1987 San Francisco Giants over 1936 Chicago Cubs
Four games to two
MVP: Will Clark (.692, 18 Hits, 5 RBI, 1 SB)
The Cubs continue to struggle as their 1936 team runs into the big bats of the Giants who batted .327 for the series and made dramatic comebacks in two of their wins. Behind the red hot hitting was the incredible Will Clark. It is hard to understate the series Clark had both with the glove and the bat, the lefty first baseman had 18 hits and just couldn’t be retired. Clark had games of 5-5 and 4-5 and had a series that is sure not to be matched again. Along with Clark Robbie Thompson hit .370 and Kevin Mitchell hit two home runs.
The Cubs were up 2 games to one but would lose four straight. In games five and six they had big leads in which the Giants fought back from in the late innings, Cubs reliever Clay Bryant was the pitcher abused on both occasions. In the final game the Cubs had leads of 4-0 and a lead of 7-4 in the 8th inning before San Fran scored four runs to take the game and the series. Stan Hack did have a solid series for the losing side (.370, 11 RBI).
Games
Game 1 |
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At Candlestick Park |
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36 Cubs |
8 |
87 Giants |
4 |
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Game 2 |
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At Candlestick Park |
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36 Cubs |
4 |
87 Giants |
5 |
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Game 3 |
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At Wrigley Field |
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87 Giants |
6 |
36 Cubs |
7 |
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Game 4 |
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At Wrigley Field |
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87 Giants |
11 |
36 Cubs |
8 |
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Game 5 |
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At Wrigley Field |
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87 Giants |
7 |
36 Cubs |
6 |
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Game 6 |
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At Candlestick Park |
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36 Cubs |
7 |
87 Giants |
8 |
Stats
1936 Chicago Cubs (87-67) |
AB |
H |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
SB |
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Stan Hack |
27 |
10 |
2 |
11 |
0.370 |
0 |
|
Gabby Hartnett |
28 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.107 |
0 |
|
Frank Demaree |
26 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
0.346 |
0 |
|
Billy Herman |
21 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
0.333 |
0 |
|
Ethan Allen |
26 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0.231 |
0 |
|
Phil Cavarretta |
27 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0.222 |
1 |
|
Billy Jurges |
23 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
0.522 |
0 |
|
Augie Galan |
23 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
0.304 |
0 |
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Chuck Klein |
3 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
1.000 |
0 |
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Johnny Gill |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0 |
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#DIV/0! |
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Totals |
205 |
63 |
9 |
38 |
0.307 |
1 |
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IP |
W |
L |
ER |
K |
BB |
ERA |
Bill Lee |
13.6 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
6.62 |
Clay Bryant |
3.6 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
27.50 |
Roy Henshaw |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3.60 |
Lon Warneke |
12.6 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
6.43 |
Larry French |
8 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
6.75 |
Charlie Root |
2.6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3.46 |
Tex Carleton |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2.57 |
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#DIV/0! |
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Totals |
52.4 |
2 |
4 |
41 |
32 |
23 |
7.04 |
1987 SF Giants (90-72) |
AB |
H |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
SB |
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Robby Thompson |
27 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0.370 |
0 |
|
Will Clark |
26 |
18 |
0 |
5 |
0.692 |
1 |
|
Kevin Mitchell |
25 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
0.240 |
0 |
|
Candy Maldonado |
27 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
0.259 |
0 |
|
Bob Brenly |
26 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0.154 |
0 |
|
Jeffrey Leonard |
24 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0.292 |
1 |
|
Jose Uribe |
24 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
0.375 |
0 |
|
Chili Davis |
21 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
0.190 |
0 |
|
Mike Aldrete |
4 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0.500 |
0 |
|
Chris Speier |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.500 |
0 |
|
Chris Brown |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
Totals |
208 |
68 |
5 |
39 |
0.327 |
2 |
|
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IP |
W |
L |
ER |
K |
BB |
ERA |
Kelly Downs |
9.3 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
11.61 |
Joe Price |
2.3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3.91 |
Don Robinson |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9.00 |
Mike Krukow |
12.3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2.93 |
Scott Garrlets |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
9.00 |
Atlee Hammeker |
5 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
9.00 |
Jeff Robinson |
3.6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
Mark Grant |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0.00 |
Jim Gott |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
Rick Rueschel |
0.6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
Mike LaCaoss |
5 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
5.40 |
Craig Lefferts |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.00 |
Totals |
53.7 |
4 |
2 |
34 |
17 |
29 |
5.70 |