The 1909 Detroit Tigers and the 1911 Philadelphia Athletics split their four-game series, eliminating both from championship contention. The Athletics (19-13) will finish second or third, with the Tigers (18-14) in third or fourth. Philadelphia needed at least three wins to have a chance, but suffered a heart-breaking 15-inning loss in the finale. The Athletics got a shutout from Jack Coombs in the opener, while Stuffy McInnis batted .375 (6-for-16). Ty Cobb batted .333 (6-for-18) and finished the season hitting .391. He’ll have to wait and see what Shoeless Joe Jackson does to see if that’s good enough for the batting crown.
Game #1: Philadelphia 2, Detroit 0
Philadelphia’s Jack Coombs scattered six hits in the shutout win. Three Tigers got into scoring position, but Coombs left them stranded. The Athletics managed only four hits, two of them coming in a two-run second inning. Rube Oldring led off with a triple and Stuffy McInnis walked. Oldring would score on an Ira Thomas sacrifice fly, and Coombs followed with an RBI double. Coombs ended up a team-best 6-2 in his eight starts.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (0) AT 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (2)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Ty Cobb 4 0 1 0 Bris Lord 4 0 0 0
George Moriarty 4 0 2 0 Eddie Collins 3 0 0 0
Sam Crawford 4 0 0 0 Home Run Baker 3 0 1 0
Tom Jones 4 0 1 0 Danny Murphy 4 0 0 0
Donie Bush 4 0 0 0 Rube Oldring 4 1 1 0
Davy Jones 3 0 1 0 Stuffy McInnis 2 1 1 0
Jim Delahanty 3 0 1 0 Jack Barry 3 0 0 0
Boss Schmidt 3 0 0 0 Ira Thomas 2 0 0 1
Ed Killian A 2 0 0 0 Jack Coombs BY 3 0 1 1
Matty McIntyre 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 0 6 0 TOTALS 28 2 4 2
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 020 000 00x -- 2
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 5, 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 6.
ERR--Jim Delahanty. 2B--Ty Cobb, Jack Coombs BY. 3B--Rube
Oldring. SACF--Ira Thomas. SB--George Moriarty (2), Home Run
Baker.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Killian A [L] 7.00 4 2 2 3 1 0
Ralph Works BY 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Jack Coombs BY [W] 9.00 6 0 0 0 5 0
Game #2: Detroit 7, Philadelphia 4
The Tigers rebounded with seven runs, quickly scoring two in the first inning on an RBI single by Tom Jones and a bases-loaded walk to Davy Jones. Davy Jones added a two-run single in the fifth inning, and Sam Crawford hit a two-run homer in the ninth.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (7) AT 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (4)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Ty Cobb 3 2 2 1 Bris Lord 4 0 1 0
George Moriarty 3 0 1 0 Eddie Collins 4 1 1 1
Sam Crawford 4 3 2 2 Home Run Baker 4 0 1 1
Tom Jones 2 1 1 1 Danny Murphy 4 1 1 0
Donie Bush 3 0 0 0 Rube Oldring 4 0 1 1
Davy Jones 3 0 1 3 Stuffy McInnis 4 1 3 0
Jim Delahanty 4 0 0 0 Jack Barry 4 0 1 1
Boss Schmidt 4 1 1 0 Ira Thomas 4 0 0 0
George Mullin AY 3 0 0 0 Cy Morgan BXW 1 0 0 0
Jack Lapp 0 1 0 0
Harry Krause BY 1 0 0 0
Amos Strunk 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 7 8 7 TOTALS 35 4 9 4
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 200 120 002 -- 7
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 010 021 000 -- 4
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5.
ERR--Stuffy McInnis. 2B--Stuffy McInnis (2). 3B--Rube
Oldring, Jack Barry, Home Run Baker. HR--Sam Crawford.
HBP--Ty Cobb. SACB--George Moriarty (2), Donie Bush, George
Mullin AY. SB--Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Stuffy McInnis.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
George Mullin AY [W] 9.00 9 4 4 1 3 0
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Cy Morgan BXW [L] 5.00 5 5 5 6 2 0
Harry Krause BY 4.00 3 2 2 1 1 1
Game #3: Philadelphia 4, Detroit 2
The Athletics took a 3-0 lead in the fourth. After loading the bases with no one out, Rube Oldring drove in two runs with a single. Ira Thomas later provided a sacrifice fly. Detroit cut the deficit to 3-2 in the fifth on an RBI single by Jim Delahanty and an RBI sacrifice bunt by Ed Willett. That was it for Detroit, however. Philadelphia tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on Bris Lord’s RBI single.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (4) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (2)
1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Bris Lord 4 0 1 1 Ty Cobb 4 0 0 0
Eddie Collins 4 1 1 0 George Moriarty 4 0 0 0
Home Run Baker 5 1 2 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 0
Danny Murphy 3 1 0 0 Tom Jones 4 0 0 0
Rube Oldring 4 0 1 2 Donie Bush 4 0 0 0
Stuffy McInnis 4 0 0 0 Davy Jones 4 1 1 0
Jack Barry 3 1 0 0 Jim Delahanty 2 1 1 1
Ira Thomas 2 0 1 1 Boss Schmidt 3 0 1 0
Eddie Plank AX 2 0 0 0 Ed Willett B 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 31 4 6 4 TOTALS 30 2 4 2
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 300 001 -- 4
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 020 000 -- 2
LOB--1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 8, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 4.
ERR--Stuffy McInnis, George Moriarty (2), Donie Bush.
2B--Sam Crawford. SACF--Ira Thomas. SACB--Ira Thomas, Eddie
Plank AX (2), Ed Willett B (2). SB--Bris Lord, Boss Schmidt,
Davy Jones.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Plank AX [W] 9.00 4 2 2 1 6 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Willett B [L] 9.00 6 4 1 4 4 0
Game #4: Detroit 4, Philadelphia 3 (15 inn.)
The Athletics scored first, but the Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the third on Jim Delahanty’s RBI single. It stayed 2-1 until the ninth. The Athletics were down to their last out but Ira Thomas delivered a game-tying RBI double. Philadelphia went ahead 3-2 in the top of the 12th, stringing together three hits, the last an RBI single by Home Run Baker. But Detroit tied it in the bottom of the 12th, as Boss Schmidt walked, was sacrificed to second, and scored on Ty Cobb’s single. In the bottom of the 15th, the Athletics got the first two outs. But then the Tigers put together three straight singles by Sam Crawford, Tom Jones and Donie Bush, the final one providing a walk-off victory. The Athletics had 15 hits but left 14 runners on base.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (3) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (4)
1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Bris Lord 5 0 1 0 Ty Cobb 7 0 3 2
Eddie Collins 6 0 2 0 George Moriarty 6 0 1 0
Home Run Baker 7 0 1 1 Sam Crawford 7 1 1 0
Danny Murphy 7 0 4 0 Tom Jones 7 0 3 0
Rube Oldring 7 2 2 0 Donie Bush 6 1 2 1
Stuffy McInnis 6 0 2 1 Davy Jones 5 0 2 0
Jack Barry 7 0 1 0 Jim Delahanty 6 0 1 1
Ira Thomas 6 0 1 1 Boss Schmidt 5 2 2 0
Elmer Leonard CYW 1 0 0 0 Ed Summers BZ 3 0 0 0
Chief Bender BXZ 5 1 1 0 Matty McIntyre 0 0 0 0
Jack Lapp 1 0 0 0 Oscar Stanage 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 58 3 15 3 TOTALS 53 4 15 4
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 010 000 001 001 000 -- 3
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 001 100 000 001 001 -- 4
LOB--1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 14, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 11.
ERR--Jim Delahanty, George Moriarty, Tom Jones. 2B--Ira
Thomas, Jack Barry, Boss Schmidt, Ty Cobb, Tom Jones.
3B--Rube Oldring. SACB--Stuffy McInnis, Bris Lord (2), Matty
McIntyre, George Moriarty, Ed Summers BZ. SB--Danny Murphy,
George Moriarty, Ty Cobb, Tom Jones.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chief Bender BXZ 12.00 11 3 3 3 11 0
Elmer Leonard CYW [L] 2.67 4 1 1 0 1 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Summers BZ 12.00 14 3 3 0 4 0
Ralph Works BY 2.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Bill Donovan BYW [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
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