The Pecan Park Eagle

Game 4 of the 1903 World Series was played at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh.

The first “World Championship Series” played out between the Pittsburg (with no “h”) Pirates of the National League and the Boston Americans 0f the American League between in eight games played between October 1st and October 13th of 1903. Boston won that first modern era Series by a tally of 8 wins to Pitts burg’s 3.

Here are a couple of news account excerpts about the first two games, simply to provide us with a taste of the more formal style of  sports writers at the turn of the twentieth century. Had we owned the time to continue this morning, you would also have been able to read some of the flowers that came with the words of these early baseball storytellers, but, alas, time is more precious for us in 204, even for people like me and The Pecan Park Eagle has other fish to fry this Thursday – away from the keyboard,

Here are the two contemporary news samples, followed by the excellent “facts in a bubble” table prepared for by Baseball Almanac on the first modern world championship  series:

GAME ONE: Thursday, October 1, 1903, Pittsburgh @ Boston, Pittsburgh Wins, 7-3 IN Series Opener.

Americans Got Case of Rattles in First Inning, and Phillippe’s Pitching Did the Rest.

(Special to The World)

BOSTON, Oct. 1 – Pittsburg won the first game of the world championship series with ease today from Boston by 7 runs to 3. Nothing but a case of rattles and the splendid pitching of Deacon Phillippe can be held out by Collin’s team as an excuse for their defeat.

~ New York World, October 2, 1903, Page 8.

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GAME TWO: Friday, October 2, 1903, Pittsburgh @ Boston, Boston Wins, 3-0 Series now tied at 1-1.

10,000 PEOPLE SEE BOSTON DEFEAT PITTSBURG 3-0 IN 2D CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

BOSTON, Oct. 2 – Dougherty’s mighty bat and Dineen’s good right arm carried the Boston American team to a splendid victory over Pittsburg at the Huntington avenue grounds yesterday afternoon. Ten thousand people saw the home team win by a score of 3-0.

~ Boston Post,  October 3, 1903, Page 6.

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FAST FACTS ON THE 1903 FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES, COURTESY OF BASEBALL ALMANAC.COM:

As per usual, our thanks, appreciation, and recommendation of Baseball Almanac.Com go out to one and all as the beautiful twin sister of Baseball Reference.Com as the collective  Sine Qua Non of data and information to all in doing any kind of baseball research in this digital age. – Thank you “BA” – for being exactly what we need you to be –  a source of good information quickly that twenty years ago would have taken some time, labor, digging, patience, parking lot money, and shoe leather, plus the stamina to make it all happen with no fact-checking back up. Forget the “good old days.” We are just now reaching their shores as these words find their way to daylight.

1903 World Series 1903 World Series ProgramBoston Americans (5) vs Pittsburgh Pirates (3) 1903 World Series Fast Facts Game 1 Date / Box Score 10-01-1903 Location Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds Attendance 16,242 Game 2 Date / Box Score 10-02-1903 Location Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds Attendance 9,415 Game 3 Date / Box Score 10-03-1903 Location Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds Attendance 18,801 Game 4 Date / Box Score 10-06-1903 Location Exposition Park III Attendance 7,600 Game 5 Date / Box Score 10-07-1903 Location Exposition Park III Attendance 12,322 Game 6 Date / Box Score 10-08-1903 Location Exposition Park III Attendance 11,556 Game 7 Date / Box Score 10-10-1903 Location Exposition Park III Attendance 17,038 Game 8 Date / Box Score 10-13-1903 Location Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds Attendance 7,455 1903 World Series Fast Facts   1903 World Series Game 1 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 1 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 12 2 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 4 Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Boston Pitcher(s) Deacon Phillippe Cy Young (L) Pittsburgh Home Runs Boston Home Runs Jimmy Sebring (7th) None   1903 World Series Game 2 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 2 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Boston 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 3 9 0 Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Boston Pitcher(s) Sam Leever (L) Bucky Veil (2nd) Bill Dinneen – Pittsburgh Home Runs Boston Home Runs None Patsy Dougherty (1st) Patsy Dougherty (6th)   1903 World Series Game 3 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 3 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 0 Boston 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Boston Pitcher(s) Deacon Phillippe – Tom Hughes (L) Cy Young (3rd) Pittsburgh Home Runs Boston Home Runs None None   1903 World Series Game 4 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 4 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 9 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 x 5 12 1 Boston Pitcher(s) Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Bill Dinneen (L) Deacon Phillippe Boston Home Runs Pittsburgh Home Runs None None   1903 World Series Game 5 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 5 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 11 14 2 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 4 Boston Pitcher(s) Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Cy Young – Brickyard Kennedy (L) Gus Thompson (8th) Boston Home Runs Pittsburgh Home Runs None None   1903 World Series Game 6 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 6 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 10 1 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 3 Boston Pitcher(s) Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Bill Dinneen Sam Leever (L) Boston Home Runs Pittsburgh Home Runs None None   1903 World Series Game 7 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 7 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 7 11 4 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 10 3 Boston Pitcher(s) Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Cy Young Deacon Phillippe (L) Boston Home Runs Pittsburgh Home Runs None None   1903 World Series Game 8 Line Score / Box Score 1903 World Series Game 8 Capsule Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 Boston 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 x 3 8 0 Pittsburgh Pitcher(s) Boston Pitcher(s) Deacon Phillippe (L) Bill Dinneen Pittsburgh Home Runs Boston Home Runs None None   1903 World SeriesHitting Statistics Name Pos G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB Jimmy Collins 3b 8 36 9 1 2 0 5 1 .250 1 1 3 Lou Criger c 8 26 6 0 0 0 1 4 .231 2 3 0 Bill Dinneen p 4 12 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250 2 2 0 Patsy Dougherty p 8 34 8 0 2 2 3 5 .235 2 6 0 Duke Farrell ph 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 Hobe Ferris 2b 8 31 9 0 1 0 3 5 .290 0 6 0 Buck Freeman of 8 32 9 0 3 0 6 4 .281 2 2 0 Tom Hughes p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Candy LaChance 1b 8 27 6 2 1 0 5 4 .222 3 2 0 Jack O’Brien ph 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 Freddy Parent ss 8 32 9 0 3 0 8 4 .281 1 1 0 Chick Stahl of 8 33 10 1 3 0 6 3 .303 1 2 2 Cy Young p 4 15 2 0 1 0 1 3 .133 0 3 0 Totals 282 71 4 16 2 39 34 .252 14 29 5 Name Pos G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB 1903 World SeriesHitting Statistics Name Pos G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB Ginger Beaumont of 8 34 9 0 1 0 6 1 .265 2 4 2 Kitty Bransfield 1b 8 29 6 0 2 0 3 1 .207 1 6 1 Fred Clarke of 8 34 9 2 1 0 3 2 .265 1 5 1 Brickyard Kennedy p 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 Tommy Leach 3b 8 33 9 0 4 0 3 7 .273 1 4 1 Sam Leever p 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Ed Phelps c 8 26 6 2 0 0 1 1 .231 1 6 0 Deacon Phillippe p 5 18 4 0 0 0 1 1 .222 0 3 0 Claude Ritchey 2b 8 27 3 1 0 0 2 2 .111 4 7 1 Jimmy Sebring of 8 30 11 0 1 1 3 3 .367 1 4 0 Harry Smith c 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Gus Thompson p 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Bucky Veil p 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 Honus Wagner ss 8 27 6 1 0 0 2 3 .222 3 4 3 Totals 270 64 7 9 1 24 21 .237 14 45 9 Name Pos G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB 1903 World Series Hitting Statistics   1903 World SeriesPitching Statistics Name W L G GS CG S Sh IP ERA H SO ER BB Bill Dinneen 3 1 4 4 4 0 2 35.0 2.06 29 28 8 8 Tom Hughes 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 9.00 4 0 2 2 Cy Young 2 1 4 3 3 0 0 34.0 1.85 31 17 7 4 Totals 5 3 9 8 7 0 2 71.0 2.15 64 45 17 14 Name W L G GS CG S Sh IP ERA H SO ER BB 1903 World SeriesPitching Statistics Name W L G GS CG S Sh IP ERA H SO ER BB Brickyard Kennedy 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 5.14 11 3 4 3 Sam Leever 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 10.0 5.40 13 2 6 3 Deacon Phillippe 3 2 5 5 5 0 0 44.0 2.86 38 22 14 3 Gus Thompson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4.50 3 1 1 0 Bucky Veil 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 1.29 6 1 1 5 Totals 3 5 10 8 6 0 0 70.0 3.34 71 29 26 14 Name W L G GS CG S Sh IP ERA H SO ER BB 1903 World Series Pitching Statistics

	Did you know that during Game 5 of the 1903 World Series, the Boston Americans hit five ground-rule triples due to an oversized crowd? Players from Boston received $1,182.00 each for the series. Players from Pittsburgh lost the series yet received $1,316.25 each — thanks to the team owner giving his share of the gate receipts to the players. Bill Dinneen started four of the eight games, completed all four of his starts, won three, had two shutouts and later became an American League umpire.

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