Manager Season Dates 17 Oct 1910 – 23 Oct 1910 | Champion Philadelphia Athletics | |
Umpires Tommy Connolly (AL), Cy Rigler (NL), Jack Sheridan (AL), Hank O'Day (NL) Hall of Famers Umpires: Tommy Connolly, Hank O'Day.
Athletics: Connie Mack (mgr.), Frank Baker, Chief Bender, Eddie Collins, Eddie Plank (dnp).
Cubs: Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers (dnp), Joe Tinker. Similar 1911 World Series, 1929 World Series, 1913 World Series, 1930 World Series, 1907 World Series | ||
1910 world series footage
The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.
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Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting. The greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century.
Summary
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)
Game 1
Monday, October 17, 1910, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chief Bender allowed the Cubs just three hits and one unearned run.
Game 2
Tuesday, October 18, 1910, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jack Coombs pitched erratically, allowing eight hits and walking nine, but still picked up the win. The Cubs left 14 men on base, a Series record at that time. The A's combed Mordecai Brown for 13 hits, including four doubles in a six-run seventh that put the game away.
Game 3
Thursday, October 20, 1910, at West Side Grounds in Chicago
Game 4
Saturday, October 22, 1910, at West Side Grounds in Chicago
The Cubs were trailing 3–2 in the bottom of the ninth, three outs away from being swept by the A's, but tied it on Frank Chance's triple and won it in the tenth on Jimmy Sheckard's single.
Game 5
Sunday, October 23, 1910, at West Side Grounds in Chicago
Composite line score
1910 World Series (4–1): Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.)
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