The 1906 Chicago Cubs became the first team to finish off their 32-game schedule, though they lost three of four to the 1909 Detroit Tigers. The Tigers (16-12) won each of the first three games by one run, including a 1-0 shutout by George Mullin. The Cubs (13-19) completed their season with a win thanks to a Jack Pfiester shutout in the finale. Sam Crawford was the only Tiger regular to hit better than .300, as he went 5-for-15 (.333). Ty Cobb’s season average dropped to .400 after going 3-for-15. Johnny Kling hit .500 (7-for-14) for the Cubs.
Game #1: Detroit 4, Chicago 3
After falling behind 1-0, the Tigers tied it in the fourth on Davy Jones’ RBI single. They then went ahead 3-1 in the fifth with the help of a double by Boss Schmidt and an RBI single by Sam Crawford. Chicago closed the gap to 3-2, but Detroit added a fourth run in the sixth when Donie Bush led off with a single, stole second, went to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch. The Cubs got it back within a run at 4-3 in the eighth on Frank Schulte’s RBI double. They got the potential tying run to second base in the ninth inning but couldn’t tie it up.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (3) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (4)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Jimmy Sheckard 4 0 0 0 Ty Cobb 3 0 0 0
Frank Chance 3 0 0 0 George Moriarty 3 0 1 1
Harry Steinfeldt 4 2 2 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 2 1
Johnny Kling 4 1 2 0 Tom Jones 4 0 1 0
Frank Schulte 4 0 2 1 Donie Bush 3 2 2 0
Jimmy Slagle 2 0 0 2 Davy Jones 4 0 1 1
Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0 Jim Delahanty 3 0 0 0
Joe Tinker 1 0 0 0 Boss Schmidt 4 1 1 0
Solly Hofman 2 0 0 0 Ed Killian A 3 1 1 0
Ed Reulbach AYW 2 0 0 0
Pat Moran 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 3 6 3 TOTALS 31 4 9 3
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 101 010 -- 3
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 121 00x -- 4
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 7, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 8. ERR--Tom
Jones. 2B--Frank Schulte, Johnny Kling, Sam Crawford, Boss
Schmidt, Donie Bush. SACF--Jimmy Slagle (2). SACB--Pat
Moran, Frank Chance, Ed Reulbach AYW, Ed Killian A.
SB--Frank Schulte, Johnny Kling, Sam Crawford (2), Donie
Bush.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Reulbach AYW [L] 8.00 9 4 4 4 5 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Killian A [W] 9.00 6 3 3 3 1 0
Game #2: Detroit 1, Chicago 0
The only run of the game was unearned. Detroit’s Sam Crawford led off with a single and was sacrificed to second, but was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Donie Bush’s single. Bush stole second, and scored when a Cub outfielder dropped a fly ball. The Cubs got runners into scoring position in three innings, including to third base in the third and fourth, but George Mullin left them there in his three-hit shutout.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (0) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (1)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Jimmy Sheckard 4 0 0 0 Ty Cobb 4 0 0 0
Frank Chance 3 0 0 0 George Moriarty 4 0 0 0
Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 0
Johnny Kling 3 0 2 0 Tom Jones 2 0 1 0
Frank Schulte 2 0 0 0 Donie Bush 3 1 1 0
Jimmy Slagle 4 0 0 0 Davy Jones 2 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0 Jim Delahanty 2 0 0 0
Solly Hofman 1 0 0 0 Boss Schmidt 2 0 0 0
Carl Lundgren BXW 1 0 0 0 George Mullin AY 2 0 0 0
Pat Moran 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 26 0 3 0 TOTALS 25 1 3 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 000 -- 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 100 00x -- 1
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 6, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 7. ERR--Jimmy
Sheckard. HBP--Tom Jones. SACB--Frank Schulte (2), Carl
Lundgren BXW, Davy Jones, Tom Jones. SB--Donie Bush, Tom
Jones.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carl Lundgren BXW [L] 7.00 3 1 0 4 3 0
Jack Taylor BR 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
George Mullin AY [W] 9.00 3 0 0 4 3 0
Game #3: Detroit 5, Chicago 4
The Cubs took a 2-1 lead on Harry Steinfeldt’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh, and took that lead into the ninth inning. Detroit rocked Three-Finger Brown for four runs in the top of the ninth. That included a bases-loaded triple by pinch-hitter Matty McIntyre, followed by a run-scoring double by Ty Cobb. The Cubs scored twice in the bottom of the ninth but needed three. Ed Willett improved to 5-1 for the Tigers in seven starts.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (5) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (4)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Ty Cobb 5 0 2 1 Jimmy Sheckard 2 0 1 0
George Moriarty 4 1 1 0 Frank Chance 3 1 2 1
Sam Crawford 4 0 1 0 Harry Steinfeldt 5 1 2 2
Tom Jones 4 0 1 1 Johnny Kling 4 0 1 1
Donie Bush 3 0 0 0 Frank Schulte 5 0 2 0
Davy Jones 1 1 0 0 Jimmy Slagle 2 0 1 0
Jim Delahanty 4 1 2 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0
Boss Schmidt 3 1 0 0 Solly Hofman 3 0 0 0
Ed Willett B 1 0 0 0 Mordecai Brown ACXZ 3 2 1 0
Matty McIntyre 1 1 1 3
TOTALS 30 5 8 5 TOTALS 31 4 11 4
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 001 004 -- 5
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 001 000 102 -- 4
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 6, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 12. ERR--Tom
Jones, Solly Hofman. 2B--Ty Cobb, Frank Chance. 3B--Matty
McIntyre, Harry Steinfeldt. HBP--Boss Schmidt. SACF--Johnny
Kling. SACB--Davy Jones, Ed Willett B, Johnny Evers, Jimmy
Slagle, Jimmy Sheckard (2), Frank Chance, Mordecai Brown
ACXZ. SB--Jim Delahanty, Frank Chance, Johnny Kling.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Willett B [W] 8.00 8 2 1 5 1 0
Ralph Works BY [S] 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Mordecai Brown ACXZ [L] 9.00 8 5 4 5 2 0
Game #4: Chicago 6, Detroit 0
Jack Pfiester ended the Detroit run with a four-hit shutout. The Cubs’ Frank Schulte got it started with a two-run homer in the second inning. In the sixth, Johnny Kling had a run-scoring single and Jimmy Slagle drove in two with a triple. The sixth and final run came in the eighth on a Kling sacrifice fly. Pfiester improved to 5-2 and earned the shutout despite allowing runners on base in seven different innings, though only once as far as third base.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (0) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (6)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Ty Cobb 3 0 1 0 Jimmy Sheckard 3 1 0 0
George Moriarty 3 0 0 0 Frank Chance 3 2 1 0
Sam Crawford 3 0 1 0 Harry Steinfeldt 3 0 0 0
Tom Jones 4 0 0 0 Johnny Kling 3 2 2 2
Donie Bush 4 0 0 0 Frank Schulte 3 1 1 2
Davy Jones 3 0 0 0 Jimmy Slagle 4 0 2 2
Jim Delahanty 4 0 0 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0
Boss Schmidt 4 0 1 0 Joe Tinker 3 0 0 0
Ed Summers BZ 2 0 0 0 Jack Pfiester AXYZ 3 0 0 0
Oscar Stanage 1 0 1 0
Matty McIntyre 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 0 4 0 TOTALS 29 6 7 6
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 020 003 01x -- 6
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 9, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 4. ERR--Joe
Tinker (2). 2B--Boss Schmidt, Oscar Stanage. 3B--Jimmy
Slagle. HR--Frank Schulte. HBP--Frank Chance. SACF--Johnny
Kling. SACB--George Moriarty, Harry Steinfeldt. SB--Ty Cobb,
Johnny Evers, Jimmy Slagle, Frank Chance.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Summers BZ [L] 7.00 5 5 5 1 2 1
Bill Donovan BYW 1.00 2 1 1 1 0 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Jack Pfiester AXYZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 3 5 0
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