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1903 World Series
Ed Luteran
Bob Sproule
Exposition Park Map
Where was Exposition Park?
Best Team in Baseball from 1900 - 1909
Pirates: 859 – 478
Cubs: 814-517 (42 GBL)
Chicago (AL): 744-575 (106 GBL)
Boston (AL): 691-634 (162 GBL)
Key Things to Remember!
Pirates won at least 90 games in every year but 1904
Pirates batters won seven of nine batting championships (Honus Wagner – 6)
Seventeen 20-game winners
Two World Series
Four NL pennants
Finished 2nd three times; 3rd and 4th once
Post-Season Play Prior to 1903
First “world series” occurred in 1884 between the NL and AA teams.There was a one-season NL Playoff in 1892 – Boston vs. ClevelandTemple Cup Championship Series between 1894 and 1897Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph Championship Series in 1900
Who were our guys?Ginger Beaumont – CenterfieldFred Clarke – Left FieldTommy Leach – Third BaseHonus Wagner – ShortstopKitty Bransfield – First BaseClaude Ritchey – Second BaseJimmy Sebring – Right FieldEd Phelps & Harry Smith – Catcher
Who were their guys?Patsy Dougherty – Left FieldJimmie Collins – Third BaseChick Stahl - CenterfieldBuck Freeman – Right FieldFreddie Parent - ShortstopCandy LaChance – First BaseHobe Ferris – Second BaseLou Criger – Catcher
First Three Games in Boston
Game One – October 1, 1903
Pirates won (7-3)
Scored 4 in the 1st inning
Jimmy Sebring hit the first World Series home run (also had three hits and four RBI)
Deacon Phillippe made the 1st of 5 pitching starts in the Series
Phillippe defeated Cy Young
First Three Games in Boston
Game Two – October 2, 1903Boston won (3-0)Bill Dinneen hurled a three-hitter and the first of two shutoutsPatsy Dougherty hit two homers; also had three hitsPirates pitcher Sam Leever lasted just one inningAttendance: 9,415
First Three Games in Boston
Game Three – October 3, 1903
Pirates won (4-2)
Deacon Phillippe won his second game
Boston’s Tom Hughes left in the 3rd
Pirates never lost the lead after the 2nd
After three games, Pirates had 22 hits (Leach and Sebring each had five)
Back to the ‘Burg!
Game Four – October 6, 1903 Bucs win!
Phillippe started for the third time in four games
Tommy Leach had three RBI
Beaumont and Wagner led the Bucs with three hits a piece
Pirates scored three runs in the seventh to secure their win
Back to the ‘Burg!!
Game Five October 7, 1903: Boston wins 11-2Boston scored six runs in the 6th and four runs in the 7th
Patsy Dougherty led Boston with three hits and he and Cy Young drove home three runs eachAttendance way up for Game 5!
Back to the ‘Burg
Game Six – October 8, 1903 Boston won 6-3
Boston built a 6-0 lead after 7 innings
Bill Dinneen won his second game for Boston
Every Boston batter had a hit except for one
Beaumont had four wasted hits for the Bucs
Back to the ‘Burg
Game Seven: October 10, 1903 Boston wins (7-3)Boston scored a pair in the 1st, 4th and 6th inningsPhillippe lost to Young – his first in the “L” column for the seriesCatcher Lou Criger drove in three for BostonOnly Young and LaChance failed to hit for Boston
Exposition Park
The Clincher
Game Eight: October 13, 1903 (Boston won 3-0)Bill Dinneen pitched for BostonHobe Ferris drove in all three runs on two hits Phillippe pitched five complete gamesDinneen and Young pitched 69 or 71 innings for BostonJimmy Sebring led all batters with 11 hits and a .367 average
The Clincher (cont.)
Chick Stahl led Boston with 10 hits and a .303 average
Pirates hit just .237 in eight games. Boston hit .257
Only three home runs hit during the entire series.
The Scene….
Stats, Stats, Stats
Pittsburgh
Kitty Bransfield: .207
Claude Ritchey: .111
Honus Wagner: .222
Tommy Leach: .273
Fred Clarke: .265
Ginger Beaumont: .265
Jimmy Sebring: .367
Ed Phelps: .231
Boston
Candy LaChance: .222
Hobe Ferris: .290
Freddy Parent: .281
Jimmie Collins: .250
Patsy Dougherty: .235
Chick Stahl: .303
Buck Freeman: .281
Lou Criger: .231
Stats, Stats, StatsPitching Records
Pittsburgh
Phillippe:
(3-2, 3.27 and 44 IP)
Leever:
(0-2, 6.30, 10 IP)
Kennedy:
(0-1, 5.14, 7 IP)
Boston
Dinneen:
(3-1, 2.06 and 35 IP)
Young:
(2-1, 1.59 and 34 IP)
Hughes:
(0-1, 9.00 and 2 IP)
Home Plate
Cy Young
The Game In The Flood
Questions & Answers
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