1928 | 1904 | This was the first 9–0 World Series game. With two outs, Billy Gilbert singled to left, bringing Mertes home for the only run of the game, McGinnity outdueling Plank 1–0 and giving the Giants a three-games-to-one lead. Mathewson then took the mound for the top of the ninth and induced three ground-outs, thereby completing arguably the single greatest performance by any player in World Series history with his third complete game shutout of the series. Did someone say that in the old days you would not show up your opponent by stealing bases with a huge lead ? 1906 | 1951 | Games 1 and 3 were played in Philadelphia; games 2, 4, 5 in New York. 2 man in Mr. Mack's rotation, won two games apiece. The Giants defeated the Senators in five games for their first championship since 1922 and their fourth overall. 1930 |
1935 | 1919 In the 8th, the Giants sought insurance, and received an insurance run when Mathewson scored on a ground out by George Browne after Roger Bresnahan doubled. 1990 | Bender continued to cruise, got out of late-inning jams and ended up with a complete game shutout that tied the series at 1. Philadelphia boasted two 20-game winners who would end up in the Hall of Fame, in Eddie Plank (24-12, 2.26) and Rube Waddell (27-10, 1.48). 1993 | At least, that was the official story; there has been a lot of speculation since about what actually happened, and especially whether some gamblers paid him to fake an injury in order not to pitch in the Series. As it turned out, the Boston Americans ended up squeezing past the Highlanders to win the AL Pennant in the season's final days, but by then it was too late to arrange a Series, even if Brush and McGraw had been willing to climb down.
Ossee Schreckengost, leading off, reached on a Dan McGann's error. over Philadelphia Athletics (A.L. 2003 | The Series would be contested under guidelines drawn up by the Giants' owner, seeking to stabilize an event he earlier had cancelled. SS was shared by two glove men, 19-year old rookie Joe Knight, who hit .203, and Monte Cross, who hit .270 in part-time play after hitting below .200 as a regular the previous season; Monte Cross would start all of the World Series' games. 1940 | In the Athletics half of the 6th, Ossee Schreckengost doubled, then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Donlin was walked intentionally, setting up a possible inning-ending double play, but things continued to crumble for Coakley and the A's.
1929 After Bender flied out to right field, Hartsel's double scored Schreckengost all the way from first (helped by an error from Bresnahan), and a single by Lord brought Hartsel home, making it 3–0 in favor of the A's with all three runs unearned. 1976 | Three of those, over a six-day span, were pitched and won by Christy Mathewson, a 25-year-old Giants hurler who established himself as a first-magnitude star in doing so. After Dahlen stole second, Devlin singled, bringing home McGann and sending Dahlen to third. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Even though the Giants led by 7 and Mathewson was pitching beautifully for them, they made two more runs happen in the 9th, when McGann doubled home Browne and Donlin. The Athletics' offense was based on power (in this case, hitting doubles), and decent averages - they hit .255 as a team, while the AL average was .241. When the 1904 season was winding down, the Giants were in first place, but were faced with the prospect of facing their newly-established crosstown rivals, the New York Highlanders, who were to become the famed New York Yankees a few years later and were leading the American League as the season was drawing to a close. 1954 | But in 1905 Brush relented, and proposed making the World Series a permanent, best-of-seven affair. Ossee Schreckengost led off by reaching on an error by Dan McGann. It was wonderful to watch him pitch when he wasn't pitching against you." 1941 | New York Giants, 1904 and 1905 National League Champions. The next one had to wait until the Cubs shut out the Tigers by that lopsided score in Game 1 of the 1945 World Series, although Detroit, with Hank Greenberg and Hal Newhouser, ended up taking that series four games to three. [1] Philadelphia manager Connie Mack, however, refused to believe this theory, finding it ridiculous. 1947 |
In the space of six days, he pitched three shutouts and permitted only fourteen hits. 1973 | Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. After Dahlen stole second, Devlin singled, bringing home McGann and sending Dahlen to third. Game 1 was all Mathewson - on both sides of the ball. The 1937 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Giants in a rematch of the 1936 Series. Both pitchers kept men in scoring position from scoring early on, and they held fast to a shutout until the bottom of the 4th.