1908 Chicago Cubs season

1908 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = Chicago Cubs
season = 1908
misc = 1908 World Series Champions
1908 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = West Side Park
y4 = 1893
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1871
owners = Charles Murphy
managers =Frank Chance
television = none
radio = none|

The Chicago Cubs' 1908 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cubs winning the National League and the World Series, the most recent time the Cubs have won the World Series.

Regular season

eason standings

The Merkle Game

On Wednesday, September 23, by|1908, while playing for the New York Giants in a game against the Chicago Cubs, while he was 19 years old (the youngest player in the NL), Merkle committed a base running error that later became known as "Merkle's Boner," and earned Merkle the nickname of "Bonehead."

In the bottom of the 9th inning, Merkle came to bat with two outs, and the score tied 1-1. At the time, Moose McCormick was on first base. Merkle singled and McCormick advanced to third base. Al Bridwell, the next batter, followed with a single of his own. McCormick advanced to home plate scoring the winning run for the game. The fans in attendance, under the impression that the game was over, ran onto the field to celebrate.

Meanwhile, Merkle, thinking the game was over, walked to the Giants' clubhouse without touching second base. Cubs second baseman Johnny Evers noticed this, and after retrieving a ball and touching second base he appealed to umpire Hank O'Day to call Merkle out. Since Merkle had not touched the base, the umpire called him out on a force play, and McCormick's run did not count.

The run was therefore nullified, the Giants' victory erased, and the score of the game remained tied. Unfortunately, the thousands of fans on the field (as well as the growing darkness in the days before large electric light rigs made night games possible) prevented resumption of the game and the game was declared a tie. The Giants and the Cubs would end the season tied for first place and would have a rematch at the Polo Grounds, on October 8. The Cubs won this makeup game, 4-2, and thus the National League pennant.

Roster

Relief pitchers

1908 World Series

NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs AL Detroit Tigers (1)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1908.shtml 1908 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]


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