1 16.2
Paul Erickson 0 0 .000 3.86 0 7.0
Bob Chipman 0 0 .000 .00 0 0.1
Paul Derringer 0 0 .000 6.75 0 5.1
Hank Borowy 2 2 .500 4.00 1 18.0
1945 World Series (4-3): Detroit Tigers (88-65) over Chicago Cubs (98-56)
Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play
Wednesday, October 3, 1945 at Briggs Stadium (Detroit Tigers)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
– – – – – – – – – – – –
Chicago Cubs 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 13 0
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
PITCHERS: CHC – Borowy
DET – Newhouser, Benton (3), Tobin (5), Mueller (8)
WP – Hank Borowy
LP – Hal Newhouser
SAVE – none
HOME RUNS: CHC – Cavarretta
DET – none
ATTENDANCE: 54,637
Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play
Thursday, October 4, 1945 at Briggs Stadium (Detroit Tigers)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
– – – – – – – – – – – –
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 x 4 7 0
PITCHERS: CHC – Wyse, Erickson (7)
DET – Trucks
WP – Virgil Trucks
LP – Hank Wyse
SAVE – none
HOME RUNS: CHC – none
DET – Greenberg
ATTENDANCE: 53,636
Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play
Friday, October 5, 1945 at Briggs Stadium (Detroit Tigers)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
– – – – – – – – – – – –
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
PITCHERS: CHC – Passeau
DET – Overmire, Benton (7)
WP – Claude Passeau
LP – Stubby Overmire
SAVE – none
HOME RUNS: CHC – none
DET – none
ATTENDANCE: 55,500
Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play
Saturday, October 6, 1945 at Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
– – – – – – – – – – – –
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1
PITCHERS: DET – Trout
CHC – Prim, Derringer (4), Vandenberg (6), Erickson (8)
WP – Dizzy Trout
LP – Ray Prim
SAVE – none
HOME RUNS: DET – none
CHC – none
ATTENDANCE: 42,923
Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play
Sunday, October 7, 1945 at Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
– – – – – – – – – – – –
Detroit Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 8 11 0
Chicago Cubs 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 2
PITCHERS: DET – Newhouser
CHC – Borowy, Vandenberg (6), Chipman (6), Derringer (7), Erickson (9)
WP – Hal Newhouser
LP – Hank Borowy
SAVE – none
HOME RUNS: DET – none
CHC – none
ATTENDANCE: 43,463
Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play
Monday, October 8, 1945 at Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Detroit Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 13 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 15 3
PITCHERS: DET – Trucks, Caster (5), Bridges (6), Benton (7), Trout (8)
CHC – Passeau, Wyse (7), Prim (8), Borowy (9)
WP – Hank Borowy
LP – Dizzy Trout
SAVE – none
HOME RUNS: DET – Greenberg
CHC – none
ATTENDANCE: 41,708
Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play
Wednesday, October 10, 1945 at Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
– – – – – – – – – – – –
Detroit Tigers 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 9 1
Chicago Cubs 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 0
PITCHERS: DET – Newhouser
CHC – Borowy, Derringer (1), Vandenberg (2), Erickson (6), Passeau (8), Wyse (9)
WP – Hal Newhouser
LP – Hank Borowy
SAVE – none
HOME RUNS: DET – none
CHC – none
ATTENDANCE: 41,590
(Box Scores and articles from Baseball-Reference.com)
The Oldest Living Former Cubs
By Al Yellon ? @bleedcubbieblue on Oct 13, 2012, 9:00a 39
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Andy Pafko threw out the first pitch at Game 2 of the NLCS in 2003. Hopefully, the 91-year-old former Cubs outfielder will still be around to do it again when the Cubs return to the World Series.
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As of the end of this month, there will be 66 former major-league players who are at least 90 years old (Ralph Kiner will become the 66th when he turns 90 on October 27).
Nine of those 66 played for the Cubs; some had very short careers, some had significant ones for the team, a couple played briefly for the Cubs but had more fame elsewhere (Kiner, for one, qualifies as that).
Here, then, are brief capsules on the nine over-90 ex-Cubs. Just two living human beings have played in a World Series for the Cubs. We hope that list increases by a couple of dozen, within the next few seasons. These players are listed by age, from oldest to youngest.
Freddy Schmidt;
RHP, born February 9, 1916: Schmidt, who is the fourth-oldest living former major leaguer, pitched in one game for the 1947 Cubs after spending 1944 and 1946 (like many, he missed 1945 due to World War II) with the Cardinals and Phillies. He got a ring with the 1944 Cardinals, and pitched six more years in the minors after his one game with the Cubs, who apparently decided to pick him up on waivers in September from the Phillies after he had thrown a couple of good games earlier that year against the Cubs while he was with St. Louis. Here’s the boxscore from his one Cubs game, a nondescript, late-season game between two bad teams.
Lennie Merullo;
SS, born May 5, 1917: One of two living persons who has worn a Cubs uniform in a World Series, Merullo played in just three games of the 1945 Series, going 0-for-2. He played seven seasons for the Cubs, hitting .240/.291/.301, which wasn’t very good even then (career OPS+ 69), but was a good defensive player. Merullo’s grandson Matt played several years in the majors for the White Sox, Indians and Twins and was in the Cubs organization briefly in 1996 at Iowa. This article from boston.com about Merullo from about two years ago gives a good look at his life, and his career with the Cubs, for whom he still roots from his home in Massachusetts.
Monte Irvin;
OF, born February 25, 1919: Irvin is in the Hall of Fame, but primarily for his career in the Negro Leagues and some good years with the New York Giants; Irvin finished third in NL MVP voting in the Giants’ pennant year of 1951. Five years later, he spent one year with the Cubs at age 37 and hit .271/.346/.460, decent enough, but was yet another example of the Cubs of that ert getting a star player far past his prime.
Andy Pafko;
OF-3B, born February 25, 1921: Pafko shares a birthday with Irvin and was the principal in one of the worst Cubs trades made in the 1950s. Signed by the Cubs from a minor league team in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1941, Pafko played for the Cubs from 1943-54, making four All-Star teams and having a fine .298/.361/.455 season for the pennant-winning 1945 Cubs, in which he led the NL with 110 RBI and finished fourth in MVP voting, then went 6-for-28 (.214) in the World Series. On June 15, 1951 — the trading deadline in those days — he was sent to the Dodgers along with Johnny Schmitz, Wayne Terwilliger and Rube Walker for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Gene Hermanski and Eddie Miksis. Miksis played a decent 2B for the Cubs for a few seasons, though he didn’t hit much; the others were pretty useless. Meanwhile, Pafko helped lead the Dodgers to a pennant in 1952 and the Braves to two NL titles in 1957 and 1958. If you have seen the film of Bobby Thomson’s famous home run in the 1951 tiebreaking playoff series against the Dodgers, it’s Pafko in left field looking forlornly at Thomson’s ball heading into the seats.
Red Adams;
RHP, born October 7, 1921: Adams spent several years in the Cubs’ nascent farm system before pitching in eight games for the major-league team in May, June and July 1946; he posted an 8.25 ERA and was, understandably, shipped back to the Pacific Coast League. There, he spent 13 more seasons for teams in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland and Sacramento. All told, Adams threw over 3300 minor-league innings and won 193 minor-league games, after which he became a longtime scout and coach in the Dodgers organization; Tommy John credited him with helping him prolong his career. This is another example of the Cubs not knowing what they had; imagine him being able to help Cubs young pitchers in the 1960s and 1970s.
Alvin Dark;
INF, born January 7, 1922: Dark was the starting shortstop for Giants pennant-winners in 1951 and 1954 and was another case of a good regular player coming to the Cubs far after he was any good. He spent two years as Cubs third baseman, 1958 and 1959, and became a major-league manager, for the Giants, in 1961, just one year after his retirement as a player. He was a longtime coach after his managing career; two of those years were as a Cubs coach (1965, 1977). He managed two pennant-winners, the 1962 Giants and 1974 Athletics; however, no mention of Dark as a manager should fail to point out one major part of his personality:
In 1962, San Francisco Giants manager Alvin Dark imposed a no-Spanish rule on a clubhouse with such Spanish-speaking starters as Marichal, Orlando Cepeda, Jose Pagan and Felipe Alou. Dark was known as a virulent racist from his playing days, yet was put in charge of a team loaded with Latino stars. By denying these players the right to use the language in which they were most fluent, Dark alienated such team leaders—notably Cepeda and Alou—who were positioned to help push the team over the top.
When one examines the Giants failures in 1963 and 1964 after getting to the World Series in 1962, Dark’s racism is clearly to blame.
Harry Perkowski,
LHP, born September 6, 1922: Perkowski had a couple of good years for the Reds in 1951 and 1952, and not-so-great years for them in 1953 and 1954. Naturally, as he turned 32, that sent the Cubs after him! And, it was in another bad trade, made just after the ’54 season ended; he was acquired along with Jim Bolger and Ted Tappe for Johnny Klippstein and Jim Willis. None of the players in the deal was worth much going forward — except for Klippstein, who hadn’t done much as a part-time starter for the Cubs, but wound up having a long career as a reliever for several teams, including the 1965 AL champion Twins.
Grady Hatton;
INF, born October 7, 1922: Here’s yet another curious past-his-prime player. The Cubs had signed Hatton to manage their then-minor-league affiliate in San Antonio in 1958; he managed there in ’58 and ’59, switched to Houston when the affiliation changed in 1960 and was activated as a major-league player late that season more than a year after he had last played in the big leagues. He went 13-for-38 (.342), starting seven of the 28 games in which he played, and then went back to the coaching ranks — as a member of the infamous College of Coaches. He never got a major-league assignment with the Cubs, though, and eventually wound up managing the Astros for three years from 1966-68, and then became a longtime assistant in Houston’s front office.
Ralph Kiner;
OF, born October 27, 1922: Kiner, who turns 90 later this month, was an outstanding home-run hitter with the Pirates for seven years from 1946-52, leading the league all seven seasons. So when the Cubs got him in mid-1953 in one of the typical huge deals of the time (along with Joe Garagiola, George Metkovich and Howie Pollet for Bob Addis, Toby Atwell, George Freese, Gene Hermanski, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward and $150,000), Cubs fans thought, “Great! We’re getting one of the best sluggers in baseball!” Unfortunately, Kiner had begun to have back trouble, and after 1954 was shipped to the Indians, for whom he played one year and then retired at age 32. He later broadcast one season (1961) for the White Sox, and along with Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson, became part of the inaugural broadcast team for the expansion Mets. “Kiner’s Korner” became one of Mets’ fans favorite parts of their broadcasts and Kiner is still at it in 2012, 50 years after he began.
1908 Chicago Cubs
NL Standings
W L PCT GB HOME AWAY
CHC 99 55 .643 — 47-30 52-25
NYG 98 56 .636 1.0 52-25 46-31 PIT 98 56 .636 1.0 42-35 56-21 PHI 83 71 .539 16.0 43-34 40-37 CIN 73 81 .474 26.0 40-37 33-44 BSN 63 91 .409 36.0 35-42 28-49
BRO 53 101 .344 46.0 27-50 26-51 STL 49 105 .318 50.0 28-49 21-56
Roster
Pitchers
GS W L IP PCT ERA CG
Mordecai Brown 31 29 9 312.1 .761 1.47 27
Andy Coakley 3 2 0 20.1 1.000 0.89 2
Chick Fraser 17 11 9 162.2 .550 2.27 11
Rube Kroh. 1 0 0 12.0 .000 1.50 0
Carl Lundgren 15 6 9 138.2 .400 4.22 9
Bill Mack 0 0 0 6.0 .000 3.00 0
Orval Overall 27 15 11 225.0 .555 1.92 16
Jack Pfiester 29 12 10 252.0 .545 2.00 18
Ed Reulbach 35 24 7 297.2 .774 2.00 25
Carl Spongberg 0 0 0 7.0 .000 9.00 0
Catchers
Johnny Kling
Doc Marshall
Pat Moran
Infielders
Frank Chance
Johnny Evers
Harry Steinfeldt
Joe Tinker
Heinie Zimmerman
Outfielders
Kid Durbin
Jack Hayden
Solly Hofman
Del Howard
Frank Schulte
Jimmy Sheckard
Jimmy Slagle
Utility
Vin Campbell
1908
Controversial call gives Cubs the pennant
On September 23, 1908, a game between the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs ends in 1-1 tie after a controversial call at second base. The officials ruled that Giants first baseman Fred Merkle was out because he failed to touch second base, a call that has been disputed ever since.
On September 21, 1908, the Chicago Cubs headed to the Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan to play the New York Giants, who held a slim lead over the Windy City team for the National League pennant. The Cubs, however, were able to prevail in the first two games of the series due in large part to the fine play of pitching ace Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown. On September 23, the Giants sent their own pitching star, Christy Matthewson, to the mound. Matthewson held the powerful Cubs lineup in check all day, but the Giants were unable to score. Finally, in the fifth inning, Giants outfielder “Turkey” Mike Donlin misplayed a double by Cub star Joe Tinker to give the Cubs their lone run. However, Donlin redeemed himself in the sixth by hitting a home run to tie the game at 1-1.
The score remained tied into the ninth, and with Giant Moose McCormick on first base after a fielder’s choice and two outs, Fred Merkle hit a single that sent McCormick to third. With men on first and third and afternoon turning to evening, shortstop Al Bridwell hit a single to center, scoring McCormick. Unfortunately for John McGraw’s Giants, Merkle never ran and touched second, he instead ran off the field after watching McCormick score. Cub manager Frank Chance instructed his team to throw the ball to second base and touch the bag. Giant pitcher Joe McGinnity had noticed Merkle’s blunder as well, however, and, with fans crowding the field in celebration, he threw the ball into the stands. Chance somehow obtained a ball, apparently not the game ball, and when he threw the ball to second base, Merkle was called out. Umpire Hank O’Day then called the game a tie due to impending darkness.
Because the game could not end in a tie, it was replayed on October 8, 1908. In the makeup game the Cubs beat their rivals to secure the National League pennant and went on to beat the Detroit Tigers for their third consecutive World Series. Merkle stayed with the Giants until 1916, and although he went on to have a solid 19-year career in the majors, he continued to blame himself—both privately and publicly—for the Giants’ failure to win the 1908 National League pennant.
In 1912, Merkle was involved in another unfortunate incident when he, Matthewson and Giant catcher Chief Myers let a pop fly in foul territory fall between them during the World Series. The batter, Red Sox outfielder Tris Speaker, then singled, and the Red Sox rallied to beat the Giants 3-2 for their second World Series championship.
Game 1 Edit
Saturday, October 10, 1908 at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chi 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 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 Edit
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 Edit
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 Edit
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.
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.
Cub hurler Orval Overall became the first pitcher in Series history to strike out four batters in one inning (the bottom of the first) in a complete game 2–0 shutout. In the 2013 ALCS, Aníbal Sánchez of the Detroit Tigers struck out four batters (also in the bottom of the first).
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.
While it was obviously not realized at the time, this would be the Cubs’ last World Series title. As of 2016, the Cubs still have not won another World Series after this.
(Box Scores and articles from Baseball-Reference.com)
1908 World Series final numbers
Pitching
Name ERA W L CG IP SO
Mordecai Brown 0.00 2 0 1 11.0 5
Orval Overall 0.98 2 0 1 18.1 15
Jack Pfiester 7.88 0 1 0 8.0 1
Ed Reulbach 4.70 0 0 0 7.2 5
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Totals 2.60 4 1 2 45.0 26
1908 Batting
Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E
Frank Chance 5 19 4 8 0 0 0 2 3 1 .421 .500 .421 .921 5 1
Johnny Evers 5 20 5 7 1 0 0 2 1 2 .350 .381 .400 .781 2 1
Solly Hofman 5 19 2 6 0 1 0 4 1 4 .316 .350 .421 .771 2 0
Johnny Kling 5 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 2 .250 .333 .313 .646 0 0
Frank Schulte 5 18 4 7 0 1 0 2 2 1 .389 .450 .500 .950 2 0
J. Sheckard 5 21 2 5 2 0 0 1 2 3 .238 .304 .333 .638 1 0
H. Steinfeldt 5 16 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 5 .250 .333 .250 .583 1 0
Joe Tinker 5 19 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 2 .263 .263 .421 .684 2 0
Orval Overall 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0
M. Brown 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Ed Reulbach 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Del Howard 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Jack Pfiester 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E
Totals: 49 164 24 48 4 2 1 20 13 26 .293 .345 .360 .704 15 2
1908 World Series Recap
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chi. Cubs 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 6 6 24 48 2
Det. 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]
1945 World Series final numbers
Pitching:
Player Series W L Win% ERA CG IP SO
Ray Prim 0 1 .000 9.00 0 4.0 1
Hy Vand. 0 0 .000 .00 0 6.0 3
Hank Wyse 0 1 .000 7.04 0 7.2 1
Claude Passeau 1 0 1.000 2.70 1 16.2 3
Paul Erickson 0 0 .000 3.86 0 7.0 5
Bob Chipman 0 0 .000 .00 0 0.1 0
Paul Derringer 0 0 .000 6.75 0 5.1 1
Hank Borowy 2 2 .500 4.00 1 18.0 8
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Totals: 3 4 .430 4.15 2 65.0 22
Batting:
Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E
Heinz Becker 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0
Cy Block 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Borowy 4 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 0 0 0
P. Cavarretta 7 26 7 11 2 0 1 5 4 3 .423 .500 .615 1.115 0 0 0
Bob Chipman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P. Derringer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Erickson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Gillespie 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Stan Hack 7 30 1 11 3 0 0 4 4 2 .367 .441 .467 .908 0 1 3
Roy Hughes 6 17 1 5 1 0 0 3 4 5 .294 .429 .353 .782 0 0 0
Don Johnson 7 29 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 8 .172 .172 .310 .483 1 0 1 M. Livingston 6 22 3 8 3 0 0 4 1 1 .364 .391 .500 .891 0 2 0
P. Lowrey 7 29 4 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 .310 .333 .345 .678 0 0 0
C. McCullough 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 L. Merullo 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Bill Nicholson 7 28 1 6 1 1 0 8 2 5 .214 .267 .321 .588 0 0 0
Andy Pafko 7 28 5 6 2 1 0 2 2 5 .214 .267 .357 .624 1 0 1
C. Passeau 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Ray Prim 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Sauer 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Bill Schuster 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Secory 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 0 0 0
H. Vandenberg 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Williams 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Wyse 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E
99 247 29 65 16 3 1 27 19 48 .263 .316 .364 .680 2 3 5
Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Detroit Tigers 5 2 1 4 4 4 4 6 2 0 0 0 25 45 5
Chicago Cubs 5 0 4 4 4 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 29 65 6
Total attendance: 333,457 Average attendance: 47,637
Winning player’s share: $6,443 Losing player’s share: $3,930[9]
2016 World Series final numbers
Pitching W L IP ERA SO Win% CG
1. Jon Lester 1 1 14.2 3.68 16 .500 0
2. Jake Arrieta 2 0 13.0 2.38 15 1.000 0
3. Kyle Hendricks O 0 8.0 1.00 8 .000 0
4. John Lackey 0 1 5.0 3.60 5 .000 0
Bull Pen: W L IP ERA SO Win%
1.) Aroldis Chapman 1 0 7.2 3.52 11 1.000
2.) Pedro Strop 0 0 2.0 0.00 2
3.) Justin Grimm 0 0 2.0 18.00 2
3.) Travis Wood 0 0 1.2 5.40 2
4.) Hector Rondon 0 0 2.1 3.86 2
5.) Carl Edwards Jr. 0 1 2.2 6.75 1 0.00
6.) Mike Montgomery 0 0 4.2 1.93 4
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W L IP H R S ERA SO Win% CG
Total: 4 3 63.0 55 27 2 3.43 65 57.1 0
Batting
Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E
Albert Almora 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 Jake Arrieta 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Javier Baez 7 30 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 13 .167 .167 .267 .433 0 0 2
Kris Bryant 7 26 6 7 0 0 2 2 5 8 .269 .387 .500 .887 1 0 2
A. Chapman 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Chris Coghlan 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
W. Contreras 7 19 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 4 .105 .227 .211 .438 0 0 0
Carl Edwards 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dexter Fowler 7 30 3 7 1 0 2 2 0 7 .233. .258 .467 .725 1 1 0 Justin Grimm 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Hendricks 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
J. Heyward 6 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .150 .150 .150 .300 4 0 0 John Lackey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 Jon Lester 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
M. Montero 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 Montgomery 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Rizzo 7 25 7 9 3 0 1 5 4 3 .360 .484 .600 1.084 1 0 0
H. Rondon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Ross 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 .400 .429 1.000 1.429 0 0 1 A. Russell 7 27 1 6 1 0 1 9 2 6 .222 .267 .370 .630 0 0 0
K. Schwarber 5 17 2 7 1 0 0 2 3 4 .412 .500 .471 .971 1 0 0
Jorge Soler 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .800 1.300 0 0 0 Pedro Strop 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Travis Wood 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Zobrist 7 28 5 10 2 1 0 2 3 4 .357 .419 .500 .919 0 0 0
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G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E
Totals: 108 245 27 61 10 2 8 27 22 64 .249 .316 .404 .720 8 1 5
2016 World Series Recap (4–3): Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Chicago 6 0 5 5 5 1 0 1 2 2 27 61 5
Cleveland 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 6 1 1 27 55 6
Home runs:
CHC: Kris Bryant (2), Dexter Fowler (2), Addison Russell (1), Anthony Rizzo (1), Javier Báez (1), David Ross (1)
Total attendance: 277,603 Average attendance: 39,658
*Winning player’s share: ($416,666) Losing player’s share: ($398,450)
(*Estimate on players share based on information from Fortune article:)
Here’s How Much Money The Cubs
Will Get for Winning the World Series
by Chris Matthews @crobmatthews
NOVEMBER 3, 2016, 11:20 AM EST
(All Stats for 2016/1945/1908 WS from Baseball-Reference.com)