Chicago Cubs Provide the First World Series Sweep in the MLB Modern Era

In 1907, the Chicago Cubs beat the Detroit Tigers to achieve baseball's first World Series Sweep.

Strong pitching from the Cubs staff who fashioned a 0.75 ERA for the four game series and good defense from the DP trio of "Tinkers to Evans to Chance" propelled the Cubs over a Detroit team
led by a phenom named Ty Cobb who lead the AL in hitting.

Having suffered an embarrassing loss to the Chicago White Sox in the previous year's 1906 World Series this Cubs' sweep was sweet.

It was also to be followed by a consecutive WS victory in 1908 for the Cubs.  Unfortuantely for fans it would be more than a century before the Cubs next WS win..

In 2016,  the Cubs won the World Series by beating the Cleveland Indians in a seven game thriller.

Photo courtesy of Tom Parsons