1907 World Series - Chicago Cubs vs Detroit Tigers

Chicago Cubs 4
Detroit Tigers 0

October 8 - October 12, 1907

The 1907 World Series matched the Cubs against the Tigers. The Cubs rebounded from their stunning loss in the 1906 Series to beat the Tigers four games to none with one tie for their first championship.

The Cubs were becoming baseball's first "dynasty," making their second consecutive Series appearance and winning one-hundred seven games.

The Tigers featured 20-year-old star Ty Cobb, who batted .350 and won the first of his many batting championships. He was supported by Sam Crawford, who hit .323.

But Chicago overpowered Detroit on both sides of the plate. They featured Harry Steinfeldt (.471) and Johnny Evers (.350). The Cubs ran at will against Detroit, stealing eighteen bases. Their pitching staff held Detroit’s line-up to forty-three scoreless innings out of forty-eight and allowing just three runs in four victories.

Tigers pitcher "Wild Bill" Donovan struck out twelve in Game 1. Though he matched Ed Walsh's totin Game 3 in 1906, it was over twelve innings. Donovan struck out ten Cubs in the first nine innings. With the score tied 3-3, the game was called due to darkness.

Chicago's Jack Pfiester dominated Detroit, 3-1, in Game 2. Ed Reulbach followed with a 5-1 victory over the Tigers the next day.

In Game 4, Detroit took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning. But OrvOverall shut the Tigers down en route to a 6-1 victory. Mordecai Brown hurled a seven-hit, 2-0 win in Game 5 to clinch the 1907 World Series for Chicago.

Around the World:

October 9:

• The town of Las Cruces, New Mexico was incorporated.
• Quintin Hogg, British politician (d. 2001) and Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (d. 1982) were born.

1907 in Baseball:

• February 27 - The New York Yankees traded for catcher Branch Rickey from the St. Louis Browns, who required that he not play on Sundays.
• April 11 - Boston's American League team played its first game with the name Red Sox, beating the Philadelphia Athletics 8-4.
• May 8 - Boston Braves' Jeff Pfeffer pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds.
• June 28 - The Washington Senators stole a record thirteen bases off of injured Yankees catcher Branch Rickey.
• August 2 - Walter Johnson debuted with the Senators in a 3-2 loss to the Tigers. The first hit he yielded was a bunt by Ty Cobb.
• August 11 - In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Cardinals' Ed Karger threw a seven-inning perfect game, beating the Braves 4-0.
• September 14 - The Cubs and Reds totaled twenty-nine combined hits, all of which were singles.
• September 20 - One week after pitching a shutout in his major league debut, Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox threw a 2-1 no-hitter against the Superbas.
• September 25 - Honus Wagner stole four bases, including second, third, and home plate in the second inning against the Giants. Teammate Fred Clarke also stole four bases.