1905 Major League Baseball season

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1905 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 14 – October 14, 1905
Number of games154
Number of teams16
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

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.

Contents

Standings

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 PHA8 Fred Odwell CIN9
RBI Harry Davis PHA83 Cy Seymour CIN121
Wins Rube Waddell PHA27 Christy Mathewson NYG31
ERA Rube Waddell PHA1.48   Christy Mathewson NYG1.28  
Ks Rube Waddell PHA287 Christy Mathewson NYG206

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
Boston Americans Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Sox Fielder Jones Finished 2nd
Cleveland Bluebirds Bill Bradley
Nap Lajoie
Detroit Tigers Bill Armour Finished 3rd
New York Highlanders Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack Won AL pennant
St. Louis Browns Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators Jake Stahl

National League

TeamManagerComments
Boston Beaneaters Fred Tenney
Brooklyn Superbas Ned Hanlon
Chicago Cubs Frank Selee
Frank Chance
Finished 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Joe Kelley
New York Giants John McGraw Won World Series
Philadelphia Phillies Hugh Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates Fred Clarke Finished 2nd
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]

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References

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