FIRST ROUND: Outstanding pitching by Chicago, which limited Philadelphia to two runs or fewer in four of the five games, helped the White Sox advance. Chicago posted an ERA of 1.60 and limited the A’s to a .169 batting average.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: Chicago 5, Philadelphia 2
Game 2: Chicago 6, Philadelphia 2
Game 3: Chicago 6, Philadelphia 0
Game 4: Philadelphia 5, Chicago 3
Game 5: Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2
Series MVP: Eddie Cicotte, Chicago
Cicotte posted a 1.10 ERA in 16 1/3 innings and won both of his starts. He gave up 10 hits, six walks and two unearned runs. He gave up two runs in both his game 2 and 5 starts, though the runs in game 2 were unearned.
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Game 1: Chicago 5, Philadelphia 2
All of the game’s runs were scored in the first three innings. The White Sox broke out to a 3-0 lead after the top of the first as Zeke Bonura had an RBI single and Minnie Minoso knocked a two-run double. Nellie Fox led off the second inning to make it 4-0. The Athletics’ only runs came in the bottom of the second when Mickey Cochrane hit a two-run homer. Chicago’s final run came on an RBI single by Minoso in the third inning. Ed Walsh scattered seven hits in the win, and stranded A’s in scoring position in four different innings.
00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (5) AT 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (2) 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX AB R H BI 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHL AB R H BI Eddie Collins 5 1 1 0 Max Bishop 4 0 2 0 Luke Appling 5 0 0 0 Frank Baker 4 0 0 0 Zeke Bonura 4 1 1 1 Al Simmons 4 0 1 0 Carl Reynolds 4 2 3 0 Jimmie Foxx 4 0 0 0 Minnie Minoso 4 0 2 3 Bob Johnson 3 1 1 0 Harry Hooper 4 0 1 0 Wally Moses 4 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 3 0 0 0 Mickey Cochrane 4 1 2 2 Nellie Fox 4 1 1 1 Bing Miller 3 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 3 0 0 0 Jimmy Dykes 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 36 5 9 5 TOTALS 33 2 7 2 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 311 000 000 -- 5 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 020 000 000 -- 2 LOB--00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9, 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 6. ERR--Jimmy Dykes. 2B--Minnie Minoso, Mickey Cochrane, Max Bishop. 3B--Carl Reynolds, Al Simmons. HR--Nellie Fox, Mickey Cochrane. HBP--Carl Reynolds, Minnie Minoso, Sherm Lollar. SB--Eddie Collins, Carl Reynolds, Minnie Minoso, Harry Hooper. 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR Ed Walsh [W] 9.00 7 2 2 2 3 1 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS Rube Waddell [L] 6.00 7 5 5 1 3 1 Chief Bender 3.00 2 0 0 1 0 0 WP--Ed Walsh. SO--Nellie Fox, Luke Appling, Harry Hooper, Jimmy Dykes, Bob Johnson, Al Simmons. BB--Buck Weaver, Zeke Bonura, Bob Johnson, Bing Miller.
Game 2: Chicago 6, Philadelphia 2
Home Run Baker gave the Athletics a 2-1 lead with a two-run homer in the bottom of the third, but the White Sox came back with a three-run blast by Sherm Lollar in the fifth inning to retake the lead. Lollar went 3-for-4, adding an RBI single in the seventh after Nellie Fox singled, then leading off the ninth with a single and eventually scoring on a Zeke Bonura single. Chicago’s 7-8-9 hitters went 7-for-11. Eddie Cicotte’s two runs allowed were unearned en route to the win, and Gerry Staley came in relief to get out of a jam in the eighth to earn the save.
00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (6) AT 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (2) 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX AB R H BI 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHL AB R H BI Eddie Collins 5 0 0 0 Max Bishop 5 1 0 0 Luke Appling 5 0 1 0 Frank Baker 4 1 3 2 Zeke Bonura 5 0 1 1 Al Simmons 4 0 1 0 Carl Reynolds 4 0 0 0 Jimmie Foxx 2 0 0 0 Minnie Minoso 5 1 2 0 Bob Johnson 4 0 0 0 Harry Hooper 1 0 0 1 Wally Moses 4 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 4 1 2 0 Mickey Cochrane 2 0 0 0 Nellie Fox 3 2 2 0 Bing Miller 4 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 4 2 3 4 Jimmy Dykes 4 0 1 0 TOTALS 36 6 11 6 TOTALS 33 2 5 2 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 010 030 101 -- 6 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 002 000 000 -- 2 LOB--00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8, 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 8. ERR--Buck Weaver. 2B--Buck Weaver, Al Simmons, Frank Baker. 3B--Nellie Fox, Minnie Minoso. HR--Sherm Lollar, Frank Baker. HBP--Carl Reynolds. SACF--Harry Hooper. SB--Buck Weaver. 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR Eddie Cicotte [W] 7.33 5 2 0 3 1 1 Gerry Staley [S] 1.67 0 0 0 1 1 0 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS Lefty Grove [L] 7.67 8 5 5 3 2 1 Eddie Plank 1.33 3 1 1 0 0 0 SO--Zeke Bonura, Harry Hooper, Jimmy Dykes, Wally Moses. BB--Nellie Fox, Harry Hooper (2), Mickey Cochrane (2), Jimmie Foxx (2).
Game 3: Chicago 6, Philadelphia 0
Thornton Lee tossed a two-hit shutout and the White Sox hit three homers to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the series. Harry Hooper and Luke Appling hit solo shots in the second and third innings, respectively, while Zeke Bonura launched a three-run homer in the fifth inning. Lee only gave up a pair of singles to Al Simmons. Philadelphia loaded the bases in the seventh inning with two outs – the only time the A’s got a runner to third base – but Lee got the final out and retired the game’s final seven batters.
00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (0) AT 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (6) 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHL AB R H BI 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX AB R H BI Max Bishop 4 0 0 0 Eddie Collins 4 1 1 1 Frank Baker 3 0 0 0 Luke Appling 4 1 1 1 Al Simmons 4 0 2 0 Zeke Bonura 4 1 1 3 Jimmie Foxx 4 0 0 0 Carl Reynolds 4 0 1 0 Bob Johnson 4 0 0 0 Minnie Minoso 4 0 1 0 Wally Moses 2 0 0 0 Harry Hooper 3 1 2 1 Mickey Cochrane 2 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 3 1 1 0 Bing Miller 3 0 0 0 Nellie Fox 3 0 1 0 Jimmy Dykes 3 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 2 1 0 0 TOTALS 29 0 2 0 TOTALS 31 6 9 6 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 011 040 00x -- 6 LOB--00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5, 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4. ERR--Eddie Collins. 2B--Carl Reynolds, Buck Weaver. HR--Zeke Bonura, Luke Appling, Harry Hooper. SB--Eddie Collins. 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR Jack Coombs [L] 4.67 5 6 6 2 1 3 Bobby Shantz 3.33 4 0 0 1 0 0 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX Thornton Lee [W] 9.00 2 0 0 3 4 0 PB--Mickey Cochrane. SO--Jimmie Foxx, Bob Johnson, Max Bishop, Frank Baker, Harry Hooper. BB--Mickey Cochrane, Wally Moses, Frank Baker, Buck Weaver, Sherm Lollar, Harry Hooper.
Game 4: Philadelphia 5, Chicago 3
Looking for the sweep, Chicago jumped out to an early lead as Carl Reynolds and Minnie Minoso had back-to-back doubles in the second inning for a 1-0 lead. Philadelphia finally got some offense going, however, as Bob Johnson hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Frank Baker hit a two-RBI double in the fifth to make it 4-1. Chicago got a run back in the seventh on a home run by Harry Hooper, but the Athletics went up 5-2 in the eighth when Al Simmons tripled and made it home on a Jimmie Foxx sacrifice fly. Chicago added one more run in the bottom of the eighth on a Zeke Bonura sacrifice fly, but Philadelphia avoided the sweep via Rube Waddell’s complete-game effort.
00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (5) AT 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (3) 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHL AB R H BI 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX AB R H BI Max Bishop 4 1 1 0 Eddie Collins 4 1 1 0 Frank Baker 4 0 2 2 Luke Appling 4 0 2 0 Al Simmons 4 1 2 0 Zeke Bonura 3 0 0 1 Jimmie Foxx 3 1 0 1 Carl Reynolds 4 1 2 0 Bob Johnson 4 1 2 2 Minnie Minoso 4 0 1 1 Wally Moses 4 0 0 0 Harry Hooper 4 1 1 1 Mickey Cochrane 4 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 3 0 0 0 Bing Miller 3 1 1 0 Nellie Fox 3 0 0 0 Jimmy Dykes 4 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 5 8 5 TOTALS 33 3 7 3 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 220 010 -- 5 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 010 000 110 -- 3 LOB--00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5, 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6. ERR--Eddie Collins. 2B--Al Simmons, Max Bishop, Frank Baker, Eddie Collins, Carl Reynolds, Minnie Minoso. 3B--Al Simmons. HR--Bob Johnson, Harry Hooper. SACF--Jimmie Foxx, Zeke Bonura. 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR Rube Waddell [W] 9.00 7 3 3 2 5 1 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX Ed Walsh [L] 8.00 7 5 4 2 4 1 Frank Smith 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Mickey Cochrane, Wally Moses, Jimmie Foxx, Bob Johnson, Nellie Fox, Minnie Minoso, Zeke Bonura (2), Harry Hooper. BB--Max Bishop, Bing Miller, Nellie Fox, Buck Weaver.
Game 5: Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2
Eddie Cicotte’s solid complete-game effort on the mound – five hits, three walks, three strikeouts – ended the series. The White Sox jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning as Luke Appling and Carl Reynolds had RBI doubles. Philadelphia tied it in the top of the fifth on a two-run homer by Jimmy Dykes. Chicago got what turned out to be the game-winner in the sixth as Minnie Minoso doubled and scored on Harry Hooper’s single. Cicotte only gave up one hit over the final four innings.
00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (2) AT 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (3) 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHL AB R H BI 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX AB R H BI Max Bishop 3 0 0 0 Eddie Collins 4 1 1 0 Frank Baker 4 0 0 0 Luke Appling 4 1 2 1 Al Simmons 4 0 2 0 Zeke Bonura 4 0 1 0 Jimmie Foxx 4 0 0 0 Carl Reynolds 3 0 2 1 Bob Johnson 3 0 0 0 Minnie Minoso 4 1 1 0 Wally Moses 4 0 0 0 Harry Hooper 4 0 2 1 Mickey Cochrane 3 1 1 0 Buck Weaver 2 0 1 0 Bing Miller 3 0 0 0 Nellie Fox 2 0 0 0 Jimmy Dykes 3 1 2 2 Sherm Lollar 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 30 3 10 3 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 020 000 -- 2 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 200 001 00x -- 3 LOB--00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5, 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6. 2B--Mickey Cochrane, Al Simmons, Carl Reynolds, Minnie Minoso, Zeke Bonura, Luke Appling. 3B--Luke Appling. HR--Jimmy Dykes. SACB--Nellie Fox, Buck Weaver. SB--Al Simmons, Carl Reynolds, Harry Hooper. 00 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR Lefty Grove [L] 7.00 10 3 3 0 4 0 Joe Bush 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 00 CHICAGO WHITE SOX Eddie Cicotte [W] 9.00 5 2 2 3 3 1 SO--Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, Max Bishop, Buck Weaver, Zeke Bonura (2), Luke Appling. BB--Mickey Cochrane, Bob Johnson, Max Bishop, Carl Reynolds.
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