Ferguson Jenkins: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1991

Born: December 13, 1942
1962: Signed by Philadelphia Phillies
1962-5: Minor Leagues
Debut: September 10, 1965 (Phillies)
1966: Traded to Chicago Cubs
1967-72: Six straight 20 win seasons
1968: Lost five 1-0 games
1971: Pitched complete game and hit 2 home runs vs Expos (September 1)
1971: Hit 6 home runs and had 20 RBI
1971: Won Cy Young Award (First Canadian to win the award)
1971: TSN Pitcher of the Year
1971: 24-13, 2.77, 30 CG, 3 SHO, 325 IP, 263 Strikeouts, 1.049 WHIP
1973: Traded to Texas Rangers
1974: Lou Marsh Trophy
1974: 25 wins
1975: Comeback Player of the Year
1975: Traded to Boston Red Sox
1977: Traded to Rangers
1979: Order of Canada
1980: Won 250th game
1981: Signed by Cubs
1982: 3000th strikeout
1983: Retired
1984-5: Pitched in Intercounty Baseball League
1987: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
1991: Elected to Hall of Fame (75% of vote)
1995: Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
2004: Texas Rangers Hall of Fame
2009: Cubs retired #31
2011: Canadian Postage Stamp

Accomplishments:
3x All Star
1971 Cy Young
1971 TSN Pitcher of the Year
3000 Strikeout club
July 1971 Player of the Month
2x Player of the Week
4x Canadian Athlete of the Year
1974 Lou Marsh Trophy
Six straight 20 win seasons (1967-72)
3192 Strikeouts/997 Walks
284-226
3.34
664 Games-594 GS
267 CG
49 SHO
4500.2 IP
1.142 WHIP
Won 15+ Games: 10x
Won 20+ Games: 7x
Won 25 Games (1974)
Sub 3 ERA: 4x
10+ CG: 13x
15+ CG: 9x
20+ CG: 8x
30 CG (1971)
200+ IP: 13x
250+ IP: 10x
300+ IP: 5x
200+ Strikeouts: 6x
250+ Strikeouts: 4x
Led league in wins: 2x
Led league in GS: 3x
Led league in CG: 4x
Led league in IP (325): 1971
Led league in Strikeouts (273): 1969
Led league in WHIP (1.038): 1970

Billy Williams: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1987

Born: June 15, 1938
1956: Signed by Chicago Cubs
1956-9: Minor Leagues
Debut: August 6, 1959 (Cubs)
1961: NL Rookie of the Year
1970: Co-Authored book Iron Man
1971: Set NL Record with 1,117 Consecutive games (since broken)
1972: Batting Champ (.333)
1972: TSN Player of the Year
1972: .333, 95 Runs, 191 Hits, 34 Doubles, 37 HR, 122 RBI, .606 SLG, 1.005 OPS, 348 TB
1974: Traded to Oakland A's
1975: Retired
1987: Elected to Hall of Fame (85.71% of vote)
1987: Cubs retire his #26
1999: Finalist for All Century Team
2010: Statue at Wrigley
2011: Member of Vets Committee

Accomplishments:
6x All Star
1961 Rookie of the Year
1972 Batting Champ (.333)
1972: TSN Player of the Year
2x Player of the Month
Player of the Week (6-16-74)
.290
426 HR
1475 RBI
1410 Runs
2711 Hits
434 Doubles
.361 OBP
.492 SLG
.853 OPS
4599 TB
100+ Runs: 5x
200+ Hits: 3x
30+ Doubles: 7x
10+ Triples: 2x
20+ HR: 14x
30+ HR: 5x
42 HR (1970)
100+ RBI: 3x
.300+: 5x
.500 SLG: 6x
.606 SLG (1972): Led League
1.005 (1972): Led League
300+ TB: 9x
Led league in games: 5x
Led league in PA (727): 1966
Led league in runs (137): 1970
Led league in hits (205): 1970
Led league in TB: 3x
Postseason: 0-7 (1975 ALCS)

Rick Sutcliffe timeline

Born: June 21, 1956
1974: Drafted by Los Angeles Dodgers
1974-76: Minors
Debut: September 29, 1976 (Dodgers)
1977: Minors
1978: Dodgers win Pennant
1979: Rookie of the Year
1981: Dodgers win World Series
1981: Traded to Cleveland Indians
1982: ERA Champ (2.96)
1984: Traded to Chicago Cubs
1984: NL Cy Young Award
1984: TSN Pitcher of the Year
1984: 20-6, 3.64, 244.2 IP, 213 Strikeouts, 1.304 WHIP
1984: Cubs win NL East
1987: Roberto Clemente Award
1987: Lou Gehrig Award
1987: TSN Pitcher of the Year
1988: Stole home in win vs. Phillies
1989: Cubs win NL East
1990-1: Injuries
1991: Signed by Baltimore Orioles
1994: Signed by St. Louis Cardinals
1997-present: Broadcaster
2000: Dropped off Hall of Fame Ballot (1.8% of vote)
2008: Diagnosed with Colon Cancer

Accomplishments:
3x All Star
1984 Cy Young Award
2x  TSN Pitcher of the Year
1979 Rookie of the Year
1987 Roberto Clemente Award
1987 Lou Gehrig Award
2x Pitcher of the Month
April 9, 1989 Player of the Week
171-139
4.08
457 Games-392 Starts
72 CG
18 SHO
2,697.2 IP
1,679 Strikeouts
1.387 WHIP
15+ Wins: 6x
20 wins (1984)
2.96 ERA (1982): Led League
10+ CG: 2x
200+ IP: 8x
213 Strikeouts (1984)
Led league in wins (18): 1987
Postseason: 1-1, 3.72, 19.1 IP, 1.345 WHIP 12 Strikeouts (2 Series)

1908 World Series Game 5

Cubs: 2 Tigers: 0

W: Overall (2-0)

L: Donovan (0-2)
The Cubs scored single runs in the first and fifth. Hall of Famers Frank Chance and Johnny Evers each singled in runs. Orval Overall became the first pitcher to strike out four batters in an inning. In 2013, Anibal Sanchez became the second hurler to do so in a postseason game. Overall remains the only one to accomplish the feat in the World Series. Overall threw a 3-hitter and struck out 10. Tiger starter Wild Bill Donovan also tossed a complete game in a losing effort. The final game drew only 6,210 fans. Chicagoans stayed away from the ballpark to protest the club's ticket scalping scheme.

There was no World Series MVP in 1908. The award had not been created yet. However, Frank Chance might have won it had the award existed. He batted .421 with 2 RBI and .921 OPS. Three-Finger Brown was another candidate with a 2-0 record and 0.00 ERA in 11 innings. The final candidate, Orval Overall, went 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 18.1 innings.

Other players with good World Series for the Cubs included Johnny Evers (.350, 2 RBI, .381 OBP), Solly Hofman (.316 and 4 RBI), and Wildfire Schulte (.389, 2 RBI, .950 OPS). Ty Cobb was the only Tiger hitter that performed well. The Georgia Peach batted .368 with 4 RBI, and .821 OPS. George Mullin pitched a complete game victory, struck out 8, and allowed no earned runs in his only start.

The Tigers returned to the World Series in 1909, but did not win a Fall Classic until 1935. Chicago has yet to win another World Series despite seven NL Pennants from 1910-1945. They have not won a pennant since 1945.

1908 World Series Game 4

Cubs: 3 Tigers: 0 (Cubs lead 3-1)


W: Brown (2-0)

L: Summers (0-2)
Three-Finger Brown dominated the Tigers with a 4-hitter. The Cub ace struck out 4 and did not walk a batter. Harry Steinfeldt and Solly Hofman each knocked in runs with third inning singles. They tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on a Ty Cobb error. Tiger starter Ed Summers allowed 2 runs on 9 hits in the eight innings. George Winter finished for Detroit.

1908 World Series Game 3

Detroit: 8 Chicago: 3 (Cubs lead 2-1)

W: Mullin (1-0)

L: Pfiester (0-1)
The Tigers finally won a World Series game. They had been 0-6-1 in their previous seven outings. They could have won the first two games of the 1908 World Series. Ty Cobb willed the Tigers to the victory in Game 3. He had four hits and two steals in the win. The Georgia Peach singled in the first run of the game in the opening frame. Chicago rallied for three in the fourth for a 3-1 lead. Detroit exploded for five in the sixth with Sam Crawford and Cobb each driving in a run. They tacked on two in the eighth for the final margin. George Mullin pitched a complete game for the Tigers. Jack Pfeister allowed eight runs, seven earned, in eight innings for the loss. Ed Reulbach finished up in the ninth.

1908 World Series Game 2

Chicago Cubs: 6 Detroit Tigers: 1 (Cubs lead 2-0)


W: Overall (1-0)
L: Donovan (0-1)

Home Run: Joe Tinker (1)
By this point, the Cubs had to have been in the Tigers heads. Chicago had beaten the Tigers every possible way in 1907 and 1908. The Cubs hoped to keep the mojo going with Orval Overall on the hill. Detroit countered with 18-game winner Wild Bill Donovan. The game was scoreless into the last half of the 8th when the Cubs unloaded. Joe Tinker slammed a one out 2-run home run. Chicago tacked on four more runs off Donovan to take a 6-0 lead into the 9th. Detroit managed a slop run to make the final 6-1. Tiger Germany Schaefer was the only player with multiple hits. He went 2-for-3. Both starters hurled complete games. Overall tossed a four-hitter, walked two, and struckout five.

1908 World Series Game 1

Chicago Cubs: 10 Detroit Tigers: 6 (Cubs lead 1-0)

W: Three-Finger Brown (1-0)

L: Summers (0-1)
The 1908 World Series featured the first rematch in the Fall Classic. The World Champion Cubs won the pennant after winning a one-game playoff with the Giants. The game was actually a make up for an earlier contest that ended in a tie. The Giants had appeared to win that game, but Fred Merkle failed to touch second base and was forced by Johnny Evers. With fans streaming onto the field, no one knows for sure if Evers actually had the game ball. Either way, the Cubs won the pennant and faced the Tigers for the second year in a row. The series featured three Hall of Fame umpires with Tommy Connolly, Bill Klem, and Hank O'Day. The Tigers boasted Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and Hughie Jennings. The Cubs fielded four Hall of Famers in Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker, and Three-Finger Brown.

Detroit should have won Game 1. They led 6-5 in the 9th in the opener in Detroit. The Cubs chased Ed Killian while Ed Reulbach pitched into the seventh for Chicago. The Cubs dropped five in the top of the 9th for a 10-6 victory. Jimmy Sheckard went 3-for-6 for the victors. Wildfire Schulte, Harry Steinfeldt, and Joe Tinker all tallied two hits. Tigers Ty Cobb, Matty McIntyre, and Claude Rossman all had two hits as well.

Chuck Klein: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1980

Born: October 7, 1904

1928: Kennesaw Mountain Landis forced the Cardinals to sell or trade Klein

1928: Traded to Philadelphia Phillies

Debut: July 30, 1928 (Phillies)

1930: .386, 40 HR, 170 RBI, 158 runs, 250 hits, 59 doubles, .687 slugging, 1.123 OPS, 445 TB

1930: Set record for OF assists (44): Still the record

1932: NL MVP (.348, 38 HR, 137 RBI, 20 SB, .646 Slugging, 1.050 OPS, 420 TB)

1933: Won Triple Crown (.368, 28 HR, 120 RBI) 1.025 OPS

1933: Traded to Chicago Cubs

1935: Cubs win Pennant

1936: Traded back to Phillies

1936: First NL Player with 4 HR in a game in the 20th century

1939: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates

1940: Signed by Phillies

1944: Retired

1958: Died

1980: Elected to Hall of Fame (Vets Cmte)

1999: Nominee for All Century team


Accomplishments:
2x All Star

1932 NL MVP

1933 Triple Crown

1933 Batting Champion

4x HR Champion

Four Home Run Game (7-10-36)

.320

300 HR

1,201 RBI

1,168 Runs

2,076 Hits

601 walks-521 strikeouts

.922 OPS

.543 Slugging

.379 OBP

3,522 TB

100+ Runs: 6x

150+ Runs: 2x

200+ Hits: 5x

250 hits (1930)

30+ Doubles: 6x

40+ Doubles: 4x

50+ Doubles: 2x

10+ Triples: 2x

15 Triples (1932)

20+ HR: 8x

30+ HR: 4x

43 HR (1929): Led League

100+ RBI: 6x

170 RBI (1930)

20 steals (1930): Led League

.300+ average: 8x

.350+ average: 3x

.400 OBP: 4x

.500 Slugging: 7x

.600 Slugging: 4x

1.000 OPS: 4x

300+ TB: 6x

400+ TB: 3x

Led league in Games: 2x

Led league in Runs: 3x

Led league in hits: 2x

Led league in doubles: 2x

Led league in RBI: 2x

Led league in Slugging: 3x

Led league in OPS: 2x

Led league in TB: 4x

Postseason: .333, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .917 OPS (1935 World Series)

1907 World Series Game 5

Cubs: 2 Tigers: 0 (Cubs win series 4-0-1)

W: Brown (1-0)

L: Mullin (0-2)
Once again, both starters pitched a complete game. Three-finger Brown shutout the Tigers on 7 hits. George Mullin also allowed 7 hits, but surrendered 2 runs, 1 earned. Chicago scored single runs in the first and second innings while Detroit did not threaten Brown after a fourth inning threat. The Cubs won their first World Series in 1:42. The game would take twice as long today.

The Cubs pitching staff posted a 0.75 ERA in the 1907 World Series. They used four pitchers in the Fall Classic. Each pitcher posted a win. Hall of Famer Mordecai Three Finger Brown won his only start with a shutout. Meanwhile, the Tigers staff finished with a 2.15 ERA. George Mullin lost 2 games to the Cubs with a 2.12 ERA.

Offensively, Harry Steinfeldt batted .471 with a double, triple, 2 RBI, and 1.197 OPS. If there was a MVP, Steinfeldt might have won it. Johnny Evers hit .350 for the Cubs. Hall of Famers Frank Chance and Joe Tinker both finished with a .154 average. On the Tigers side, Claude Rossman hit a healthy .450 with 2 RBI and 1.026 OPS. Outfielder Davy Jones batted .353. Hall of Famers Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford performed poorly. Cobb hit .200 and Crawford .238.

Both teams returned to the Fall Classic in 1908. Once again, the Cubs skunked Detroit. The Cubs have yet to win another World Series. The Tigers would win the 1909 AL Pennant, but lost a 7 game thriller to Pittsburgh. Detroit would finally win a World Series in 1935.

1907 World Series Game 4

Cubs: 6 Tigers:1 (Cubs lead 3-0)

W: Overall (1-0)

L: Donovan (0-1)
Orval Overall led the National League with 8 shutouts in 1907. Overall, he won 23 games with a 1.68 ERA. He faced Wild Bill Donovan in a rematch of Game 1. Both pitchers went the distance and posted quality starts. Donovan allowed only 3 earned runs to Overall's 1. However, Tiger defense allowed 3 unearned runs.

Detroit scored first in the fourth inning. Ty Cobb tripled with two out. Claude Rossman singled in the Georgia Peach for a 1-0 lead. The next two batters reached base to fill the sacks. A hit could blow the contest open. However, shortstop Charley O'Leary struckout to end the threat. Detroit did not score again.

Overall helped his cause with a 2-run single in the top of the fifth. The game remained 2-1 until the seventh inning. The Cubs scored three unearned runs in the frame to put the game away. The tacked on an insurance score in the ninth for a 6-1 victory.

1907 World Series Game 3

Chicago: 5 Detroit: 1 (Cubs lead 2-0)

W: Reulbach (1-0)

L: Siever (0-1)
The Cubs led 5-0 by the fifth in a battle of Eds. Detroit started 18 game winner Ed Siever while the Cubs utlized 17 game winner Ed Reulbach and his miniscule 1.69 ERA. The game was never really in question. Johnny Evers had three hits, including two doubles, and an RBI. Harry Steinfeldt had two hits and a RBI. Sam Crawford drove in Detroit's only run and Claude Rossman had two singles. Reulbach went the distance allowing 6 hits, 1 run, walked 3, and struck out 2. Siever went four and was replaced by Ed Killian. Killian went 4 and allowed 1 run.


 

1907 World Series Game 2

Cubs: 3 Tigers: 1 (Cubs lead 1-0)

W: Pfiester (1-0)

L: Mullin (0-1)
The Tigers blew Game 1, but played well enough to win. They pinned their hopes in Game 2 on 20 game winner Wabash George Mullin. The Cubs started 14 game winner and NL ERA champion Jack Pfiester. Detroit also replaced Game 1 goat Boss Schmidt with Fred Payne. Payne provided Detroit's only run with a RBI single in the second.

Payne's battery mate Mullin walked a lot of batters. In fact, he issued 100 free passes in five consecutive seasons. The walk came back to bite the pitcher in the second. Mullin walked Joe Tinker with the bases loaded to tie the game.

The game remained 1-1 until the fourth. Chicago scored two runs off Mullin to take a 3-1 lead. Pfeister made the runs hold up despite allowing 10 hits. Detroit only really threatened again in the eighth with two on and two out, but the Cub ERA champ escaped when Davy Jones was thrown out trying to steal third. Detroit wasted a 4-for-4 performance by Claude Rossman.

Both pitchers hurled complete games. Mullin went 8 innings, allowed 8 hits, 3 earned runs, walked 4, and struck out 6. Pfeister pitched 9, surrendered 10 hits, 1 earned run, walked one, and struck out 3. Johnny Evers and Jimmy Slagle had two hits each for the Cubs. Slagle, Tinker, and Jimmy Sheckard drove in the Cub runs. Davy Jones had two Tiger hits.

1907 World Series Game 1

Tigers: 3 Cubs: 3
The White Sox shocked the Cubs in the 1906 World Series. The Sox did not repeat as AL champs, but the Cubs did win another NL Pennant. The Cubs won 107 games behind Hall of Famers Frank Chance, Three Finger Brown, Johnny Evers, and Joe Tinker. Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigers rose to the top of the American League behind Hall of Famers Hughie Jennings, Ty Cobb, and Sam Crawford. 1907 was the first World Series to feature a Hall of Fame umpire. Hank O'Day and Jack Sheridan both reached Cooperstown as umpires.

The series opened in Chicago with Wild Bill Donovan squaring off against Orval Overall. Donovan had a career year for the Tigers. He went 25-4 with a 2.19 ERA.Cub starter Overall also had a career season with a 23-7 record, 1.68 ERA, and league-leading 8 shutouts. The Tigers had the Cubs by the tail, but blew it.

The Cubs led 1-0 into the eighth inning. The Tigers rallied for three against Overall. Sam Crawford raked a two-run single and then Claude Rossman's sacrifice fly gave the Tigers a 3-1 lead. They took that lead to the final frame looking to continue the Cubs World Series problems.

Chicago came out swinging in the ninth. Chance singled to right. Harry Steinfelt was hit by the pitch. Johnny Kling popped out to first. Evers reached on an error to load the bases. Wildfire Schultz grounded out to first to score Chicago's second run. Then, Boss Schmidt allowed a third strike to get past him to allow the tying run to score. Johnny Evers was caught trying to steal home to end the inning, but the damage was done. Schmidt had committed a major error. This might be the greatest blunder in Tiger history. The game went 12 innings, but ended in a 3-3 tie. Darkness forced the game's end.

Davy Jones and Sam Crawford each had three hits for the Tigers. Schmidt added two. He also committed the big error to allow the Cubs to tie the game and surrendered 9 Cub steals. Jimmy Slagle, Kling, and Evers slapped two hits each for the Cubs. Wild Bill Donovan pitched a complete game, allowed 10 hits, allowed 1 earned run, walked 3, and struck out 12. Overall went 9, allowed 9 hits, 1 earned run, walked 2, and struck out 5. Ed Reulbach pitched three scoreless to finish for the Cubs.

Game 1 was the Tigers only look at the World Series. The Cubs swept the next four games. Schmidt's error turned the entire series around. Had he held on, then perhaps the Tigers pull the upset as the Sox did in 1906.

Stan Hack: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1979

Born: December 6, 1909

1931: Signed with Cubs

Debut: April 12, 1932 (Cubs)

1932: Cubs win Pennant

1935: Cubs win Pennant

1938: Cubs win Pennant (.471 in World Series)

1940: Suffered concussion

1945: Cubs win Pennant

1947: Retired

1948-53: Minor League Manager

1954-56: Cubs Manager (196-265)

1957-58: Cardinals coach

1958: Cardinals Manager (3-7)

1959-66: Minor League Manager

1979: Elected to Hall of Fame

Died: December 15, 1979


Accomplishments:
5x All Star

.301

57 HR

642 RBI

2,193 Hits

1,239 Runs

1,092 walks-466 strikeouts

.394 OBP

.791 OPS

2,889 TB

100+ Runs: 7x

30+ doubles: 4x

11 Triples (1938)

21 SB (1940)

.300: 6x

.400 OBP: 5x

Led league in games (152): 1938

Led league in hits: 2x

Led league in SB: 2x

Postseason: .348, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .857 (4 World Series)

As a manager: 199-272 (.423)

1906 World Series Game 6

White Sox: 8 Cubs: 3 (Sox win World Series 4-3)

WP: White (1-1)

LP: Brown (1-2)
The White Sox were considered the "hitless wonders" after they finished last in the American League in batting. They batted .230 as a team and faced the 116-win Chicago Cubs juggernaut in the World Series. The Sox outscored the Cubs in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. The White Sox looked to close out their cross town rivals in Game 6. They started Doc White who saved Game 5 and took a loss in Game 2. The Cubs countered with Mordecai Three Finger Brown who split his two decisions. Brown shutout the White Sox in Game 4 and took the 2-1 loss in Game 1. The Hall of Famer Brown did not survive the second inning.

The Cubs scored first on a double by Wildfire Schulte. In the bottom of the first, the Sox scored three times. George Davis doubled in a run and then Jiggs Donahue knocked in two more on a double. The White Sox blew the game wide open in the bottom of the second. They scored four times to take a 7-1 lead. The Cubs never sniffed victory in Game 6. They scored another run for an 8-1 lead. The Cubs scored a single run in the fifth and a slop run in the ninth for an 8-3 final. Doc White went the distance for the win. Ed Hahn had four hits for the Sox. Frank Isabel slapped three hits. Three other players totalled two hits for the Sox. George Davis and Jiggs Donahue each drove in three runs apiece.

The 1906 World Series was the last time two teams that had never appeared in the Fall Classic faced off. The road team won the first five games. That would not happen again until 1996. Games 1 and 2 were played in the snow. That did not happen again until 1997. Patsy Dougherty became the first man to play on two World Series champions. He was also on the 1903 Boston Americans (Red Sox).

Despite the offensive explosions in Games 5 and 6, the White Sox batted .198 as a team. George Rohe led the Series in offense. He batted .333 with 3 extra base hits, 4 RBI, and 1.011 OPS. George Davis batted .308 with 6 RBI and .846 OPS. Frank Isbel also hit .308 with 4 RBI.

The Cubs fared slightly worse than the White Sox offensively. They hit .196 as a team. Solly Hoffman hit .304. Wildfire Schulte had the next highest average at .269. Neither club homered in the series.

Pitching provided the main difference in the series. The Sox team ERA was a miniscule 1.33 compared to the Cubs 3.40. Each team used only four pitchers. Doc White finished 1-1 for the Sox with a save and 1.80 ERA. Nick Altrock went 1-1 with a 1.00 ERA. Hall of Famer Ed Walsh probably would have been series MVP. He posted a 2-0 record, 0.60 ERA, 15 IP, and 0.867 WHIP.

The Cubs went on to win the 1907 and 1908 World Series. The White Sox did not return to the Fall Classic until 1917.

1906 World Series Game 5

White Sox: 8 Cubs: 6 (Sox lead 3-2)

WP: Walsh (2-0)

LP: Pfeister (0-2)

SV: White (1)
Game 5 was one of the wildest games in World Series history. Ed Walsh was not as sharp as his previous start, but hung around long enough for the win. His teammates battered Ed Reulbach and Jack Pfeister for seven runs in 3.1 innings. Orval Overall finished the game for the Cubs. Although no home runs were hit, the teams combined for 18 hits, 10 walks, and three wild pitches. There was also a steal of home, two hit batsmen, and six Sox errors.

The Sox scored first on Frank Isbel's double. The Cubs rallied for three in the bottom of the first for a 3-1 lead. The Sox committed two errors and hit Frank Chance to help the Cubs. George Davis tied the game in the third with a RBI double and steal of home. Pfeister replaced Reulbach after the double.

The Sox knocked Pfeister out of the game in the fourth. Walsh walked, but was forced at second. Fielder Jones singled to put two on. Frank Isbel and Davis doubled in runs to give the Sox the lead. Overall replaced Pfeister and surrendered a run scoring double to Jiggs Donahue. The Sox led 7-3.

The two teams traded single runs over the next couple innings. Joe Tinker scored on a wild pitch and Isbel scored on George Rohe's sixth inning single. The Cubs scored a pair of unearned runs in the sixth and knocked Walsh out of the game in the seventh. Walsh surrendered 6 runs, but only one earned. Doc White finished the game for a save.

Frank Isbel led the Sox with 4 hits, 3 runs, and 2 RBI. Rohe had two hits and George Davis delivered the big hits. Davis went 2-for-5 with 2 runs and 3 RBI. Ed Hahn scored twice for the Sox. Wildfire Schulte had 3 hits and 2 RBI for the Cubs and Solly Hoffman scored twice for the Cubs. The Sox were one win away from a monumental upset.

1906 World Series Game 4

Cubs: 1 White Sox: 0 (Series tied 2-2)

WP: Brown (1-1)

LP: Altrock (1-1)
Three Finger Brown demonstrated why he made the Hall of Fame in Game 4 of the 1906 World Series. He tossed a 2-hit shutout evening the series at 2 games a piece. Game 1 winner Nick Altrock was the tough luck loser for the White Sox. He allowed 7 hits and only a single run.

The game was scoreless until the seventh. Frank Chance singled and was sacrificed to second and third. With two out, Johnny Evers singled to give the Cubs the lead. Solly Hofman and Chance each had two hits for the victors. Put together, they doubled the Sox offensive output. Brown held the crosstown rivals hitless until the sixth. The game ended with the tying run on second.

1906 World Series Game 3

White Sox: 3 Cubs: 0 (Sox lead 2-1)

WP: Walsh (1-0)

LP: Pfiester (0-1)
The Cubs unleashed their offense on the White Sox in Game 2. The Sox hoped Big Ed Walsh could turn the tide in Game 3. The third year player went 17-13 during the season. In 1908, he won 40 games in his Hall of Fame career. Jack Pfeister opposed Walsh. Pfeister won 20 games in 1906. He won 20, 14, 12, and 17 from 1906-1909 and 8 games the other four years of his career. At the time, the Cubs seemed to hold the advantage.

Neither team could dent the scoreboard until the sixth. Lee Tannehill singled for the Sox. Pfeister inexplicably walked Walsh and then hit Ed Hahn to load the basis with none out. The pitcher settled down to get the next two outs, but then surrendered a three-run triple to Greg Rohe. That proved to be the ballgame. Sox won 3-0 to take a 2-1 series lead.

Both pitchers tossed complete games. Pfeister allowed 4 hits, 3 earned runs, walked 2, and struckout 9. The leadoff walk followed by the hit batter proved his undoing. Walsh 2-hit the Cubs and struck out a World Series record 12 batters. Bill Dinneen held the record with 11 K's in 1903.

1906 World Series Game 2

Cubs: 7 White Sox: 1 ( Series tied 1-1)

WP: Reulbach (1-0)

LP: White (0-1)
The Cubs team everyone expected appeared in Game 2. Sox starter Doc White lasted only three innings. Cubs hurler Ed Reulbach allowed only a solitary hit, a single to Jiggs Donahue in the seventh, and one unearned run in dominating the Sox. He was effectively wild walking 6.The Sox only run scored on an error by shortstop Joe Tinker. At the time, it cut the Cubs lead to 4-1.

The 116 win juggernaught scored three in the second off White. In the third, Steinfeldt singled in the fourth Cub run. They added another run in the sixth and then two in the eighth for a 7-1 victory. Harry Steinfeldt went 3-for-3 with a run and RBI. Joe Tinker added 2 hits, 3 runs, and a RBI. The mighty Cubs had evened the series