$Unique_ID{BAS00073} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series (Chronicle-Telegraph Cup), 1900} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series Chronicle-Telegraph Cup 1900 Brooklyn Superbas Pittsburgh Pirates} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series (Chronicle-Telegraph Cup), 1900 Frederick Ivor-Campbell Brooklyn Superbas, 3; Pittsburgh Pirates, 1 GAME 1 AT PIT OCT 15 ---------------------------------------- BRO 003 101 000 5 13 1 PIT 000 000 002 2 5 4 Pitchers: McGINNITY vs WADDELL Attendance: 4,000 GAME 2 AT PIT OCT 16 ---------------------------------------- BRO 010 003 000 4 7 0 PIT 000 100 100 2 4 6 Pitchers: KITSON vs LEEVER Attendance: 1,800 GAME 3 AT PIT OCT 17 ---------------------------------------- BRO 000 000 000 0 6 3 PIT 310 020 13X 10 13 1 Pitchers: HOWELL vs PHILLIPPE Attendance: 2,500 GAME 4 AT PIT OCT 18 ---------------------------------------- BRO 100 311 000 6 8 0 PIT 000 001 000 1 9 3 Pitchers: McGINNITY vs LEEVER, Waddell (6) Attendance: 2,335 Pennant-winning Brooklyn led the NL in hitting, but runner-up Pittsburgh claimed the best pitching. Honus Wagner was the only Pirate regular to hit over .300, but he enjoyed what turned out to be his finest season offensively, leading the league with a .381 batting average. Pittsburghers believed their club superior to Brooklyn and a best-of-five "world championship" series was arranged, with all the games to be played in Pittsburgh for a silver cup donated by the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Brooklyn, however, proved that its pennant was no fluke. Two of the game's best pitchers faced off in the opener: Pittsburgh's Rube Waddell, who had led the league in ERA, and Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity, whose 29 regular-season wins totaled nine more than those of the league's runners-up. McGinnity prevailed, shutting out the Pirates until two unearned runs came across in the top of the ninth. Pirate errors also gave Brooklyn a pair of unearned runs, but Waddell lost the game on hits--thirteen in all, including six in the Superbas' three-run third inning. In Game Two, Brooklyn's Frank Kitson held Pittsburgh to four hits, and although his Superbas scored only one earned run, six Pirate errors gave them their second win, 4-2. The Pirates staved off a Series sweep with sharp pitching and heavy hitting in Game Three. Deacon Phillippe shut out Brooklyn on six hits as the Pirates jumped on Harry Howell for thirteen. All the Pirate hits were singles, but combined with Brooklyn errors they were good for ten runs, seven of them unearned. Three Brooklyn singles and a fumble by Pirate pitcher Sam Leever in the fourth inning of Game Four gave the Superbas three runs and a 4-0 lead the Pirates could not overcome. Brooklyn hurler McGinnity scattered nine Pirate hits and, supported by flawless fielding, held Pittsburgh to a single run to bring Brooklyn its first World Series triumph in three tries--and its last until 1955. The Brooklyn players voted to award their trophy to McGinnity for his fine pitching. The cup may be seen today--along with the Temple Cup and the current World Series trophy--at baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. BRO (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lave Cross, 3b .278 4 18 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 Bill Dahlen, ss .176 4 17 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 Tom Daly, 2b .154 4 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 Duke Farrell, c .375 2 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Harry Howell, p .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Hughie Jennings, 1b .167 4 18 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 Fielder Jones, of .278 4 18 3 5 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 Willie Keeler, of .353 4 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Joe Kelley, of .176 4 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 Frank Kitson, p .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Joe McGinnity, p .143 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Deacon McGuire, c .375 2 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL .231 147 15 34 3 2 0 13 9 16 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Harry Howell 0 1 3.38 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 13 3 2 3 Frank Kitson 1 0 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 2 Joe McGinnity 2 0 0.00 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 14 0 3 5 TOTAL 3 1 1.03 4 4 4 0 0 35.0 31 4 6 10 PIT (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ginger Beaumont, of .267 4 15 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Fred Ely, ss .286 4 14 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 Tommy Leach, of .176 4 17 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Sam Leever, p .250 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Tom O'Brien, 1b .125 4 16 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Jack O'Connor, c .250 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Deacon Phillippe, p .000 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Claude Ritchey, 2b .333 4 15 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Pop Schriver, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rube Waddell, p .200 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Honus Wagner, of .400 4 15 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 Jimmy Williams, 3b .214 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Chief Zimmer, c .111 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 TOTAL .233 133 15 31 4 0 0 10 6 10 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sam Leever 0 2 1.38 2 2 1 0 0 13.0 13 2 4 4 Deacon Phillippe 1 0 0.00 1 1 1 0 1 9.0 6 0 2 5 Rube Waddell 0 1 1.93 2 1 1 0 0 14.0 15 3 3 7 TOTAL 1 3 1.25 5 4 3 0 1 36.0 34 5 9 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------