1910 World Series


The 1910 World Series featured the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics against the National League champion Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.
Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting. The 2nd greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century.

Summary

Matchups

Game 1

allowed the Cubs just three hits and one unearned run. Frank Baker had three hits and two RBI for the A's.

Game 2

Jack Coombs pitched erratically, allowing eight hits and walking nine, but still picked up the win. The Cubs left 14 men on base, a Series record at that time. The A's combed Mordecai Brown for 13 hits, including four doubles in a six-run seventh that put the game away.

Game 3

The Athletics rapped out 16 hits, winning easily 12-5. Jack Coombs gave up 5 runs but won his second game of the series.

Game 4

The Cubs were trailing 3–2 in the bottom of the ninth, three outs away from being swept by the A's, but tied it on Frank Chance's triple and won it in the tenth on Jimmy Sheckard's single.

Game 5

Jack Coombs became the third pitcher in World Series history to win 3 games without a loss. Babe Adams did it the year before, but in seven games, and Christy Mathewson accomplished the feat in the 1905 Series. This was the A's first World Series title.

Composite line score

1910 World Series : Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs

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