1904 World Series

Okay, so there was no real World Series in 1904 (http://reference.com/browse/wiki/1904_World_Series). But nevertheless, I am simulating it anyway just to see what the outcome would have been.

RULES:
Games alternate home sites. Via coin flip, I have awarded the first game to the Boston Americans.

Game 1
at Boston

Christy Mathewson (NYG)
Cy Young (BOS)

Giants 5, Americans 3

GIANTS - 5 runs, 9 hits, 1 error
AMERICANS - 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error

HR: none

W - Christy Mathewson
L - Cy Young
S - Red Ames (first in WS history)

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=252528&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 2
at New York

Bill Dinneen (BOS)
Joe McGinnity (NYG)

Americans 8, Giants 5 (13 innings; first extra-innings game in WS history)

AMERICANS - 8 runs, 17 hits, 0 errors
GIANTS - 5 runs, 12 hits, 0 errors

HR: Hobe Ferris (BOS) 2nd inning; Sam Mertes (NYG) 5th inning

W - Cy Young
L - Billy Milligan

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=252557&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 3
at Boston

Dummy Taylor (NYG)
Norwood Gibson (BOS)

Americans 6, Giants 4

GIANTS - 4 runs, 7 hits, 3 errors
AMERICANS - 6 runs, 9 hits, 4 errors

HR: none

W - Norwood Gibson
L - Dummy Taylor
S - Bill Dinneen

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=252564&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 4
at New York

Jesse Tannehill (BOS)
Hooks Wiltse (NYG)

Americans 8, Giants 7

AMERICANS - 8 runs, 14 hits, 3 errors
GIANTS - 7 runs, 11 hits, 2 errors

HR: Roger Bresnahan (NYG) 4th inning

W - Bill Dinneen
L - Billy Milligan (blown save)

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=252569&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 5
at Boston

Christy Mathewson (BOS)
George Winter (NYG)

Giants 7, Americans 5 (Giants stay alive in top of the 9th with all 7 of their runs)

HR: none

W - Red Ames
L - Bill Dinneen
S - Billy Milligan

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=252581&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 6
at New York

Cy Young (BOS)
Joe McGinnity (NYG)

Americans 8, Giants 3

HR: Candy LaChance (BOS) 2nd inning; Kip Selbach (BOS) 5th inning

W - Cy Young
L - Joe McGinnity

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=252591&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

AMERICANS WIN SERIES, 4-2

Series MVP: Red Ames/Bill Dinneen

Well, the Americans are superior to baseball. So much for that "already world champions" John McGraw tried to pull off. That's it for now. Oh yeah, and please vote for the series MVP winner, because from now on, your votes make up 50% of the voting!

1903 World Series

I'm choosing to skip the pre-modern stuff and go straight to 1903.

BOSTON AMERICANS (AL) vs PITTSBURGH PIRATES (NL)

Real Series: Boston wins 5-3
http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1903_WS.shtml

Here we go!

Game 1
at Boston

Sam Leever (PIT)
Cy Young (BOS)

PIT 000 011 000 - 2 runs, 10 hits, 2 errors
BOS 100 140 02x - 8 runs, 16 hits, 0 errors

HR: none

W - Cy Young
L - Sam Leever
http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244294&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 2
at Boston

Deacon Philippe (PIT)
Bill Dinneen (BOS)

PIT 201 201 001 - 7 runs, 10 hits, 2 errors
BOS 000 010 100 -2 runs, 7 hits, 1 error

HR: Cy Young (BOS)*

W - Deacon Philippe
L - Bill Denneen

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244313&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

*Cy Young came on in relief (??) and hit a home run to center field, which is 530 feet away.

Game 3
at Boston

Ed Doheny (PIT)
Tom Hughes (BOS)

PIT 000 020 100 0 - 3 runs, 11 hits, 2 errors
BOS 102 000 000 1 - 4 runs, 9 hits, 3 errors

HR: none

W - George Winter
L - Bucky Veil

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244334&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 4
at Pittsburgh

Norwood Gibson (BOS)
Brickyard Kennedy (PIT)

BOS 001 000 000 - 1 run, 5 hits, 1 error
PIT 200 013 50x - 11 runs, 14 hits, 2 errors

HR: Buck Freeman (BOS), Ed Phelps (PIT)

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244350&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 5
at Pittsburgh

George Winter (BOS)
Sam Leever (PIT)

BOS 100 000 000 - 1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors
PIT 004 300 02x - 9 runs, 14 hits, 0 errors

HR: none

W - Sam Leever
L - George Winter

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244361&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 6
at Pittsburgh

Cy Young (BOS)
Deacon Philippe (PIT)

BOS 420 210 100 - 10 runs, 15 hits, 1 error
PIT 000 000 220 - 4 runs, 12 hits, 3 errors

HR: none

W - Cy Young
L - Deacon Philippe

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244368&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 7
at Pittsburgh

Bill Dinneen (BOS)
Ed Doheny (PIT)

BOS 100 001 010 - 3 runs, 11 hits, 3 errors
PIT 000 000 000 - 0 runs, 3 hits, 3 errors

HR: none

W - Bill Dinneen
L - Ed Doheny

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244377&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0

Game 8
at Boston

Brickyard Kennedy (PIT)
Tom Hughes (BOS)

PIT 000 000 001 - 1 run, 6 hits, 2 errors
BOS 000 400 00x - 4 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors

HR: none

W - Tom Hughes
L - Brickyard Kennedy

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=244382&pid=0&pbp=0&tf=0
Series MVP: Cy Young

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Wow, what a difference THAT makes. Boston takes the final 3 games of the series to win 5-3. SOUND FAMILIAR? It almost seems as if I've wasted an hour of my life. Let's hope that the next 100+ attempts succeed.

Intro

Just imagine the headlines:

"GIBSON WALKS" - 1988
"BERRA ROBS MAZEROSKI" - 1960
"CARTER STRIKES OUT" - 1993
"RIVIERA HOLDS OFF D'BACKS" - 2001
"PIRATES UPSET YANKEES" - 1927
"CUBS WIN AGAIN" - 1945
"YANKS SWEEP SOX" - 2004

Can you even imagine...

Well, now it's possible. This blog will redo every world series ever played, and - beginning with the 1969 postseason - will redo the entire postseason. The possibilities are virtually endless - it would go to 31 digits even if we just did World Series.

Oh, and be sure to call a redo on the ones that go wrong - for example, the Cardinals winning the 2006 World Series... oh wait, that really happened!