1905 Major League Baseball season

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1905 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 14 – October 8, 1905
World Series:
  • October 9–14, 1905
Games154
Teams16 (8 per league)
Pennant winners
AL championsPhiladelphia Athletics
  AL runners-upChicago White Sox
NL championsNew York Giants
  NL runners-upPittsburgh Pirates
World Series
ChampionsNew York Giants
  Runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics
Locations of teams for the 1904–1907 American League seasons
American League
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, capturing their first modern[a] championship in franchise history.

Stung by criticism from fans and writers for his team's refusal to play in the previous season's World Series, Giants owner John T. Brush drafted rules during the offseason to formally establish the World Series as a compulsory event. Both leagues then adopted the agreement in mid-February 1905.[1]

Schedule

See 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.

Teams

League Team City Ballpark Capacity Manager[2]
American League Boston Americans Boston, Massachusetts Huntington Avenue Grounds 11,500 Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois South Side Park 14,000 Fielder Jones
Cleveland Naps Cleveland, Ohio League Park (Cleveland) 9,000 Bill Bradley
Nap Lajoie
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Bennett Park 8,500 Bill Armour
New York Highlanders New York, New York Hilltop Park 16,000 Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbia Park 13,600 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 8,000 Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. National Park 9,000 Jake Stahl
National League Boston Beaneaters Boston, Massachusetts South End Grounds 6,600 Fred Tenney
Brooklyn Superbas New York, New York Washington Park 12,000 Ned Hanlon
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 14,200 Frank Selee
Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Palace of the Fans 12,000 Joe Kelley
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 16,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Hugh Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates Allegheny, Pennsylvania[A] Exposition Park 16,000 Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri League Park (St. Louis) 15,200 Kid Nichols
Jimmy Burke
Stanley Robison

Sunday games

Blue laws restricted Sunday activities in several localities, causing the Detroit Tigers, in a rescheduled game, to play at a ballpark in a different locality.

Team City Ballpark Capacity Games played
Detroit Tigers[3] Columbus, Ohio Neil Park 6,000 2
  1. ^
    In today's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 .622 — 51‍–‍22 41‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox 92 60 .605 2 50‍–‍29 42‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers 79 74 .516 15½ 45‍–‍30 34‍–‍44
Boston Americans 78 74 .513 16 44‍–‍32 34‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps 76 78 .494 19 41‍–‍36 35‍–‍42
New York Highlanders 71 78 .477 21½ 40‍–‍35 31‍–‍43
Washington Senators 64 87 .424 29½ 33‍–‍42 31‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 54 99 .353 40½ 34‍–‍42 20‍–‍57

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 105 48 .686 — 54‍–‍21 51‍–‍27
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 57 .627 9 49‍–‍28 47‍–‍29
Chicago Cubs 92 61 .601 13 54‍–‍25 38‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 83 69 .546 21½ 39‍–‍36 44‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 79 74 .516 26 50‍–‍28 29‍–‍46
St. Louis Cardinals 58 96 .377 47½ 32‍–‍45 26‍–‍51
Boston Beaneaters 51 103 .331 54½ 29‍–‍46 22‍–‍57
Brooklyn Superbas 48 104 .316 56½ 29‍–‍47 19‍–‍57

Tie games

19 tie games (11 in AL, 8 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again), occurred throughout the season.

American League

  • Boston Americans, 1
  • Chicago White Sox, 6
  • Cleveland Naps, 1
  • Detroit Tigers, 1
  • New York Highlanders, 3
  • Philadelphia Athletics, 4
  • St. Louis Browns, 3
  • Washington Senators, 3

National League

  • Boston Beaneaters, 2
  • Brooklyn Superbas, 3
  • Chicago Cubs, 2
  • Cincinnati Reds, 2
  • New York Giants, 2
  • Philadelphia Phillies, 3
  • Pittsburgh Pirates, 2

Postseason

The postseason began on October 9 and ended on October 14 with the New York Giants defeating the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series in five games.

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Philadelphia Athletics 1
NL New York Giants 4

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
Cleveland Naps Bill Armour Bill Bradley
Detroit Tigers Bobby Lowe Bill Armour
Washington Senators Patsy Donovan Jake Stahl
Boston Beaneaters Al Buckenberger Fred Tenney

In-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
Cleveland Naps Bill Bradley Nap Lajoie
Chicago Cubs Frank Selee Frank Chance
St. Louis Cardinals Kid Nichols Jimmy Burke
Jimmy Burke Stanley Robison

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders[4]
Stat Player Total
AVG Elmer Flick (CLE) .308
OPS Elmer Flick (CLE) .845
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
Pitching leaders[5]
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
WHIP Cy Young (BOS) 0.867

1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner

National League

Hitting leaders[6]
Stat Player Total
AVG Cy Seymour (CIN) .377
OPS Cy Seymour (CIN) .988
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
Pitching leaders[7]
Stat Player Total
W Christy Mathewson1 (NYG) 31
L Vic Willis2 (BSN) 29
ERA Christy Mathewson1 (NYG) 1.28
K Christy Mathewson1 (NYG) 206
IP Irv Young (BSN) 378.0
SV Claude Elliott (NYG) 6
WHIP Christy Mathewson (NYG) 0.933

1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner
2 Modern (1901–present) single-season losses record

Milestones

Pitchers

No-hitters

See also: List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
  • Christy Mathewson (NYG):
    • Mathewson threw his second career no-hitter and the third no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago Cubs 1–0 on June 13. Mathewson walked none and struck out two. The only base-runners came on errors by Bill Dahlen and Billy Gilbert.[8]
  • Weldon Henley (PHA):
    • Henley threw his first career no-hitter and the first no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the St. Louis Browns 6–0 of game 2 of a doubleheader on July 22. Henley walked three and struck out two.[9]
  • Frank Smith (CWS):
    • Smith threw his first career no-hitter and the second no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Detroit Tigers 15–0 of game 2 of a doubleheader on September 6. Smith walked three and struck out eight.[10]
  • Bill Dinneen (BOS):
    • Dinneen threw his first no-hitter and the third no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago White Sox 2–0 of game 1 of a doubleheader on September 27. Dinneen walked none, hit one batter by pitch, and struck out two.[11]

Miscellaneous

Home field attendance

Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
Chicago White Sox[15] 92 3.4% 687,419 23.4% 8,383
Philadelphia Athletics[16] 92 13.6% 554,576 8.3% 7,494
New York Giants[17] 105 −0.9% 552,700 −9.4% 7,272
Chicago Cubs[18] 92 −1.1% 509,900 16.1% 6,295
Boston Americans[19] 78 −17.9% 468,828 −24.8% 6,089
Pittsburgh Pirates[20] 96 10.3% 369,124 8.4% 4,732
St. Louis Browns[21] 54 −16.9% 339,112 6.6% 4,293
Philadelphia Phillies[22] 83 59.6% 317,932 125.9% 4,183
Cleveland Naps[23] 76 −11.6% 316,306 19.5% 4,108
Cincinnati Reds[24] 79 −10.2% 313,927 −19.9% 3,974
New York Highlanders[25] 71 −22.8% 309,100 −29.6% 4,121
St. Louis Cardinals[26] 58 −22.7% 292,800 −24.3% 3,803
Washington Senators[27] 64 68.4% 252,027 91.3% 3,273
Brooklyn Superbas[28] 48 −14.3% 227,924 6.2% 2,960
Detroit Tigers[29] 79 27.4% 193,384 8.8% 2,545
Boston Beaneaters[30] 51 −7.3% 150,003 6.6% 1,974

Venues

The Washington Senators' American League Park was renamed to National Park.

Due to horse races at main home ballpark, Bennett Park, the Detroit Tigers played two games at Neil Park in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Class A minor league Columbus Senators, on July 23 and 24.[31][32]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ the Giants previously won two pre-modern World Series in 1888 and 1889.

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