1906 World Series
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A program featuring league presidents Ban Johnson and Harry Pulliam, and National Baseball Commission President August Herrmann
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| Dates | October 9–14 | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Jim Johnstone (NL), Silk O'Loughlin (AL) | ||||||||||||
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White Sox: George Davis, Ed Walsh. Cubs: Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker. |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Chicago White Sox (4) | Fielder Jones (player/manager) | 93–58, .616, GA: 3 | |
| Chicago Cubs (2) | Frank Chance (player/manager) | 116–36, .763, GA: 20 |
The 1906 World Series featured a crosstown matchup between the Chicago Cubs, who had posted the highest regular-season win total (116) and winning percentage (.763) in the major leagues since the advent of the 154-game season; and the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox, known as the "Hitless Wonders" after finishing with the worst team batting average (.230) in the American League, beat the Cubs in six games for one of the greatest upsets in Series history.
The teams split the first four games; then the Hitless Wonders (a name coined by sportswriter Charles Dryden) exploded for 26 hits in the last two games. True to their nickname, the White Sox hit only .198 as a team in winning the series but it bettered the .196 average produced by the Cubs.
In Game 3, Ed Walsh struck out 12 Cubs, breaking the previous record of 11 set by Bill Dinneen in 1903.
The 1906 Series was the first to be contested between two teams from the same city. It remains (as of 2016) the only World Series contested between the two Chicago teams, and one of only two Series (the other being the 1944 World Series) played outside New York City that featured two teams from the same city (although the 1989 World Series was played between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, which are roughly 10 miles apart).
AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)
Tuesday, October 9, 1906, at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois
Cub starter Mordecai "Three-Fingered" Brown was chosen for his dominance against White Sox starter Nick Altrock. Both were perfect through three innings. The Cubs put a runner on second in the bottom of the fourth, but couldn't score. In the top of the fifth, George Rohe tripled to lead off, then scored on an error at home when Patsy Dougherty reached on a fielder's choice. The Sox scored a second run in the top of the sixth. Altrock walked, and was sacrificed to second base by Ed "Noodles" Hahn. Fielder Jones then singled to center but Altrock was thrown out at the plate, Jones taking second on the throw home. He took third on Cub catcher Johnny Kling's passed ball, and Frank Isbell drove him home with a single. The Cubs struck back in their half of the sixth. Kling walked and Brown singled with nobody out. After Solly Hofman sacrificed the runners to second and third, Altrock's wild pitch scored Kling and sent Brown to third, giving him little margin for error with only one out, but he got Jimmy Sheckard to pop out and Frank Schulte to ground out to end the threat. He pitched beautifully for the rest of the game, allowing only one more Cub to reach second, retaining the 2–1 lead for a Game 1 Sox win.
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