10. 1907 World Champion Chicago Cubs v. 54. 1954 New York Yankees
26 teams are in. 6 slots remain. The 1909 and 2016 Cubs are in the field. This is the final Chicago entrant.
Yankees advancing: 1928, 1943, 1947, 1953 (they will be facing the '09 Cubs next round, so this series previews that series) 1961, 1977, 1998. There are 3 Yankees clubs still to come.
Cubs 107-45 Mgr. Frank Chance
Won NL Pennant
d. Tigers in WS
d. #119. 2018 Dodgers (MVP: Carl Lundgren/Jack Pfiester)
Hall of Famers: Three Finger Brown, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker
Yankees 103-51 Mgr. Casey Stengel
2nd in AL
d. #75 1913 A's (MVP-Mickey Mantle)
All-Stars: OF Hank Bauer, C Yogi Berra (AL MVP) SP Whitey Ford, OF Mickey Mantle, OF Irv Noren, SP Allie Reynolds
Hall of Famers: Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Enos Slaughter
Yankees-Casey Stengel
RF Slaughter (38) (LH) 102
CF Mantle (22) (SH) 158 5.8
C Berra (29) (LH) 137 5.7
LF Noren (29) (LH) 138 3.5
1B Collins (31) (LH) 125 1.9
3B Carey (22) 121 4.7
2B McDougald (26) 117 3.8
SS Miranda (28) 79 (SH) .1
P Ford (25) (LH) 123 4.1
Bench
RF Bauer (31) 127 2.7
1B Skowron (23) 167 1.9
LF Woodling (LH) (31) 98
SS Rizzuto (36) 52 .3
2B Coleman (29) 55
1B Robinson (33) (LH) 103
LF Cerv (29) 121
SP2 Grim (24) 107 2.4
SP3 Morgan (24) 104
Yanks have a ton of options; we got the heavy lefty lineup for game one against a RH starter, we might get as many as four platoon swaps for game 2 (RF, 1B, SS, LF) when the Cubs throw a lefty.
Cubs-Frank Chance
1B Chance (30) 131 5.2
C Kling (31) 122 4
3B Steinfeldt (31) 101 4.2
RF Schulte (24) 121 2.2 (LH)
LF Sheckard (28) 113 2.2 (LH)
CF Hofman (24) 95 2.8
2B Evers (25) 90 5 (LH)
SS Tinker (26) 65 2.4
P Lundgren (27) 211 3.9
Bench
CF Slagle (33) 100 1.3 (LH)
C Moran (31) 68
1B Howard (29) (LH) 65
SP2 Pfiester (29) (LH) 214 1.8
SP3 Brown (30) 178 4.9
Platoon at center.
WAR Advantage:
C-Yankees
1B-Cubs
2B-Cubs
SS-Cubs
3B-Yankees
LF-Yankees
CF-Yankees
RF-Yankees
SP1-Yankees
SP2-Yankees
SP3-Cubs
Bullpen-Yankees
WAR: Yankees 8 Cubs 4 -- Cubs have the seed advantage but Yankees have significant WAR advantage and have the top position players (Mantle/Berra) - the Yankees are favored to send their 9th team through.
GAME ONE
1st: West Side Grounds. Chicago. Game One in the battle to earn the 27th spot in the Round of 32. Carl Lundgren was co-MVP of the Cubs round one win and he goes today. 18-7, 1.17. He was 22 when he came up in '02, in 207 innings this year he didn't give up a homer. His career falls off the table after this year and '09 is his last season in the league. He walks Enos Slaughter; gives up a single to Mickey Mantle. That's all.
1st: The '53 Yankees have already advanced, so we've seen most of these guys before, including today's pitcher, Whitey Ford. He's a 25 year old lefty, 16-8, 2.82, this year was Ford's first All Star appearance. In 146 career postseason innings pitched (all World Series innings) Ford was 10-8 with a 2.71 ERA. 1-2-3
2nd: Andy Carey walks. Carey was on the bench for last year's team - he's 22, in his 3rd season, next year he leads the league in triples. In '60 he's dealt to the A's for Bob Cerv (who we are likely to see in the Yankee lineup in game 2) and finished with the Dodgers in '62. Lundgren then walks everyone else. McDougald. Miranda. Ford to score a run. Slaughter. That's 5 straight walks to open the inning and we have to be approaching a record. Then he walks Mantle. 6 straight. That's all - the Yankees don't get a hit but score 3 runs. Yankees 3 Cubs 0
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Carey reached on an error and an out later Willy Miranda singles. Miranda's 28 - platooning at short with Rizzuto in the series. Miranda came up with the Senators in '51, he was on the bench for last year's team that has already advanced. He and Gene Woodling are dealt to the Orioles in a deal where Don Larsen and Bob Turley head to New York at the end of the year and Miranda finishes in Baltimore in '59. Ford then doubles - that scores a run and the Yankees have sprinted out to a sizeable lead. Yankees 4 Cubs 0
3rd: Joe Tinker singles with one out, it's the Cubs first hit. We've seen many of the Cubs before, the '09 team has already moved forward. This is Tinker's worst season with the bat of his career with a 65 OPS+. Nothing results.
4th: With 2 out, Joe Collins reaches on an error. Collins has advanced twice, on the bench for the '48 team and then with last year's club. He's platooning with Skowron in this series. Carey singles, that's all.
4th: Johnny Kling singles. Kling didn't play in '09, so he hasn't yet advanced. He broke in in 1900 at the age of 24, he's dealt to the Braves in '11 and finishes with the Reds in '13.Nothing results.
5th: 1-2-3
5th: Johnny Evers walks. Like Tinker, we've seen Evers advance with the '09 team. He's a year away from a breakout with the bat. He steals second - then steals third -- and when Tinker reaches on an error, Evers scores. Lundgren's day is over, Jimmy Slagle is on to hit and he singles - Ford gets the next 2 - but a Kling base hit scores the second run. Yankees 4 Cubs 2
6th: 33 year old RH Chick Fraser enters for Chicago; 1-2-3.
6th: Harry Steinfeldt singles. Steinfeldt will be on that '09 team. An out later Jimmy Sheckard singles, that's it and we head to the 7th.
7th: Miranda singles with 2 out - nothing results.
7th: Frank Chance walks with 2 outs. Chance is managing this Cubs club, we've seen him with the '09 team. He'll finish his career with the Yankees. That's it.
8th: 1-2-3, nice bullpen outing for Fraser
8th: Ford's day is done, 29 year old RH Tom Gorman comes on - gives up a double to Steinfeldt. Can the Cubs crawl closer? Gorman gets one - but then Sheckard doubles to cut the deficit to 4-3. Sheckard will be on that '09 team. Gorman gets the second - then walks Evers, that puts the potential go ahead run on base -- but he escapes. Yankees 4 Cubs 3
9th: 33 year old RH Jack Taylor enters, He hits Carey with 2 out and then walks McDougald, that's it. Bottom of the 9th.
9th: 36 year old RH Johnny Sain comes on to close. Sain was on last year's team - this year he led the league with 26 saves. He and Slaughter are sent to the A's next season. Sain gets two - then Kling singles. That's the tying run on base - winning run to the plate -- but it ends here.
The Yankees get just 5 hits, but the inning where they scored 3 runs on 6 walks carried them today. Ford went 7, gave up 6 hits, also reached twice with 2 RBI. Big, big outing for Ford.
Yankees 4
Cubs 3
WP Ford
LP Lundgren
For New York..
Slaughter 2x
Mantle 2x
Carey 2x
McDougald 2x
Miranda 3x
For Chicago
Kling 3x
Steinfeldt 2x
Sheckard 2x
Evers 2x
One more in Chicago, the Cubs look to even this up.
3B Carey (22) 121 4.7
1B Skowron (23) 167 1.9
CF Mantle (22) (SH) 158 5.8
RF Bauer (31) 127 2.7
C Berra (29) (LH) 137 5.7
LF Cerv (29) 121
2B McDougald (26) 117 3.8
SS Rizzuto (36) 52 .3
SP2 Grim (24) 107 2.4
LF Sheckard (28) 113 2.2 (LH)
RF Schulte (24) 121 2.2 (LH)
1B Chance (30) 131 5.2
C Kling (31) 122 4
CF Slagle (33) 100 1.3 (LH)
3B Steinfeldt (31) 101 4.2
2B Evers (25) 90 5 (LH)
SS Tinker (26) 65 2.4
SP2 Pfiester (29) (LH) 214 1.8
GAME TWO
1st: Co-MVP from the Cubs round one win, 29 year old lefty Jack Pfiester gets the ball for the Cubs. 14-9, 1.15. Pfiester came up with the Pirates in '03, came to Chicago last year and won 20. led the league in ERA+ this year, he finishes as a Cub in '11. Andy Carey greets him with a base knock, that's all.
1st: 24 year old RH Bob Grim looks to extend the Yankee lead; 20-6, 3.26. 1-2-3.
2nd: Yogi singles. Yogi has already advanced 4 times; 26 teams have moved forward and Yogi's on 4 of them. He won the MVP this season. That's all.
2nd: Johnny Kling singles. An out later Jimmy Slagle singles; Slagle's in center today against the RH. Slagle broke in back in 1899 with the Senators, he came to the Cubs in '02, his final season is next year. Nothin'.
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: Pfiester walks with one out, after the second out Frank Schulte singles. Schulte will be on the '09 team, so we've discussed him. Scoreless through 3.
4th: 1-2-3, 8 straight for Pfiester.
4th: 1-2-3
5th: 1-2-3, 11 straight for Pfiester, nothing at all for the Yankee bats so far in the series.
5th: Evers walks - attempts to swipe second but Yogi shoots him down. Tinker doubles, Pfiester walks again; he drew 5 bases on balls all season and has 2 today. Sheckard then walks and Grim's loaded them up. Schulte singles hard to center - one run scores. Grim gets the second but then Kling singles home two more and the Cubs break through. Yankees 0 Cubs 3.
6th: Carey walks and Moose Skowron doubles him home. Skowron's at first today against the lefty. Skowron's a rookie, so wasn't on the '53 team - but we have already seen him advance with the '61 team. That's all. Yankees 1 Cubs 3
6th: 1-2-3
7th: Gil McDougald singles with one out, we saw him last year - Rizzuto is in the lineup today against a lefty and he singles. Scooter's already advanced 3 times. Pfiester gets the second out - but then Andy Carey clears the bases with a game tying triple. That ends Pfiester's day, Chick Fraser comes on. He gives up Skowron's second double and that gives the Yankees the lead. Mantle really hasn't gotten going yet - but Chance orders the intentional walk - it doesn't pay off, Hank Bauer clears the bases with a double, it'a a huge inning for the Bombers. Yogi singles Bauer home. Cerv then doubles home Yogi - it's a monster inning for New York, they totally bust this one open. Yankees 8 Cubs 3
7th: Tom Gorman comes on for Casey; with one out he walks Sheckard, gives up a Schulte single, walks Frank Chance. Loaded for the Cubs - they do not score.
8th: Rizzuto singles, two outs later, Skowron singles -- Mantle comes through with a run scoring base hit, Yankees 9 Cubs 3
8th: Steinfeldt singles with one out - Gorman gets another one but then gives up a Tinker single. That does it for Stengel - 34 year old lefty Tommy Byrne is brought on, he ends the threat.
9th: Jack Taylor for the Cubs - 1-2-3
9th: Byrne stays on, gets one, then gives up a Schulte homer. But that's it.
Yankees 9
Cubs 4
WP Grim
LP Pfiester
The Yankees come into Chicago and take both games; firmly in command now, the series shifts to Yankee Stadium.
For New York..
Slaughter 2x
Mantle 4x
Berra 2x in game 2
Carey 5x w/triple
Skowron 3x
McDougald 3x
Miranda 3x
Rizzuto 2x
For Chicago
Kling 5x
Steinfeldt 3x
Sheckard 4x
Evers 3x
Schulte 4x in game 2 w/HR
Tinker 2x game 2
LF Sheckard (28) 113 2.2 (LH)
RF Schulte (24) 121 2.2 (LH)
1B Chance (30) 131 5.2
C Kling (31) 122 4
CF Slagle (33) 100 1.3 (LH)
3B Steinfeldt (31) 101 4.2
2B Evers (25) 90 5 (LH)
SS Tinker (26) 65 2.4
SP3 Brown (30) 178 4.9
RF Slaughter (38) (LH) 102
CF Mantle (22) (SH) 158 5.8
C Berra (29) (LH) 137 5.7
LF Noren (29) (LH) 138 3.5
1B Collins (31) (LH) 125 1.9
3B Carey (22) 121 4.7
2B McDougald (26) 117 3.8
SS Miranda (28) 79 (SH) .1
SP3 Morgan (24) 104
GAME THREE
1st The Yankees are looking to sweep the Cubs and become the 9th Yankee team to make the Round of 32. 24 year old RH Tom Morgan gets the ball, Morgan came up in '51, was in the military last year, this is the only season of his career he won 10 games (11-5, 3.34). He and Irv Noren head to the A's in '57, Clete Boyer's one of the pieces who head to the Yankees. Jimmy Sheckard singles, that's all.
1st: Three Finger Brown looks to keep the Cubs alive; he's 30, 20-6, 1.39. We saw him with the '07 team. Brown led the league in WHIP this season. 1-2-3
2nd: Johnny Kling singles, Morgan gets the next two, then gives up a Johnny Evers single to score a run. Cubs 1 Yankees 0
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: Miranda's back at short today - he triples with one out - Morgan then hits a sac fly to tie the score. Enos Slaughter is back in the lineup today and he singles. Country Slaughter broke in back in '38 when he was 22 with the Cards, he led the league in doubles in '39, was 2nd in the MVP in '42 and then missed 3 years for the War. Slaughter comes back in '46 and is 3rd in the MVP. 7th in '48, 3rd in '49. 6th in '52. Slaughter is now 38, this is his first Yankee season, next year he and Johnny Sain are sent to the A's. They release him in '56 and he heads back to the Yankees. Slaughter remains in New York until he's 43, spending the last 11 games of his career with the Braves. That's all. Cubs 1 Yankees 1
4th: Chance doubles. That's all.
4th: Berra singles. Still tied.
5th: 1-2-3
5th: McDougald reaches on one out error and the Cubs decide to intentionally walk Miranda to face Morgan -- it works.
6th: Schulte doubles with one out, Kling walks after the second. That ends the day for Morgan, Tom Gorman on for the third straight game - he gets through it.
6th: Just 3 hits for New York so far against Brown; Mantle singles with one out and after the second out Irv Noren singles. Noren was on last year's club, this is the only season of his career he made an All Star team. Brown doesn't allow a run -- we head to the 7th.
7th: Evers walks with one out and after the second out, Tinker walks. Still - all tied.
7th: 1-2-3
8th: Sheckard gets hit - that brings on Allie Reynolds to pitch - 37 year old RH, this is Reynolds's final season, he won 13 games and made the All Star team. He gets through it - each club with only 5 hits.
8th: Moose Skowron pinch singles. After an out - Mantle singles. That puts men on the corners. Only one out. Tie score - are the Yankees about to sweep this series? Berra grounds to the right side -- it scores the go ahead run. Cubs 1 Yankees 2
9th: Johnny Sain is on to end the series.
Slagle's first - he tops one just in front of the plate - easy for Berra to throw to first for one.
Steinfeldt is next - lazy fly to right. Two.
Evers foul pop..Joe Collins replaces Skowron at first...he's near the dugout...and it's over.
Cubs 1
Yankees 2
WP Reynolds
LP Brown
The Cubs get just five hits in a game they had to win. They do not win. 27 teams have advanced - 8 of them are Yankees.
For New York..
Mantle 6x
Carey 5x w/triple
Skowron 3x
Miranda 5x
No great offensive performances for the Yankees...Whitey Ford had the best pitching performance..Sain saved a couple of games. Let's say it's Ford and Sain who share the MVP.
