Stop The Presses! An Addendum To The HBP List
Thanks to the heavy lifting of the incomparable TJ Brown, we are able to present an additional 5 HBP’s for the list below. Since TJ knocked Sherman out of the way and joined Mister Peabody for a ride in the “Wayback Machine”, we’re actually able to make this addition to the original list the “World Series Edition”. They’ll be listed here chronologically. Thanks, TJ.
15. Game 5 vs. the White Sox. Ed Walsh successfully hunts for Frank Chance’s head to load the bases. The Peerless leader is forced at second by a Harry Steinfeldt RBI Fielder’s Choice the next at bat. Actually, it looked like Chance took out his frustrations on Sox 2b Frank Isbell, whose relay to first was wild, allowing an extra run to score. This gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead. On the way back to the dugout, maybe Chance said something intimidating to Walsh, because Joe Tinker grounded to the pitcher, who committed an error, allowing another run to score, so the Cubs took a 3-1 lead into the second with the series tied 2-2. Sadly, the White Sox rally to win the game to take a 3-2 series lead. They would win the series the next day.
14. Game 1 of the 1907 World Series at West Side Grounds. Bottom of the 9th. Cubs down 3-1. Frank Chance leads off with a single. Harry Steinfeldt then takes one for the team. Johnny Kling bunts a pop out to first base, Neifi-style, but Johnny Evers follows by getting on thanks to the Tigers’ third baseman’s error. Wildfire Schulte grounds out to first to make it 3-2 (and score Frank Chance). So Del Howard comes in to bat for Joe Tinker with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. A la A.J. Pierzynski, Howard strikes out, but catcher Boss Schmidt (a much cooler name than Josh Paul, don’t you think?) drops strike three and Steinfeldt scores the tying run. The game makes it into the 12th when…
13. Wild Bill Donovan, in his 12th inning of work (Take that, Dusty), nails Wildfire Schulte with one out and Frank Chance coming up. Chance lines one to second, and Schulte, obviously still delirious from his HBP, gets doubled off first. Game is called because of darkness, so the Cubs respond in atypical Cub fashion: they win the next four games.
12. Top of the 4th inning in Game 6 of the 1918 World Series. Les Mann is hit by a Carl Mays pitch with the Red Sox leading 2-0. This puts runners on first and second with one out and the heart of the Cubs order coming up. He’s immediately picked off, so when Dode Paskert walks and Fred Merkle singles, only one run comes in. The Cubs lose 2-1 and the Red Sox wrap up the series, never to be heard from again until Curt Schilling’s bloody sock. It should also be pointed out that Les Mann should have felt fortunate–two seasons later, Mays would throw a pitch that mortally wounded Ray Chapman of Cleveland; to this day, it is still the only death to occur on a major-league baseball diamond as a result of an HBP.
11. Game 3, 1935 World Series. In the seventh inning at Wrigley Field, Billy Jurges–who, earlier in his career, was hit by something far scarier than a pitched baseball– is nailed with one out and the Cubs up 3-1. Jurges doesn’t score, but it’s the last HBP for a Cubs hitter in a World Series game.
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