1906 World Series

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Firsts and Lasts

*This was the first appearance in the World Series for both teams, and the first of three in a row for the Cubs. The White Sox would next reappear in the World Series in 1917.

*This was the first modern "Subway Series", in the broad sense of the term meaning both teams from the same city, and the only one to happen in Chicago as of 2008.

*This was also be the "last" World Series, as of 2007, to feature two franchises that had never before appeared in the Series.

*It was the first World Series appearance for the Cubs' famous infield trio of Joe Tinker (shortstop), Johnny Evers (second base), and Frank Chance (first base). The trio hit a combined 9-for-59 in the series.

*Two future Hall of Fame pitchers also appeared: Mordecai Brown for the Cubs and Ed Walsh for the White Sox. However, this legendary pair did not pitch against each other in any game of the Series. Nor did either of them pitch the most dominant game of the series. Instead, that honor went to the Cubs' 23-year-old Ed Reulbach, who pitched the first one-hitter in World Series history in Game 2.

*The first five games of the Series were won by the road team. This unusual occurrence was duplicated exactly 90 years later in the 1996 World Series.

*Doc White recorded the first ever World Series save in Game 5. Saves were not officially recognized as a statistic until 1969, but the stat has been retrofitted by historians.

*This was the first Series with a surprise star, an obscure player who for a brief time became a star. In this case it was third baseman George Rohe who batted .348 and drove in 9 runs in the six games. He had a rather nondescript career before and after, and was out of the game by 1908.

*Games 1 and 2 were played amid snow flurries in Chicago. This would not happen again in a World Series until 1997.Fact|date=June 2007

*Bill O'Neill of the White Sox became the first pinch runner in series history during the sixth inning of Game 3 when he came in to run for Eddie Hahn.

Notes

References

* Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. "The World Series." 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 13-17)
* Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). "The Baseball Encyclopedia" (5th ed.), p. 2114. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
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External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1906_WS.shtml 1906 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1906 1906 World Series at "WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)"]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1906ws.shtml 1906 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/YPS_1906.htm 1906 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org]