The All-Chicago World Series and other stories.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy
Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths.
“Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire.
Today in baseball history:
- 1906 – In an all-Chicago World Series, Ed Reulbach‘s no-hit bid in Game 2 is broken by Jiggs Donahue‘s single in the seventh inning, but the Cubs beat the White Sox, 7-1. The next World Series one-hitter will come in 1945, by another Cubs pitcher, Claude Passeau. (1,2)
- 1920 – Cleveland Indians outfielder Elmer Smith hits baseball’s first-ever World Series grand slam, and teammate Bill Wambsganss makes the first unassisted World Series triple play (Game 5) (2,8)
- 1924 – The Washington Senators win their only World Series championship by defeating the New York Giants in Game 7, 4-3, in 12 innings. The winning run scores when a ball hit by Earl McNeely hits a pebble and bounces over third baseman Fred Lindstrom‘s head. (1,2)
- 1945 – The Detroit Tigers score five runs in the first inning of Game 7 of the World Series, and rout the Cubs, 9-3, behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out 10 to win the World Championship. The Cubs will not play another World Series game in the 20th century. (1,2)
- 2015 – The Cubs even the Division Series with a 6-3 win at St. Louis*. The Cubs score five times against Jaime Garcia in the second, including back-to-back successful squeeze bunts. The Cardinals hit three homers, but they are all solo shots.
Cubs Birthdays:Mike Corcoran, Charlie Sprague, Ad Gumbert, Bill Moran, Bill Killefer, Mickey Kreitner, Bobby Tiefenauer, Roger Metzger, Rob Sperring, Ramón Martínez, Adrian Cardenas, Shelby Miller, Génesis Cabrera, Luis Vázquez.
Today in History:
- 1684 – Advert in a tavern in Ludgate Hill, London, to view a rhinoceros is published; it is the first rhinoceros in Europe since 1515.
- 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 hits Barbados and goes on to kill 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean, making it the deadliest recorded hurricane in the Atlantic.
- 1846 – William Lassell discovers Neptune’s moon Triton.
- 1865 – John Wesley Hyatt patents the billiard ball made from cellulose nitrate (celluloid) in Albany, New York (patent US50359A).
- 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after three days, leaving approximately 300 dead, 100,000 homeless, and causing $222 million in damage.
- 1920 – Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play their first NFL game, ending in a 0-0 tie.
- 1921 – NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys.
- 1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Director of the State Council of China.
Common sources:
- (1) — Today in Baseball History.
- (2) — Baseball Reference.
- (3) — Society for American Baseball Research.
- (4) — Baseball Hall of Fame.
- (5) — This Day in Chicago Cubs history.
- (6) — Wikipedia.
- (7) — The British Museum
- (8) For world history.
*pictured.
Things are as near to the truth as we can get them. Some of these items spread from site to site without being fact-checked, and that is why we ask for verifiable sources, so that we can help update the records and have documentation.
