1906
WORLD SERIES
CHICAGO
CUBS vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX
GAME
5
The Chicago Cubs won 116 games in 1906 (a record
that still stands) and carried four Hall of Famers on their roster. Their
pitchers combined for 30 shutouts (an NL high) and a 1.75 ERA—tops in the
majors. They were expected to make quick work of the White Sox, who had stunned
the baseball world by capturing the AL pennant with an anemic .230 team batting
average. Only one club fared worse at the plate that year—the Boston Nationals,
who wound up with 102 losses.
With the Series tied at two games apiece, the White
Sox defense completely fell apart, spotting the Cubs five unearned runs on an
astounding total of six errors. But in a surprising turn of events, the
ChiSox—dubbed “The Hitless Wonders” by sportswriters—outmuscled their
intra-city rivals by a score of 8-6. Second baseman Frank Isbel led the charge
for the Southside crew, clubbing four doubles—a World Series record. The
resilient Sox followed their improbable Game 5 victory with another offensive explosion,
knocking Hall of Fame pitcher Mordecai Brown out of the box by the second
inning. The 8-3 victory completed a stunning upset. The 16 runs scored by the
Sox in their last two outings exceeded the club’s collective total in their
previous seven games.
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