# 1910 Chicago Cubs season

The 1910 Chicago Cubs season was the 39th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 35th in the National League and the 18th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 104–50, 13 games ahead of the second place New York Giants. The team was defeated four games to one by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 58‍–‍19 | 46‍–‍31 |
| New York Giants | 91 | 63 | .591 | 13 | 52‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 67 | .562 | 17½ | 46‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 75 | .510 | 25½ | 40‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 79 | .487 | 29 | 39‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 64 | 90 | .416 | 40 | 39‍–‍39 | 25‍–‍51 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | .412 | 40½ | 35‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Boston Doves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 50½ | 29‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1910 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 5–17 | 8–14–1 | 6–16–1 | 4–17–2 | 8–14 | 12–10 |
| Brooklyn | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 16–6 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 |
| Cincinnati | 14–8–1 | 15–7 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 12–10 |
| New York | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 12–10 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia | 17–4–2 | 13–9–1 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 17–4 |
| St. Louis | 10–12 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 4–17 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 13, 1910: Doc Miller was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Doves for Lew Richie.

### 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 | 91 | 297 | 80 | .269 | 2 | 32 |
| 1B | Frank Chance | 88 | 295 | 88 | .298 | 0 | 36 |
| 2B | Johnny Evers | 125 | 433 | 114 | .263 | 0 | 28 |
| SS | Joe Tinker | 134 | 473 | 136 | .288 | 3 | 69 |
| 3B | Harry Steinfeldt | 129 | 448 | 113 | .252 | 2 | 58 |
| OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 144 | 507 | 130 | .256 | 5 | 51 |
| OF | Solly Hofman | 136 | 477 | 155 | .325 | 3 | 86 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 151 | 559 | 168 | .301 | 10 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| Heinie Zimmerman | 99 | 335 | 95 | .284 | 3 | 38 |
| Jimmy Archer | 98 | 313 | 81 | .259 | 2 | 4 |
| Ginger Beaumont | 76 | 172 | 46 | .267 | 2 | 22 |
| Tom Needham | 31 | 76 | 14 | .184 | 0 | 10 |
| John Kane | 32 | 62 | 15 | .242 | 1 | 12 |
| Fred Luderus | 24 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 3 |
| Doc Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Mordecai Brown | 46 | 295.1 | 25 | 14 | 1.86 | 143 |
| King Cole | 33 | 239.2 | 20 | 4 | 1.80 | 114 |
| Harry McIntire | 28 | 176.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.07 | 65 |
| Ed Reulbach | 24 | 173.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.12 | 55 |
| Orval Overall | 23 | 144.2 | 12 | 6 | 2.68 | 92 |
| Jack Pfiester | 14 | 100.1 | 6 | 3 | 1.79 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Lew Richie | 30 | 130.0 | 11 | 4 | 2.70 | 53 |
| Rube Kroh | 6 | 34.1 | 3 | 1 | 4.46 | 16 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Big Jeff Pfeffer | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 11 |
| Orlie Weaver | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.66 | 22 |
| Al Carson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 2 |
| Bill Foxen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |

## 1910 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Cubs – 1, Athletics – 4 | October 17 | Shibe Park | 26,891 |
| 2 | Cubs – 3, Athletics – 9 | October 18 | Shibe Park | 24,597 |
| 3 | Athletics – 12, Cubs – 5 | October 20 | West Side Park | 26,210 |
| 4 | Athletics – 3, Cubs – 4 (10 innings) | October 22 | West Side Park | 19,150 |
| 5 | Athletics – 7, Cubs – 2 | October 23 | West Side Park | 27,374 |