DMB World Series Biography- Charley O’Leary

 

Charles Timothy O’Leary

Born: 10/15/1882- Chicago. IL

Died: 1/6/1941- Chicago, IL           

                                                                                    

Each World Series that I’ve replayed has included a small biography of a player that is participating in that particular World Series. I don’t generally choose Hall of Famers, or the more noteworthy players, but someone that I either have prior knowledge of, or someone I don’t know anything about. Sometimes I find a diamond, sometimes I find a rock. When I saw Charley O’Leary on the 1907 Detroit roster I immediately jumped on him because I knew he would be an interesting story. After all, his mother owned the cow that kicked over the lantern that started the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. That’s a great piece of trivia, not everybody knows that story, this will be a pretty cool biography. Was I in for a surprise.

Charley O’Leary was a member of my Cleveland Spiders Diamond Mind internet team that I had several years ago. He was a serviceable shortstop that seemed to hit better than his real-life stats, so he was a favorite of mine, and besides, his Mother’s cow started the Chicago fire.

When I started to do the research I soon realized that the infamous Kate O’Leary was not Charley’s Mother. Kate O’Leary had just 1 son, James Patrick O’Leary and Charley was one of 16 siblings. Yes, they were both from Chicago, and yes, they were both buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, but they were not Mother and son, and they were probably not related at all.

I knew that the O’Leary cow story was an urban legend, I knew that Kate O’Leary was a real person that became a scapegoat for the fire, and I knew Charley O’Leary was her son. I was so certain that this was a fact. How did that piece of misinformation enter my brain?  Memory is a strange thing. 

Charley O’Leary was born in Chicago, and his family may or may not have owned a cow, but he honed his baseball skills playing semi-pro ball in the Chicago area. He may have signed with the White Sox, but had his arm broken by a pitched ball from Rube Waddell in an exhibition game. But like Mrs. O’Leary’s cow this may be more fiction than fact.

He did sign with the Detroit Tigers and made his debut on April 14, 1904. He played 135 games at shortstop, committed 54 errors and batted just .213. An inauspicious beginning, but he would be the starting shortstop for the Tigers for the next 3 seasons. He would hit .213, .219 and .241 with 55 and 58 and 48 errors at short. Consistent, but mediocre.

A fan favorite for his antics on and off the field. He teamed with Germany Schaefer during the off season to perform in a vaudeville style comedy act.

O’Leary had  a career year in 1907 hitting a robust .241 with career highs of 34 rbis and 19 doubles. He helped lead the Tigers to the 1st of 3 straight AL pennants. He would hit just .059 in the World Series against the Cubs, getting just 1 hit in 17 abs. In 3 World Series he would hit just .128 with 5 singles.

O’Leary would play 5 more seasons with the Tigers in a part time roll, playing both 2nd and short. He would appear in 65-75 games per season and would hit between .203 and .266.

After playing in just 3 games in 1912 he would move over to the NL and play 1 season with the St Louis Cardinals. In 121 games he hit .213 and would retire at the end of the season, finishing with a .226 lifetime average and just 3 home runs.

After retiring O’Leary joined Miller Huggins’ coaching staff on the Yankees, and would coach in 6 World Series with them. He would also coach for the Cubs and the St Louis Browns.

While coaching for the Browns he would appear as a pinch hitter on the last day of the season, singling and scoring a run at the tender age of 52 in 1934. That one I know is fact……..I think.

1919 Joe Jackson Jersey

 

Pictured is a Joe Jackson game worn jersey from the infamous 1919 season, as displayed in the Hall of Fame. This was part of the Barry Halper collection that was bought by MLB for 8 million dollars and donated to the Hall in 1998. Unfortunately, this is not a 1919 Chicago White Sox jersey and may not have been worn by the Shoeless one.

If you are not a fan of the Hauls of Shame website you should be. Peter J. Nash does a fantastic job of presenting the dark side of baseball memorabilia and providing in depth research and analysis of what’s legitimate, stolen, missing, or an out and out fake.

The latest addition details the bogus provenance of the above Joe Jackson jersey. It’s a must read for any baseball fan interested in Joe Jackson, memorabilia, and baseball history in general. Check out the site, there is a lot of quality stuff on there.

1907 Year in Review

A 20 year old Ty Cobb

1907 saw the Chicago Cubs once again dominate the regular season. Despite losing the 1906 World Series to the Chicago White Sox(Although they did win in the DMB World Series) they came back strong, easily winning the NL pennant by 17 games over the Pirates. The Giants came out fast putting together a 17 game winning streak on their way to a blistering start of 24-3. Unfortunately they put virtually no distance between them and the Cubbies, when they started out the season at 23-4. They remained hot while the Giants faded to 3rd. Their 107 wins combined with the 116 games won in 1906 is a 2 year total that has never been approached.

The American League was a 4 team race for most of the season with Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Chicago all having a share of 1st place at some point during the season. On Sept. 20th the A’s and Tigers were tied, and it wasn’t until Sept 27th that the Tigers took over 1st place for good. They finished just 1 1/2 games ahead of the A’s.

The Tigers lead by Manager Hughie Jennings and a 20 year old Ty Cobb finished the season with a 92-58 record to capture their 1st AL Pennant. They would repeat in 1908 and 1909 but lose all 3 times in the World Series. Ty Cobb won the 1st of his 11 batting titles hitting .350. He was unable to carry that over into the World Series, hitting just .200 in the 5 game loss.

Roger Bresnahan of the Giants became the 1st catcher to use shin guards, donning them on opening day. Pirate Manager Fred Clarke filed a protest, but it was denied by NL President Harry Pulliam.

In December Albert Spalding formed the Mills Commission to determine the origins of baseball. Henry Chadwick felt that the origins of the game came from British bat and ball games such as rounders, while Spalding had an agenda that required All-American origin. We all know how this turned out. They may have gotten the whole Abner Doubleday thing wrong, but they couldn’t have picked a better place than Cooperstown. Chadwick is quoted as saying this about the Spalding results: “He means well, but he don’t know.”

OTHER EVENTS:

3/28- Red Sox Manager Chick Stahl kills himself by drinking carbolic acid in his hotel room while returning from spring training in Arkansas. Cy Young actually manages the 1st 6 games compiling a 3-3 record. That would be the high water mark for the Red Sox as they would finish in 7th place with a 59-90 record.

5/8- Frank Pfeffer of the Doves no hits the Reds by a score of 6-0.

5/24- Pat Flaherty of the Doves hits the 1st grand slam by an NL pitcher in the 20th Century.

8/2- 19 year old Walter Johnson makes his pitching debut. He loses to the Tigers 3-2, with the 1st hit off him being a bunt single by Ty Cobb. He would beat Cleveland 5 days later for his 1st major league victory.

11/30- Jacques Barzun is born. A French born American historian who made this oft cited baseball quote:

“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game – and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.”

You’re probably asking yourself, why do I care about this guy? Well, he had a best selling book titled From Dawn To Decadence in 2000. Pretty impressive for a 93 year old man. And on November 30, 2010 he will celebrate his 103rd birthday. Now that’s really impressive!

1907 Final Standings

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago Cubs                   155  107   45    3  .704     -   574  390
Pittsburgh Pirates             157   91   63    3  .591  17.0   634  510
Philadelphia Phillies          149   83   64    2  .565  21.5   514  476
New York Giants                155   82   71    2  .536  25.5   574  510
Brooklyn Superbas              153   65   83    5  .439  40.0   446  522
Cincinnati Reds                156   66   87    3  .431  41.5   526  519
Boston Doves                   152   58   90    4  .392  47.0   502  652
St. Louis Cardinals            155   52  101    2  .340  55.5   419  610

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Detroit Tigers                 153   92   58    3  .613     -   693  531
Philadelphia Athletics         150   88   57    5  .607   1.5   584  511
Chicago White Sox              157   87   64    6  .576   5.5   588  474
Cleveland Naps                 158   85   67    6  .559   8.0   531  525
New York Highlanders           152   70   78    4  .473  21.0   605  667
St. Louis Browns               155   69   83    3  .454  24.0   541  555
Boston Americans               155   59   90    6  .396  32.5   466  558
Washington Senators            154   49  102    3  .325  43.5   506  693

AMERICAN LEAGUE	NATIONAL LEAGUE
AVG: TY COBB(DET)-.350 SAM CRAWFORD(DET)- .323 GEORGE STONE(STL)- .320	AVG: HONUS WAGNER(PIT)- .350 SHERRY MAGEE(PHIL)- .328 GINGER BEAUMONT(BOS)- .322
HRS: HARRY DAVIS(PHI)- 8 TYCOBB(DET)- 5 SOLLY HOFMAN(NY)- 5	HRS: DAVE BRAIN(BOS)- 10 HARRY LUMLEY(BRO)- 9 RED MURRAY(STL)- 7
RBI: TY COBB(DET)- 119 SOCKS SEYBOLD(PHIL)- 92 HARY DAVIS(PHIL)- 87	RBI: SHERRY MAGEE(PHIL)- 85 ED ABBATICCHIO(PIT)- 82 HONUS WAGNER(PIT)- 82
WINS: ADDIE JOSS(CLE)- 27 DOC WHITE(CHI)-27 2 TIED AT 25	WINS: CHRISTY MATHEWSON(NY)- 24 ORVAL OVERAL(CHI)- 23 TULLY SPARKS(PHI)- 22
K’S: RUBE WADDELL(PHI)- 232 ED WALSH(CHI)- 206 EDDIE PLANK(PHI)-183	K’S: CHRISTY MATHEWSON(NY)- 178 BOB EWING(CIN)- 147 RED AMES(NY)- 146
ERA: ED WALSH(CHI)- 1.60 ED KILLIAN(DET)- 1.78 ADDIE JOSS(CLE)- 1.83	ERA: JACK PFIESTER(CHI)- 1.15 CARL LUNDGREN(CHI)- 1.17 MORDECAI BROWN(CHI)- 1.39
MVP: TY COBB(DET) .350-5-118	MVP: HONUS WAGNER(PIT) .350-6-82
CY YOUNG: ADDIE JOSS(CLE) 27-11, 1.83, 127 K’S	CY YOUNG: CHRISTY MATHEWSON 24-12, 2.00, 178 K’S
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: GLEN LIEBHARDT   18-14, 2.05, 110 K’S	ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: NAP RUCKER   15-13, 2.06, 131 K’S

MVP is my choice, the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year are based on a SABR vote.

BORN:

4/2- Luke Appling

4/7- Oral Hildebrand

4/30- Jumbo Brown

5/11- Rip Sewell

6/6- Bill Dickey

9/8- Buck Leonard

10/22- Jimmie Foxx

11/22- Tony Cuccinello

DIED:

3/28- Chick Stahl

6/20- Ezra Sutton

9/23- Charlie Buffinton

WORLD EVENTS:

         

        Robert Heinlein                                   Monongah Mine Disaster

Robert Young(4/30)-Dr Welby, John Wayne(5/26)-Marion Morrison, and Robert Heinlein(7/7)-Sci-Fi writer of some note are all born. The RMS Lusitania makes it’s maiden voyage on 9/7, and the Monongah mining disaster in W.Virginia kills 362 on 12/6. Just 2 weeks later 239 mine workers are killed in another explosion in Jacobs Creek Pa.

 

Baseball Card Reminiscing-Babe Ruth Rookie Card

After busting out all the windows at St. Mary’s Industrial School For Boys with his prodigious blasts, George Herman Ruth was signed to his 1st professional contract by Jack Dunn to play for the Baltimore Orioles of the International League. Dunn’s “Babe” went on to win 23 games in the International League that season, and made his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox on July 11th. Used sparingly, the 19 year old Babe compiled a 2-1 record and went on to be a pretty decent player in the Major Leagues.

This card is considered Babe Ruth’s rookie card, part of a set released by the Baltimore News in 1914, which featured players from the Federal League Baltimore Terapins, and the International League Baltimore Orioles. There are only 8 of these cards known to exist, rarer than the T206 Honus Wagner card. This particular card sold at auction in 2005 for $243,000.00.

Who could have imagined at the time that this picture was snapped, almost 100 years ago, that this “precocious” left-hander would become an American icon like no other sports figure?  I’d like to thank the photographer who took this picture of an unknown teenager who hadn’t even thrown his 1st professional pitch, and felt inclined to include it in this set.

Ty Cobb’s Shotgun

If you’ve read Cobb by Al Stump or seen the movie of the same name featuring Tommie Lee Jones as the Georgia Peach, you know the story of how Ty’s mother “accidentally” shot and killed her husband with a shotgun when she mistook him for an intruder. She may or may not have been having an affair which may have prompted Professor W. H. Cobb, Ty’s father, to sneak into his own house to try to catch his wife in flagrante delicto.

  This shotgun was part of the famous Halper Collection some of which was put up for Auction by Sothebys back in 1995. The shotgun was removed before the auction took place because the provenance of the shotgun was not strong enough. Barry Halper supposedly got the shotgun from Cobb’s biographer Al Stump who claimed he was told by Cobb that it was the actual shotgun that his Mother used to kill his Father. Turns out that Cobb’s Mother probably used a pistol to kill her husband. So how did this shotgun almost get auctioned off as the weapon that killed Ty Cobb’s Father?

An article on the Halls Of Shame Blog details the story and includes a link to The Georgia Peach:Stumped By The Storyteller…by William H. Cobb.  It’s a fascinating read that contains a review of all the biographical literature on Ty Cobb and the workings of the world of baseball memorabilia. It’s a long article, but it’s well worth the time to read it.

Make sure you check out the rest this wonderful site, it’s a real eye-opener to the dark side of the baseball memorabilia business.

Albert Spalding’s World Tour 1888/1889

It was initially billed as Spalding’s Australian Baseball Tour, but Spalding had more nefarious plans. He put together an All Star team named the All Americas, that was to play his Chicago White Stockings in a series of exhibition games, starting in Chicago, moving west across the United States, and then sailing to Australia via Hawaii for another batch of exhibition games.

Half way to Hawaii with a captive audience on the cruise liner Alameda, Spalding pitched his idea to expand the tour to Europe, Egypt, and Great Britain.  Surprisingly all the players and their entourage didn’t throw him overboard and head back home. They agreed to turn their Australian adventure into a world tour.

Spalding’s goal for this tour was to spread the great “American” made game of baseball to the 4 corners of the world and use this opportunity to expand his sporting goods empire by marketing his bats, balls, gloves, and uniforms.

Chicago White Stockings:

Jimmy Ryan, Bob Pettit, Marty Sullivan, Cap Anson, Fred Pfeffer, Ned Williamson, Tom Burns, Tom Daly, Mark Baldwin, and John Tener. Spalding himself would oil up his right arm and do a little pitching.

All Americas:

Ned Hanlon, George Wood, John Ward, Fred Carrol, James Fogarty, James Manning, Tom Brown, Billy Earle, Ed Crane, John Healy, and Manager George Wright.

Players that only played in the American leg of the tour were: Ed Hengle, Silver Flint, Hermann Long and George Van Haltren.

Accompanying the players would be several journalists, servants, wives, a comedian by the name of Frank Lincoln, world famous aerialist Professor C. Bartholomew, and mascot Clarence Duvall.

Top Row: Tom Burns, Tom Daly, Robert Pettit, Marty Sullivan, Mark Baldwin, John Tener, John Healy,

Fred Carroll, George Wood, Tom Brown, Jim Manning. Middle Row: Ned Williamson, Fred Pfeffer, Cap Anson,

Albert Spalding, John Ward, Jim Fogarty, Harry Simpson. Front Row: Clarence Duvall(Mascot), George Wright,

Ned Hanlon, Billy Earle

As usual, mustaches rule, and where the heck is Tom Burns looking?

The 1st game was played on 10/20/1888 in Chicago, and headed west via the Burlington Route Railroad with their new Cosmopolitan dining cars. They played games in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Des Moines, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Los Angeles among others. Along the way ballplayers on a train would do what ballplayers do; raise hell, play practical jokes and in general do everything in their power to annoy their fellow passengers. The main culprit was James Fogarty. He spread the “joy” to fellow players, management, and passengers alike. Inspired by some wolves that he saw while en route, he formed the “Order of the Howling Wolves” Whose sole purpose was to howl and wail at every opportunity. They even had their own little song:

“We are the Howling Wolves,

And this is our night to howl,

And we howl thus: Wooo!!!”

It’s no Macarena, but it’s probably just as annoying.

They set sail for Hawaii on 11/16/1888 aboard the aforementioned Alameda. The practical jokes may have subsided a little during the voyage, do to rough seas, and the accompanying sea sickness. But do to a longer than anticipated voyage the tour arrived late to Hawaii. Their scheduled games could not be played, because their time of departure could not be postponed, and do to the no Sunday games rule they were not allowed to play, despite special pleading from Spalding. The players were still treated to a lavish luau with King Kalakaua. It was a testament to Spalding’s ambassadorial skills that the natives didn’t include the players on the menu.

Safely aboard the Alameda, the tour headed to Australia. With a quick stop in New Zealand, the tour arrived in Australia on 12/14/88. They played 11 games down under, with stops in Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide,  playing games on Xmas Eve, as well as New Years day.

While in Adelaide the dashing, and daring Professor C. Bartholomew got a chance to perform his aerial act. Dangling from a hot air balloon from a height of approx. 2,000 feet, the one-eyed dare-devil performed on a trapeze that was dangling beneath the balloon. He then leaped from the balloon strapped to a parachute. Unfortunately for the Professor his parachute failed to deploy properly and he slammed into the chimney of a nearby hotel. He unbelievably suffered only minor injuries, but was reluctant to perform for the remainder of the tour.

The Dashing Prof. Bartholomew

I have that same outfit.

Continuing the tour they set sail once again, heading northwest. They played in Cairo with the great pyramids of Ghizeh in the background, and the Sphinx looking quietly, yet stoically on. The players had a contest to see if anyone could throw a ball over the Cheops pyramid, but at 450 feet high it proved impossible. They also climbed all over the Sphinx for a photo op and threw baseballs at it’s right eye. Practices that would be considered felonious today.

Baseball and the Great Cheops Pyramid of Ghizeh-This is extremely cool.

After his White Stockings played a particularly bad game against the All Americas, Cap Anson apologized to the Sphinx for their poor play. It is not known what the Sphinx said in reply.

Stops in Naples, Rome, Paris, London, Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin among others, would follow. Spalding tried desperately to get a game played in the Roman Coliseum, but was denied. Tours of the cities and their landmarks, as well as lavish banquets were held at every opportunity. Debauchery and mayhem was also on the menu.

A toast card from the Surrey County Cricket Club.

The bird had no comment.

The tour returned to the states on April 7th 1889 to a heroes welcome. Games were played in New York  Baltimore, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland before heading home to Chicago. All tolled they travelled over 30,000 miles and played  56 games, in 13 different countries,  with the All Americas winning 29, the White Stockings 23, with 3 ties. While in England Spalding refused the offer to have his players play in a cricket match, for fear of embarrassing themselves. But they did play a game against a Rounders Association team and beat them handily 18-0, a game that was mercifully called after 1 inning.

The reviews from the different countries ran the gamut from boredom to confusion, from complimentary to unflattering. England was especially critical with comments of “Appears childish”, “A silly game” , “It is rot”, and “….don’t understand the game…..I don’t want to…”

Australia seemed to enjoy the game more than any other country. With a typical headline reading, BASEBALL TAKES HOLD; NOW FIRMLY ROOTED IN AUSTRALIA.

All in all the around the world tour, despite losing money should be considered a success. The players had an experience of a life time, and Spalding was able to bring the game he loved to the four corners of the world.

To learn more about this tour I recommend -Spalding’s World Tour by Mark Lamster. A detailed account of the tour, the players, and the games played.

This is one of the reasons I wanted to do this blog. This World Tour has been all but forgotten by today’s fan. It’s stuff like this that sets baseball apart from any other sport. Its history is really a part of American and World history.

1906 DMB World Series-Game #5

NOTE: This is a replay of the 1906 World Series utilizing as played line ups. The White Sox beat the Cubs in 6 games in the actual World Series

Ed Reulbach vs Ed Walsh 10/13/1906, @, West Side Grounds II

 

CUBS WIN DMB WORLD SERIES ON DOUGHERTY’S MUFF

With 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning Harry Steinfeldt banged a long triple off White Sox reliever Frank Owen, his 4th hit of the game.  With the infield in Joe Tinker lifted a lazy flyball to left fielder Patsy Dougherty, who settled under it and had it pop out of his glove allowing Steinfeldt to score the World Series winning run.

The White Sox had battled back to tie the score at 5 with 2 runs in the 8th and 2 runs in the 9th. This was the 4th straight game decided by 1 run in this series.

10/13/1906, CHA06-CHN06, West Side Grounds II
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10     R  H  E   LOB DP
1906 White Sox         0  0  0  1  0  0  0  2  2  0     5 11  2    11  2
1906 Cubs              1  3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1     6 14  3     8  1

White Sox            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Cubs                 AB  R  H BI   AVG
Hahn,E            rf  5  0  2  0  .235    Hofman,S          cf  5  1  2  2  .174
Jones,F           cf  5  1  1  0  .150    Sheckard,J        lf  5  1  1  1  .227
Isbell,F          2b  4  1  1  0  .250    Schulte,F         rf  5  0  1  0  .364
Davis,G           ss  4  0  0  1  .000    Chance,F          1b  5  0  2  1  .294
Rohe,G            3b  4  2  2  1  .250    Steinfeldt,H      3b  5  2  4  0  .471
Donahue,J         1b  5  1  2  0  .263    Tinker,J          ss  5  0  1  0  .200
Dougherty,P       lf  5  0  1  1  .167    Evers,J           2b  3  0  1  0  .167
Sullivan,B        c   4  0  2  1  .133    Kling,J           c   3  1  2  0  .176
Walsh,E           p   3  0  0  0  .000    Reulbach,E        p   4  1  0  1  .000
Towne,B          ph  0  0  0  1  .500     Overall,O        p   0  0  0  0  .000
Patterson,R      p   0  0  0  0  .000                         40  6 14  5
O’Neill,B        ph  1  0  0  0  .000
Owen,F           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     40  5 11  5
White Sox                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Walsh,E                          7.0 11  4  1  0  4 104  76  1.80
Patterson,R                      2.0  2  1  1  1  0  29  17  1.80
Owen,F           L 0-1           0.1  1  1  1  0  0   7   5 27.00
                                 9.1 14  6  3  1  4 140  98
Cubs                             INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Reulbach,E                       8.0 10  5  4  4  5 147  84  2.40
Overall,O        BS 1, W 1-0     2.0  1  0  0  0  0  20  12  0.00
                                10.0 11  5  4  4  5 167  96
CHA: Towne,B batted for Walsh,E in the 8th
     O’Neill,B batted for Patterson,R in the 10th

E-Donahue,J, Dougherty,P, Chance,F, Evers,J 2. 2B-Isbell,F, Schulte,F,
Chance,F. 3B-Hofman,S, Steinfeldt,H. CS-Hahn,E, Rohe,G, Reulbach,E. K-Hahn,E,
Isbell,F, Davis,G, Rohe,G, Walsh,E, Sheckard,J, Schulte,F 2, Reulbach,E.
BB-Hahn,E, Isbell,F, Rohe,G, Sullivan,B, Kling,J. SH-Evers,J. SF-Towne,B.
HBP-Davis,G. HB-Reulbach,E. WP-Walsh,E.
Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.

SUMMARY:

This Series was actually pretty close. 4 of the 5 games were decided by 1 run. Despite hitting just .186 the White Sox managed to coax 22 walks off of the Cubs pitchers, while 15 Cubbie errors constantly put White Sox players on base. But the Sox failed to get the big hit and Cubs catcher Johnny Kling threw out all 7 White Sox base stealers. MVP Harry Steinfeldt led all batters with a .471 average, 8 hits and 4 rbis.

MVP: Harry Steinfeldt- .471-0-4, 8 hits, 2 triples

DMB team batting — 1906 Chicago Cubs                               
                              League championship — as of 10/13/1906                              

S Name               P    AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS
  Steinfeldt,H       3b  .471  .550  .706    5   17    8   0   2   0    4    4    3    1   0   0   2   0
  Schulte,F*         rf  .364  .364  .591    5   22    8   2   0   1    4    3    0    2   0   0   0   0
  Chance,F           1b  .294  .400  .353    5   17    5   1   0   0    2    2    2    1   1   0   0   0
  Sheckard,J*        lf  .227  .261  .364    5   22    5   1   1   0    4    3    0    3   1   0   0   0
  Tinker,J           ss  .200  .200  .200    5   20    4   0   0   0    1    2    0    1   0   0   1   0
  Kling,J            c   .176  .263  .235    5   17    3   1   0   0    1    0    2    1   0   2   0   0
  Hofman,S           ut  .174  .208  .261    5   23    4   0   1   0    2    2    1    4   0   0   0   0
  Evers,J*           2b  .167  .167  .278    5   18    3   0   1   0    0    2    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Brown,M#           sp  .143  .143  .143    2    7    1   0   0   0    2    0    0    4   0   0   0   0
  Moran,P            c   .000  .000  .000    1    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Overall,O#         sp  .000  .000  .000    2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Pfiester,J         sp  .000  .000  .000    1    3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    3   0   0   0   0
  Reulbach,E         sp  .000  .143  .000    2    6    0   0   0   0    2    1    1    2   0   0   0   1
  Taylor,J           sp  .000  .000  .000    1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Total                  .237  .283  .341    5  173   41   5   5   1   22   19    9   22   2   2   3   1

                             DMB team batting — 1906 Chicago White Sox                            
                              League championship — as of 10/13/1906                              

S Name               P    AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS
  Towne,B            c   .500  .500  .500    4    2    1   0   0   0    0    1    1    0   0   0   0   0
  White,D*           sp  .333  .333  .333    1    3    1   0   0   0    1    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Donahue,J*         1b  .263  .333  .316    5   19    5   1   0   0    1    2    2    2   0   0   0   0
  Altrock,N#         sp  .250  .400  .250    2    4    1   0   0   0    0    0    1    1   0   0   0   0
  Isbell,F*          2b  .250  .318  .450    5   20    5   2   1   0    3    1    2    3   0   0   0   1
  Rohe,G             3b  .250  .409  .500    5   16    4   1   0   1    5    3    4    3   1   0   0   3
  Hahn,E*            rf  .235  .391  .235    5   17    4   0   0   0    0    2    5    4   0   0   0   1
  Dougherty,P*       lf  .167  .286  .167    5   18    3   0   0   0    1    1    3    1   0   0   0   0
  Jones,F*           cf  .150  .227  .200    5   20    3   1   0   0    2    1    2    2   0   0   0   2
  Sullivan,B         c   .133  .222  .133    5   15    2   0   0   0    1    2    2    1   0   0   0   0
  Tannehill,L        3b  .111  .111  .222    3    9    1   1   0   0    1    0    0    3   0   0   0   0
  Davis,G#           ss  .000  .091  .000    4   10    0   0   0   0    0    1    0    3   1   0   0   0
  O’Neill,B#         rf  .000  .000  .000    3    3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    1   0   0   0   0
  Owen,F#            sp  .000  .000  .000    1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Patterson,R        sp  .000  .000  .000    3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Walsh,E            sp  .000  .000  .000    2    6    0   0   0   0    1    0    0    1   0   0   0   0
  Total                  .185  .284  .253    5  162   30   6   1   1   16   14   22   25   2   0   0   7

DMB team pitching — 1906 Chicago Cubs                              
                              League championship — as of 10/13/1906                              

S Name               P     ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO     INN    H    R   ER   BB    K  HR GDP    BF
  Overall,O          sp   0.00   1   0   1   2   0   0   0     3.0    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    11
  Pfiester,J*        sp   0.00   1   0   0   1   1   1   0     9.0    3    1    0    4    8   0   0    33
  Brown,M            sp   1.06   1   1   0   2   2   2   0    17.0   11    7    2   12   11   1   2    75
  Reulbach,E         sp   2.40   1   0   0   2   2   0   0    15.0   12    5    4    6    6   0   2    65
  Taylor,J           sp   9.00   0   0   0   1   0   0   0     1.0    2    3    1    0    0   0   0     6
  Total                   1.40   4   1   1   5   5   3   0    45.0   30   16    7   22   25   1   4   190

                            DMB team pitching — 1906 Chicago White Sox                            
                              League championship — as of 10/13/1906                              

S Name               P     ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO     INN    H    R   ER   BB    K  HR GDP    BF
  Patterson,R        sp   1.80   1   0   0   3   0   0   0     5.0    3    1    1    2    0   0   0    21
  Walsh,E            sp   1.80   0   1   0   2   2   1   0    15.0   14    6    3    2   11   0   1    61
  White,D*           sp   4.00   0   1   0   1   1   1   0     9.0    9    4    4    2    4   0   0    37
  Altrock,N*         sp   4.50   0   1   0   2   2   0   0    14.0   14   10    7    3    7   1   1    64
  Owen,F             sp  27.00   0   1   0   1   0   0   0     0.1    1    1    1    0    0   0   0     3
  Total                   3.32   1   4   0   5   5   2   0    43.1   41   22   16    9   22   1   2   186

1906 DMB World Series-Game #4

NOTE: This is a replay of the 1906 World Series utilizing as played line ups. The White Sox beat the Cubs in 6 games in the actual World Series.

Mordecai Brown vs Nick Altrock 10/12/1906,@, South Side Park III

ROHE’S GAME WINNING HOME RUN GIVES SOX HOPE

George Rohe hit just 3 home runs in 868 career at bats.

George Rohe deposited the 1st pitch he saw from Mordecai Brown in the bottom of the 9th into the leftfield stands for a game winning(I will not use the term walk-off) home run to give the White Sox their 1st win in this 1906 DMB World Series. The score was tied at 4 thanks to some shoddy Cub defense and 7 walks issued by Brown. Despite throwing 160 pitches entering the 9th I wanted to pitch Brown until he put a base runner on, unfortunately that strategy backfired. George Rohe did not hit a home run during the 1906 season.

Frank Schulte homered in the 6th to put the Cubs up by 1, but 2 unearned runs in the bottom of the inning put the Cubs back on top. 4 White Sox errors in the 7th tied the game at 4, setting up Rohe’s game winning blast.

10/12/1906, CHN06-CHA06, South Side Park III
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1906 Cubs              0  0  0  2  0  1  1  0  0     4  7  4     8  1
1906 White Sox         2  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  1     5  8  5    11  1

Cubs                 AB  R  H BI   AVG    White Sox            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Hofman,S          cf  5  0  1  0  .111    Hahn,E            rf  4  0  1  1  .167
Sheckard,J        lf  4  0  0  0  .235    Jones,F           cf  5  0  2  1  .133
Schulte,F         rf  5  1  2  1  .412    Isbell,F          2b  4  1  0  0  .250
Chance,F          1b  4  0  0  0  .250    Rohe,G            3b  4  2  1  1  .167
Steinfeldt,H      3b  3  1  2  0  .333    Donahue,J         1b  3  0  1  2  .214
Tinker,J          ss  4  1  1  0  .200    Dougherty,P       lf  3  1  2  0  .154
Evers,J           2b  4  0  1  2  .133    Davis,G           ss  4  0  0  0  .000
Kling,J           c   4  0  0  0  .071    Sullivan,B        c   4  1  0  0  .000
Brown,M           p   4  1  0  0  .143     Patterson,R      p   0  0  0  0  .000
37  4  7  3          Altrock,N         p   2  0  1  0  .250
Towne,B          ph  0  0  0  0  .500
33  5  8  5
Cubs                             INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Brown,M          L 1-1           8.0  8  5  1  7  6 161  94  1.06
8.0  8  5  1  7  6 161  94
White Sox                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Altrock,N                        8.0  6  4  3  1  5 121  78  4.50
Patterson,R      W 1-0           1.0  1  0  0  0  0  16  10  0.00
9.0  7  4  3  1  5 137  88
CHA: Towne,B batted for Altrock,N in the 8th
Towne,B moved to c in the 9th

E-Schulte,F, Tinker,J 3, Hahn,E, Isbell,F, Rohe,G 2, Davis,G. 2B-Jones,F,
Donahue,J. 3B-Evers,J. HR-Schulte,F(1), Rohe,G(1). SB-Steinfeldt,H(2).
CS-Jones,F. K-Hofman,S 3, Brown,M 2, Hahn,E, Isbell,F, Dougherty,P, Davis,G,
Sullivan,B, Altrock,N. BB-Steinfeldt,H, Hahn,E, Isbell,F, Rohe,G, Donahue,J,
Dougherty,P, Altrock,N, Towne,B. HBP-Sheckard,J. HB-Patterson,R.
WP-Brown,M 2, Altrock,N.
GWRBI: Rohe,G
Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 18 MPH.

1906 DMB World Series-Game #3

NOTE: This is a replay of the 1906 World Series utilizing as played line ups. The White Sox beat the Cubs in 6 games in the actual World Series.

Ed Walsh vs Jack Pfiester 10/11/1906, @, West Side Grounds II

STEINFELDT DELIVERS FOR WHITE SOX IN A PITCHER’S DUEL

Harry Steinfeldt died on August 17, 1914, of a cerebral hemorrhage, just shy of his 37th birthday.

Harry Steinfeldt of the Cubs pulled a pitch down the right field line for a 2 out 2-run triple in the bottom of the 6th inning to give the Cubs the close 2-1 victory.

Both pitchers brought their A games as they each gave up just 3 hits, and combined for 15 strikeouts. Ed Walsh reached to lead off the 3rd inning when centerfielder Solly Hoffman dropped an easy fly ball. A walk and an infield single loaded the bases with 2 outs, but the Cub defense faltered again when Joe Tinker bobbled an inning ending groundball, allowing Walsh to score the only White Sox run of the game.

The White Sox had runners on base in the 5th, 8th and 9th inning, but catcher Johnny Kling gunned down all 3 runners trying to steal.

The White Sox need to win 4 straight to match their upset in 1906. I don’t think it’s going to happen.

 

10/11/1906, CHA06-CHN06, West Side Grounds II
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1906 White Sox         0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0     1  3  1     5  0
1906 Cubs              0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  x     2  3  2     4  0

White Sox            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Cubs                 AB  R  H BI   AVG
Hahn,E            rf  3  0  1  0  .125    Hofman,S          cf  3  0  0  0  .077
Jones,F           cf  3  0  0  0  .000    Sheckard,J        lf  4  1  1  0  .308
Isbell,F          2b  4  0  2  0  .333    Schulte,F         rf  4  0  1  0  .417
Rohe,G            3b  3  0  0  0  .125    Chance,F          1b  2  1  0  0  .375
Donahue,J         1b  4  0  0  0  .182    Steinfeldt,H      3b  3  0  1  2  .222
Dougherty,P       lf  3  0  0  0  .000    Tinker,J          ss  3  0  0  0  .182
Sullivan,B        c   3  0  0  0  .000    Evers,J           2b  3  0  0  0  .091
Tannehill,L       ss  3  0  0  0  .111    Kling,J           c   3  0  0  0  .100
Walsh,E           p   3  1  0  0  .000    Pfiester,J        p   3  0  0  0  .000
                     29  1  3  0                               28  2  3  2
White Sox                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Walsh,E          L 0-1           8.0  3  2  2  2  7 113  71  2.25
                                 8.0  3  2  2  2  7 113  71
Cubs                             INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Pfiester,J       W 1-0           9.0  3  1  0  4  8 119  69  0.00
                                 9.0  3  1  0  4  8 119  69

E-Isbell,F, Hofman,S, Tinker,J. 2B-Schulte,F. 3B-Steinfeldt,H. CS-Jones,F,
Isbell,F, Rohe,G. K-Hahn,E, Jones,F, Isbell,F, Rohe,G 2, Donahue,J 2,
Tannehill,L, Sheckard,J, Chance,F, Steinfeldt,H, Kling,J, Pfiester,J 3.
BB-Hahn,E, Jones,F, Rohe,G, Dougherty,P, Hofman,S, Chance,F.
GWRBI: Steinfeldt,H
Temperature: 50, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 2 MPH.

1906 DMB World Series-Game #2

NOTE: This is a replay of the 1906 World Series utilizing as played line ups. The White Sox beat the Cubs in 6 games in the actual World Series.

10/10/1906, @ South Side Park III

Ed Reulbach vs Doc White

JIMMY SHECKARD POWERS CUBS TO A CLOSE GAME 2 VICTORY

Jimmy Sheckard is the only player to hit an inside the park Grand Slam in consecutive games.

A 20mph wind blowing to straight away center helped Jimmy Sheckard blast 2 centerfield bombs, one of them a 1st inning triple, followed up by a 2nd inning double, giving the Cubs an early 3-0 lead on the White Sox.

In the White Sox 1st, Frank Isbell bounced into an inning ending double play. Noteworthy because the play by play included a trio of bear cubs. (Groundball to Tinker at short, a flip to Evers at 2nd, and a toss to Chance at 1st) Just another reason why I enjoy doing these replays.

Ed Reulbach dominated the White Sox for 7 innings allowing just 2 hits and no runs. Then the clouds burst open causing an 84 minute rain delay, and as the Diamond Mind software always seems to do, it stiffened the arm of the pitcher tossing the shutout.  Jack Taylor replaced Reulbach, and along with some shoddy defense almost blew the game. A leadoff single and an outfield error put Doc White at 3rd with no outs. Harry Steinfeldt booted a groundball for an error, Fred Isbell tripled, and George Rohe hit a sac fly to pull the White Sox to within one. Jiggs Donahue smoked a long drive to left, but Wildfire Schulte ran it down just in front of the wall to end the inning.

Orval Overall pitched a scoreless 9th for the save. The Cubs lead this series 2 games to 0.

10/10/1906, CHN06-CHA06, South Side Park III
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1906 Cubs              2  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0     4  9  4     6  1
1906 White Sox         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  0     3  5  0     6  1

Cubs                 AB  R  H BI   AVG    White Sox            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Hofman,S          cf  5  0  0  0  .100    Hahn,E            rf  3  0  0  0  .000
Sheckard,J        lf  4  1  2  1  .333    Jones,F           cf  3  1  0  0  .000
Schulte,F         rf  4  2  2  1  .500    Isbell,F          2b  4  1  2  1  .250
Chance,F          1b  3  0  2  0  .500    Rohe,G            3b  2  0  0  1  .200
Steinfeldt,H      3b  3  0  0  1  .167    Donahue,J         1b  4  0  1  0  .286
Tinker,J          ss  4  0  1  1  .250    Dougherty,P       lf  4  0  0  0  .000
Evers,J           2b  4  0  1  0  .125    Sullivan,B        c   3  0  0  0  .000
Kling,J           c   4  0  1  0  .143     Towne,B          ph  1  0  1  0  .500
Reulbach,E        p   2  1  0  0  .000    Tannehill,L       ss  3  0  0  0  .167
Taylor,J         p   0  0  0  0  .000     Davis,G          ph  1  0  0  0  .000
Moran,P          ph  1  0  0  0  .000    White,D           p   3  1  1  0  .333
Overall,O        p   0  0  0  0  .000     O’Neill,B        ph  1  0  0  0  .000
34  4  9  4                               32  3  5  2
Cubs                             INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Reulbach,E       W 1-0           7.0  2  0  0  2  1  85  52  0.00
Taylor,J                         1.0  2  3  1  0  0  18  10  9.00
Overall,O        S 1             1.0  1  0  0  0  0  16  10  0.00
9.0  5  3  1  2  1 119  72
White Sox                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
White,D          L 0-1           9.0  9  4  4  2  4 106  66  4.00
9.0  9  4  4  2  4 106  66
CHN: Moran,P batted for Taylor,J in the 9th
CHA: Towne,B batted for Sullivan,B in the 9th
Davis,G batted for Tannehill,L in the 9th
O’Neill,B batted for White,D in the 9th

E-Schulte,F, Steinfeldt,H 2, Evers,J. 2B-Sheckard,J, Kling,J, Isbell,F.
3B-Sheckard,J, Isbell,F. SB-Steinfeldt,H(1), Tinker,J(1). CS-Rohe,G.
K-Hofman,S, Sheckard,J, Tinker,J, Reulbach,E, Tannehill,L. BB-Steinfeldt,H,
Reulbach,E, Hahn,E, Jones,F. SF-Rohe,G. HBP-Chance,F, Rohe,G. PB-Sullivan,B.
HB-Reulbach,E, White,D.
GWRBI: Schulte,F
Ed Reulbach was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 51, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to center at 20 MPH,
Rain Delays: 84 minutes.