Cy Young
1903 World Series: Boston Americans (5) vs Pittsburgh Pirates (3)
The Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates had had a bitter two year rivalry. To end this bitter contest the veteran National League and the recently established American League decided hold a new kind of season finale. The two top teams in the National League had participated in an experimental post-season championship 9 years before. Boston beat Pittsburg 5 games to 3.
1903 saw the first “World Series”. Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh and Henry Killilea of Boston, both owners of pennant-winning teams agreed they should meet for a “World Championship” in a best of nine competition. This would be a first step towards settling conflicts that had gone on for years.
Game 1 of the series was a treat for the fans. They were offered the best of both leagues. The Pirates, Deacon Phillippe pitched a six hitter and right fielder Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run in World Series history. As a matter of fact he drove in four runs for a 7-3 victory. Boston repeated Pittsburgh’s previous performance in game 2. The series was evened when Bill Dinneen threw a three-hitter and Patsy Dougherty walloped two homers in a 3-0 triumph.
The Pirates’ pitching staff had been plagued with illness and injuries, so they were forced to start with Phillipe again in Game 3 with only 1 day’s rest. He proved to be an experienced workhorse, with 25 games won in the regular season, and he stepped up to the challenge allowing only four hits in a 4-2 win. Pittsburgh used him again 3 days later and backed him up with reinforcements who came out swinging. Tommy Leach, Pirates’ third baseman hit 3 runs while Honus Wagner and Ginger Beaumont had three hits each. Boston couldn’t compete and Pittsburgh led three games to one. Young yielded only six hits and drove in three runs in an 11-2 victory. The following day, Bill Dinneen, Game 2 winner, maintained Boston's roll with a 6-3 victory in a contest featuring four hits, two RBIs and two stolen bases by the losing Pirates. The World Series was now tied at three games each.
Game 7 saw Deacon Phillippe take the mound for the Pirates. The Americans' playing manager Jimmy Collins and Chick Stahl knocked him for first inning triples and Boston jumped to an early 2-0 lead en route to a 7-3 victory . Boston was ahead four games to threeand would attempt to seal the championship on home territory.
Dinneen and Phillippe made Game 8 look like a pitchers duel with a scoreless tie through the first three innings. Boston got on the board twice in the fourth and again in the sixth.
Phillippe ended up pitching his fifth complete game in the World Series, which lasted thirteen days. Dinneen however bested him in a climactic finale, tossing his second shutout of the Series and getting his third victory with a 3-0 decision, a fourth straight win and the first World Series Champions. 
