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The 18th World Series was the second trip in three years for the New York Giants, who defeated Washington 4-2 back in 1899. The 1901 Fall Classic was the first appearance for Kansas City, setting up a battle between a huge market and a tiny one. The Royals finished with three more wins and thus had home field advantage.

Kansas City’s offense unloaded in a 12-3 win to open the World Series. C Doggie Miller was 1-3 with a homer, walk, four RBI, and two runs. Both Otto Schomberg and Frank Connaughton had three hits while Billy Hamilton scored thrice. Jake Weimer pitched a complete game victory.



New York bounced back from a rough first game by winning the next match 6-4 on the road. Both teams combined for 24 hits, but the Giants made theirs count most notably with a four-run fifth inning.



In game three, Kansas City took a 6-2 lead into the fifth inning. New York raced ahead with a five-run eighth inning, capped off by Curt Welch’s three-run homer. However, Otto Schomberg got a RBI single in the ninth to tie the game at 7-7 and force extras. The deadlock broke in the 13th as the Giants got three singles; the last being Charlie Irwin’s walkoff grounder that scored Jim Jackson for the 8-7 NY win. KC’s Jimmy Collins had four hits in defeat.



Game four had multiple swings in fortune. Kansas City was up 5-0 after the top of the fifth inning, but by the end of the seventh it was an 8-6 Giants advantage. The Royals had two triples in the eighth to score three runs, including a two RBI shot by pinch hitter Art Nichols. Kansas City held onto the 9-8 road win to tie the series up. Jimmy Collins was a homer away from the cycle with three RBI.



New York took a 4-2 lead into the eighth inning at home in game five. Kansas City rallied with a three-run eighth, including a two RBI single by Mike Donlin. The Royals held on 5-4, giving them the 3-2 series lead headed back west. Donlin was 3-4 on the day.



New York had a 3-0 lead entering the bottom of the sixth inning. There, Kansas City tied the game on four singles and two walks with bases loaded. This was it for scoring for a long while, as game six set a playoff record at 19 innings and more than six hours. Both teams had one inning where they got two men on base, but neither was able to break the deadlock for more than a full game’s worth of play. NYG rookie Watty Lee notably had 6.2 scoreless innings of relief, while KC’s Bert Cunningham tossed six and Bill Carrick had four.

Finally in the bottom of the 19th inning, Kansas City broke through. The Giants had turned to ace Joe Corbett, who had pitched back in game four and ended up with 4.2 innings of relief. He walked the leadoff man Otto Schomberg, followed by a Mike Donlin single and a sacrifice bunt. Jimmy Collins flew out to center, but it was deep enough for Schomberg to score for a walkoff sacrifice fly.



With the 4-3 win after 19 arduous innings, the Royals prevailed at home to win the series in six games. KC was the 13th of MLB’s 24 franchises to win it all, giving the American League 11 of the 18 titles so far. They were also the fifth different team to win it all in as many years. The likely league MVP Donlin was World Series MVP, going 11-29 with three homers and seven RBI.