We don’t need any more stats to illustrate how much time has passed since the Chicago Cubs won a World Series, but here’s a fun one: They used four pitchers in five games against the Detroit Tigers when they won their 1908 title.
Orval Overall, Mordecai Brown, Jack Pfiester and Ed Reulbach combined to pitch 45 innings with a 2.60 ERA. One day after relieving Reulbach, Overall threw a complete game in Game 2. Brown threw a shutout in Game 4, and Overall, on two days’ rest after throwing nine innings, threw a shutout in the clincher.