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The 1909 World Series featured the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers. The Pirates won the Series in seven games to capture their first championship of the modern Major League Baseball era, but their second championship in the club's history.

The Tigers might have finally won the Fall Classic in their third try had it not been for Babe Adams. A rookie pitcher for Pittsburgh that year, manager Fred Clarke started him, on a hunch, in Game 1. Adams won that game and two more.

Managers: Fred Clarke (Pittsburgh), Hughie Jennings (Detroit)

Umpires: Jim Johnstone (NL), Billy Evans (AL), Bill Klem (NL), Silk O'Loughlin (AL)
For the first time, four umpires were used at the same time, with the standard plate umpire and base umpire along with two outfield umpires.

Matchup[]

Game Score Date
1 Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 1 October 8
2 Detroit 7, Pittsburgh 2 October 9
3 Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 6 October 11
4 Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 0 October 12
5 Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 4 October 13
6 Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 4 October 14
7 Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 0 October 16

Game 1, October 8[]

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 X 4 5 0
W: Babe Adams (1-0)  L: George Mullin (0-1)
HR: PIT – Fred Clarke (1)

Game 2, October 9[]

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 9 3
Pittsburgh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
W: Bill Donovan (1-0)  L: Howie Camnitz (0-1)

Game 3, October 11[]

Bennett Park, Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 10 3
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 10 5
W: Nick Maddox (1-0)  L: Ed Summers (0-1)

Game 4, October 12[]

Bennett Park, Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
Detroit 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 5 8 0
W: George Mullin (1-1)  L: Lefty Leifield (0-1)

Game 5, October 13[]

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 6 1
Pittsburgh 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 X 8 10 2
W: Babe Adams (2-0)  L: Ed Summers (0-2)
HR: DETDavy Jones (1), Sam Crawford (1)  PITFred Clarke (2)

Game 6, October 14[]

Bennett Park, Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 3
Detroit 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 X 5 10 3
W: George Mullin (2-1)  L: Vic Willis (0-1)

Game 7, October 16[]

Bennett Park, Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 8 7 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
W: Babe Adams (3-0)  L: Bill Donovan (1-1)

External link[]

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