$Unique_ID{BAS00072} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series (Temple Cup) 1897} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series Temple Cup 1897 Baltimore Orioles Boston Beaneaters} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series (Temple Cup) 1897 Frederick Ivor-Campbell Baltimore Orioles, 4; Boston Beaneaters, 1 GAME 1 AT BOS OCT 4 ---------------------------------------- BAL 401 023 200 12 20 4 BOS 300 125 02X 13 12 4 Pitchers: NOPS vs Nichols, LEWIS (7) Attendance: 9,600 GAME 2 AT BOS OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- BAL 130 160 110 13 17 2 BOS 002 620 100 11 16 3 Pitchers: CORBETT vs KLOBEDANZ, Stivetts (5) Home Runs: Reitz-BAL, Clarke-BAL, Corbett-BAL, Long-BOS Attendance: 6,500 GAME 3 AT BOS OCT 6 ---------------------------------------- BAL 044 000 0 8 9 2 BOS 003 000 0 3 10 2 Pitchers: HOFFER vs LEWIS, Klobedanz (4) Attendance: 5,000 (Game called in eighth, rain) GAME 4 AT BAL OCT 9 ---------------------------------------- BOS 000 024 320 11 16 3 BAL 650 001 00X 12 14 3 Pitchers: STIVETTS, Lewis (3) vs NOPS, Corbett (7) Attendance: 2,500 GAME 5 AT BAL OCT 11 ---------------------------------------- BOS 020 000 001 3 15 3 BAL 023 000 22X 9 13 2 Pitchers: HICKMAN, Sullivan (7) vs HOFFER Attendance: 700 Boston had edged Baltimore in a close race for the NL pennant, but the Orioles turned the tables on the Beaneaters in Temple Cup play. The Series was a high-scoring affair, the winner of each game averaging eleven runs, the loser eight. The opener, in Boston, set the tone for the games. Baltimore sent four runners across the plate in the top of the first inning, and Boston followed in its half with three. The Beaneaters recorded only twelve hits in the game to the Orioles' twenty, but they also received seven walks from Baltimore hurler Jerry Nops, and five of those runners scored. The lead switched back and forth in the middle innings, but Boston scored two final runs in the eighth and hung on for a 13-12 win. Baltimore's Joe Corbett gave up sixteen hits (one a home run) and four walks in Game Two as Boston scored eleven times. But Boston's two pitchers, Fred Klobedanz and Jack Stivetts, were even more generous, handing out seventeen hits (including three homers--one of them to opposing pitcher Corbett, who also hit a double and two singles) and five walks as the Orioles evened the Series with their thirteen-run attack. Game Three was the Series' lowest in run production, with Baltimore scoring four in the second inning and another four in the third for an 8-3 win. But rain ended the game before Boston could complete its time at bat in the last of the eighth, which erased from the record four more Oriole runs scored earlier in the inning. Rather than waste the two free days before the Series resumed in Baltimore, the two clubs played a pair of exhibition games in Worcester and Springfield, Massachusetts. Baltimore won them both, 11-10 and 8-6. The Orioles continued their roll in Series Game Four, with another close but high-scoring victory, 12-11. It looked at first like a blowout as Baltimore scored six runs in the first inning and five more in the second. But Ted Lewis relieved Boston starter Jack Stivetts and held Baltimore to just one further run as the Beaneaters fought back to within one run of a tie before faltering in the ninth. Boston batters hit Oriole Bill Hoffer safely fifteen times in Game Five, but only three Beaneaters scored. Baltimore, with two fewer hits, garnered six more runs than Boston and, with their fourth win, the right to hold the cup for another year. But attendance at the final game was so small the embarrassed Baltimore management refused to release the figures, and the league gave the cup back to Mr. Temple rather than sponsor another unprofitable Series. There was no postseason championship contest in 1898 or 1899. BAL (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank Bowerman, c-1,1b-1 .500 2 8 2 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Boileryard Clarke, c .563 4 16 5 9 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 Joe Corbett, p .667 2 6 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 Jack Doyle, 1b .526 5 19 7 10 2 0 0 9 0 1 2 Bill Hoffer, p .250 2 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hughie Jennings, ss .318 5 22 5 7 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 Willie Keeler, of .391 5 23 5 9 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 Joe Kelley, of .313 4 16 7 5 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 John McGraw, 3b .300 5 20 6 6 1 1 0 6 7 0 0 Jerry Nops, p .286 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 Tom O'Brien, of .400 1 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heinie Reitz, 2b .250 5 20 4 5 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 Jake Stenzel, of .381 5 21 7 8 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 TOTAL .382 191 54 73 16 4 3 43 26 7 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Corbett 1 0 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 12.0 21 12 8 5 Bill Hoffer 2 0 3.38 2 2 2 0 0 16.0 25 6 4 2 Jerry Nops 1 1 12.86 2 2 1 0 0 14.0 23 20 9 3 TOTAL 4 1 8.14 6 5 4 0 0 42.0 69 38 21 10 BOS (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marty Bergen, c .500 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Jimmy Collins, 3b .182 5 22 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 Hugh Duffy, of .524 5 21 6 11 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 Billy Hamilton, of .500 4 16 6 8 1 0 0 2 5 3 2 Charlie Hickman, p-1,of-1 .250 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Fred Klobedanz, p 1.000 2 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Lake, c .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ted Lewis, p .500 3 6 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Herman Long, ss .286 5 21 4 6 1 1 1 5 2 2 1 Bobby Lowe, 2b .391 5 23 6 9 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 Kid Nichols, p .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Chick Stahl, of .400 5 20 6 8 1 0 0 6 3 2 2 Jack Stivetts, p-2,of-1 .000 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Jim Sullivan, p .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Tenney, 1b .300 5 20 4 6 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 George Yeager, c .500 3 12 2 6 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 TOTAL .365 189 41 69 9 2 1 38 21 10 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charlie Hickman 0 1 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 0 Fred Klobedanz 0 1 9.35 2 1 0 0 0 8.2 12 9 8 0 Ted Lewis 1 1 6.17 3 1 0 0 0 11.2 18 8 9 4 Kid Nichols 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 14 8 0 3 Jack Stivetts 0 1 17.55 2 1 0 0 0 6.2 16 13 7 0 Jim Sullivan 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 1 0 0 TOTAL 1 4 9.00 10 5 0 0 0 41.0 73 41 26 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------