1905 Major League Baseball season

1905 MLB season
1905 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 14, 1905
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Philadelphia Athletics
AL runners-up	Chicago White Sox
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	New York Giants
Runners-up	Philadelphia Athletics
MLB seasons
	← 1904 1906 →

The 1905 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 through October 14, 1905. The New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Giants then defeated the Athletics in the second modern World Series, four games to one.

Standings[]

American League[]

v t American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	92	56	0.622	—	51–22	41–34
Chicago White Sox	92	60	0.605	2	50–29	42–31
Detroit Tigers	79	74	0.516	15½	45–30	34–44
Boston Americans	78	74	0.513	16	44–32	34–42
Cleveland Naps	76	78	0.494	19	41–36	35–42
New York Highlanders	71	78	0.477	21½	40–35	31–43
Washington Senators	64	87	0.424	29½	33–42	31–45
St. Louis Browns	54	99	0.353	40½	34–42	20–57

National League[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	105	48	0.686	—	54–21	51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	57	0.627	9	49–28	47–29
Chicago Cubs	92	61	0.601	13	54–25	38–36
Philadelphia Phillies	83	69	0.546	21½	39–36	44–33
Cincinnati Reds	79	74	0.516	26	50–28	29–46
St. Louis Cardinals	58	96	0.377	47½	32–45	26–51
Boston Beaneaters	51	103	0.331	54½	29–46	22–57
Brooklyn Superbas	48	104	0.316	56½	29–47	19–57

Postseason[]

Bracket[]

World Series

AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1
NL	New York Giants	4

League leaders[]

	American League		National League
AVG	Elmer Flick CLE	.308	Cy Seymour CIN	.377
HR	Harry Davis PHA	8	Fred Odwell CIN	9
RBI	Harry Davis PHA	83	Cy Seymour CIN	121
Wins	Rube Waddell PHA	27	Christy Mathewson NYG	31
ERA	Rube Waddell PHA	1.48	Christy Mathewson NYG	1.28
Ks	Rube Waddell PHA	287	Christy Mathewson NYG	206

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Americans	Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Sox	Fielder Jones
Cleveland Bluebirds	Bill Bradley Nap Lajoie
Detroit Tigers	Bill Armour
New York Highlanders	Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators	Jake Stahl

National League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Beaneaters	Fred Tenney
Brooklyn Superbas	Ned Hanlon
Chicago Cubs	Frank Selee Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds	Joe Kelley
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Hugh Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Kid Nichols, Jimmy Burke and Stanley Robison

Events[]

For the first time in Major League history, two teams with over 100 losses played each other, when the Brooklyn Superbas (100 losses) and Boston Beaneaters (100 losses) met in their final series of the season.^[1]

April 26 – Jack McCarthy of the Chicago Cubs is the first fielder to throw out three base runners at home plate, achieving the feat against the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]

References[]

ESPN

^ "Elias Says..." ESPN.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
^ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links[]

1905 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com
1905 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

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[1] "Elias Says..." ESPN.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.

[Pellowski-2] Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

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v t 1905 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1905 World Series