1907 Chicago Cubs season
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1907 World Series Champions 1907 National League Champions | |
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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 |
Pittsburg 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 | |||||
Pittsburg | 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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1B | Chance, FrankFrank Chance | 111 | 382 | 112 | .293 | 1 | 49 |
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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Durbin, KidKid Durbin | 11 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 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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Overall, OrvalOrval Overall | 36 | 268.1 | 23 | 7 | 1.68 | 141 |
Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown | 34 | 233 | 20 | 6 | 1.39 | 107 |
Lundgren, CarlCarl Lundgren | 28 | 207 | 18 | 7 | 1.17 | 84 |
Pfiester, JackJack Pfiester | 30 | 195 | 14 | 9 | 1.15 | 90 |
Reulbach, EdEd Reulbach | 27 | 192 | 17 | 4 | 1.69 | 96 |
Fraser, ChickChick Fraser | 22 | 138.1 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 41 |
Taylor, JackJack 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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Durbin, KidKid 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 |