1906 World Series

Well, what do you know. I'm back.

I haven't even been on WhatIfSports in about eight months. So needless to say I haven't even come close to thinking about this blog.
But I shall carry on nevertheless.

This one was the Chicago White Sox versus the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs were coming off the best season in major league history (still is today), but the White Sox would win 4 games to 2. All was not lost for the Cubs, as they'd win in 1908... and that was it. The White Sox would win a few more until 1917, when they went on their epic 88 year drought that ended in 2005.

To the simulation!

(The player of the game is from the winning team unless noted)

GAME 1
White Sox (Nick Altrock) at Cubs (Mordecai Brown)

White Sox 9
Cubs 4

W - Altrock, L - Brown, S - none
HR - none
Player of Game - George Davis with 5 RBI's
Notes - Sox score 6 runs in the 2nd inning; Cubs had more hits (13-11)

GAME 2
Cubs (Ed Reulbach) at White Sox (Doc White)

Cubs 6
White Sox 2
(12 innings)

W - Orval Overall, L - Frank Owen
HR - none
Player of Game - Joe Tinker with 3 RBI's
Notes - Cubs scored 2 runs in top of 9th to come back

GAME 3
White Sox (Ed Walsh) at Cubs (Jack Pfiester)

White Sox 4
Cubs 3

W - Walsh, L - Fred Beebe
HR - none
Player of Game - Ed Walsh with complete game victory
Notes - The series' first 3 games have been exactly the same (not scorewise) as the real series. Makes you wonder why away teams did so well...

GAME 4
Cubs (Mordecai Brown) at White Sox (Nick Altrock)

Cubs 3
White Sox 8

W - Altrock, L - Brown
HR - none
Player of Game - Nick Altrock with complete game victory
Notes - Cubs outhit White Sox (12-11)

GAME 5
White Sox (Ed Walsh) at Cubs (Ed Reulbach)

White Sox 3
Cubs 4
12 innings

W - Jack Pfiester, L - Roy Patterson
HR - Frank Schulte (Cubs, 12th)
Player of Game - Frank Schulte with walkoff HR
Boxscore (since this one was epic) -
SOX 000 000 201 000 - 3 7 2
CUB 000 000 003 001 - 4 9 1
Notes - The real series was also 3-2 Sox at this point; 9 total pitchers.

GAME 6
Cubs (Mordecai Brown) at White Sox (Doc White)

Cubs 4
White Sox 3

W - Brown, L - White
HR - none
Player of Game - Mordecai Brown with complete game victory
Notes - There were nine total hits and five total errors in this game.

GAME 7
White Sox (Nick Altrock) at Cubs (Jack Pfiester)

White Sox 6
Cubs 4
12 innings

W - Ed Walsh, L - Ed Reulbach, S - Roy Patterson
HR - none
Player of Game - Ed Hahn with game winning RBI
Notes - All 4 of the Cubs' runs were scored in the 7th inning; I took a wild guess at who the starting pitchers were because there wasn't a Game 7.

WHITE SOX WIN SERIES, 4 GAMES TO 3
MVP of series - Nick Altrock (2-0 in 3 starts)

Thus, the White Sox once again deny the Cubs from being the greatest team of all time. I guess the 1906 National League was way too easy.

Let the debating begin!

ATTENTION: Starting in the 1910 World Series, I will post the boxscores and allow readers to vote for the series MVP.