1918 World Series Game One — Boston Red Sox 1, Chicago Cubs 0
Thursday, September 5, 1918
World Series Game One
Comiskey Park, Chicago
Boston Red Sox 1, Chicago Cubs 0
BOSTON AB R H BI PO A E CHICAGO AB R H BI PO A E
Harry Hooper, rf.... 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 Max Flack, rf......... 3 0 1 0 2 0 0
Dave Shean, 2b...... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 Charlie Hollocher, ss. 3 0 0 0 2 1 0
Amos Strunk, cf..... 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Les Mann, lf.......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
George Whiteman, lf. 4 0 2 1 5 0 0 Dode Paskert, cf...... 4 0 2 0 2 0 0
Stuffy McInnis, 1b.. 2 0 1 0 10 0 0 Fred Merkle, 1b....... 3 0 1 0 9 2 0
Everett Scott, ss... 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Charlie Pick, 2b...... 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
Fred Thomas, 3b..... 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bob O'Farrell, ph... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Agnew, c........ 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 Charlie Deal, 3b...... 4 0 1 0 1 3 0
Babe Ruth, p........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill McCabe, pr..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Killefer, c...... 4 0 0 0 7 2 0
Jim Vaughn, p......... 3 0 0 1 3 5 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total...............28 1 5 1 27 8 0 Total.................32 0 6 0 27 14 0
Boston....................0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1 5 0
Chicago...................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 6 0
Sacrifice hits: McInnis, Hollocher, Strunk. Left on bases: Boston 5, Chicago 8.
BOSTON IP H R ER BB K CHICAGO IP H R ER BB K
Babe Ruth (W)........ 9 6 0 0 1 4 Jim Vaughn (L)......... 9 5 1 1 3 6
Walked: Shean 2, McInnis (by Vaughn). Merkle (by Ruth). Struck out: Thomas 2, Ruth 2,
Shean, Whiteman (by Vaughn). Flack, Paskert, Pick, Vaughn (by Ruth). Hit by Pitcher:
Flack (by Ruth).
Attendance: 19,274. Time: 1:50.
Umpires: Hank O'Day (HP); George Hildebrand (1B); Bill Klem (2B); Brick Owens (3B).
Play-by-play
Boston 1st: Hooper grounded out first to pitcher. Shean singled to right. Strunk grounded into fielder’s choice, Shean out at second, third to second. Strunk caught stealing, catcher to shortstop.
Chicago 1st: Flack struck out looking. Hollocher grounded out second to first. Mann singled to center. Paskert singled to left, Mann to second. Merkle walked, Mann to third, Paskert to second. Pick lined out to left.
Boston 2nd: Whiteman singled to center. McInnis sacrificed pitcher to first, Whiteman to second. Scott flied out to right. Thomas grounded out first to pitcher.
Chicago 2nd: Deal grounded out pitcher to first. Killefer grounded out second to first. Vaughn fouled out to catcher.
Boston 3rd: Agnew fouled out to catcher. Ruth lined out to center. Hooper singled to left. Hooper caught stealing, catcher to shortstop.
Chicago 3rd: Flack singled to center. Hollocher sacrificed third to first, Flack to second. Mann grounded out second to first, Flack to third. Paskert grounded out shortstop to first
Boston 4th: Shean walked. Strunk popped out to pitcher. Whiteman singled to center, Shean to second. McInnis singled to left, Shean scored, Whiteman to second. Scott popped out to third. Thomas struck out swinging.
Chicago 4th: Merkle flied out to right. Pick struck out swinging. Deal flied out to right.
Boston 5th: Agnew grounded out third to first. Ruth struck out swinging. Hooper grounded out pitcher to first.
Chicago 5th:Killefer flied out to left. Vaughn struck out swinging. Flack hit by pitch. Hollocher flied out to center.
Boston 6th:Shean struck out looking. Strunk grounded out pitcher to first. Whiteman flied out to right.
Chicago 6th: Mann flied out to right. Paskert singled to center. Merkle singled to center, Paskert to second. Pick grounded out first unassisted, Paskert to third, Merkle to second. Deal flied out to left.
Boston 7th: McInnis flied out to center. Scott grounded out shortstop to first. Thomas struck out swinging.
Chicago 7th: Killefer flied out to center. Vaughn grounded out shortstop to first. Flack grounded out shortstop to first.
Boston 8th: Agnew grounded out third to first. Ruth struck out swinging. Hooper grounded out second to first.
Chicago 8th: Hollocher grounded out first unassisted. Mann flied out to left. Paskert struck out looking.
Boston 9th: Shean walked. Strunk sacrificed pitcher to first, Shean to second. Whiteman struck out swinging. McInnis intentionally walked. Scott grounded out pitcher to first.
Chicago 9th: Merkle flied out to left. O’Farrell pinch-hit for Pick. O’Farrell popped out to third. Deal safe on infield single to third. McCabe pinch-ran for Deal. Killefer flied out to right.