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1903 World Series

1903 World Series. Ed Luteran Bob Sproule. Exposition Park Map. Where was Exposition Park?. Best Team in Baseball from 1900 - 1909. Pirates: 859 – 478 Cubs: 814-517 (42 GBL) Chicago (AL): 744-575 (106 GBL) Boston (AL): 691-634 (162 GBL). Key Things to Remember!.

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1903 World Series

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  1. 1903 World Series Ed Luteran Bob Sproule

  2. Exposition Park Map

  3. Where was Exposition Park?

  4. Best Team in Baseball from 1900 - 1909 • Pirates: 859 – 478 • Cubs: 814-517 (42 GBL) • Chicago (AL): 744-575 (106 GBL) • Boston (AL): 691-634 (162 GBL)

  5. Key Things to Remember! • Pirates won at least 90 games in every year but 1904 • Pirates batters won seven of nine batting championships (Honus Wagner – 6) • Seventeen 20-game winners • Two World Series • Four NL pennants • Finished 2nd three times; 3rd and 4th once

  6. Post-Season Play Prior to 1903 • First “world series” occurred in 1884 between the NL and AA teams. • There was a one-season NL Playoff in 1892 – Boston vs. Cleveland • Temple Cup Championship Series between 1894 and 1897 • Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph Championship Series in 1900

  7. Who were our guys? • Ginger Beaumont – Centerfield • Fred Clarke – Left Field • Tommy Leach – Third Base • Honus Wagner – Shortstop • Kitty Bransfield – First Base • Claude Ritchey – Second Base • Jimmy Sebring – Right Field • Ed Phelps & Harry Smith – Catcher

  8. Who were their guys? • Patsy Dougherty – Left Field • Jimmie Collins – Third Base • Chick Stahl - Centerfield • Buck Freeman – Right Field • Freddie Parent - Shortstop • Candy LaChance – First Base • Hobe Ferris – Second Base • Lou Criger – Catcher

  9. First Three Games in Boston • Game One – October 1, 1903 • Pirates won (7-3) • Scored 4 in the 1st inning • Jimmy Sebring hit the first World Series home run (also had three hits and four RBI) • Deacon Phillippe made the 1st of 5 pitching starts in the Series • Phillippe defeated Cy Young

  10. First Three Games in Boston • Game Two – October 2, 1903 • Boston won (3-0) • Bill Dinneen hurled a three-hitter and the first of two shutouts • Patsy Dougherty hit two homers; also had three hits • Pirates pitcher Sam Leever lasted just one inning • Attendance: 9,415

  11. First Three Games in Boston • Game Three – October 3, 1903 • Pirates won (4-2) • Deacon Phillippe won his second game • Boston’s Tom Hughes left in the 3rd • Pirates never lost the lead after the 2nd • After three games, Pirates had 22 hits (Leach and Sebring each had five)

  12. Back to the ‘Burg! • Game Four – October 6, 1903 Bucs win! • Phillippe started for the third time in four games • Tommy Leach had three RBI • Beaumont and Wagner led the Bucs with three hits a piece • Pirates scored three runs in the seventh to secure their win

  13. Back to the ‘Burg!! • Game Five October 7, 1903: Boston wins 11-2 • Boston scored six runs in the 6th and four runs in the 7th • Patsy Dougherty led Boston with three hits and he and Cy Young drove home three runs each • Attendance way up for Game 5!

  14. Back to the ‘Burg • Game Six – October 8, 1903 Boston won 6-3 • Boston built a 6-0 lead after 7 innings • Bill Dinneen won his second game for Boston • Every Boston batter had a hit except for one • Beaumont had four wasted hits for the Bucs

  15. Back to the ‘Burg • Game Seven: October 10, 1903 Boston wins (7-3) • Boston scored a pair in the 1st, 4th and 6th innings • Phillippe lost to Young – his first in the “L” column for the series • Catcher Lou Criger drove in three for Boston • Only Young and LaChance failed to hit for Boston

  16. Exposition Park

  17. The Clincher • Game Eight: October 13, 1903 (Boston won 3-0) • Bill Dinneen pitched for Boston • Hobe Ferris drove in all three runs on two hits • Phillippe pitched five complete games • Dinneen and Young pitched 69 or 71 innings for Boston • Jimmy Sebring led all batters with 11 hits and a .367 average

  18. The Clincher (cont.) • Chick Stahl led Boston with 10 hits and a .303 average • Pirates hit just .237 in eight games. Boston hit .257 • Only three home runs hit during the entire series.

  19. The Scene….

  20. Pittsburgh Kitty Bransfield: .207 Claude Ritchey: .111 Honus Wagner: .222 Tommy Leach: .273 Fred Clarke: .265 Ginger Beaumont: .265 Jimmy Sebring: .367 Ed Phelps: .231 Boston Candy LaChance: .222 Hobe Ferris: .290 Freddy Parent: .281 Jimmie Collins: .250 Patsy Dougherty: .235 Chick Stahl: .303 Buck Freeman: .281 Lou Criger: .231 Stats, Stats, Stats

  21. Pittsburgh Phillippe: (3-2, 3.27 and 44 IP) Leever: (0-2, 6.30, 10 IP) Kennedy: (0-1, 5.14, 7 IP) Boston Dinneen: (3-1, 2.06 and 35 IP) Young: (2-1, 1.59 and 34 IP) Hughes: (0-1, 9.00 and 2 IP) Stats, Stats, StatsPitching Records

  22. Home Plate

  23. Cy Young

  24. The Game In The Flood

  25. Questions & Answers

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