The World Series

1909 brought to the world just the 7th World Series. The championship game were very popular but did not always sell out. Pittsburgh was able in 1909 to show off its brand new $1 million state of the art stadium, Forbes Field in this years games. The stadium was wildly popular throughout baseball and with locals.

Pittsburgh's Forbes Field


and

Detroit's Bennett Park

The Series was a face off between two perennial power houses, The Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Both teams boasted talented rosters. The Tigers had the now Hall of Famer Ty Cobb and Pittsburgh was bolstered by Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke. They both also were HOF inductees. Hughie Jennings was a HOF Player/Manager for Detroit. He was known as Hughie "Ee-Yah" Jennings. The nickname came from his unusual antics and shouting. Detroit fans love him and would yell his trademark "ee-yah" when he walked onto the field. Fred Clarke managed the Pirates as well as played. Both teams had excellent managers.

Bill Abstein

Pittsburgh Pirates

1B Bill Abstein
2B Dots Miller
SS Honus Wagner
3B Robert Byrnes
LF Fred Clarke

CF Tommy Leach
RF Chief Owens
C George Gibson
P Babe Adams, Vic Willis, Howie Camnitz, Sam Leever, Nick Maddox, Deacon Phillippe Lefty Leifield.

Others included: Ham Hyatt, Mike Simon, Paddy Occonner, Ed Abbaticchio, Harry Camnitz

Tiger's Manager Hughie "Ee-ah" Jennings ringing a bell in the dugout. He was known for these types of antics.

Detroit Tigers

C Boss Schmidt and Oscar Stanage (they split catching duties)
1b Tom Jones
2B Jim Delahanty
SS Donie Bush
3B George Moriarty
LF Davy Jones
CF Ty Cobb
RF Sam Crawford
P George Mullin, Ed Killian, Ed Willett, Ed Summers, "Wild Bill" Donovan, Ralph Works

Also in the dugout: Charley O'Leary, Matty McIntyre

Here are some stats

NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL Detroit Tigers (3)
Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Tigers – 1, Pirates – 4 October 8 Forbes Field 29,264
2 Tigers – 7, Pirates – 2 October 9 Forbes Field 30,915
3 Pirates – 8, Tigers – 6 October 11 Bennett Park 18,277
4 Pirates – 0, Tigers – 5 October 12 Bennett Park 17,036
5 Tigers – 4, Pirates – 8 October 13 Forbes Field 21,706
6 Pirates – 4, Tigers – 5 October 14 Bennett Park 10,535
7 Pirates – 8, Tigers – 0 October 16 Bennett Park 17,562

The winning pitchers:

Pittsburgh-Babe Adams (3), Nick Maddox (1)
Detroit-Bill Donovan (1), George Mullin (2)

Home Runs:

Pittsburgh-Fred Clarke (2)
Detroit-Sam Crawford (1), Davy Jones (1)

Batting Averages:

Pittsburgh-Tommy Leach .360, Honus Wagner .333
Detroit-Jim Delahanty .346 and Donie Bush .318

Strike out, Pitchers:

Pittsburgh-Babe Adams (11)
Detroit-George Mullin (20)