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| Dates: | October 17–23 | |||||||||
| Umpires: | Tommy Connolly (AL), Cy Rigler (NL), Jack Sheridan (AL), Hank O'Day (NL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers: | Athletics: Connie Mack (mgr.), Frank Baker, Chief Bender, Eddie Collins, Eddie Plank (dnp). Cubs: Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers (dnp), Joe Tinker. | |||||||||
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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.
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AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 17 | Chicago Cubs – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 4 | Shibe Park | 1:54 | 26,891[1] |
| 2 | October 18 | Chicago Cubs – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 9 | Shibe Park | 2:25 | 24,597[2] |
| 3 | October 20 | Philadelphia Athletics – 12, Chicago Cubs – 5 | West Side Grounds | 2:07 | 26,210[3] |
| 4 | October 22 | Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Chicago Cubs – 4 (10 innings) | West Side Grounds | 2:14 | 19,150[4] |
| 5 | October 23 | Philadelphia Athletics – 7, Chicago Cubs – 2 | West Side Grounds | 2:06 | 27,374[5] |
Monday, October 17, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
| WP: Chief Bender (1–0) LP: Orval Overall (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Bender allowed the Cubs just three hits and one unearned run.
Tuesday, October 18, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jack Coombs (1–0) LP: Mordecai Brown (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Coombs, pitching an erractic game in which he allowed eight hits and walked nine but still picked up the win. The Cubs left 14 men on base, a Series record at that time. The A's combed Mordecai Brown for 13 hits, including four doubles in a six-run eighth that put the game away.
Thursday, October 20, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Philadelphia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chicago | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jack Coombs (2–0) LP: Harry McIntire (0–1) Home runs: PHA: Danny Murphy (1) CHC: None |
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Saturday, October 22, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||
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| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| WP: Mordecai Brown (1–1) LP: Chief Bender (1–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cubs were trailing 3–2 in the bottom of the ninth, then they tied it on a triple by Frank Chance, then won it in the tenth on a base hit by Jimmy Sheckard.
Sunday, October 23, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jack Coombs (3–0) LP: Mordecai Brown (1–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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| Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 57 | 9 |
| Chicago Cubs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 37 | 9 |
| Total attendance: 124,222 Average attendance: 24,844 | |||||||||||||
| Winning player’s share: $2,063 Losing player’s share: $1,375[6] | |||||||||||||
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