MLB 1905

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Major League Baseball logo Major League Baseball
season 1905
Period April 14 - October 14, 1905
Postseason
AL Champion Philadelphia Athletics
Second AL Chicago White Sox
NL champion New York Giants
Second NL Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
champion New York Giants
Playing times
◄ 1904 1906 ►Logo of the MLB

The 1905 MLB season was the fourth season of the modern era of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the second season of the modern World Series , in which the winners of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) meet has been.

The New York Giants won the title in the National League for the second time in a row and were able to win in the World Series 1905 against the title holder of the American League, the Philadelphia Athletics . For the Athletics it was the second success in the American League after 1902 .

Result at the end of the season

American League
Item franchise W. L. % GB
1 Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 62.2% -
2 Chicago White Sox 92 60 60.5% 02
3 Detroit Tigers 79 74 51.6% 15½
4th Boston Americans 78 74 51.3% 16
5 Cleveland Naps 76 78 49.4% 19th
6th New York Highlanders 71 78 47.7% 21½
7th Washington Senators 64 87 42.4% 32
8th St. Louis Browns 54 99 35.3 40½
National League
Item franchise W. L. % GB
1 New York Giants 105 48 68.6% -
2 Pittsburgh Pirates 96 57 62.7% 09
3 Chicago Cubs 92 61 60.1% 13
4th Philadelphia Phillies 83 69 54.6% 21½
5 Cincinnati Reds 79 74 51.6% 26th
6th St. Louis Cardinals 58 96 37.7% 47½
7th Boston Beaneaters 51 103 33.1% 54½
8th Brooklyn superbas 48 104 31.4% 56½

W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)

Player statistics

Hitting

Cy Seymour of the Cincinnati Reds achieved the best batting average across all leagues in 1905
American League National League
Stat player team Total Stat player team Total
AVG Elmer Flick CLE .308 AVG Cy Seymour CIN .377
MR Harry Davis PHA 8th MR Fred Odwell CIN 9
RBI Harry Davis PHA 83 RBI Cy Seymour CIN 121
R. Harry Davis PHA 93 R. Mike Donlin NYG 124
H George Stone SLB 187 H Cy Seymour CIN 219
SB Danny Hoffman PHA 46 SB Billy Maloney
Art Devlin		 CHC
NYG 		59

Pitching

American League National League
Stat player team Total Stat player team Total
W. Rube Waddell PHA 27 W. Christy Mathewson NYG 31
WL% Rube Waddell PHA 73.0% WL% Sam Leever PIT 80.0%
ERA Rube Waddell PHA 1.48 ERA Christy Mathewson NYG 1.28
K Rube Waddell PHA 287 K Christy Mathewson NYG 206
IP George Mullin DET 347.2 IP Irv Young BSN 378.0

World Series

The New York Giants at the Polo Ground before one of the 1905 World Series Games
game date guest Score home Score Series status

(NYG-PHA)

Ball park spectator
1 0October 9, 1905 new York 3 Philadelphia 0 1-0 Columbia Park 17,955
2 October 10, 1905 Philadelphia 3 new York 0 1-1 Polo Grounds (III) 24,992
3 October 12, 1905 new York 9 Philadelphia 0 2-1 Columbia Park 10,991
4th October 13, 1905 Philadelphia 0 new York 1 3-1 Polo Grounds (III) 13,598
5 October 14, 1905 Philadelphia 0 new York 2 4-1 Polo Grounds (III) 24,187
New York wins 4-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1905 American League Batting Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 1905 National League Batting Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ 1905 American League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ 1905 National League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  5. ↑ 1905 World Series Game 1 - Philadelphia Athletics vs. New York Giants . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ 1905 World Series Game 2 - New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Athletics . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ 1905 World Series Game 3 - Philadelphia Athletics vs. New York Giants . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ 1905 World Series Game 4 - New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Athletics . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ 1905 World Series Game 5 - New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Athletics . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.