1908 World Series

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World Series baseball championship series

The 1908 World Series was the championship series in which the Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers, marking the Cubs' last title before a 108-year championship drought.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
1908 World Series performance 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Series ⓘ
baseball championship series ⓘ
champion Chicago Cubs ⓘ
cityOfGames Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Detroit ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
CubsChampionshipDroughtEndYear 2016 ⓘ
CubsChampionshipDroughtLengthYears 108 ⓘ
CubsChampionshipDroughtStartYear 1909 ⓘ
CubsConsecutiveTitles 2 ⓘ
CubsNextWorldSeriesTitleYear 2016 ⓘ
CubsWorldSeriesTitleNumber 2 ⓘ
endDate 1908-10-14 ⓘ
featuresTeam Chicago Cubs ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
finalSeriesResult Chicago Cubs 4–1 Detroit Tigers ⓘ
followedBy 1909 World Series ⓘ
game1WinningTeam Chicago Cubs ⓘ
game2WinningTeam Chicago Cubs ⓘ
game3WinningTeam Detroit Tigers ⓘ
game4WinningTeam Chicago Cubs ⓘ
game5WinningTeam Chicago Cubs ⓘ
gameLocation Bennett Park ⓘ
West Side Park ⓘ
gamesPlayed 5 ⓘ
leagueFormat best-of-seven scheduled ⓘ
losingLeague American League ⓘ
losingManager Hughie Jennings ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Orval Overall ⓘ
notablePlayer Frank Chance ⓘ
Frank Schulte ⓘ
Joe Tinker ⓘ
Johnny Evers ⓘ
Mordecai Brown ⓘ
Ty Cobb ⓘ
numberOfGames 5 ⓘ
organizer Major League Baseball ⓘ
precededBy 1907 World Series ⓘ
runnerUp Detroit Tigers ⓘ
season 1908 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
startDate 1908-10-10 ⓘ
teamLeagueChampion Chicago Cubs ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
TigersConsecutiveALPennants 2 ⓘ
winningLeague National League ⓘ
winningManager Frank Chance ⓘ
year 1908 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2016 World Series → CubsPreviousTitle → 1908 World Series ⓘ
Tigers → WorldSeriesAppearance → 1908 World Series ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit Tigers
1907 World Series → followedBy → 1908 World Series ⓘ
Orval Overall → notableWork → 1908 World Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1908 World Series performance
1909 World Series → precededBy → 1908 World Series ⓘ
Chicago Cubs → worldSeriesTitle → 1908 World Series ⓘ