1907 Chicago Cubs season

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1907  Chicago Cubs
World Series champions
National League champions
League National League
Ballpark West Side Park
City Chicago
Record107–45 (.704)
League place1st
Owners Charles Murphy
Managers Frank Chance
  1906 Seasons 1908  

The 1907 Chicago Cubs season was the 36th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 32nd in the National League and the 15th at West Side Park. It was the first season that the Chicago Cubs became the franchise's name officially. The team finished in first place in the National League with a record of 107–45, 17 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was their second straight NL pennant. The Cubs faced the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, which they won four games to none (with one tie) for their first World Series victory.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 10745.70454195326
Pittsburgh Pirates 9163.5911747294434
Philadelphia Phillies 8364.56521½45303834
New York Giants 8271.53625½45303741
Brooklyn Superbas 6583.4394037382845
Cincinnati Reds 6687.43141½43362351
Boston Doves 5890.3924731422748
St. Louis Cardinals 52101.34055½31472154

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 12–7–25–179–139–138–11–19–13–16–16
Brooklyn 7–12–25–15–115–7–110–12–18–136–1614–8
Chicago 17–515–5–117–516–614–812–10–116–6–1
Cincinnati 13–97–15–15–179–13–18–1310–12–114–8
New York 13–912–10–16–1613–9–111–1010–1217–5
Philadelphia 11–8–113–88–1413–810–1114–814–7–1
Pittsburgh 13–9–116–610–12–112–10–112–108–1420–2
St. Louis 16–68–146–16–18–145–177–14–12–20

Roster

1907 Chicago Cubs roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Johnny Kling 10433495.284143
1B Frank Chance 111382112.293149
2B Johnny Evers 151508127.250251
SS Joe Tinker 11740289.221136
3B Harry Steinfeldt 152542144.266170
OF Jimmy Sheckard 143484129.267136
OF Jimmy Slagle 136489126.258032
OF Frank Schulte 9734298.287232

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Solly Hofman 134470126.268136
Pat Moran 6519845.227119
Del Howard 5114834.230013
Newt Randall 227816.20504
Blaine Durbin 11186.33300
Bill Sweeney 3101.10001
Mike Kahoe 5104.40001
Heinie Zimmerman 592.22201
Jack Hardy 141.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Orval Overall 36268.12371.68141
Mordecai Brown 34233.02061.39107
Carl Lundgren 28207.01871.1784
Jack Pfiester 30195.01491.1590
Ed Reulbach 27192.01741.6996
Chick Fraser 22138.1853.2941
Jack Taylor 18123.0751.3922

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Blaine Durbin 516.2015.405

1907 World Series

NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs AL Detroit Tigers (0)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Tigers – 3, Cubs – 3 (12 innings)October 8 West Side Park 24,377
2Tigers – 1, Cubs – 3October 9 West Side Park 21,901
3Tigers – 1, Cubs – 5October 10 West Side Park 13,114
4Cubs – 6, Tigers – 1October 11 Bennett Park 11,306
5Cubs – 2, Tigers – 1October 12 Bennett Park 7,370

Source: [1]

References

  1. "1907 World Series - Chicago Cubs over Detroit Tigers (4-0-1)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.