1905 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1905 MLB season
League	American League, National League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 14, 1905
Number of games	154
Number of teams	8 (AL), 8 (NL)
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 →

Americans

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1904–1907 American League seasons

American League

Beaneaters

Superbas

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1903–1906 National League seasons

National League

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.

Teams

League	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	Unknown

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

American League

v t e 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 e 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

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Americans	Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Sox	Fielder Jones	Finished 2nd
Cleveland Naps	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

Team	Manager	Comments
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 Stanley Robison

League leaders

American League

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

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)	6

Home field attendance

Team 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%	1,974

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.^[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

ESPN

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^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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External links

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

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National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
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