In a battle between the two cellar-dwellers, the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates came out on top and took three of four against the 1915 Philadelphia Phillies. The Pirates (12-16) were on the verge of a sweep with a 4-0 lead in the finale before the Phillies (9-19) rallied. Harry Smith batted .438 (7-for-16) for Pittsburgh, while Gavvy Cravath hit .429 (6-for-14) for the Phillies. Beals Becker homered twice for Philadelphia.
Game #1: Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 1
The Pirates broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the fifth inning. Tommy Leach drove in a run with a single and Claude Ritchey followed with a sacrifice fly. Ritchey then plated the final two runs in the ninth inning with a two-RBI triple. Deacon Phillippe struck out 11 in a complete-game win.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 3 0 1 0 Dave Bancroft 4 0 0 0
Ginger Beaumont 5 1 1 0 Gavvy Cravath 3 0 1 0
Honus Wagner 4 2 3 0 Fred Luderus 4 0 1 0
Kitty Bransfield 1 2 0 1 George Whitted 4 0 1 0
Tommy Leach 5 0 1 1 Beals Becker 4 1 2 1
Claude Ritchey 4 0 2 3 Bert Niehoff 4 0 0 0
Wid Conroy 4 0 1 0 Bill Killefer 4 0 2 0
Harry Smith 4 0 3 0 Bobby Byrne 3 0 0 0
Deacon Phillippe AXY 1 0 0 0 Al Demaree C 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 5 12 5 TOTALS 33 1 7 1
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 100 020 002 -- 5
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 010 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 11, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
6. 2B--Gavvy Cravath. 3B--Claude Ritchey. HR--Beals Becker.
HBP--Fred Clarke, Honus Wagner. SACF--Kitty Bransfield,
Claude Ritchey. SACB--Deacon Phillippe AXYZ (2), Wid Conroy,
Kitty Bransfield, Fred Clarke. SB--Honus Wagner, Harry
Smith, Fred Luderus.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Deacon Phillippe AXY [W] 9.00 7 1 1 1 11 1
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Al Demaree C [L] 9.00 12 5 5 3 3 0
Game #2: Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2
The Pirates put up three runs before the home fans could even settled in, as the first three batters — Fred Clarke, Ginger Beaumont and Honus Wagner — all singled, and Kitty Bransfield and Tommy Leach followed with sacrifice flies. That would be it for Pittsburgh, but it would be enough. Dave Bancroft led off the bottom of the first with a solo homer for the Phillies, and they would get one more in the sixth inning on Bill Killefer’s RBI single. Pittsburgh’s Jesse Tannehill retired 10 of his final 11 batters faced.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (2)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 4 1 1 0 Dave Bancroft 2 1 1 1
Ginger Beaumont 4 1 2 1 Gavvy Cravath 3 0 1 0
Honus Wagner 4 1 1 0 Fred Luderus 4 0 0 0
Kitty Bransfield 3 0 0 1 George Whitted 4 1 1 0
Tommy Leach 3 0 1 1 Beals Becker 4 0 0 0
Claude Ritchey 4 0 1 0 Bert Niehoff 4 0 0 0
Wid Conroy 4 0 0 0 Bill Killefer 3 0 1 1
Harry Smith 4 0 2 0 Bobby Byrne 4 0 0 0
Jesse Tannehill AXZ 1 0 0 0 Erskine Mayer BYZ 2 0 0 0
George Paskert 1 0 0 0
Milt Stock 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 3 8 3 TOTALS 32 2 4 2
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 300 000 000 -- 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 100 001 000 -- 2
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
7. ERR--Wid Conroy, Fred Luderus. 2B--Harry Smith, George
Whitted. HR--Dave Bancroft. HBP--Bill Killefer. SACF--Kitty
Bransfield, Tommy Leach. SACB--Jesse Tannehill AXZ (2).
SB--Ginger Beaumont, Fred Clarke, Honus Wagner.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Tannehill AXZ [W] 9.00 4 2 2 3 4 1
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Erskine Mayer BYZ [L] 7.00 8 3 3 0 3 0
George McQuillan BZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 (11 inn.)
The Phillies jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, with Beals Becker driving in two of the runs. Eppa Rixey, 0-5 in his first six starts, was cruising with a one-hit shutout through seven innings. But the Pirate offense woke up and scored three times in the eighth. Lefty Davis had a sacrifice fly, Fred Clarke drove in a run with a single and an error scored the game-tying run. In the bottom of the 11th, Ginger Beaumont led off with a double and Honus Wagner singled him home for the walk-off win.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (3) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (4)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 4 1 0 0 Fred Clarke 5 1 1 1
Gavvy Cravath 4 0 1 0 Ginger Beaumont 5 1 1 0
Fred Luderus 5 1 1 0 Honus Wagner 5 0 1 1
George Whitted 5 1 1 1 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 1 0
Beals Becker 4 0 2 2 Tommy Leach 3 0 0 0
Bert Niehoff 5 0 1 0 Claude Ritchey 3 1 2 0
Bill Killefer 4 0 0 0 Wid Conroy 4 0 0 0
Bobby Byrne 4 0 1 0 Harry Smith 4 1 1 0
Eppa Rixey BY 2 0 0 0 Sam Leever BXZ 1 0 0 0
Milt Stock 1 0 0 0 Lefty Davis 0 0 0 1
George Chalmers BY 1 0 0 0 Ed Doheny BXY 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 3 7 3 TOTALS 35 4 7 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 102 000 000 00 -- 3
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 030 01 -- 4
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 12, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
5. ERR--Dave Bancroft, Beals Becker, Ginger Beaumont, Tommy
Leach. 2B--Fred Luderus, Beals Becker, Ginger Beaumont,
Harry Smith, Claude Ritchey. SACF--Lefty Davis. SACB--Eppa
Rixey BY, Gavvy Cravath, Sam Leever BXZ, Tommy Leach.
SB--Fred Clarke.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eppa Rixey BY 8.00 4 3 2 1 1 0
George Chalmers BY [L] 2.00 3 1 1 0 0 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Sam Leever BXZ 8.00 5 3 2 6 2 0
Ed Doheny BXY [W] 3.00 2 0 0 1 4 0
Game #4: Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 5
The Pirates looked like they were on the verge of a sweep after taking a 4-0 lead after three innings. Philadelphia turned it around, however. Gavvy Cravath and Beals Becker both hit solo homers in the fourth inning to cut the deficit in half. Cravath and Fred Luderus had back-to-back RBI doubles in the fifth to tie the game. Bill Killefer put the Phillies ahead with an RBI single in the sixth, and George Whitted drove in another run in the seventh. The Pirates got one back in the eighth as Tommy Leach doubled and later scored on a balk. But Grover Cleveland Alexander retired the final five Pirate hitters to hold on for the win.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (6) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 5 0 2 0 Fred Clarke 4 1 0 0
Gavvy Cravath 4 3 3 2 Ginger Beaumont 4 1 1 0
Fred Luderus 4 0 1 1 Honus Wagner 4 1 1 1
George Whitted 4 0 1 1 Kitty Bransfield 3 1 1 1
Beals Becker 5 2 2 1 Tommy Leach 3 1 2 1
Bert Niehoff 3 0 2 0 Claude Ritchey 3 0 0 0
Bill Killefer 4 0 1 1 Wid Conroy 4 0 1 0
Bobby Byrne 4 1 1 0 Harry Smith 4 0 1 0
Grover C Alexander A 3 0 0 0 Jack Chesbro BXYZ 2 0 0 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 1 0
Lefty Davis 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 6 13 6 TOTALS 33 5 8 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 221 100 -- 6
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 013 000 010 -- 5
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 8, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
5. ERR--Jack Chesbro BXYZ. 2B--Fred Luderus, Gavvy Cravath,
Tommy Leach, Harry Smith. HR--Gavvy Cravath, Beals Becker.
SACF--Kitty Bransfield. SACB--Grover C Alexander ACXYZ, Fred
Luderus, Gavvy Cravath, Bert Niehoff, Tommy Leach.
SB--Ginger Beaumont, Kitty Bransfield, Tommy Leach, Honus
Wagner.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Grover C Alexander A [W] 9.00 8 5 5 2 8 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Jack Chesbro BXYZ [L] 7.00 12 6 6 0 9 2
Warren McLaughlin CX 2.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
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