Oct 9, 2026 · 10 min · 8 segments
Join us on Daily Sports History as we dive into the 1919 World Series, where the Cincinnati Reds claimed their first championship in a series forever linked to the infamous Black Sox Scandal. Explore…
Ethan ReeseHost
It's just whoever won the National League and whoever won the American League would face off in the World Series.
So let's first start with the Reds, as they're often forgot about in this series.
See, in 1919, they were kind of an upstart team, kind of the underdog for most of their time in the major leagues, as they had not finished higher than third since 1900.
Under new manager Pat Morin, they were able to put together a team with stars such as Eddie Roush, Henny Gore, Jake DeBarrett, and they featured three pitchers who had won 19 games or more in Hode Eller, Dutch Rother, and Slim Sally, and they finished winning 96 games, which was nine games better than second place, the New York Giants.
And they set a record for attendance that year, drawing more than half a million fans to their home games, which is better than their record of 424,000.
And they would face off against the Chicago White Sox, who had the best record in the American League, winning 88 games, beating out the Cleveland Indians by four games.
led by Shrewish Joe Jackson, one of the best hitters at the time, and Eddie Collins.
They had a great hitting staff, as well as having two pitchers who won over 23 games that year in Lefty Williams and Eddie Seacott, who won 29 games that year.
So though we often remember it for the scandal of eight White Sox taking money to fix the games, Cincinnati could have been thought of as the frontrunner as they had won more games, had more pitchers that were dominant, but were just thought of as lesser as they had been the lovable losers for such a long time.
It's just whoever won the National League and whoever won the American League would face off in the World Series.
So let's first start with the Reds, as they're often forgot about in this series.
See, in 1919, they were kind of an upstart team, kind of the underdog for most of their time in the major leagues, as they had not finished higher than third since 1900.
Under new manager Pat Morin, they were able to put together a team with stars such as Eddie Roush, Henny Gore, Jake DeBarrett, and they featured three pitchers who had won 19 games or more in Hode Eller, Dutch Rother, and Slim Sally, and they finished winning 96 games, which was nine games better than second place, the New York Giants.
And they set a record for attendance that year, drawing more than half a million fans to their home games, which is better than their record of 424,000.
And they would face off against the Chicago White Sox, who had the best record in the American League, winning 88 games, beating out the Cleveland Indians by four games.
led by Shrewish Joe Jackson, one of the best hitters at the time, and Eddie Collins.
They had a great hitting staff, as well as having two pitchers who won over 23 games that year in Lefty Williams and Eddie Seacott, who won 29 games that year.
So though we often remember it for the scandal of eight White Sox taking money to fix the games, Cincinnati could have been thought of as the frontrunner as they had won more games, had more pitchers that were dominant, but were just thought of as lesser as they had been the lovable losers for such a long time.
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