$Unique_ID{BAS00069} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series (Temple Cup) 1894} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series Temple Cup 1894 New York Giants Baltimore Orioles} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series (Temple Cup) 1894 Frederick Ivor-Campbell New York Giants, 4; Baltimore Orioles, 0 GAME 1 AT BAL OCT 4 ---------------------------------------- NY 000 011 110 4 13 2 BAL 000 000 001 1 7 1 Pitchers: RUSIE vs ESPER Attendance: 9,000 GAME 2 AT BAL OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- NY 004 000 014 9 14 3 BAL 022 000 101 6 7 2 Pitchers: MEEKIN vs GLEASON Attendance: 11,000 GAME 3 AT NY OCT 6 ---------------------------------------- BAL 000 100 000 1 7 4 NY 100 012 00X 4 10 4 Pitchers: HEMMING vs RUSIE Attendance: 22,000 GAME 4 AT NY OCT 8 ---------------------------------------- BAL 201 000 00 3 6 3 NY 101 351 50 16 20 4 Pitchers: HAWKE, Gleason (5) vs MEEKIN Attendance: 12,000 (Game called at end of eighth, darkness) As the divided season of 1892 was not repeated, no "world series" was held in 1893. But in 1894 Pittsburgh sportsman William C. Temple offered an elegant trophy to the winner of a series between the NL's first- and second-place finishers. For four years the Temple Cup games determined the world championship. In this first matchup, second-place New York swept the feisty pennant-winning Orioles. Game One, in Baltimore, was a shutout through four innings as New York's Amos Rusie and Baltimore's Duke Esper held their opponents at bay. But Giant George Van Haltren tripled in the fifth inning and scored the game's first run on a fly to left. The Giants also scored single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, while Rusie continued his shutout pitching through the eighth. In the ninth Oriole John McGraw singled, and he came around on a sacrifice, stolen base, and single to spoil the shutout. But the Oriole effort was too little to deprive Rusie of his win. Some two hundred policemen patrolled the second game the next day to protect the umpires and New York's players and fans from the abusive Orioles and the crowd in the stands whom the Oriole players egged on. Baltimore scored first with two runs in the second and, after losing and regaining the lead, completed the eighth inning tied 5-5. But in the top of the ninth, the Giants put together their second four-run inning of the game. Once again the Orioles came up with a run in the last of the ninth, but once again came up short. More than 22,000 spectators showed up for Game Three as the Series shifted to New York--a huge crowd for that era, even for a Saturday. As in Game One, the Giants' Amos Rusie hurled a 4-1 victory. New York broke a 1-1 tie with a run in the fifth on a throwing error and a ground out, and scored the game's final runs an inning later. Threatening weather held down attendance at Game Four to about 12,000. Baltimore jumped to a quick lead with two runs in the top of the first, but New York pitcher Jouett Meekin held the Orioles to just one run after that as the Giants piled up runs for a 16-3 advantage by the time darkness forced an end to play after eight innings. Meekin, in winning his second game of the Series, connected for three hits himself--half as many as he permitted the whole Oriole team. NY (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eddie Burke, of .389 4 18 3 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 George Davis, 3b .313 4 16 5 5 2 2 0 5 2 0 2 Jack Doyle, 1b .588 4 17 4 10 1 1 0 6 1 1 6 Duke Farrell, c .400 4 15 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 Shorty Fuller, ss .286 4 14 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 Jouett Meekin, p .556 2 9 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 Yale Murphy, of .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amos Rusie, p .429 2 7 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Mike Tiernan, of .294 4 17 5 5 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 George Van Haltren, of .500 4 14 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 Monte Ward, 2b .294 4 17 1 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 TOTAL .393 145 33 57 6 5 0 30 11 8 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jouett Meekin 2 0 1.59 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 13 3 8 6 Amos Rusie 2 0 0.50 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 14 1 3 9 TOTAL 4 0 1.03 4 4 4 0 0 35.0 27 4 11 15 BAL (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank Bonner, ss-1,of-1 .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Steve Brodie, of .000 4 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 Dan Brouthers, 1b .188 4 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Duke Esper, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Kid Gleason, p .200 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Bill Hawke, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 George Hemming, p .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Hughie Jennings, ss .143 4 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Willie Keeler, of .250 3 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Joe Kelley, of .333 4 15 2 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 John McGraw, 3b .250 4 16 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Heinie Reitz, 2b .333 4 15 1 5 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 Wilbert Robinson, c .267 4 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 TOTAL .200 135 11 27 1 2 0 10 11 15 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Duke Esper 0 1 4.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 13 4 1 3 Kid Gleason 0 1 9.69 2 1 1 0 0 13.0 25 14 6 3 Bill Hawke 0 1 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 4 1 0 George Hemming 0 1 1.13 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 10 1 3 2 TOTAL 0 4 6.09 5 4 3 0 0 34.0 57 23 11 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------