FIRST ROUND: Philadelphia headed to Wrigley Field down 3-2 in the series, but won both games 6 and 7 to eliminate Chicago. Over seven games, the Cubs had a better batting average (.242 to .204), hit more home runs (17 to 8) and had a better ERA (3.77 to 5.08), but the Phillies won the close games.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: Philadelphia 7, Chicago 5
Game 2: Chicago 12, Philadelphia 2
Game 3: Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1
Game 4: Chicago 4, Philadelphia 1
Game 5: Chicago 13, Philadelphia 7
Game 6: Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2
Game 7: Philadelphia 7, Chicago 3
Series MVP: Earl Moore, Philadelphia
The Phillies #3 starter put up two excellent performances, both times following a Phillies loss with a win in pitchers’ duels against Hippo Vaughn. Moore went 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 17 innings. With the series tied at one, he beat the Cubs 2-1 with a complete game, giving up seven hits, two walks and one run with four strikeouts. In a must-win situation in game six, he went eight innings in a 3-2 victory with five hits, four walks, two runs and seven strikeouts.
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Game 1: Philadelphia 7, Chicago 5
Chuck Klein’s two-RBI double in the top of the ninth broke a 5-5 tie and gave the Phillies the game one win. Philadelphia went up 5-2 when Don Hurst hit a two-run homer in the top of the third inning. The Cubs battled back to tie it, as Riggs Stephenson hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the third, while Hack Wilson and Ernie Banks both doubled and scored on sacrifice flies in the sixth and eight innings, respectively. Chicago reliever Clark Griffith took over in the ninth and walked two of the first three batters, setting up Klein’s hit. The Cubs put the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth but Philadelphia closer Jim Konstanty got out of the jam.
00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (7) AT 00 CHICAGO CUBS (5) 00 PHILADELPHIA PHIL AB R H BI 00 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI Richie Ashburn 3 0 1 1 Kiki Cuyler 3 1 0 0 Ed Delahanty 4 1 1 0 Riggs Stephenson 5 2 2 3 Chuck Klein 3 0 1 2 Ernie Banks 4 1 1 0 Cy Williams 4 1 0 0 Hack Wilson 4 1 1 0 Don Hurst 5 1 1 2 Gabby Hartnett 3 0 0 1 Spud Davis 4 1 2 0 Hank Sauer 3 0 1 1 Pinky Whitney 4 0 0 0 Phil Cavarreta 4 0 0 0 Fresco Thompson 4 1 1 1 Woody English 2 0 0 0 Heinie Sand 3 2 1 1 Johnny Evers 4 0 2 0 TOTALS 34 7 8 7 TOTALS 32 5 7 5 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 032 000 002 -- 7 00 CHICAGO CUBS 201 001 010 -- 5 LOB--00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7, 00 CHICAGO CUBS 6. ERR--Pinky Whitney. 2B--Ed Delahanty, Spud Davis, Chuck Klein, Hack Wilson, Hank Sauer, Ernie Banks. HR--Don Hurst, Riggs Stephenson (2). HBP--Kiki Cuyler. SACF--Hank Sauer, Gabby Hartnett. SACB--Richie Ashburn. SB--Fresco Thompson, Johnny Evers. 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR Grover C. Alexander [W] 8.00 6 5 5 3 7 2 Jim Konstanty [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 00 CHICAGO CUBS Mordecai Brown 8.00 7 5 5 4 9 1 Clark Griffith [L] 1.00 1 2 2 2 0 0 PB--Spud Davis. WP--Mordecai Brown. SO--Ed Delahanty, Pinky Whitney (2), Cy Williams (2), Richie Ashburn, Heinie Sand, Chuck Klein (2), Hank Sauer, Ernie Banks (2), Woody English, Riggs Stephenson, Gabby Hartnett (2). BB--Ed Delahanty, Cy Williams, Richie Ashburn, Heinie Sand, Chuck Klein (2), Woody English (2), Kiki Cuyler.
Game 2: Chicago 12, Philadelphia 2
The Cubs scored in six consecutive innings between the second and the seventh frames. The big hits included a bases-loaded triple by Kiki Cuyler in the second, a solo home run by Ernie Banks in the third, a two-run homer by Hack Wilson in the fifth and a two-RBI single by Cuyler in the fifth. Chicago’s Ed Reulbach took a shutout to the ninth inning but that was spoiled by a two-run home run by Chuck Klein. Three of the Phillies’ five hits came in the final inning.
00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (2) AT 00 CHICAGO CUBS (12) 00 PHILADELPHIA PHIL AB R H BI 00 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI Richie Ashburn 3 0 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 4 1 2 5 Ed Delahanty 3 1 2 0 Riggs Stephenson 4 1 2 1 Chuck Klein 4 1 1 2 Ernie Banks 3 1 1 2 Cy Williams 4 0 0 0 Hack Wilson 3 2 2 3 Don Hurst 4 0 1 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 1 1 1 Spud Davis 3 0 0 0 Hank Sauer 4 1 1 0 Pinky Whitney 2 0 1 0 Phil Cavarreta 5 1 1 0 Fresco Thompson 2 0 0 0 Woody English 4 1 0 0 Heinie Sand 3 0 0 0 Johnny Evers 4 3 1 0 TOTALS 28 2 5 2 TOTALS 35 12 11 12 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 002 -- 2 00 CHICAGO CUBS 031 421 10x -- 12 LOB--00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7, 00 CHICAGO CUBS 9. ERR--Heinie Sand (2), Tully Sparks. 2B--Don Hurst, Hack Wilson, Hank Sauer, Phil Cavarreta. 3B--Kiki Cuyler. HR--Chuck Klein, Hack Wilson, Ernie Banks. HBP--Kiki Cuyler. SACF--Hack Wilson, Ernie Banks. SB--Ed Delahanty, Pinky Whitney. 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR Robin Roberts [L] 3.67 7 8 5 2 4 2 Tully Sparks 1.33 3 3 2 2 1 0 Curt Simmons 3.00 1 1 0 3 1 0 00 CHICAGO CUBS Ed Reulbach [W] 9.00 5 2 2 8 4 1 SO--Spud Davis (2), Cy Williams, Chuck Klein, Hank Sauer, Ernie Banks (2), Phil Cavarreta, Woody English, Kiki Cuyler. BB--Ed Delahanty, Spud Davis, Pinky Whitney (2), Richie Ashburn, Heinie Sand, Fresco Thompson (2), Hack Wilson, Hank Sauer, Ernie Banks, Woody English, Riggs Stephenson, Gabby Hartnett, Johnny Evers.
Game 3: Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1
The Phillies’ Earl Moore narrowly outdueled the Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn in a classic pitchers’ duel. The Phillies scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the third and collected their only two hits of the game, but one was a two-out, two-RBI single by Ed Delahanty. Vaughn issued only two walks the rest of the game. The Cubs got their one run in the top of the fifth when Kiki Cuyler led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Riggs Stephenson. Moore surrendered seven hits and two walks, but pitched out of a few jams, including stranding the tying run on third base with two outs in the ninth.
00 CHICAGO CUBS (1) AT 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (2) 00 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 00 PHILADELPHIA PHIL AB R H BI Kiki Cuyler 4 1 2 0 Richie Ashburn 3 0 0 0 Riggs Stephenson 3 0 2 1 Ed Delahanty 4 0 1 2 Ernie Banks 4 0 0 0 Chuck Klein 3 0 0 0 Hack Wilson 4 0 0 0 Cy Williams 3 0 0 0 Gabby Hartnett 3 0 0 0 Don Hurst 2 0 0 0 Hank Sauer 4 0 1 0 Spud Davis 3 0 0 0 Phil Cavarreta 3 0 2 0 Pinky Whitney 3 0 0 0 Woody English 4 0 0 0 Fresco Thompson 3 1 1 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 0 0 Heinie Sand 3 1 0 0 TOTALS 33 1 7 1 TOTALS 27 2 2 2 00 CHICAGO CUBS 000 010 000 -- 1 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 002 000 00x -- 2 LOB--00 CHICAGO CUBS 8, 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 3. ERR--Johnny Evers. 2B--Hank Sauer, Phil Cavarreta. 3B--Kiki Cuyler. SACF--Riggs Stephenson. 00 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR Hippo Vaughn [L] 8.00 2 2 0 2 4 0 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Earl Moore [W] 9.00 7 1 1 2 4 0 SO--Hank Sauer, Ernie Banks (2), Gabby Hartnett, Heinie Sand, Fresco Thompson (2), Chuck Klein. BB--Phil Cavarreta, Gabby Hartnett, Richie Ashburn, Don Hurst.
Game 4: Chicago 4, Philadelphia 1
Gabby Hartnett homered twice for the Cubs, who also got an impressive showing on the mound by Mordecai Brown. The Phils’ Grover Cleveland Alexander only gave up four hits, but three of them were home runs. Chicago’s Riggs Stephenson hit a solo homer in the first inning, as did Hartnett in the second. Harnett added a two-run homer in the sixth inning. The Phillies got their single run in the third inning when Pinky Whitney singled, stole second and scored after a couple of groundouts. Whitney finished 3-for-3 with a double and triple. Brown gave up six hits and one walk while striking out five in the complete game.
00 CHICAGO CUBS (4) AT 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1) 00 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 00 PHILADELPHIA PHIL AB R H BI Kiki Cuyler 4 0 0 0 Richie Ashburn 4 0 0 0 Riggs Stephenson 4 1 1 1 Ed Delahanty 4 0 0 0 Ernie Banks 4 1 1 0 Chuck Klein 4 0 2 0 Hack Wilson 3 0 0 0 Cy Williams 4 0 0 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 2 2 3 Don Hurst 4 0 0 0 Hank Sauer 3 0 0 0 Spud Davis 4 0 0 0 Phil Cavarreta 1 0 0 0 Pinky Whitney 3 1 3 0 Woody English 4 0 0 0 Fresco Thompson 3 0 0 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 0 0 Heinie Sand 2 0 1 1 TOTALS 31 4 4 4 TOTALS 32 1 6 1 00 CHICAGO CUBS 110 002 000 -- 4 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 001 000 000 -- 1 LOB--00 CHICAGO CUBS 5, 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 5. 2B--Ernie Banks, Pinky Whitney. 3B--Pinky Whitney. HR--Riggs Stephenson, Gabby Hartnett (2). SB--Pinky Whitney. 00 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR Mordecai Brown [W] 9.00 6 1 1 1 5 0 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Grover C. Alexander [L] 9.00 4 4 4 5 8 3 SO--Hack Wilson, Hank Sauer (2), Ernie Banks (3), Kiki Cuyler (2), Ed Delahanty, Cy Williams, Richie Ashburn (2), Don Hurst. BB--Hack Wilson, Hank Sauer, Phil Cavarreta (3), Heinie Sand.
Game 5: Chicago 13, Philadelphia 7
The wind was blowing out at Shibe Park, as 11 home runs were hit in the contest, seven of them by the Cubs, though the Phillies’ Cy Williams had the most with three different solo shots. Gabby Hartnett and Hank Sauer both hit a pair of homers for Chicago. The Cubs put four runs on the board before the Phillies got an out, as Ernie Banks hit a three-run homer and Hack Wilson hit a solo shot. Sauer hit his first home run to make it 5-0 after the top of the first. Harnett finished 3-for-5 for the Cubs and hit solo home runs in the fifth and the ninth.
00 CHICAGO CUBS (13) AT 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (7) 00 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 00 PHILADELPHIA PHIL AB R H BI Kiki Cuyler 5 2 2 0 Richie Ashburn 5 0 0 0 Riggs Stephenson 4 2 2 2 Ed Delahanty 4 1 2 1 Ernie Banks 5 1 2 3 Chuck Klein 4 0 1 1 Hack Wilson 5 2 1 1 Cy Williams 4 3 3 3 Gabby Hartnett 5 3 3 2 Don Hurst 5 0 1 0 Hank Sauer 4 2 2 2 Spud Davis 5 1 1 1 Phil Cavarreta 5 0 1 2 Pinky Whitney 4 0 0 0 Woody English 5 1 2 0 Fresco Thompson 3 1 1 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 1 Heinie Sand 4 1 1 1 TOTALS 42 13 16 13 TOTALS 38 7 10 7 00 CHICAGO CUBS 500 120 302 -- 13 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 201 013 -- 7 LOB--00 CHICAGO CUBS 4, 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 8. ERR--Ernie Banks, Heinie Sand. 2B--Phil Cavarreta, Riggs Stephenson, Kiki Cuyler, Heinie Sand, Fresco Thompson, Don Hurst, Chuck Klein. 3B--Woody English. HR--Hack Wilson, Hank Sauer (2), Ernie Banks, Riggs Stephenson, Gabby Hartnett (2), Spud Davis, Cy Williams (3). SB--Johnny Evers, Kiki Cuyler, Ed Delahanty (2). 00 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR Ed Reulbach [W] 8.00 8 6 5 3 2 4 Claude Passeau 1.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Robin Roberts [L] 1.00 4 5 5 1 2 3 Bill Duggleby 4.00 5 3 3 0 1 2 Tully Sparks 3.00 5 3 3 1 1 0 Curt Simmons 1.00 2 2 2 0 1 2 SO--Hack Wilson, Hank Sauer, Phil Cavarreta (2), Gabby Hartnett, Pinky Whitney, Heinie Sand. BB--Hank Sauer, Riggs Stephenson, Ed Delahanty, Cy Williams, Fresco Thompson, Chuck Klein.
Game 6: Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2
Another pitchers’ duel went the way of the Phillies, as Earl Moore (eight innings, five hits, four walks, two runs, seven strikeouts) beat the Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn (nine innings, eight hits, one walk, three runs, nine strikeouts) by one run for the second time this series. Things looked good for the Cubs early, as Ernie Banks had an RBI single and Gabby Hartnett had a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first. That would be it for the Cubs, who would have a runner thrown out at home in the fourth, leave the bases loaded in the fifth and have runners reach second base in the seventh and ninth. The Phillies got an RBI single from Richie Ashburn in the third and a two-run double by El Delahanty in the sixth, and that would be enough.
00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (3) AT 00 CHICAGO CUBS (2) 00 PHILADELPHIA PHIL AB R H BI 00 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI Richie Ashburn 4 1 3 1 Kiki Cuyler 3 1 0 0 Ed Delahanty 4 0 2 2 Riggs Stephenson 4 1 1 0 Chuck Klein 4 0 0 0 Ernie Banks 4 0 1 1 Cy Williams 4 0 0 0 Hack Wilson 3 0 0 0 Don Hurst 4 0 0 0 Gabby Hartnett 2 0 0 1 Spud Davis 4 0 1 0 Hank Sauer 4 0 0 0 Pinky Whitney 4 0 0 0 Phil Cavarreta 4 0 2 0 Fresco Thompson 3 1 1 0 Woody English 4 0 1 0 Heinie Sand 2 1 1 0 Johnny Evers 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 31 2 6 2 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 001 002 000 -- 3 00 CHICAGO CUBS 200 000 000 -- 2 LOB--00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 4, 00 CHICAGO CUBS 9. ERR--Heinie Sand, Fresco Thompson. 2B--Ed Delahanty (2), Phil Cavarreta. HBP--Kiki Cuyler. SACF--Gabby Hartnett. SACB--Johnny Evers. 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR Earl Moore [W] 8.00 5 2 2 4 7 0 Jim Konstanty [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 00 CHICAGO CUBS Hippo Vaughn [L] 9.00 8 3 3 1 9 0 SO--Spud Davis (2), Pinky Whitney, Cy Williams (2), Heinie Sand, Fresco Thompson (2), Chuck Klein, Hack Wilson, Phil Cavarreta, Woody English, Riggs Stephenson, Gabby Hartnett (2), Johnny Evers, Kiki Cuyler. BB--Heinie Sand, Hack Wilson, Riggs Stephenson, Gabby Hartnett, Kiki Cuyler.
Game 7: Philadelphia 7, Chicago 3
Cy Williams hit a pair of home runs and Grover Cleveland Alexander had a solid pitching performance as Philadelphia claimed the game 7 victory. Williams hit a two-run homer in the top of the first to set the stage, though the Cubs’ Ernie Banks came back with a solo shot in the bottom half of the frame. After three scoreless innings, the Phillies broke the game open with four runs, two on a double by Chuck Klein and two more on Williams’ second homer. After falling behing 7-1, the Cubs got two solo homers from Hank Sauer in the seventh and ninth innings, but that would be it.
00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (7) AT 00 CHICAGO CUBS (3) 00 PHILADELPHIA PHIL AB R H BI 00 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI Richie Ashburn 4 0 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 4 0 0 0 Ed Delahanty 4 1 1 0 Riggs Stephenson 5 0 1 0 Chuck Klein 3 2 1 2 Ernie Banks 4 1 1 1 Cy Williams 5 2 2 4 Hack Wilson 4 0 0 0 Don Hurst 3 0 1 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 0 0 0 Spud Davis 4 0 0 0 Hank Sauer 3 2 2 2 Pinky Whitney 4 1 1 0 Phil Cavarreta 4 0 2 0 Fresco Thompson 3 0 1 0 Woody English 4 0 1 0 Heinie Sand 3 1 0 1 Johnny Evers 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 7 7 7 TOTALS 36 3 7 3 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 200 041 000 -- 7 00 CHICAGO CUBS 100 000 101 -- 3 LOB--00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 6, 00 CHICAGO CUBS 8. ERR--Heinie Sand (2). 2B--Don Hurst, Chuck Klein. HR--Cy Williams (2), Hank Sauer (2), Ernie Banks. SACF--Heinie Sand. SB--Fresco Thompson. 00 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR Grover C. Alexander [W] 8.67 7 3 3 2 9 3 Jim Konstanty [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 CHICAGO CUBS Mordecai Brown [L] 5.00 4 6 6 4 7 2 Lon Warneke 4.00 3 1 1 2 1 0 SO--Spud Davis, Cy Williams, Richie Ashburn (3), Fresco Thompson, Don Hurst (2), Hack Wilson, Ernie Banks, Riggs Stephenson, Gabby Hartnett (3), Johnny Evers, Kiki Cuyler (2). BB--Ed Delahanty, Richie Ashburn, Fresco Thompson, Don Hurst, Chuck Klein (2), Hank Sauer, Kiki Cuyler.
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