Detroit Tigers vs Chicago Cubs
October 8, 1907 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 1907 at West Side Grounds. The Detroit Tigers tied the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 3, Chicago Cubs 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 5 1 3 0
Schaefer 2b 6 1 1 0
Crawford cf 5 1 3 2
Cobb rf 5 0 0 0
Rossman 1b 3 0 0 1
Coughlin 3b 5 0 0 0
Schmidt c 5 0 2 0
O'Leary ss 4 0 0 0
Donovan p 5 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 9 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Slagle cf 6 0 2 0
Sheckard lf 5 0 1 0
Chance 1b 4 2 1 0
Steinfeldt 3b 3 1 1 0
Kling c 4 0 2 1
Evers 2b,ss 4 0 2 0
Schulte rf 5 0 1 1
Tinker ss 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Zimmerman 2b 1 0 0 0
Overall p 3 0 0 0
  Moran ph 0 0 0 0
  Reulbach p 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 10 2
Detroit 000 000 030 000393
Chicago 000 100 002 0003105
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan   12.0 10 3 1 3 12
Totals
12.0
10
3
1
3
12
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Overall   9.0 9 3 1 2 5
  Reulbach   3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
9
3
1
2
7

  E–Coughlin (1), Schmidt 2 (2), Steinfeldt (1), Kling (1), Evers 2 (2), Tinker (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Chicago 1.  SF–Rossman (1,off Overall).  SH–Evers (1,off Donovan); Steinfeldt (1,off Donovan).  HBP–Steinfeldt (1,by Donovan); Sheckard (1,by Donovan).  SB–Jones 2 (2,2nd base off Overall/Kling 2); Sheckard (1,2nd base off Donovan/Schmidt); Evers (1,2nd base off Donovan/Schmidt); Steinfeldt (1,2nd base off Donovan/Schmidt); Howard (1,2nd base off Donovan/Schmidt); Slagle 2 (2,2nd base off Donovan/Schmidt,3rd base off Donovan/Schmidt); Chance (1,2nd.  CS–Schaefer (1,2nd base by Overall/Kling); Slagle (1,2nd base by Donovan/Schmidt); Evers (1,Home by Donovan/Schmidt).  HBP–Donovan 2 (2,Steinfeldt,Sheckard).  U–Hank O'Day (NL), Jack Sheridan (AL).  T–2:40.  A–24,377.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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