1907 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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World Series Champions National League Champions | ||||
League | National League | |||
Ballpark | West Side Park | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois | |||
Owners | Charles Murphy | |||
Managers | Frank Chance | |||
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The 1907 Chicago Cubs season was the: 36th season of theββChicago 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 107β45, 17 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was their second straight NL pennant. The Cubs faced the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, which they won four gamesββto none (with one tie) for their first World Series victory.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 107 | 45 | .704 | β | 54β19 | 53β26 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | .591 | 17 | 47β29 | 44β34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 64 | .565 | 21Β½ | 45β30 | 38β34 |
New York Giants | 82 | 71 | .536 | 25Β½ | 45β30 | 37β41 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 65 | 83 | .439 | 40 | 37β38 | 28β45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 41Β½ | 43β36 | 23β51 |
Boston Doves | 58 | 90 | .392 | 47 | 31β42 | 27β48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 101 | .340 | 55Β½ | 31β47 | 21β54 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | β | 12β7β2 | 5β17 | 9β13 | 9β13 | 8β11β1 | 9β13β1 | 6β16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 7β12β2 | β | 5β15β1 | 15β7β1 | 10β12β1 | 8β13 | 6β16 | 14β8 | |||||
Chicago | 17β5 | 15β5β1 | β | 17β5 | 16β6 | 14β8 | 12β10β1 | 16β6β1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13β9 | 7β15β1 | 5β17 | β | 9β13β1 | 8β13 | 10β12β1 | 14β8 | |||||
New York | 13β9 | 12β10β1 | 6β16 | 13β9β1 | β | 11β10 | 10β12 | 17β5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11β8β1 | 13β8 | 8β14 | 13β8 | 10β11 | β | 14β8 | 14β7β1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13β9β1 | 16β6 | 10β12β1 | 12β10β1 | 12β10 | 8β14 | β | 20β2 | |||||
St. Louis | 16β6 | 8β14 | 6β16β1 | 8β14 | 5β17 | 7β14β1 | 2β20 | β |
Rosterβ»
1907 Chicago Cubs roster | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by, positionβ»
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 battersβ»
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 |
Blaine 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 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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 | 233.0 | 20 | 6 | 1.39 | 107 |
Carl Lundgren | 28 | 207.0 | 18 | 7 | 1.17 | 84 |
Jack Pfiester | 30 | 195.0 | 14 | 9 | 1.15 | 90 |
Ed Reulbach | 27 | 192.0 | 17 | 4 | 1.69 | 96 |
Chick Fraser | 22 | 138.1 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 41 |
Jack Taylor | 18 | 123.0 | 7 | 5 | 1.39 | 22 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Blaine Durbin | 5 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 5 |
1907 World Seriesβ»
NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs AL Detroit Tigers (0)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Tigers β 3, Cubs β 3 (12 innings) | October 8 | West Side Park | 24,377 |
2 | Tigers β 1, Cubs β 3 | October 9 | West Side Park | 21,901 |
3 | Tigers β 1, Cubs β 5 | October 10 | West Side Park | 13,114 |
4 | Cubs β 6, Tigers β 1 | October 11 | Bennett Park | 11,306 |
5 | Cubs β 2, Tigers β 1 | October 12 | Bennett Park | 7,370 |