Baseball Historians

July 16, 1908 at West Side Park
Giants 4, Cubs 3  (45-33)
The Cubs woes continued as they dropped their fifth straight game.  In this one, the offense was tepid for most of the game but they stormed back with two runs in the ninth inning.  Unfortunately, they needed three to tie so while the cut the […]

July 15, 1908 at West Side Park
Giants 11, cubs 0  (45-32)
The game was bad in so many ways.  One, the Cubs were completely decimated.  Two, it was their fourth straight loss.  Finally, the third thing was the Cubs fell all the way to third place as both the Giants and Pirates vaulted over them in […]

July 14, 1908 at West Side Park
Phillies 11, Cubs 2  (45-31)
The Cubs were blown out in their finale with the Phillies and the big loss was their third in a row.  Orval Overall was pummelled for eight runs in 5 2/3 innings before Bill Mack came in but even he gave up three more.
Johnny Evers […]

July 13, 1908 at West Side Park
Phillies 6, Cubs 5  (45-30)
The Cubs picked up fourteen hits but could only push five of those across the plate as they lost their second straight to the Phillies.  Sol Hofman singled twice and he scored two runs while Pat Moran had three singles and two runs.
Carl Lundgren didn’t […]

July 12, 1908 At West Side Park
Cubs 3, Phillies 0  (45-28)
Ed Reulbach threw a four hit shutout as the Cubs took their first game in a doubleheader with the Philles.  He walked one and struck out three in the impressive outing.
Heinie Zimmerman was the hitting star and he went three for four with a run.  […]

July 11, 1908 at West Side Park
Phillies 6, Cubs 2  (44-28)
Ed Reulbach had a tough time and he took the loss as the Cubs three game winning streak came to an end.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and two walks in just three innings of work.
Del Howard had a big day at […]

July 10, 1908 at West Side Park
Cubs 3, Phillies 2  (44-27)
Three Finger Brown needed to pitch eleven solid innings before the Cubs pulled off this win for their third straight.  He gave up two runs on ten hits and one walk with two strikeouts in an impressive outing.
The Cubs put two on the board early […]

July 9, 1908 at West Side Park
Cubs 4, Superbas 3  (43-27)
The Cubs stormed back in this one and scored two runs in the ninth and one run in the tenth to win it.  Jack Pfiester threw the first nine innings before he gave way to Three Finger Brown who pitched the tenth inning.  Brown picked […]

July 8, 1908 at West Side Park
Cubs 6, Superbas 3  (42-27)
The Cubs bounced back from a two game losing streak as they finally put together a win in front of their home town fans.  Sol Hofman led the way with a big day at the plate.  He went two for four with a double, a […]

July 6, 1908 at West Side Park
Superbas 5, Cubs 4  (41-27)
Chick Fraser was knocked around for five runs in seven innings as the Cubs dropped their second straight game at home.  Three Finger Brown held Brooklyn scoreless in the final two frames but the offense couldn’t muster enough to pull of the comeback.
Harry Steinfeldt singled, […]

July 5, 1908 at West Side Park
Pirates 10, Cubs 5  (41-26)
The Cubs stay at first place was a short one as they returned home to play one game against the Pirates.  Jack Pfiester was pummelled for ten runs including five in the ninth and he gave up fourteen hits and three walks.
Joe Tinker homered and […]

July 4, 1908 at Exposition Park
Cubs 2, Pirates 0  (40-25)
The Cubs snapped their two game skid against the Pirates and won their 40th game behind yet another shutout by Three Finger Brown.  He gave up just two hits and one walk with four strikeouts in the first game of their Independence Day doubleheader.
The Cubs scored […]

July 3, 1908 at Exposition Park
Pirates 7, Cubs 0  (39-25)
The Cubs fell further behind the first place Pirates as they were held to just five hits in a shutout loss to the Pirates.  Harry Steinfeldt singled and doubled while Jimmy Slagle picked up two hits with a pair of singles.
Orval Overall lasted just three innings […]

July 2, 1908 at Exposition Park
Cubs 3, Pirates 0  (39-23)
Three Finger Brown pitched the Cubs to a win as the first place Pirates and second place Cubs squared off in what would be six straight games between the two teams.  Brown pitched the first game of the doubleheader and he gave up six hits without […]

July 1, 1908 at the Palace of the Fans
Cubs 5, Reds 1  (38-23)
The Cubs took care of the Reds and avoided a sweep behind a solid outing by Ed Reulbach. He gave up just one run on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
Joe Tinker singled three times and he scored one of the […]