1910 World Series

1910 World Series
Philadelphia Athletics 102 - 48 in the AL	4 - 1 Series Summary	Chicago Cubs 104 - 50 in the NL

The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.

Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting. The greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century.

Records: Philadelphia Athletics (W: 102, L: 48, Pct: .680, GA: 14 ½) - Chicago Cubs (W: 104, L: 50, Pct: .675, GA: 13)

Managers: Connie Mack (Philadelphia), Frank Chance (Chicago)

Umpires: Tom Connolly (AL), Cy Rigler (NL), Jack Sheridan (AL), Hank O'Day (NL)

Summary

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cubs - 1, Athletics - 4	October 17	Shibe Park	26,891
2	Cubs - 3, Athletics - 9	October 18	Shibe Park	24,597
3	Athletics - 12, Cubs - 5	October 20	West Side Park	26,210
4	Athletics - 3, Cubs - 4 (10 innings)	October 22	West Side Park	19,150
5	Athletics - 7, Cubs - 2	October 23	West Side Park	27,374

World Series game between the National League's Chicago Cubs and the American League's Philadelphia Athletics played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1910 (exact date not given)

Matchups

Game 1

October 17, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
Philadelphia	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	4	7	2
W: Chief Bender (1-0)  L: Orval Overall (0-1)

Game 2

October 18, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	8	3
Philadelphia	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	X	9	14	4
W: Jack Coombs (1-0)  L: Mordecai Brown (0-1)

Game 3

October 20, 1910 at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	10	3
Chicago	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	5
W: Jack Coombs (2-0)  L: Harry McIntire (0-1)
HR: PHI – Danny Murphy (1)

Game 4

October 22, 1910 at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	3
Chicago	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	1
W: Mordecai Brown (1-1)  L: Chief Bender (1-1)

Game 5

October 23, 1910 at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	7	9	1
Chicago	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	2
W: Jack Coombs (3-0)  L: Mordecai Brown (1-2)

Composite Box

1910 World Series (4-1): Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia Athletics	2	4	9	2	2	0	10	6	0	0	35	56	11
Chicago Cubs	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	15	35	12
Total Attendance: 124,222   Average Attendance: 24,844
Winning Player’s Share: – $2,068   Losing Player’s Share – $1,375

Reference(s)

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 32-35)

External links

• 1910 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1910 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1910 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1910 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org

Further Reading

• Hal Bock: The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty: Before the Curse, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2016. ISBN 978-1442253308
• Richard Bressler: The Cubs and the A's of 1910: One Dynasty Ends, Another Begins, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4766-6436-1
• Lew Freedman: Connie Mack’s First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910–1914, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2017. ISBN 978-0-7864-9627-3
• Bruce A. Rubenstein: Chicago in the World Series, 1903-2005: The Cubs and White Sox in Championship Play, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2006.

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