On paper, I thought the 1906 Cubs were going to be one of the strongest teams, and the 1915 Phillies would be one of the weakest. But despite being outhit in three of the four games, Philadelphia managed to sweep Chicago. Three of the games were decided by one run (the other by two), and the Phillies won two of them on Gavvy Cravath walk-off hits in extra innings. The leading hitters were Fred Luderus (5-for-11, .455) for the Phillies and Jimmy Slagle (7-for-17, .412) for the Cubs.
Game #1: Philadelphia 5, Chicago 4
Tied 2-2 in the seventh, the first two Phillies walked. After a sacrifice, Bobby Byrne had a two-run single, and Dave Bancroft followed with an RBI single. The Cubs ran off four straight hits with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but the tying run was finally stranded on third base.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (5) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (4)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Bobby Byrne 5 1 1 2 Jimmy Slagle 5 1 2 0
Dave Bancroft 4 0 1 1 Jimmy Sheckard 5 1 1 0
Beals Becker 3 1 1 0 Frank Schulte 5 0 2 1
Gavvy Cravath 3 1 0 0 Frank Chance 3 1 2 1
Fred Luderus 3 0 1 2 Harry Steinfeldt 4 1 1 0
George Whitted 4 0 0 0 Joe Tinker 2 0 0 0
Bert Niehoff 2 1 0 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 2
Bill Killefer 3 1 0 0 Johnny Kling 4 0 1 0
Al Demaree C 2 0 0 0 Ed Reulbach AYW 2 0 0 0
George Paskert 1 0 0 0 Solly Hofman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 5 4 5 TOTALS 35 4 10 4
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 200 000 300 -- 5
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 020 000 002 -- 4
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 5, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 10.
ERR--Harry Steinfeldt. 2B--Fred Luderus. 3B--Jimmy Slagle,
Johnny Kling. SACB--Al Demaree C, Joe Tinker. SB--Frank
Schulte.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Al Demaree C [W] 8.00 6 2 2 5 1 0
George McQuillan BZ [S] 1.00 4 2 2 0 0 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Ed Reulbach AYW [L] 9.00 4 5 5 6 7 0
Game #2: Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2
The Phillies jumped out to a 4-0 lead, which included a three-run double by Bert Niehoff in the third inning. Again, Chicago threatened with a two-out rally in the bottom of the ninth, putting runners on first and third before the final out was made.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (4) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (2)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Bobby Byrne 5 1 1 0 Jimmy Slagle 5 1 3 1
Dave Bancroft 4 1 1 1 Jimmy Sheckard 4 0 0 0
Beals Becker 4 0 0 0 Frank Schulte 4 0 1 1
Gavvy Cravath 4 0 1 0 Frank Chance 4 0 0 0
Fred Luderus 2 1 1 0 Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 0
George Whitted 2 1 0 0 Joe Tinker 4 0 0 0
Bert Niehoff 4 0 1 3 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0
Bill Killefer 4 0 1 0 Johnny Kling 4 1 2 0
Erskine Mayer BYZ 3 0 0 0 Carl Lundgren BXW 2 0 0 0
Solly Hofman 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 4 6 4 TOTALS 36 2 9 2
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 103 000 000 -- 4
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 010 010 -- 2
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 6, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 8.
ERR--Dave Bancroft. 2B--Bert Niehoff, Jimmy Slagle, Frank
Schulte. 3B--Bobby Byrne. SACB--Fred Luderus, Carl Lundgren
BXW.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Erskine Mayer BYZ [W] 9.00 9 2 2 0 6 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Carl Lundgren BXW [L] 9.00 6 4 4 4 9 0
Game #3: Philadelphia 4, Chicago 3 (12 inn.)
The Phillies managed only four hits off of Mordecai Brown, but made each of them count. Gavvy Cravath and Fred Luderus hit solo home runs in the second and fifth innings, respectively. Beals Becker led off the seventh with a double and scored on a Luderus sacrifice fly to tie the game at 3-3. And then, in the bottom of the 12th, Dave Bancroft walked with one out and was sacrificed to second. Cravath ended the game with a run-scoring single.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (3) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (4)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Jimmy Slagle 4 1 1 0 Bobby Byrne 5 0 0 0
Jimmy Sheckard 5 0 1 0 Dave Bancroft 4 1 0 0
Frank Schulte 5 0 1 1 Beals Becker 4 1 1 0
Frank Chance 4 1 1 0 Gavvy Cravath 5 1 2 2
Harry Steinfeldt 3 0 1 1 Fred Luderus 3 1 1 2
Joe Tinker 5 0 0 0 George Whitted 4 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 5 0 1 0 Bert Niehoff 4 0 0 0
Johnny Kling 5 0 1 0 Bill Killefer 4 0 0 0
Mordecai Brown ACXZ 3 1 0 0 Eppa Rixey BY 3 0 0 0
George Paskert 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 3 7 2 TOTALS 37 4 4 4
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 100 110 000 000 -- 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 010 010 100 001 -- 4
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 7, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 1.
ERR--Beals Becker. 2B--Jimmy Sheckard, Frank Chance, Beals
Becker. HR--Fred Luderus, Gavvy Cravath. SACF--Fred Luderus.
SACB--Jimmy Slagle, Harry Steinfeldt, Mordecai Brown ACXZ,
Beals Becker. SB--Johnny Evers, Jimmy Slagle, Frank Schulte.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mordecai Brown ACXZ [L] 11.67 4 4 4 1 11 2
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Eppa Rixey BY 9.00 6 3 2 3 2 0
George McQuillan BZ [W] 3.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Game #4: Philadelphia 4, Chicago 3 (10 inn.)
Grover Cleveland Alexander was on his way to a shutout entering the ninth inning, but the Cubs scored three times to take a 3-2 lead. Harry Steinfeldt drove in two with a double and Johnny Kling had a two-out RBI single. But, Philadelphia bounced back and tied it on Bill Killefer’s RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. In the 10th, Dave Bancroft singled and scored the game-winning run on Gavvy Cravath’s second straight walk-off hit.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (3) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (4)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Jimmy Slagle 3 0 1 0 Bobby Byrne 5 0 0 0
Jimmy Sheckard 5 0 1 0 Dave Bancroft 4 1 1 0
Frank Schulte 4 1 1 0 Beals Becker 4 0 1 0
Frank Chance 3 1 0 0 Gavvy Cravath 5 1 2 1
Harry Steinfeldt 5 1 2 2 Fred Luderus 3 1 2 1
Joe Tinker 4 0 0 0 George Whitted 4 1 1 0
Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0 Bert Niehoff 4 0 1 1
Johnny Kling 4 0 2 1 Bill Killefer 4 0 2 1
Jack Pfiester AXYZ 4 0 0 0 Grover C Alexander A 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 7 3 TOTALS 37 4 10 4
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 003 0 -- 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 020 000 001 1 -- 4
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 8, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7.
2B--Harry Steinfeldt (2), Fred Luderus, Gavvy Cravath (2),
Beals Becker, Bill Killefer. 3B--Fred Luderus. HBP--Fred
Luderus. SACB--Frank Schulte, Beals Becker. SB--Jimmy
Slagle, Frank Schulte, Johnny Kling, George Whitted.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Pfiester AXYZ [L] 9.67 10 4 4 1 11 0
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Grover C Alexander A [W] 10.00 7 3 3 5 1 0
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