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Game 5 of the 1915 World Series
With 20-year-old Babe Ruth a bit player, the Red Sox clinched the 1915 World Series 4 games to 1 ove the Phillies with a 5-4 victory in Philadelphia's "Baker Bowl." Ruth was 18-8 that season, but didn't make the three-man rotation Ernie Shore (19-8), Dutch Leonard (15-7) and Rube Foster (19-8). In Game 5, Harry Hooper hit two home runs -- both shots that bounced into the stands, which was a home run in those days (they'd be ground-rule doubles today). The last one broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the ninth.
Ruth pinch hit for Shore in Game 1 of that series and grounded out.
The Red Sox' championship was part of a great run for them, and for Boston in general in the decade. The Red Sox won four championships in a seven-year span (1912, 1915, 1916 and 1918). They wouldn't win again until 2004. The Boston Braves, who had won it in 1914, would not win again until 1957 in Milwaukee. The Phillies would not even reach the World Series again until 1950 and didn't win it at all until 1980. The Cubs, whom the Red Sox beat in 1918, had not won in 10 years and still haven't won it again. And the White Sox, who won in 1917 and lost in 1919, would not reach the World Series until 1959 and not win it until 2005.
Mark Potash
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