Clipping:How the championship is calculated
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| Date | Sunday, October 1, 1871 |
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| Text | ...the club winning the greatest number of games, and not series, shall be entitled to fly the streamer, and that the games lost do not affect the result except there should be a tie between two clubs, and even then the club having the best average is declared champions. It also states that the series for the championship shall be the best three in five games, meaning that the club winning the first three games win the series, and any other games that may be played after the series is won are not to be counted. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury October 1, 1871 The championship rules expressly state that the championship series shall be “best three” out of five games, and the club winning the greatest number of these games wins. Of course, the club which wins the most series necessarily must win the most games of such series, or they could not win the series. Consequently the most series takes the lead. No games count except those which form the series. For instance, if it takes five games to settle the question–each party winning two–then all five games count. If four–one side winning one–then the four count. If all three are won in succession, then only the three count. The average referred to is not the average of runs made, but of match games played. Evening City Item October 10, 1871 The professional clubs made a great mistake when they threw out all games played after the match series was won as “exhibition” games. The regular series of championship games should have been declared to be five games, all such games to count as the record of legal games won and lost, the winner of the most match series—best three out of the five of the regular series—to win the pennant, and in case of a tie in match series, the winner of the most regular games to take the whip, and in case of a tie in this latter respect then the club losing the fewest of the match series to win, and lastly the club losing the fewest regular games. By such a rule as this every one of the five games would be of interest as regular contests even after the match series of three out of five had been won or lost; whereas, as it was this season, the moment the match series was settle the other games of the five became “exhibition” games, and as such were worth less in drawing a crowd. Philadelphia Sunday Republic October 29, 1871 |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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