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    Every Diamond Sparkles More - The World Series
    Every Diamond Sparkles More - The World Series
    Every Diamond Sparkles More - The World Series
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    Every Diamond Sparkles More - The World Series

    By Steve Fulton

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    If you love Baseball, then you will enjoy reading about Baseball's great history of the World Series. Inside you will read about every game in Baseball World Series history.  It is a long and glorious one, full of colorful characters and unique plays that is rooted deep in American culture.  Relive and read about some of the greatest games and moments in Baseball World Series history.  562 pages of pure Americana. UPDATED through the 2022 season.

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    PublisherSteve Fulton
    Release dateJan 2, 2020
    ISBN9781393309949
    Every Diamond Sparkles More - The World Series
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    Steve Fulton

    The Author, Steve Fulton, has published numerous books on Sports {Football & Baseball} History. He is the owner of Steve’s Football Bible LLC and you can see his work at www.stevesfootballbible.com.  He grew up in a rural farming town (Alden) in southern Minnesota and has been a guest on numerous radio stations over the years.  He is one of the pre-eminent authorities on Baseball and Football history.  His knowledge of Football history is second to none.

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      Every Diamond Sparkles More - The World Series - Steve Fulton

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to all Baseball fans, casual or diehard, historians or those who just plain love the game of Baseball.  Whether you played the game or not does not matter.  To all the guys I grew up with and played baseball with as well as all the players, coaches and fellow umpires I have known throughout the years, this one’s for you!!  I hope everyone enjoys.

      One of the biggest influences on me was my High School Baseball Coach, Neil Pierce.  We shared the same love for baseball and its history.  We probably talked more about the history of the game than the strategy of the game when I played for him.  I know of no one who loves the game more than Coach Pierce.  Thanks Coach!

      Steve Fulton

      Contents

      Dedication

      Foreword

      Introduction

      Precursors to the modern World Series (1857–1902)

      1884 World Series {Providence Grays {NL} vs New York Metropolitans {AA}}

      1885 World Series {Chicago White Stockings {NL} vs St. Louis Browns {AA}}

      1886 World Series {St. Louis Browns {AA} vs Chicago White Stockings {NL}}

      $15,000 Slide

      1887 World Series {Detroit Wolverines {NL} vs St. Louis Browns {AA}}

      1888 World Series {New York Giants {NL} vs St. Louis Browns {AA}}

      1889 World Series {New York Giants {NL} vs Brooklyn Bridegrooms {AA}}

      1890 World Series {Brooklyn Bridegrooms {NL} vs Louisville Colonels {AA}}

      1891 World Series {No Series}

      1892 World’s Championship Series {Boston Beaneaters vs Cleveland Spiders}

      1893 World Series {No Series}

      Temple Cup

      1894 Temple Cup {New York Giants vs Baltimore Orioles}

      1895 Temple Cup {Cleveland Spiders vs Baltimore Orioles}

      1896 Temple Cup {Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Spiders}

      1897 Temple Cup {Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Beaneaters}

      1898 World Series {No Series}

      1899 World Series {No Series}

      1900 Chronicle-Telegraph Cup {Brooklyn Superbas vs Pittsburgh Pirates}

      Modern World Series {A Brief History}

      1903 World Series {Boston Americans vs Pittsburgh Pirates}

      1904 World Series {No Series}

      1905 World Series {New York Giants vs Philadelphia Athletics}

      1906 World Series {Chicago White Sox vs Chicago Cubs}

      1907 World Series {Chicago Cubs vs Detroit Tigers}

      1908 World Series {Chicago Cubs vs Detroit Tigers}

      The Merkle Boner

      Cubs vs Giants Make-up Game

      1909 World Series {Pittsburgh Pirates vs Detroit Tigers}

      1910 World Series {Philadelphia Athletics vs Chicago Cubs}

      1911 World Series {Philadelphia Athletics vs New York Giants}

      1912 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs New York Giants}

      The Snodgrass Muff

      1913 World Series {Philadelphia Athletics vs New York Giants}

      1914 World Series {Boston Braves vs Philadelphia Athletics}

      1915 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies}

      1916 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs Brooklyn Robins}

      The Babe’s Complete Game

      1917 World Series {Chicago White Sox vs New York Giants}

      1918 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs Chicago Cubs}

      1919 World Series {Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago White Sox}

      Black Sox Scandal

      1920 World Series {Cleveland Indians vs Brooklyn Dodgers}

      Wambsganns Unassisted Triple Play

      1921 World Series {New York Giants vs New York Yankees}

      1922 World Series {New York Giants vs New York Yankees}

      1923 World Series {New York Yankees vs New York Giants}

      1924 World Series {Washington Senators vs New York Giants}

      Big Train finally wins a Ring

      1925 World Series {Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Senators}

      1926 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Yankees}

      The Babe’s base running boner!

      1927 World Series {New York Yankees vs Pittsburgh Pirates}

      1928 World Series {New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      1929 World Series {Philadelphia Athletics vs Chicago Cubs}

      Comeback for the ages

      1930 World Series {Philadelphia Athletics vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      1931 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Athletics}

      1932 World Series {New York Yankees vs Chicago Cubs}

      Babe Ruth’s Called Shot

      1933 World Series {New York Giants vs Washington Senators}

      1934 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers}

      Commissioner Landis removes Medwick from Game 7

      1935 World Series {Detroit Tigers vs Chicago Cubs}

      Goose Goslin Walk-off single wins World Series for Tigers

      1936 World Series {New York Yankees vs New York Giants}

      1937 World Series {New York Yankees vs New York Giants}

      1938 World Series {New York Yankees vs Chicago Cubs}

      1939 World Series {New York Yankees vs Cincinnati Reds}

      1940 World Series {Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers}

      1941 World Series {New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers}

      Mickey Owen dropped third strike

      1942 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Yankees}

      1943 World Series {New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      1944 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs St. Louis Browns}

      1945 World Series {Detroit Tigers vs Chicago Cubs}

      The Curse of the Billy Goat

      1946 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Red Sox}

      Enos Slaughter Mad Dash

      1947 World Series {New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers}

      Bill Bevens No-Hit bid in 1947 World Series

      Al Gionfriddo’s Catch in 1947 World Series

      1948 World Series {Cleveland Indians vs Boston Braves}

      Bill Stewart Blown call costs Indians Game 1 of World Series

      1949 World Series {New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers}

      Tommy Henrich hitting 1st Walk off Home Run in World Series History

      1950 World Series {New York Yankees vs Philadelphia Phillies}

      1951 World Series {New York Yankees vs New York Giants}

      1952 World Series {New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers}

      Billy Martin’s Game saving catch in Game 7

      1953 World Series {New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers}

      1954 World Series {New York Giants vs Cleveland Indians}

      Willie Mays The Catch

      1955 World Series {Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees}

      Jackie Robinson steals home

      Sandy Amorós game saving catch in Game 7 of 1955 World Series

      1956 World Series {New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers}

      Don Larsen’s Perfect Game

      1957 World Series {Milwaukee Braves vs New York Yankees}

      Eddie Matthews Walk-off Home Run wins Game 4

      1958 World Series {New York Yankees vs Milwaukee Braves}

      1959 World Series {Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago White Sox}

      1960 World Series {Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Yankees}

      Bill Mazeroski’s Game 7 Walk-off Home Run

      1961 World Series {New York Yankees vs Cincinnati Reds}

      1962 World Series {New York Yankees vs San Francisco Giants}

      Willie McCovey Lines Out to end Game 7

      1963 World Series {Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Yankees}

      Koufax strikes out 15 in Game 1 win

      1964 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Yankees}

      1965 World Series {Los Angeles Dodgers vs Minnesota Twins}

      Koufax pitches on 2 days rest to shutout Twins

      1966 World Series {Baltimore Orioles vs Los Angeles Dodgers}

      1967 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Red Sox}

      1968 World Series {Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      Gibson strikes out 17 to set new World Series record

      1969 World Series {New York Mets vs Baltimore Orioles}

      Tommy Agee’s Catch(es) in Game 3

      Cleon Jones Shoe Polish Incident

      1970 World Series {Baltimore Orioles vs Cincinnati Reds}

      1971 World Series {Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles}

      1972 World Series {Oakland Athletics vs Cincinnati Reds}

      The Joe Rudi catch

      1973 World Series {Oakland Athletics vs New York Mets}

      1974 World Series {Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Dodgers}

      1975 World Series {Cincinnati Reds vs Boston Red Sox}

      Bernie Carbo Home Run in Game 6

      Dwight Evans – The Catch

      Carlton Fisk 12th Inning Home Run

      1976 World Series {Cincinnati Reds vs New York Yankees}

      1977 World Series {New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Dodgers}

      Reggie Jackson’s Three Home Runs in World Series Game 6

      1978 World Series {New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Dodgers}

      Bob Welch Strikes out Reggie Jackson

      1979 World Series {Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles}

      1980 World Series {Philadelphia Phillies vs Kansas City Royals}

      1981 World Series {Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Yankees}

      1982 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers}

      Molitor’s 5 hits sets World Series record

      1983 World Series {Baltimore Orioles vs Philadelphia Phillies}

      1984 World Series {Detroit Tigers vs San Diego Padres}

      1985 World Series {Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      Don Denkinger’s Blown Call in Game 6

      1986 World Series {New York Mets vs Boston Red Sox}

      E-3 on Bill Buckner costs Red Sox Game 6

      1987 World Series {Minnesota Twins vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      1988 World Series {Los Angeles Dodgers vs Oakland Athletics}

      Kirk Gibson’s Walk-off Home Run in Game 1 of 1988 World Series

      1989 World Series {Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants}

      Loma Prieto Earthquake

      1990 World Series {Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics}

      1991 World Series {Minnesota Twins vs Atlanta Braves}

      Hrbek pulls Gant off of First Base

      And we’ll see you tomorrow night! Puckett’s Game 6 Walk-off

      Greatest World Series Game 7 ever

      1992 World Series {Toronto Blue Jays vs Atlanta Braves}

      Marines fly Canadian Flag upside down

      1993 World Series {Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies}

      Joe Carter’s Game 6 Walk-off Home Run

      1994 World Series

      1995 World Series {Atlanta Braves vs Cleveland Indians}

      Glavine’s 1 hitter delivers World Series Title

      1996 World Series {New York Yankees vs Atlanta Braves}

      1997 World Series {Florida Marlins vs Cleveland Indians}

      Edgar Renteria’s Walk-off hit to win Game 7

      1998 World Series {New York Yankees vs San Diego Padres}

      1999 World Series {New York Yankees vs Atlanta Braves}

      2000 World Series {New York Yankees vs New York Mets}

      2001 World Series {Arizona Diamondbacks vs New York Yankees}

      Luis Gonzales Game 7 Walk-off hit to win World Series

      2002 World Series {Anaheim Angels vs San Francisco Giants}

      2003 World Series {Florida Marlins vs New York Yankees}

      2004 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      2005 World Series {Chicago White Sox vs Houston Astros}

      2006 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers}

      2007 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs Colorado Rockies}

      2008 World Series {Philadelphia Phillies vs Tampa Bay Rays}

      2009 World Series {New York Yankees vs Philadelphia Phillies}

      2010 World Series {San Francisco Giants vs Texas Rangers}

      2011 World Series {St. Louis Cardinals vs Texas Rangers}

      Albert Pujols hits Three Home Runs in World Series Game 3

      We will see you tomorrow night David Freese Game 6 walk-off

      2012 World Series {San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers}

      Pablo Sandoval hits Three Home Runs in Game 1

      2013 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals}

      2014 World Series {San Francisco Giants vs Kansas City Royals}

      2015 World Series {Kansas City Royals vs New York Mets}

      2016 World Series {Chicago Cubs vs Cleveland Indians}

      Zobrist double – The greatest hit in Cubs history

      2017 World Series {Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers}

      A Game for the Ages

      2018 World Series {Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Dodgers}

      Max Muncy Game winning Home Run in 18th Inning of Game 3

      2019 World Series {Washington Nationals vs Houston Astros}

      The Great Interference Controversy

      2020 World Series {Los Angeles Dodgers vs Tampa Bay Rays}

      2021 World Series {Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros}

      2022 World Series

      Astros No-Hit the Phillies

      Grand old Ballparks from the past

      Foreword

      I was honored to be asked to write the forward for this book by one of my past players.  I was the varsity baseball coach at Alden-Conger High School for thirty three years and was fortunate to be elected to the Minnesota High School Coaches Baseball Hall of Fame.

      I was Steve Fulton's high school coach for all four years of his high school career.  He was a fine player and a real student of the game.  He had a great knowledge and a fine appreciation for the great game of baseball.  We would often talk about baseball teams and players from the past and about the history of the game.  He would ask me about my experiences as a player in college, town ball, and the time I batted against Satchel Paige.  Steve has spent the past few decades being involved in baseball as a player, coach, and a long time umpire at all levels.  He is highly thought of as a baseball umpire and is asked back year after year to umpire youth tournaments in Cooperstown, New York.  Steve is truly a baseball scholar and certainly, without a doubt, the most knowledgeable player that I coached in my thirty three years as a high school baseball coach.

      This book as well as the companion book (Every Diamond Does Sparkles  – The Playoffs) takes you back in time and covers every World Series in Baseball’s rich history.  From the Merkle Boner in 1908, Carlton Fisk waving a game winning home run in the 1975 World Series to many other great moments, this book has it all.  We all have our favorite ones.  I sure do.  Enjoy the read!

      ––––––––

      Neil Pierce

      Minnesota High School Coaches Baseball Hall of Fame.

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      Introduction

      Baseball.  The great American game.  America’s National Past Time.  It’s the only game where there is no time limit.  It has been played for ages, during WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and the current day’s conflicts.  Knowing the history of the game makes it easy to carry on a conversation with all generations.  It’s a family game that everyone can enjoy, whether playing it in the backyard with friends or at a family BBQ or taking in a Major League or Minor League game or even a local high school, college or local amateur team.  Anyone can play but you don’t need to have played to enjoy the game.  Yogi Berra once said Baseball is ninety percent mental, the other half is physical.  The uniqueness of many of the Ballparks makes it different from any other sport.  It’s a game of strategy whether as a pitcher, batter, baserunner or manager.  The best thing about baseball is it is generally played during the warm months of Spring, Summer and early Fall.

      My love of baseball began at an early age.  My Dad took me to my Twins first game when I was 4 or 5 years old at the old Metropolitan Stadium.  I remember we went with one of his good friends, Orville Hoeg and his son Robert.  I got lost coming back from the concession stand, but Bobby must have been looking out for me and grabbed me and got me back to our seats.  Then there was the Twins making the World Series in 1965 and how big a deal that was.  For my 7th birthday, my Dad took me to the Twins game with a few of my friends.  That day the Twins hit five home runs in one inning, a record that still stands.  There have been many games attended since then with family and friends.  The greatest thrill was attending the 1987 ALCS and World Series, the year the Twins won their first World Series Championship.

      Inside you will read about every game in World Series history.  It is a long and glorious one, full of colorful characters and unique plays that is rooted deep in American culture.  As Yogi Berra once said, Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.  A book like this should be in every library for kids and adults to read about this great game.

      Throughout the book you will see games highlighted with a  .  These signify games that many so-called experts, historians, media members, as well as myself, deem to be some of the greatest games in World Series history.  If you don’t agree with all the choices, then publish your own darn book!!

      ––––––––

      Steve Fulton

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      Precursors to the modern World Series (1857–1902)

      This book will cover all World Series games starting with the 1884 World Series. To read about the history of Baseball’s Playoffs history, see my companion book, Every Diamond Does Sparkle... The Playoffs.

      The original World Series

      Until the formation of the American Association in 1882 as a second major league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871–1875) and then the National League (founded 1876) represented the top level of organized baseball in the United States. All championships were awarded to the team with the best record at the end of the season, without a postseason series being played. From 1884 to 1890, the National League and the American Association faced each other in a series of games at the end of the season to determine an overall champion. These series were disorganized in comparison to the modern World Series, with the terms arranged through negotiation of the owners of the championship teams beforehand. The number of games played ranged from as few as three in 1884 (Providence defeated New York three games to zero), to a high of fifteen in 1887 (Detroit beat St. Louis ten games to five). Both the 1885 and 1890 Series ended in ties, each team having won three games with one tie game.

      The series was promoted and referred to as The Championship of the United States, World's Championship Series, or World's Series" for short.  The 19th-century competitions are, however, not officially recognized as part of World Series history by Major League Baseball, as it considers 19th-century baseball to be a prologue to the modern baseball era.  Until about 1960, some sources treated the 19th-century Series on an equal basis with the post-19th-century series.  After about 1930, however, many authorities list the start of the World Series in 1903 and discuss the earlier contests separately.

      1892–1900: The Monopoly Years

      Following the collapse of the American Association after the 1891 season, the National League was again the only major league. The league championship was awarded in 1892 by a playoff between half-season champions. This scheme was abandoned after one season.  Beginning in 1893—and continuing until divisional play was introduced in 1969—the pennant was awarded to the first-place club in the standings at the end of the season. For four seasons, 1894–1897, the league champions played the runners-up in the post season championship series called the Temple Cup.  A second attempt at this format was the Chronicle-Telegraph Cup series, which was played only once, in 1900.  In 1901, the American League was formed as a second major league. No championship series were played in 1901 or 1902 as the National and American Leagues fought each other for business supremacy (in 1902, the top teams instead opted to compete in a football championship).

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      1884 World Series {Providence Grays {NL} vs New York Metropolitans {AA}}

      The 1884 World Series was a post-season championship series between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association at the Polo Grounds in New York City.

      While the 1884 post-season championship series was the first such to be referred to as the World's Series, Major League Baseball considers the 1903 World Series the first.  In 1884, Metropolitans manager Jim Mutrie issued a challenge to his NL counterpart, Frank Bancroft of the Grays. Mutrie's challenge was for a best-of-three series. Each team would put up a thousand dollars with the winner taking the booty.

      This pre-modern-era World Series would feature a pitching match-up of future Hall of Famers and 300-game winners Charles Old Hoss Radbourn and Tim Keefe. That was the year Radbourn won his season-record 59 games (some sources say 60) for the Grays. Keefe was a mere 37–17. Playing under American Association rules, Radbourn and the Grays defeated the New York team in the first two games, 6–0 and 3–1.

      Only the first game went the full nine innings; the others were called after seven and six, because of darkness and extreme cold, respectively. The third game arguably should never have been played as the format was best-of-three, and Providence clinched in two. It was played with the hope of generating further revenue.  The crowd for the third game comprised only 300 people due to bitter cold. The Grays did not want to play due to the weather but were given the option of choosing the umpire if they would play. The Grays accepted and strategically chose Keefe, the Mets best pitcher. Radbourn, pitching his third complete game in three days, led the Grays to a 12–2 rout. For the series, Radbourn allowed 11 hits and no earned runs in 22 innings.  Local newspaper The New York Clipper called the series The Championship of the United States. Several newspapers such as The Sporting Life penned the Grays as World Champions, and the new title stuck.  The total attendance for the three games was 3,800. Despite the low attendance, the two leagues continued the series, and attendance and prize money increased each of the next two years.

      Game 1

      Thursday, October 23, at the Polo Grounds.

      Providence defeats New York 6–0

      Umpire: John Kelly

      Time of game: 2:00

      W: Old Hoss Radbourn (1–0)

      Game 2

      Friday, October 24, at the Polo Grounds

      Providence defeats New York 3–1 (7 innings)

      Umpire: John Remsen

      Time of game: 1:35

      Game 3

      Saturday, October 25, at the Polo Grounds

      Providence defeats New York 12–2 (6 innings)

      Umpire: Timothy Keefe

      Time of game: 1:20

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      World Series Source: Wikipedia

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      1885 World Series {Chicago White Stockings {NL} vs St. Louis Browns {AA}}

      The 1885 World Series (the World's Championship) was an end-of-the-year playoff series between the National League champion Chicago White Stockings and American Association champion St. Louis Browns. The Series was played in four cities (Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati). It ended in a disputed 3–3–1 tie.

      Game 1 (October 14), Congress Street Grounds, Chicago — Darkness ended game 1 after 8 innings‚ with the teams tied 5–5.

      Game 2 (October 15), Sportsman's Park, St. Louis — With Chicago leading 5–4 in the sixth inning, Browns manager Charles Comiskey called his team off the field to protest a ruling made by umpire Dave Sullivan. The game was forfeited to Chicago.

      Game 3 (October 16), Sportsman's Park, St. Louis — St. Louis won, 7–4.

      Game 4 (October 17), Sportsman's Park, St. Louis — St. Louis won, 3–2.

      Game 5 (October 22), Recreation Park, Pittsburgh — The fifth game was played at Pittsburgh. The weather was cold and not over 500 people were present. Chicago won easily (9–2) through superior batting and fielding. At the end of the seventh inning, the game was called on account of darkness.[2]

      Game 6 (October 23), Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds, Cincinnati — The series moved from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati‚ setting a record for most host cities in a World Series. (The 1887 series was later staged in 10 cities.) Chicago took a 3–2 series lead by beating the Browns 9–2.

      Game 7 (October 24), Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds, Cincinnati — Behind pitcher Dave Foutz, St. Louis defeated Chicago 13–4 in the 7th and final game. The Browns claim the game 2 forfeit didn't count and therefore claim the championship. The two clubs split the $1000 prize.

      World Series Source: Wikipedia

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      1886 World Series {St. Louis Browns {AA} vs Chicago White Stockings {NL}}

      The 1886 World Series was won by the St. Louis Browns (later the Cardinals) of the American Association over the Chicago White Stockings (later the Cubs) of the National League, four games to two. The series was played on six consecutive days running from October 18 to October 23 in Chicago and St. Louis.

      The teams were judged to be approximately equal going into the series, with gamblers betting on the teams at even odds. However, Chicago pitcher Jim McCormick was sidelined by a chronic foot ailment after game 2, and third Chicago pitcher Jocko Flynn had already been lost for the season due to an arm ailment. An effort to use a substitute pitcher was protested by St. Louis, with the board of umpires flipping a coin to decide the matter in favor of the Browns. With his team unable to field a competent second starter, Chicagos ace John Clarkson proved unable to carry the full pitching load, tipping the series to St. Louis.

      The series was decided in extra innings of game 6 by Curt Welch's so-called $15,000 slide following a passed ball. The decisive run scored by Welch became one of the most famous plays in the history of baseball in that era.

      In 1886, the St. Louis Browns won the American Association championship for the second consecutive season with a record of 93–46, while the Chicago White Stockings won the National League championship with a record of 90–34.  The victory for the White Stockings, who featured the 6'2" slugger Cap Anson, marked the 6th time in 11 years that the team had garnered the National League pennant.

      The two teams agreed to meet each other in a best-of-seven pre-modern-era World Series, with the winner taking all the prize money.  It was the second straight year that the Browns and White Stockings met in the World Series.  The six games of the series were played on six consecutive days.  The first three games were scheduled for Chicago, with the next three games to be held in St. Louis.  A decisive seventh game, if necessary, was to be held in a neutral site.  The location of the rubber game in the match was to be determined by coin toss, with each franchise owner selecting a city for the game.

      Going into the series, gamblers are said to have assessed the teams as approximately equal, with bets on the series outcome commonly taking place at even money.  More than $50,000 was said to have been wagered on the series in St. Louis alone.  The Browns are said to have traveled together on a special rail car to Chicago on the day before the scheduled October 18 start of the series.

      Game 1

      Monday, October 18, 1886 at Chicago Ball Park in Chicago, Illinois

      The Browns arrived in Chicago on the morning of game day, October 18, and were immediately incensed at an article appearing in the morning Chicago Tribune calling Browns' star third baseman Arlie Latham a monkey and advising that White Stockings outfielder King Kelly should create a collision with him on the base.  The series started in cold, windy conditions at 3:00 pm, with the grandstands filled with a crowd estimated variously between 3,000 and 5,000 — somewhat fewer than anticipated.

      The game began with a coin toss to determine which side would bat first, with Anson and Chicago winning the call and sending the Browns to the plate to open.

      After retiring the side in order in the top of the first, Chicago quickly jumped out to a two run lead powered by a Cap Anson RBI triple to the right-center gap.  Clean-up hitter Fred Pfeffer drove Anson home with a single and the blue uniformed home team took a lead, 2-0.  This would prove to be all the scoring that the White Stockings needed for the win as Chicago's ace pitcher John Clarkson (a future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame) struck out ten in throwing a five-hit shutout as Anson's Pets beat Dave Foutz and the Browns, 6–0.

      Game 2

      Tuesday, October 19, 1886 at Chicago Ball Park in Chicago, Illinois

      Scottish-born right-hander Jim McCormick got the start and took the loss for Chicago, giving up two home runs to St. Louis outfielder Tip O'Neill.  St. Louis curveball specialist Bob Caruthers made short work of the home team, allowing just two hits and cruising to a 12-0 victory in a game mercifully shortened to 8 innings by darkness.

      The game was reckoned by one sportswriter to be one of the worst games...ever played by the Chicagos, who not only failed to hit Caruthers but who also fielded like a parcel of schoolboys out on a lark and missed nearly every opportunity given them to do effective work.  Chicago committed an astounding 12 errors and made 2 wild pitches in the defeat, with third baseman Tom Burns single-handedly adding 4 errors to the team total.

      Game 3

      Wednesday, October 20, 1886 at Chicago Ball Park in Chicago, Illinois

      Heavy morning rain in Chicago followed by extensive drizzle threatened the third game of the 1886 World Series on October 20.  However, around 2:00 pm the skies cleared up and the ground was fit to play when the teams took the field for warmups shortly before 3:00 pm.[14] Attendance was weak, doubtlessly owing to the bad weather.  Coming off his complete game 1-hitter the previous day, Bob Caruthers again took the ball for the Browns, while John Clarkson made his second series start for the White Stockings.  A coin toss determined the first team to bat, with St. Louis winning the flip and sending Chicago up to the plate first.

      With his effectiveness hindered by the necessity of pitching two days in a row, the Browns found themselves on their heels quickly when ace Bob Caruthers walked four of the first five batters, surrendering a second run on a base hit given up to third baseman Tom Burns of the Chicagos.  The game was called after completion of eight innings due to darkness. John Clarkson was again on top of his game as the right hander struck out 8 Browns in earning his second win of the series.  Caruthers took the loss for the Browns, giving Chicago a lead of two games to one in the series.

      The Browns and their supporters were despondent over the loss and returned from Chicago to a station devoid of welcoming fans.  Browns players were critical of player-manager Charlie Comiskey's decision to start Caruthers in back-to-back games, noting that Nat Hudson had been ready to start for the visitors until the last-minute decision was made to bring back the team's ace on zero rest.  Star outfielder Tip O'Neill expressed the view that the pitching situation had been miserably managed and that the entire team had been put off by the decision not to rest Caruthers.  Gambling odds to win the series moved to 5:4 in favor of Chicago following the Browns' game 3 loss.

      Game 4

      Thursday, October 21, 1886 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri

      The series moved to St. Louis on October 21, with Chicago ace John Clarkson pitching for the third time in four days.  Clarkson was nothing if not durable, having won 53 games in 1885 to lead the National League — the second greatest number of wins by an individual pitcher in baseball history.  It was necessity rather than design that forced Clarkson into back-to-back action during the World Series, however. Chicago's second pitcher, Jim McCormick, failed to make the trip due to a recurrence of rheumatism in his feet, an ailment which hampered his mobility and made participation impossible.  Moreover, third Chicago pitcher Jocko Flynn, a 23-game winner, was already lost to the team for the year (and for his career) with arm trouble.  In an effort to overcome the pitching deficit the team hurriedly signed a youthful 39-game winner from a minor league club in Duluth, Ward Baldwin, but the new addition to the team did not see action in the series.

      It was not for the lack of trying that Baldwin was unavailable to fill the void left by McCormick's injury. Chicago manager Cap Anson intended to start the newcomer in game 4, but objection was made by Browns owner Chris von der Ahe, who declared there was an understanding that the World Series was a competition between the two teams which had won the championships of their respective leagues and that no additional players were to be used by either side.  Chicago owner Albert Spalding remonstrated on behalf of the new addition to his stable and the two owners stormed off for speedy decision of the dispute by the board of umpires appointed for the series, a process specified by an earlier agreement between the teams.  Three of the four umpires (two from each league) were located and it was determined that the matter should be left to the toss of a coin.  The National League lost the flip and Baldwin was barred from the series.

      After the starting bell rang at 3:15 pm, the Chicagos managed to rack up a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning with one hit, two walks, two errors, and a sacrifice fly.  The Browns narrowed the margin with a run in the second inning on some astute base running by Bill Gleason, with another run notched in the third inning when Tip O'Neill tripled home a runner.  The tide turned decisively in the fifth inning when starting pitcher John Clarkson, pitching a second consecutive game, began to run out of gas, giving up a two-run single to center by Gleason, followed by an RBI single by Browns first baseman Charlie Comiskey.

      The White Stockings managed to get two runs back in the top in the sixth, powered by Abner Dalrymple's RBI triple to right field, followed by a base hit by Clarkson.  The Browns put the game away for good with three more runs in the bottom half of the frame, however, with three walks, two singles, and a muffed fly ball doing the damage.  The game was called after seven innings due to darkness, the series knotted at two games each. Chicago manager Cap Anson was angered by the decision to call the game after 7 innings, claiming that sufficient light remained to see the ball when the game was ended, but his plea went unheeded as the crowd of about 8,000 scurried for the exits.

      After the game losing pitcher John Clarkson acknowledged that They got away with me today, without the shadow of a doubt. I can't say anything, but they beat us all around.... They just hit me and hit me hard.  While losing pitcher Clarkson was sanguine about the defeat, team owner Spalding was enraged by the outcome, declaring to a newspaper reporter that his team had a perfect right to pitch new signee Ward Baldwin instead of the exhausted Clarkson and that the St. Louis owner had no business to interfere with me.  He continued: Baldwin is as much a member of the Chicago Club as any man on it and we signed him for the season of 1886 (sic.) and 1887 as well. I am not at all satisfied with the result of today's business, and I think the action of Mr. Von der Ahe in the matter was unsportsmanlike and wrong, and if the loss of this game interferes with our winning the series, I think it would be only right to make some kind of a protest against it."

      Game 5

      Friday, October 22, 1886 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri

      The action returned to St. Louis on October 22 for game 5. Chicago manager Cap Anson attempted to start the game with Ned Baldwin in the pitcher's area, but the St. Louis crowd roared its disapproval and the Browns refused to play until Baldwin was removed.  Forced to improvise in light of Chicago's lack of an alternate pitcher to John Clarkson, Anson trotted out outfielder Jimmy Ryan to make the start, only to see the hapless conscript knocked out of the box after the first inning.  Shortstop Ned Williamson came in to relieve, showing himself a better pitcher than Williamson but nevertheless taking the loss as his teammates blundered away the game defensively.

      One observer noted that the playing on both sides was very loose, the batting heavy, and the errors numerous, with the Chicagos playing a particularly wretched game both at the bat and in the field.  Chicago right fielder Tom Burns committed two particularly costly errors, allowing runs to score, with Nat Hudson giving up only three hits en route to an easy 10-3 victory.  Catcher Silver Flint contributed mightily to the carnage, allowing four runs to score on passed balls and making another costly throwing error to third base.

      The game was called after 7 innings when it became too dark to see the ball.  An estimated 16,000 fans were in attendance to witness the hometown Browns go up three games to two in the best-of-seven series.

      Game 6

      Saturday, October 23, 1886 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri

      The final game of the 1886 World Series took place in St. Louis on October 23 and proved to be a legendary affair. Bob Caruthers made his third pitching start for St. Louis, with John Clarkson returning to the mound for a fourth time for Chicago. Under threatening skies the White Stockings took a 2–0 lead into the fourth inning, when a brief rain shower prompted fans to leave the grandstand and run onto the field, demanding that the umpire call the game, thereby nullifying the result, because of inclement weather.  Order was restored only with the assistance of a legion of police.

      A 3-0 Chicago lead held until a dramatic eighth inning comeback by the Browns. Charlie Comiskey began the St. Louis half of the inning with a single to right field and was sent to third by a bunting Curt Welch, who managed to beat out the throw to first base, putting runners on the corners.  Chicago infielder Tom Burns threw wildly to first in an effort to pick off Welch only to see the ball skip away and Comiskey score on the error, with Welch advancing to second.  The home crowd erupted.  Clarkson managed to collect two outs when Dave Foutz and Yank Robinson flew out, but he kept the inning alive with a walk of the hitter in the 9-spot, Doc Bushong, bringing the potential go-ahead run to the plate, leadoff hitting third baseman Arlie Latham.

      The loud and abrasive Cap Anson had been riding Latham throughout the game when he was on the field from the third base coaching area, taunting him as a soft spot in the Browns' defense.  Latham delivered his answer with his bat, hammering a long fly ball that was misjudged by outfielder Abner Dalrymple.  Running on contact, both Welch and Bushong scored on the play, knotting the score at 3.  Neither team scored in the 9th inning, sending the game to extra innings.

      $15,000 Slide

      Chicago similarly failed to score in their half of the 10th inning, but in the bottom half of the frame the Browns started a rally, with the Browns' Curt Welch advancing to third base. Clarkson wound up and threw a pitch that got past catcher King Kelly, with Welch coming home to win the game and the series for St. Louis. It is disputed whether or not Welch was forced to slide in scoring the winning run, but the event was memorialized as the $15,000 Slide nevertheless and became the most famous play in 19th century baseball.

      There was contemporary disagreement as to whether the final play of the game was made possible by a passed ball or a wild pitch, with Chicago catcher King Kelly telling the press that he was willing to take the blame: "I signaled Clarkson for a low ball on one side and when it came it was high up on the other. It struck my hand as I tried to get it, and I would say it was a passed ball. You can give it to me if you want to. Clarkson told me that it slipped from his hands.

      The reporter of the Chicago Tribune differed with the official scoring decision, asserting that the all-important passed ball was really a wild pitch by Clarkson.  Regardless of the intricacies of official scoring, the winning run excited the packed grandstand mightily, with fans remaining in their seats and cheering for fifteen minutes after the game was over, while hundreds of others stormed the Browns' locker room with congratulations.

      Overview

      The Browns' Tip O'Neill led all players with a .400 batting average, eight hits, and two home runs in the series.  Welch had the second-highest batting average, at .350. Caruthers, who started three games for St. Louis, went 2–1 with a 2.42 earned run average.  Clarkson started four games for Chicago and went 2–2 with a 2.03 ERA.

      The Browns outhit the White Stockings in the series, scoring a total of 38 runs in the six games to 28 for their National League opponents.  The Browns amassed a total of 64 hits, including 6 doubles, 8 triples, and 2 homers against a total of 52 hits for the White Stockings, who managed 13 extra-base hits, including 3 home runs.

      It was agreed before the series that one half of total gate receipts would be distributed among the players, with the victors receiving the spoils on a winner-takes-all basis. All receipts were put into the bank in a joint account held by the team owners, with no disbursal of funds to take place until one team had won a majority of games in the 7-game series.  A similar winner-takes-all allocation of the other half of the proceeds was made by the respective teams' owners.  Total receipts for the series were $13,920.10, from which was first deducted the $100 salaries of the umpires and team travel expenses.  The remaining funds were split in half between Browns players and team owner Chris Von der Ahe, with each player taking home slightly over $500.

      The 1886 World Series was the American Association's only undisputed championship over the National League.

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      1887 World Series {Detroit Wolverines {NL} vs St. Louis Browns {AA}}

      The 1887 World Series was won by the Detroit Wolverines of the National League, over the St. Louis Browns of the American Association, 10 games to 5. It was played between October 10 and 26, and played in numerous neutral cities, as well as in Detroit and St. Louis. Detroit clinched the series in game 11.

      This Series was part of the pre-modern World Series, an annual competition between the champion of the National League and the champion of the American Association.

      The Wolverines, who had been in the League since 1881, had spent a significant sum of money to bring star players to Detroit for the 1887 season and the investment paid off with a championship, but not in money. Detroit was not yet the Motor City, and was not ready to support major league baseball. The 1887 champions folded after the 1888 season.

      Game Summaries

      The Detroit Wolverines defeated the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series, 10 games to 5.

      After the Wolverines won the National League pennant, owner Fred Stearns challenged the American Association champion St. Louis Browns. The Wolverines and the Browns would play a series of contests for supremacy of the baseball world. This early world series consisted of fifteen games – played in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Baltimore and Chicago, as well as Detroit and St. Louis. The Wolverines claimed their eighth victory – and thus the championship – in the eleventh game.

      October 9: The St. Louis Browns ended their season with a 95–40 record‚ a win total that was not exceeded until the adoption of the 154-game schedule.

      October 10: The World Series opened in St. Louis with the Browns beating Detroit 6–1. St. Louis pitcher Bob Caruthers held the Wolverines to five hits and had three hits himself.

      October 11: In Game 2, the Wolverines scored five unearned runs to defeat the Browns, 5–3.

      October 12: In Game 3, Detroit won at home, 2–1, in 13 innings. St. Louis batters had 13 hits against Charlie Getzien‚ but scored only once. Bob Caruthers held the Wolverines to six hits, but the Wolverines scored twice.

      October 13: In Game 4, the World Series began its tour of other cities with a game in Pittsburgh. Detroit won, 8–0, behind the two-hit pitching of Lady Baldwin.

      October 15: In Game 5, the Browns beat the Wolverines in Brooklyn, 5–2.

      October 16: In Game 6, played in New York, Detroit beat St. Louis, 9–0. Charlie Getzien took a no-hitter (not counting walks) into the ninth inning but settled for a three-hit game. Charlie Ganzel‚ playing first base in place of the injured Dan Brouthers‚ led Detroit with four hits. Brouthers was out for the series with a sprained ankle.

      October 17: Detroit won Game 7, by a score of 3–1, in Phillies' Park.

      October 18: In Game 8, Detroit beat the Browns, 9–2, at old Dartmouth Street Grounds in Boston, as Big Sam Thompson hit two home runs.

      October 19: Detroit won Game 9 by a score of 4–2 at Athletics' Park and extended its lead in the World Series to seven games to two.

      October 21: After a rainout the day before, Detroit and St. Louis played two games in two cities on the same day. In the morning game in Washington, the Browns pull off a triple play in an 11–4 victory over Detroit. In Game 11, played in the afternoon at Baltimore, Detroit clinched the championship with its eighth victory, 13–3.

      October 22: The St. Louis Club managed to pull off a 5-1 victory, but the game was called after seven innings due to the cold. Less than 1,000 people attended the game. Wolverine's star firstbaseman Dan Brouthers managed to finally appear in a game, although catcher Charlie Ganzel was required to run for him.

      October 26: The World Series ended with a final game back in St. Louis. St. Louis won the final game but lost the series‚ 10 games to 5. Sam Thompson led all hitters in the series with a .362 average.

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      1888 World Series {New York Giants {NL} vs St. Louis Browns {AA}}

      The 1888 World Series was an end-of-the-year professional baseball season championship playoff series between the National League champion New York Giants and the old American Association champion St. Louis Browns.

      The Giants won, 6 games to 4. Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe went 4–0.

      This was the Browns' last appearance in a championship tournament and pre-modern-era World Series, the last of their four consecutive AA pennants. The club would later join the NL in 1892 and be renamed as the St. Louis Cardinals by 1900. It would be 1926 before they would win their next league pennant.

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      The Hall Cup was awarded to the Giants for defeating the Browns in the 1888 series. Now on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, the exhibit says the cup is baseball's oldest existing World Championship trophy.

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      1889 World Series {New York Giants {NL} vs Brooklyn Bridegrooms {AA}}

      The 1889 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League champion New York Giants and the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms (later known as the Dodgers).

      This Series was part of the pre-modern-era World Series, an annual competition between the champions of the National League and the American Association. The Giants won this best-of-11-games series, 6 games to 3. The 1889 Series was the first involving solely New York City area clubs, and was part of the continuum of a long-standing rivalry that developed between the clubs in New York, particularly the Giants and the Dodgers. Brooklyn was then a separate city from New York; Brooklyn (and the other three boroughs) would merge with New York City in 1898. (see Timeline of New York City)

      Despite this Series setback, the Brooklyn team would come back strong in 1890. The club transferred to the National League, and with the Giants suffering raids by the Players' League, would win the league championship; it was the first major league club to win consecutive pennants in two different leagues.

      Game Summaries

      The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the 1889 World Series, 6 games to 3.

      On October 17, the two clubs owners, John B. Day of the New York club and Charles H. Byrne of the Brooklyn club, met to arrange a post-season series. They agreed that the Series would end when one club had won six games. The Series commenced the next day, and continued through October 29, when the Giants won their sixth game, ending the Series.

      Attendance was good for the first two games, at the Polo Grounds and Washington Park, respectively, but the weather turned cold and rainy, and the remainder of the Series was sparsely attended.

      Game 1 saw a Seventh-inning stretch after somebody yelled Stretch for luck.

      Game 1, October 18, at New York – Brooklyn 12, New York 10

      Game 2, October 19, at Brooklyn – New York 6, Brooklyn 2

      Game 3, October 22, at New York – Brooklyn 8, New York 7 (8 innings)

      Game 4, October 23, at Brooklyn – Brooklyn 10, New York 7 (6 innings)

      Game 5, October 24, at Brooklyn – New York 11, Brooklyn 3

      Game 6, October 25, at New York – New York 2, Brooklyn 1 (11 innings)

      Game 7, October 26, at New York – New York 11, Brooklyn 7

      Game 8, October 28, at Brooklyn – New York 16, Brooklyn 7

      Game 9, October 29, at New York – New York 3, Brooklyn 2

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      1890 World Series {Brooklyn Bridegrooms {NL} vs Louisville Colonels {AA}}

      The 1890 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms (later known as the Dodgers) and the American Association champion Louisville Colonels.

      This Series was part of the pre-modern-era World Series, an annual competition between the champions of the National League and the American Association. The best-of-7 games Series ended without resolution. Each club won 3 games, with 1 game ending in a tie.

      After losing the 1889 World Series to their cross-town rivals, the New York Giants (Brooklyn was actually a separate city until 1898), the Bridegrooms came back strong and won the National League pennant in 1890, the first major league club to win consecutive pennants in two different leagues (the only other being the Boston Reds (1890–91)).

      The major league world was in turmoil in 1890, as many of the best players had jumped to an outlaw organization called the Players' League. Although the Brotherhood only lasted the one season, it had a detrimental financial effect on the other two leagues, especially the Association.

      Although the Boston Reds of the Players' League were probably the best team in the majors, and had floated the idea of a three-way World Series, the established leagues ignored them and made arrangements for the usual NL-AA contest, this time to be a conventional best-4-of-7 Series.

      The games were held at the Bridegrooms' home field, Washington Park, and the Colonels' home field, Eclipse Park. The first four were played in Louisville (including a tie in Game 3), and the remainder of the Series was scheduled for Brooklyn.

      The Series commenced on October 17 and concluded on October 28. The weather had become progressively worse as the Series wore on, and prior to Game 7, the two managers agreed that this would be the final game, and if Louisville won the game to square the Series at 3–3–1 (which they did), that there would be a deciding championship game the following spring.

      Game 1, October 17, at Louisville – Brooklyn 9, Louisville 0 (8 innings)

      Game 2, October 18, at Louisville – Brooklyn 5, Louisville 3

      Game 3, October 20, at Louisville – Brooklyn 7, Louisville 7 (8 innings – tied)

      Game 4, October 21, at Louisville – Louisville 5, Brooklyn 4

      Game 5, October 25, at Brooklyn – Brooklyn 7, Louisville 2

      Game 6, October 27, at Brooklyn – Louisville 9, Brooklyn 8

      Game 7, October 28, at Brooklyn – Louisville 6, Brooklyn 2

      Unfortunately for that plan, the championship game was never held. Disputes arose between the National League and the American Association during the winter about the redistribution of players following the dissolution of the Players' League. The Association ended its relationship with the League before the spring of 1891, so the anticipated championship game was canceled, and no World Series was held in 1891. The 1891 pennant winners would be the Boston Beaneaters of the NL and the Boston Reds of the AA, who had joined the Association from the Players' League. This would turn out to be the only time two Boston clubs would win their respective league championships. It would also turn out to be the second (and last) time that a club won pennants in consecutive years in different leagues.

      Following the 1891 season, the Association folded, and four clubs were brought into the League. The League would attempt a championships series during the 1890s called the Temple Cup Series, which would prove to be better organized and better attended than the NL-AA contests, and would help pave the way to the modern World Series that would begin in 1903.

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      1892 World’s Championship Series {Boston Beaneaters vs Cleveland Spiders}

      The 1892 Boston Beaneaters season was the 22nd season of the franchise. They won their second straight and fifth total National League pennant. In the first-ever split season, the Beaneaters finished first in the first half, and three games behind the Cleveland Spiders in the second half. After the season, the two teams played a World's Championship Series, which the Beaneaters won five games to none (with one tie).

      The Beaneaters, who won the first half of the season played the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders in a postseason series. After a 0–0 tie after 11 innings in the opener, Boston swept Cleveland five games in a row for a sweep. Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy batted .462 with 9 runs batted in and 6 extra-base hits including a home run.

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      Temple Cup

      The Temple Cup was a cup awarded to the winner of a best-of-seven, post-season play-offs championship tournament for American professional baseball for the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (known as the National League - established earlier in 1876) and awarded four times from 1894 to 1897. The 30-inch-high (76.2 centimeters high) silver cup cost $800, ($22.3 thousand in 2018 dollars and was donated by coal, citrus, and lumber baron William Chase Temple (1862-1917), a part-owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the time. Much like the long running Stanley Cup of ice hockey in the National Hockey League and the Temple Cup's predecessor to the professional baseball team champions, the Dauvray Cup (1887-1893), (awarded seven times in the name of the donor, famed stage actress of the day, Helen Dauvray (1859-1923)), there was only one actual Temple Cup passed along to each baseball season's winning team and city.

      Since there was only one major league at the time with the folding of the previous American Association 1882-1891, so the series was later played between the first and second-place teams of the surviving NL.  The second-place team defeated the first-place team for the Cup in three of the four series that were played. The Temple Cup was also known as the World's Championship Series. If one team won three titles, that team would have permanent possession of the Cup, later given to the city of Baltimore.

      Having moved over with several other AA strong franchises to join the senior National League after the 1891 folding of the American Association after ten seasons in the AA since 1882, the frequent champions and powerful scrappy teams of the Baltimore Orioles continued their winning ways from the old AA, capturing three NL pennants in a row (1894-1895-1896), and winning the Temple Cup also. Owner/manager Ned Hanlon (1857-1937), a Baltimorean and one of the most talented baseball men of the sport's early era ran the Birds with talented players like Wee Willie Keeler (1872-1923), Wilbert Robinson (1863-1934), and John McGraw (1873-1934). McGraw was later player/manager/owner with the early American League charter member team (and third to carry the Orioles name) of the new Baltimore Orioles of 1901-1902, one of the 8 original franchises in the new AL when reorganized in 1901, from the former Western League (on the minor level, 1885-1899) under activist first president Ban Johnson (1864-1931).

      After the 1903 peace pact between the two major leagues, ending the war between them, recognizing each other as equal in stature, accepting a joint policy on player contracts and beginning a best-of-seven tournament of champions between them resulting in the modern inter-league World Series for the next century whose championship trophy replaced the old Temple Cup and soon exceeded its esteem. Also each league was allowed a franchise in the

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