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TEX6

ARI2

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ATH1

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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HOU4

TB14

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MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

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ARI6

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Chicago Cubs 4, Detroit Tigers 1 · 1908-10-10 to 1908-10-14 · 5 games · attendance 62,232 · season overview

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Champion · 2nd title

Chicago Cubs
Manager Frank Chance

Runner-up

Detroit Tigers
Manager Hughie Jennings

Ballparks

Bennett Park
West Side Grounds

Games

#	Date	Away at Home	Series	Park	Attendance	Win	Loss	Save
1	1908-10-10	Chicago Cubs 10 at Detroit Tigers 6	1–0	Bennett Park	10,812	Mordecai Brown	Ed Summers
2	1908-10-11	Detroit Tigers 1 at Chicago Cubs 6	2–0	West Side Grounds	17,760	Orval Overall	Bill Donovan
3	1908-10-12	Detroit Tigers 8 at Chicago Cubs 3	2–1	West Side Grounds	14,543	George Mullin	Jack Pfiester
4	1908-10-13	Chicago Cubs 3 at Detroit Tigers 0	3–1	Bennett Park	12,907	Mordecai Brown	Ed Summers
5	1908-10-14	Chicago Cubs 2 at Detroit Tigers 0	4–1	Bennett Park	6,210	Orval Overall	Bill Donovan

The players

Chicago Cubs

Batting	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Jimmy Sheckard	5	21	2	5	2	0	0	1	2	3	1	.238
Johnny Evers	5	20	5	7	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	.350
Frank Chance	5	19	4	8	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	.421
Solly Hofman	5	19	2	6	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	.316
Joe Tinker	5	19	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	2	2	.263
Frank Schulte	5	18	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	2	.389
Johnny Kling	5	16	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	.250
Harry Steinfeldt	5	16	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	.250
Orval Overall	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Mordecai Brown	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Ed Reulbach	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Jack Pfiester	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Del Howard	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching	G	GS	W–L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Orval Overall	3	2	2–0	0	18.1	7	2	2	7	15	0	0.98
Mordecai Brown	2	1	2–0	0	11.0	6	1	0	1	5	0	0.00
Jack Pfiester	1	1	0–1	0	8.0	11	8	7	3	1	0	7.88
Ed Reulbach	2	1	0–0	0	7.2	9	4	4	1	5	0	4.70

Detroit Tigers

Batting	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Sam Crawford	5	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	.238
Ty Cobb	5	19	3	7	1	0	0	4	1	2	2	.368
Charley O'Leary	5	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.211
Claude Rossman	5	19	3	4	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	.211
Matty McIntyre	5	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	.222
Germany Schaefer	5	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	.125
Boss Schmidt	4	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.071
Bill Coughlin	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.125
Red Downs	2	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	.167
Ed Summers	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.200
Ira Thomas	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.500
Bill Donovan	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000
George Mullin	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
Davy Jones	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000

Pitching	G	GS	W–L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bill Donovan	2	2	0–2	0	17.0	17	8	8	4	10	1	4.24
Ed Summers	2	1	0–2	0	14.2	18	8	7	4	7	0	4.30
George Mullin	1	1	1–0	0	9.0	7	3	0	1	8	0	0.00
Ed Killian	1	1	0–0	0	2.1	5	4	3	3	1	0	11.57
George Winter	1	0	0–0	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.00