The 1914 Boston Braves took three of four games from the 1909 Detroit Tigers, including an improbable extra-innings victory in game three. The Tigers went up 7-4 in the top of the 10th, only for the Braves to score four runs to earn the walk-off victory in the bottom half of the inning. Charlie Deal went 6-for-14 (.429) for the Braves (4-4), while Ty Cobb hit .529 (9-for-17) with five doubles for the Tigers (3-5).
Game #1: Boston 8, Detroit 6
The teams traded two-run leads — 2-0 Boston, 4-2 Detroit, 6-4 Boston — and then Detroit tied it at six in the bottom of the eighth on Boss Schmidt’s two-run single. But in the top of the ninth, Johnny Evers and Rabbit Maranville provided RBI singles to put the Braves back on top.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (8) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (6)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 3 1 0 0 Davy Jones 4 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 4 2 1 1 Donie Bush 5 1 2 0
Joe Connolly 4 1 1 2 Ty Cobb 5 1 1 1
Rabbit Maranville 3 0 2 3 Sam Crawford 4 1 1 1
Charles Schmidt 5 1 0 0 Jim Delahanty 3 2 2 0
Charlie Deal 4 1 1 0 George Moriarty 2 1 1 2
Les Mann 4 0 0 0 Tom Jones 4 0 0 0
Hank Gowdy 4 0 1 2 Boss Schmidt 4 0 1 2
Lefty Tyler BX 3 1 1 0 Ed Killian A 4 0 0 0
Red Smith 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 35 8 8 8 TOTALS 35 6 8 6
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 020 000 402 -- 8
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 004 000 020 -- 6
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 6, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 6.
ERR--Rabbit Maranville, Johnny Evers, Sam Crawford, George
Moriarty. 2B--Hank Gowdy, Ty Cobb. 3B--George Moriarty.
HBP--Rabbit Maranville. SACB--Herbie Moran, George Moriarty.
SB--Joe Connolly, Rabbit Maranville, Red Smith, Johnny
Evers, Boss Schmidt, Donie Bush (2).
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lefty Tyler BX [W] 8.00 8 6 4 2 6 0
Paul Strand BXYW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Killian A [L] 9.00 8 8 4 4 2 0
Game #2: Detroit 5, Boston 1
After Boston scored first, Detroit scored the next five runs for an easy win. Winning pitcher George Mullin gave up just four hits and also drove in two runs.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (1) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (5)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 4 0 0 0 Davy Jones 5 0 1 1
Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0 Donie Bush 4 1 1 0
Joe Connolly 4 0 1 0 Ty Cobb 3 0 2 0
Rabbit Maranville 3 0 0 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 2 1
Charles Schmidt 3 0 0 0 Jim Delahanty 4 2 2 0
Charlie Deal 3 0 0 0 George Moriarty 3 2 2 0
Les Mann 4 1 1 0 Tom Jones 3 0 1 0
Hank Gowdy 3 0 1 1 Boss Schmidt 4 0 1 1
Dick Crutcher CW 2 0 0 0 George Mullin AY 2 0 1 2
Red Smith 1 0 0 0
Ted Cather 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 1 4 1 TOTALS 32 5 13 5
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 010 000 000 -- 1
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 010 102 10x -- 5
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 8, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 8. ERR--Sam
Crawford. 2B--Hank Gowdy, Jim Delahanty, George Mullin AY.
3B--Les Mann. SACF--George Mullin AY. SACB--George Moriarty.
SB--Sam Crawford.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Crutcher CW [L] 6.00 10 4 4 3 1 0
Otto Hess C 2.00 3 1 1 0 1 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
George Mullin AY [W] 9.00 4 1 1 4 3 0
Game #3: Boston 8, Detroit 7 (10 inn.)
Detroit tied the game at four in the top of the ninth on Davy Jones’ two-out single. The game went to extra innings, and Detroit scored three times in the top of the 10th on Sam Crawford’s RBI single and Boss Schmidt’s two-run double. But in the bottom of the 10th, Boston scored four runs on five hits, including a two-run double from Les Mann and a walk-off RBI single from Joe Connolly.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (7) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (8)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Davy Jones 5 0 2 1 Herbie Moran 6 0 3 0
Donie Bush 4 0 1 0 Johnny Evers 4 1 1 1
Ty Cobb 5 2 4 0 Joe Connolly 5 1 3 2
Sam Crawford 5 2 3 1 Rabbit Maranville 5 1 1 2
Jim Delahanty 3 1 1 0 Charles Schmidt 3 1 2 0
George Moriarty 5 0 0 0 Charlie Deal 4 1 2 1
Tom Jones 4 2 3 2 Les Mann 5 0 2 2
Boss Schmidt 3 0 1 3 Hank Gowdy 4 2 1 0
Ed Willett B 3 0 0 0 Dick Rudolph BYZ 4 0 1 0
Matty McIntyre 1 0 0 0 Red Smith 1 1 0 0
Bill Donovan BYW 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 7 15 7 TOTALS 41 8 16 8
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 012 001 3 -- 7
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 210 010 000 4 -- 8
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 8, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 11. 2B--Boss
Schmidt, Ty Cobb (3), Les Mann, Charlie Deal. HBP--Tom
Jones. SACF--Boss Schmidt, Johnny Evers. SACB--Boss Schmidt,
Jim Delahanty, Charlie Deal. SB--Davy Jones, Tom Jones, Joe
Connolly, Herbie Moran.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Willett B 8.00 10 4 4 4 2 0
Bill Donovan BYW [L] 1.67 6 4 4 1 0 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Dick Rudolph BYZ [W] 10.00 15 7 7 2 6 0
Game #4: Boston 6, Detroit 2
Hank Gowdy got the Braves going with a two-run single in the fourth inning. Charles Schmidt and Charlie Deal made it 4-0 with RBI singles in the fifth. It was 6-0 when Detroit finally broke up the shutout in the eighth inning on Jim Delahanty’s two-RBI double. Bill James gave up five hits and no earned runs in the win.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (2) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (6)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Davy Jones 4 0 1 0 Herbie Moran 5 0 2 1
Donie Bush 4 1 0 0 Johnny Evers 4 1 1 0
Ty Cobb 4 1 2 0 Joe Connolly 4 2 1 0
Sam Crawford 3 0 0 0 Rabbit Maranville 4 0 1 0
Jim Delahanty 4 0 1 2 Charles Schmidt 3 1 2 1
George Moriarty 4 0 0 0 Charlie Deal 3 1 3 2
Tom Jones 2 0 1 0 Les Mann 4 0 1 0
Boss Schmidt 4 0 0 0 Hank Gowdy 4 1 2 2
Ed Summers BZ 3 0 0 0 Bill James AY 3 0 0 0
Matty McIntyre 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 5 2 TOTALS 34 6 13 6
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 020 -- 2
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 221 10x -- 6
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 8. ERR--Tom
Jones, Charlie Deal, Johnny Evers. 2B--Jim Delahanty, Ty
Cobb, Hank Gowdy. SACF--Charlie Deal. SACB--Bill James AY.
SB--Ty Cobb, Davy Jones, Hank Gowdy, Herbie Moran.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Summers BZ [L] 8.00 13 6 6 2 2 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Bill James AY [W] 9.00 5 2 0 3 3 0
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