Rube Waddell vs Jack Chesbro 10/7/1902 @ Exposition Park
NOTE: The Pirates and A’s did not meet in the post season in 1902.
WADDELL LEADS A’S TO GAME 1 VICTORY
Rube Waddell lead the AL in strikeouts 6 straight seasons. (1902-1907)
If the A’s are to have a chance to beat the high flying Pirates in this series they are going to need the flaky Rube Waddell to pitch well. In game 1 he was up to the task tossing a complete game.
The score was tied at 2 in the 7th when Lave Cross smoked a 2 out triple to score Dave Fultz after he had reached on a 2 out single. In the 8th the A’s put the game away scoring 3 runs. Osee Schreckengost singled in Harry Davis after he doubled off the wall in right. The A’s proceeded to tear the cover off the ball. Monte Cross dribbled a slow roller up the 3rd base line for an infield single, Rube Waddell popped out, Topsey Hartsell tapped a slow groundball to 1st baseman Kitty Bransfield, who proceeded to pick the ball up, drop it, pick it up again, and then drop it a 2nd time, to allow the A’s to load the bases. Dave Fultz tapped another slow roller to 3rd that stayed fair for an infield rbi single, and then Jack Chesbro decided to get in on the hit parade by hitting Lave Cross with a pitch to put the A’s up 6-2.
Tommy Leach excited the hometown fans with a long home run in the 8th for the Pirates, but that was all the scoring as the A’s surprisingly win game one of the 1902 DMB World Series.
Exposition Park circa 1902
10/7/1902, PHA02-PIT02, Exposition Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1902 Athletics 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 10 1 10 1
1902 Pirates 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 7 3 6 0
Athletics AB R H BI AVG Pirates AB R H BI AVG
Hartsel,T lf 5 1 2 0 .400 Beaumont,G cf 4 0 2 0 .500
Fultz,D cf 4 1 2 2 .500 Wagner,H ss 4 0 1 0 .250
Cross,L 3b 4 0 2 3 .500 Clarke,F lf 3 0 0 0 .000
Seybold,S rf 5 0 0 0 .000 Leach,T 3b 3 1 1 1 .333
Murphy,D 2b 5 0 0 0 .000 Bransfield,K 1b 4 0 0 0 .000
Davis,H 1b 3 1 1 0 .333 Ritchey,C 2b 2 0 0 0 .000
Schreckengost,O c 5 1 1 1 .200 Davis,L rf 4 1 2 0 .500
Cross,M ss 4 1 1 0 .250 Zimmer,C c 3 1 1 0 .333
Waddell,R p 4 1 1 0 .250 Sebring,J ph 1 0 0 0 .000
39 6 10 6 Chesbro,J p 2 0 0 1 .000
Doheny,E p 0 0 0 0 .000
Burke,J ph 1 0 0 0 .000
31 3 7 2
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Waddell,R W 1-0 9.0 7 3 2 4 5 128 78 2.00
9.0 7 3 2 4 5 128 78
Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Chesbro,J L 0-1 7.2 10 6 4 2 6 143 95 4.70
Doheny,E 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 0.00
9.0 10 6 4 2 6 157 104
PIT: Sebring,J batted for Zimmer,C in the 9th
Burke,J batted for Doheny,E in the 9th
-Seybold,S, Leach,T, Bransfield,K, Ritchey,C. 2B-Hartsel,T, Davis,H.
3B-Cross,L. HR-Leach,T(1). SB-Cross,L(1), Schreckengost,O(1).
CS-Beaumont,G 2. K-Seybold,S, Murphy,D 3, Cross,M, Waddell,R, Wagner,H,
Clarke,F, Bransfield,K 2, Davis,L. BB-Davis,H 2, Clarke,F, Leach,T,
Ritchey,C 2. SF-Fultz,D, Chesbro,J. HBP-Cross,L. HB-Chesbro,J. WP-Waddell,R.
GWRBI: Cross,L
Temperature: 60, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to right at 7 MPH.
