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1909 World Series (4-3): Pittsburgh Pirates (110-42) over Detroit Tigers (98-54)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1909 at Forbes Fld (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  6  4
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    1  2  1    0  0  x     4  5  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Mullin
              PIT - Adams

               WP - Babe Adams
	       LP - George Mullin
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              PIT - Clarke

  ATTENDANCE: 29,264

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1909 at Forbes Fld (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  2  3    0  2  0    0  0  0     7  9  2
    Pittsburgh Pirates           2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Donovan
              PIT - Camnitz, Willis (3)

               WP - Bill Donovan
	       LP - Howie Camnitz
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 30,915

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1909 at Bennett Pk (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           5  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     8 10  3
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  2     6 10  5

    PITCHERS: PIT - Maddox
              DET - Summers, Willett (1), Works (8)

               WP - Nick Maddox
	       LP - Ed Summers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 18,277

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1909 at Bennett Pk (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  6
    Detroit Tigers               0  2  0    3  0  0    0  0  x     5  8  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Leifield, Phillippe (5)
              DET - Mullin

               WP - George Mullin
	       LP - Lefty Leifield
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 17,036

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1909 at Forbes Fld (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  0     4  6  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  1  1    0  0  0    4  1  x     8 10  2

    PITCHERS: DET - Summers, Willett (8)
              PIT - Adams

               WP - Babe Adams
	       LP - Ed Summers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Crawford, Jones
              PIT - Clarke

  ATTENDANCE: 21,706

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1909 at Bennett Pk (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     4  8  3
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  0    2  1  1    0  0  x     5 10  2

    PITCHERS: PIT - Willis, Camnitz (6), Phillippe (7)
              DET - Mullin

               WP - George Mullin
	       LP - Vic Willis
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 10,535

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 1909 at Bennett Pk (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  2  0    2  0  3    0  1  0     8  7  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  3

    PITCHERS: PIT - Adams
              DET - Donovan, Mullin (4)

               WP - Babe Adams
	       LP - Bill Donovan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 17,562

Series Batting Stats

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Pittsburgh Pirates

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Ed Abbaticchio      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  87  20  1  .230  .632   2
 Bill Abstein        7  26  3  6  2  0  0   2  3  9  .231  .310  .308  1 | 512 133  1  .260  .646  16
*Babe Adams          3   9  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .100  .000  0 |  39   2  0  .051  .201   0
 Bobby Byrne         7  24  5  6  1  0  0   0  1  4  .250  .333  .292  1 |+589 133  1  .226  .617  29
 Howie Camnitz       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  87  12  0  .138  .391   0
*Fred Clarke         7  19  7  4  0  0  2   7  5  3  .211  .385  .526  3 | 550 158  3  .287  .757  31
 George Gibson       7  25  2  6  2  0  0   2  1  1  .240  .269  .320  2 | 510 135  2  .265  .687   9
*Ham Hyatt           2   4  1  0  0  0  0   1  1  0  .000  .167  .000  0 |  67  20  0  .299  .792   1
 Tommy Leach         7  25  8  9  4  0  0   2  2  1  .360  .414  .520  1 | 587 153  6  .261  .705  27
*Lefty Leifield      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  73  14  0  .192  .512   1
*Nick Maddox         1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67  15  0  .224  .596   2
 Dots Miller         7  28  2  7  1  0  0   4  2  5  .250  .300  .286  3 | 560 156  3  .279  .725  14
 Paddy O'Connor      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  16   5  0  .313  .688   0
 Deacon Phillippe    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  42   3  0  .071  .188   0
 Honus Wagner        7  24  4  8  2  1  0   6  4  2  .333  .467  .500  6 | 495 168  5  .339  .909  35
 Vic Willis          2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 103  14  0  .136  .356   0
*Chief Wilson        7  26  2  4  1  0  0   1  0  2  .154  .154  .192  1 | 569 155  4  .272  .677  17
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 223 34 50 13  1  2  25 20 34  .224  .302  .318 18 |         25  .260  .676 185

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Donie Bush          7  22  5  7  1  0  0   3  5  3  .318  .483  .364  1 | 532 145  0  .273  .694  53
*Ty Cobb             7  26  3  6  3  0  0   5  2  2  .231  .310  .346  2 | 573 216  9  .377  .948  76
*Sam Crawford        7  28  4  7  3  0  1   4  1  1  .250  .276  .464  1 | 589 185  6  .314  .818  30
 Jim Delahanty       7  26  2  9  5  0  0   4  2  5  .346  .414  .538  0 |+452 105  1  .232  .632  13
 Bill Donovan        2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  45   9  0  .200  .450   0
*Davy Jones          7  30  6  7  0  0  1   1  2  1  .233  .281  .333  1 | 204  57  0  .279  .678  12
 Tom Jones           7  24  3  6  1  0  0   2  2  0  .250  .308  .292  1 |+490 127  0  .259  .613  22
*Matty McIntyre      4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 476 116  1  .244  .651  13
 George Moriarty     7  22  4  6  1  0  0   1  3  1  .273  .360  .318  0 | 473 129  1  .273  .647  34
 George Mullin       6  16  1  3  1  0  0   0  1  3  .188  .235  .250  0 | 126  27  0  .214  .558   2
 Charley O'Leary     1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 261  53  0  .203  .465   9
#Boss Schmidt        6  18  0  4  3  0  0   4  2  0  .222  .300  .389  0 | 253  53  1  .209  .509   7
 Oscar Stanage       2   5  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 | 252  66  0  .262  .639   2
#Ed Summers          2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  94  10  0  .106  .260   0
 Ed Willett          2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 112  22  0  .196  .519   0
*Ralph Works         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  17   1  0  .059  .118   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 232 28 56 18  0  2  26 20 22  .241  .313  .345  6 |         19  .267  .662 280

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Pittsburgh Pirates

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Babe Adams          3   1.33 3-0  0  3 27.0 18  4  6 11 | 12-3  130  1.11  0.85  65  2
 Vic Willis          2   4.76 0-1  0  0 11.3 10  6  8  3 | 22-11 290  2.24  1.13  95  1
 Nick Maddox         1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0 11  1  2  4 | 13-8  203  2.21  1.04  56   
 Deacon Phillippe    2   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  2  0  1  2 |  8-3  132  2.32  1.03  38   
*Lefty Leifield      1  11.25 0-1  0  0  4.0  7  5  1  0 | 19-8  202  2.37  1.12  43   
 Howie Camnitz       2  12.27 0-1  0  0  3.7  8  5  2  2 | 25-6  283  1.62  0.97 133  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.10 4-3  0  4 61.0 56 21 20 22 |            2.07 1.070   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 George Mullin       4   2.25 2-1  0  3 32.0 23  8  8 20 | 29-8  304  2.22  1.11 124  1
 Bill Donovan        2   3.00 1-1  0  1 12.0  7  4  8  7 |  8-7  140  2.31  1.29  76  2
 Ed Willett          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  7.7  3  0  0  1 | 21-10 293  2.34  1.08  89  1
 Ed Summers          2   8.59 0-2  0  0  7.3 13  7  4  4 | 19-9  282  2.24  1.05 107  1
 Ralph Works         1   9.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  4  2  0  2 |  4-1   64  1.97  1.23  31  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.10 3-4  0  4 61.0 50 21 20 34 |            2.26 1.140   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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