1907 Chicago Cubs season
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Owner(s) | Charles Murphy |
Manager(s) | Frank Chance |
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The 1907 Chicago Cubs season was the 36th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 32nd in the National League and the 15th at West Side Park. It was the first season that the Chicago Cubs became the franchise's name officially. The team finished in first place in the National League with a record of 107–45, 17 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was their second straight NL pennant. The Cubs faced the Detroit Tigers in the 1907 World Series, which they won four games to none (with one tie) for their first World Series victory.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 107 | 45 | 0.704 | — | 54–19 | 53–26 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 17 | 47–29 | 44–34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 64 | 0.565 | 21½ | 45–30 | 38–34 |
New York Giants | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 25½ | 45–30 | 37–41 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 65 | 83 | 0.439 | 40 | 37–38 | 28–45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | 0.431 | 41½ | 43–36 | 23–51 |
Boston Doves | 58 | 90 | 0.392 | 47 | 31–42 | 27–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 101 | 0.340 | 55½ | 31–47 | 21–54 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 12–7–2 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 7–12–2 | — | 5–15–1 | 15–7–1 | 10–12–1 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 17–5 | 15–5–1 | — | 17–5 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–1 | 8–13 | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 13–9–1 | — | 11–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–8–1 | 13–8 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 10–11 | — | 14–8 | 14–7–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 20–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–14–1 | 2–20 | — |
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Johnny Kling | 104 | 334 | 95 | .284 | 1 | 43 |
1B | Frank Chance | 111 | 382 | 112 | .293 | 1 | 49 |
2B | Johnny Evers | 151 | 508 | 127 | .250 | 2 | 51 |
SS | Joe Tinker | 117 | 402 | 89 | .221 | 1 | 36 |
3B | Harry Steinfeldt | 152 | 542 | 144 | .266 | 1 | 70 |
OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 143 | 484 | 129 | .267 | 1 | 36 |
OF | Jimmy Slagle | 136 | 489 | 126 | .258 | 0 | 32 |
OF | Frank Schulte | 97 | 342 | 98 | .287 | 2 | 32 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Solly Hofman | 134 | 470 | 126 | .268 | 1 | 36 |
Pat Moran | 65 | 198 | 45 | .227 | 1 | 19 |
Del Howard | 51 | 148 | 34 | .230 | 0 | 13 |
Newt Randall | 22 | 78 | 16 | .205 | 0 | 4 |
Kid Durbin | 11 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Sweeney | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Kahoe | 5 | 10 | 4 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
Heinie Zimmerman | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Hardy | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Orval Overall | 36 | 268.1 | 23 | 7 | 1.68 | 141 |
Mordecai Brown | 34 | 233 | 20 | 6 | 1.39 | 107 |
Carl Lundgren | 28 | 207 | 18 | 7 | 1.17 | 84 |
Jack Pfiester | 30 | 195 | 14 | 9 | 1.15 | 90 |
Ed Reulbach | 27 | 192 | 17 | 4 | 1.69 | 96 |
Chick Fraser | 22 | 138.1 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 41 |
Jack Taylor | 18 | 123 | 7 | 5 | 1.39 | 22 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kid Durbin | 5 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 5 |
1907 World Series[]
NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs AL Detroit Tigers (0)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Tigers – 3, Cubs – 3 (12 innings) | October 8 | West Side Park | 24,377 |
2 | Tigers – 1, Cubs – 3 | October 9 | West Side Park | 21,901 |
3 | Tigers – 1, Cubs – 5 | October 10 | West Side Park | 13,114 |
4 | Cubs – 6, Tigers – 1 | October 11 | Bennett Park | 11,306 |
5 | Cubs – 2, Tigers – 1 | October 12 | Bennett Park | 7,370 |
References[]
- Chicago Cubs seasons
- 1907 Major League Baseball season
- National League champion seasons
- World Series champion seasons
- 1907 in sports in Illinois