1907 Chicago Cubs season

1907 Chicago Cubs
1907 World Series Champions 1907 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1893)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
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
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

1907 National League Records Sources:
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

1907 Chicago Cubs roster
Roster
Pitchers Mordecai Brown Kid Durbin Chick Fraser Carl Lundgren Orval Overall Jack Pfiester Ed Reulbach Jack Taylor		Catchers Jack Hardy Mike Kahoe Johnny Kling Pat Moran Infielders Frank Chance Johnny Evers Del Howard Harry Steinfeldt Bill Sweeney Joe Tinker Heinie Zimmerman		Outfielders Solly Hofman Newt Randall Wildfire Schulte Jimmy Sheckard Jimmy Slagle		Manager Frank Chance

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
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
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
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
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
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

References

• 1907 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference