# 1907 Chicago Cubs season

The 1907 Chicago Cubs season was the 36th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 32nd in the National League and the 15th at West Side Park. It was the first season that the Chicago Cubs became the franchise's name officially. The team finished in first place in the National League with a record of 107–45, 17 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was their second straight NL pennant. The Cubs faced the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, which they won four games to none (with one tie) for their first World Series victory.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 107 | 45 | .704 | — | 54‍–‍19 | 53‍–‍26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | .591 | 17 | 47‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 64 | .565 | 21½ | 45‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 82 | 71 | .536 | 25½ | 45‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍41 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 65 | 83 | .439 | 40 | 37‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 41½ | 43‍–‍36 | 23‍–‍51 |
| Boston Doves | 58 | 90 | .392 | 47 | 31‍–‍42 | 27‍–‍48 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 101 | .340 | 55½ | 31‍–‍47 | 21‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1907 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–7–2 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 6–16 |
| Brooklyn | 7–12–2 | — | 5–15–1 | 15–7–1 | 10–12–1 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 15–5–1 | — | 17–5 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 16–6–1 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–1 | 8–13 | 10–12–1 | 14–8 |
| New York | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 13–9–1 | — | 11–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 11–8–1 | 13–8 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 10–11 | — | 14–8 | 14–7–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 20–2 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–14–1 | 2–20 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Johnny Kling | 104 | 334 | 95 | .284 | 1 | 43 |
| 1B | Frank Chance | 111 | 382 | 112 | .293 | 1 | 49 |
| 2B | Johnny Evers | 151 | 508 | 127 | .250 | 2 | 51 |
| SS | Joe Tinker | 117 | 402 | 89 | .221 | 1 | 36 |
| 3B | Harry Steinfeldt | 152 | 542 | 144 | .266 | 1 | 70 |
| OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 143 | 484 | 129 | .267 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Jimmy Slagle | 136 | 489 | 126 | .258 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 97 | 342 | 98 | .287 | 2 | 32 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Solly Hofman | 134 | 470 | 126 | .268 | 1 | 36 |
| Pat Moran | 65 | 198 | 45 | .227 | 1 | 19 |
| Del Howard | 51 | 148 | 34 | .230 | 0 | 13 |
| Newt Randall | 22 | 78 | 16 | .205 | 0 | 4 |
| Blaine Durbin | 11 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sweeney | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Kahoe | 5 | 10 | 4 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
| Heinie Zimmerman | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Hardy | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Orval Overall | 36 | 268.1 | 23 | 7 | 1.68 | 141 |
| Mordecai Brown | 34 | 233.0 | 20 | 6 | 1.39 | 107 |
| Carl Lundgren | 28 | 207.0 | 18 | 7 | 1.17 | 84 |
| Jack Pfiester | 30 | 195.0 | 14 | 9 | 1.15 | 90 |
| Ed Reulbach | 27 | 192.0 | 17 | 4 | 1.69 | 96 |
| Chick Fraser | 22 | 138.1 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 41 |
| Jack Taylor | 18 | 123.0 | 7 | 5 | 1.39 | 22 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Blaine Durbin | 5 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 5 |

## 1907 World Series

NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs AL Detroit Tigers (0)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Tigers – 3, Cubs – 3 (12 innings) | October 8 | West Side Park | 24,377 |
| 2 | Tigers – 1, Cubs – 3 | October 9 | West Side Park | 21,901 |
| 3 | Tigers – 1, Cubs – 5 | October 10 | West Side Park | 13,114 |
| 4 | Cubs – 6, Tigers – 1 | October 11 | Bennett Park | 11,306 |
| 5 | Cubs – 2, Tigers – 1 | October 12 | Bennett Park | 7,370 |