This article is about the 1905 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1905 in baseball.
The 1905 Major League Baseball season began on April 14, 1905. The regular season ended October 8, with the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the second modern World Series on October 9 and ended with Game 5 on October 14. The Giants defeated the Athletics, four games to one.
The 1905 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.
Opening Day took place on April 16 with all but the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Naps playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 8. The World Series took place between October 9 and October 14.
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.[17]
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This article is about the 1905 Major League Baseball season only For information on all of baseball see 1905 in baseball The 1905 Major League Baseball season began on April 14 1905 The regular season ended October 8 with the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics as regular season champions of the National League and American League respectively The postseason began with Game 1 of the second modern World Series on October 9 and ended with Game 5 on October 14 The Giants defeated the Athletics four games to one 1905 MLB seasonLeagueMajor League BaseballSportBaseballDurationApril 14 October 14 1905Number of games154Number of teams16Pennant WinnersAL championsPhiladelphia Athletics AL runners upChicago White SoxNL championsNew York Giants NL runners upPittsburgh PiratesWorld SeriesChampionsNew York Giants Runners upPhiladelphia AthleticsMLB seasons 19041906 AmericansWhite SoxNapsTigersAthleticsBrownsHighlandersSenators Locations of AL teams for the 1904 1906 MLB seasons American League BeaneatersSuperbasCubsRedsGiantsPhilliesPiratesCardinals Locations of NL teams for the 1904 1906 MLB seasons National League Contents 1 Teams 2 Schedule 3 Standings 3 1 American League 3 2 National League 4 Postseason 4 1 Bracket 5 Managers 5 1 American League 5 2 National League 6 League leaders 6 1 American League 6 2 National League 7 Home field attendance 8 Events 9 References 10 External linksTeams editLeague Team City Stadium Capacity American League Boston Americans Boston Massachusetts Huntington Avenue Grounds 11 500 Chicago White Sox Chicago Illinois South Side Park 15 000 Cleveland Naps Cleveland Ohio League Park 9 000 Detroit Tigers Detroit Michigan Bennett Park 8 500 New York Highlanders New York New York Hilltop Park 16 000 Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Pennsylvania Columbia Park 13 600 St Louis Browns St Louis Missouri Sportsman s Park 8 000 Washington Senators Washington D C National Park Unknown National League Boston Beaneaters Boston Massachusetts South End Grounds 2 300 Brooklyn Superbas New York New York Washington Park 18 800 Chicago Cubs Chicago Illinois West Side Park 16 000 Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Ohio Palace of the Fans 6 000 New York Giants New York New York Polo Grounds 16 000 Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Pennsylvania National League Park 18 000 Pittsburgh Pirates Allegheny Pennsylvania Exposition Park 16 000 St Louis Cardinals St Louis Missouri Robison Field UnknownSchedule editSee also Major League Baseball schedule The 1905 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League each of which had eight teams Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season This format would last until 1919 Opening Day took place on April 16 with all but the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Naps playing The final day of the regular season was on October 8 The World Series took place between October 9 and October 14 Standings editAmerican League edit vteAmerican 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 15 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 21 40 35 31 43 Washington Senators 64 87 0 424 29 33 42 31 45 St Louis Browns 54 99 0 353 40 34 42 20 57 National League edit vteNational 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 21 39 36 44 33 Cincinnati Reds 79 74 0 516 26 50 28 29 46 St Louis Cardinals 58 96 0 377 47 32 45 26 51 Boston Beaneaters 51 103 0 331 54 29 46 22 57 Brooklyn Superbas 48 104 0 316 56 29 47 19 57Postseason editBracket edit World Series ALPhiladelphia Athletics1NLNew York Giants4Managers editAmerican League edit Team Manager Comments Boston Americans Jimmy Collins Chicago White Sox Fielder Jones Finished 2nd Cleveland Naps Bill BradleyNap 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 edit Team Manager Comments Boston Beaneaters Fred Tenney Brooklyn Superbas Ned Hanlon Chicago Cubs Frank SeleeFrank 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 NicholsJimmy BurkeStanley RobisonLeague leaders editAmerican League edit Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Elmer Flick CLE 308 HR Harry Davis PHA 8 RBI Harry Davis PHA 83 R Harry Davis PHA 93 H George Stone SLB 187 SB Danny Hoffman PHA 46 1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Rube Waddell1 PHA 27 L Fred Glade SLB 25 ERA Rube Waddell1 PHA 1 48 K Rube Waddell1 PHA 287 IP George Mullin DET 347 2 SV Jim Buchanan SLB 2 National League edit Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Cy Seymour CIN 377 HR Fred Odwell CIN 9 RBI Cy Seymour CIN 121 R Mike Donlin NYG 124 H Cy Seymour CIN 219 SB Art Devlin NYG Billy Maloney CHC 59 1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Christy Mathewson1 NYG 31 L Vic Willis BSB 29 ERA Christy Mathewson1 NYG 1 28 K Christy Mathewson1 NYG 206 IP Irv Young BSB 378 0 SV Claude Elliott NYG 6Home field attendance editTeam name Wins Home attendance Per game Chicago White Sox 1 92 3 4 687 419 23 4 8 383 Philadelphia Athletics 2 92 13 6 554 576 8 3 7 494 New York Giants 3 105 0 9 552 700 9 4 7 272 Chicago Cubs 4 92 1 1 509 900 16 1 6 295 Boston Americans 5 78 17 9 468 828 24 8 6 089 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 96 10 3 369 124 8 4 4 732 St Louis Browns 7 54 16 9 339 112 6 6 4 293 Philadelphia Phillies 8 83 59 6 317 932 125 9 4 183 Cleveland Naps 9 76 11 6 316 306 19 5 4 108 Cincinnati Reds 10 79 10 2 313 927 19 9 3 974 New York Highlanders 11 71 22 8 309 100 29 6 4 121 St Louis Cardinals 12 58 22 7 292 800 24 3 3 803 Washington Senators 13 64 68 4 252 027 91 3 3 273 Brooklyn Superbas 14 48 14 3 227 924 6 2 2 960 Detroit Tigers 15 79 27 4 193 384 8 8 2 545 Boston Beaneaters 16 51 7 3 150 003 6 6 1 974Events editFor 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 17 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 18 References editESPN Chicago White Sox Attendance Stadiums and Park Factors Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 28 2024 Oakland Athletics Attendance Stadiums and Park Factors Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 28 2024 San Francisco Giants 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Minnesota Twins Attendance Stadiums and Park Factors Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 28 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance Stadiums and Park Factors Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 28 2024 Detroit Tigers Attendance Stadiums and Park Factors Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 28 2024 Atlanta Braves Attendance Stadiums and Park Factors Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 28 2024 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 edit1905 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame com 1905 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference This article relating to a Major League Baseball season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1905 Major League Baseball season amp oldid 1219663429, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
