The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.

Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting. The greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century.

Summary

Matchups

Game 1

Monday, October 17, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game 2

Tuesday, October 18, 1910 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game 3

Thursday, October 20, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois

Game 4

Saturday, October 22, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois

Game 5

Sunday, October 23, 1910 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, Illinois

Composite box

1910 World Series (4–1): Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.)

Firsts

• All nine players in the lineup for Philadelphia got a hit in Game 2, the first time in World Series history.
• Jimmy Archer became the first player in World Series history to appear in a World Series for both the National and American leagues when he took the field in Game 3 for Chicago. Archer played for the Tigers in the 1907 World Series.

Notes

References

• Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 32-35)
• Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2118. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.

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