1908 Chicago Cubs

1908 Chicago Cubs / Franchise: Chicago Cubs / BR Team Page

Record: 99-55-4, Finished 1st in National League (1908 NL)

Clinched Pennant: October 8, 1908, vs. New York Giants

World Series Champs

Managed by Frank Chance

Ballpark: West Side Park

History, Comments, Contributions

The 1908 Chicago Cubs are famous as the last Cubs team to win the World Series until 2016, and also known as one of the Cubs teams to feature the "Tinker to Evers to Chance" double play combination.

World Series

NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs AL Detroit Tigers (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cubs - 10, Tigers - 6	October 10	Bennett Park	10,812
2	Tigers - 1, Cubs - 6	October 11	West Side Park	17,760
3	Tigers - 8, Cubs - 3	October 12	West Side Park	14,543
4	Cubs - 3, Tigers - 0	October 13	Bennett Park	12,907
5	Cubs - 2, Tigers - 0	October 14	Bennett Park	6,210

Further Reading

• Gary Belleville: "July 16, 1908: Christy Mathewson bolts from the shower to preserve Giants’ victory over Cubs," SABR Baseball Games Project.
• Gary Belleville: "September 26, 1908: Cubs’ Ed Reulbach tosses back-to-back shutouts in doubleheader sweep of Brooklyn," SABR Baseball Games Project.
• Gary Belleville: "October 4, 1908: Mordecai Brown prevents Pirates from clinching pennant, helps Cubs regain first place," SABR Baseball Games Project.
• Nathan Bierma: "May 25, 1908: Cubs beat Giants in 10th on Joe Tinker’s walkoff hit," SABR Baseball Games Project.
• Hal Bock: The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty: Before the Curse, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2016. ISBN 978-1442253308
• G.H. Fleming: The Unforgettable Season, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2006 (originally published in 1981).
• Mike Huber: "October 14, 1908: Cubs win World Series for second year in a row," SABR Baseball Games Project.
• Norm King: "September 23, 1908: Giants, Cubs play to disputed tie in ‘Merkle Game’," SABR Baseball Games Project.
• Corinne Landrey: "The 1908 Cubs celebrated their World Series with a dinner, an exhibition game, and a 100-yard dash", "Cut 4", mlb.com, November 4, 2016. [1]
• George R. Matthews: When the Cubs Won It All: The 1908 Championship Season, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2009.
• Cait Murphy: Crazy '08: How a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history, Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, 2007.
• Stew Thornley: "Regular Season Showdowns", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 47, Nr. 1 (spring 2018), pp. 85-90.
• Washington Post: "Cubs win Pennant; Score enough runs in one inning to beat New York" Historicnewspapers.com, October 9, 1908

Related Links

Chicago Tribune coverage of the Cubs winning the World Series

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