1905 Major League Baseball season

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 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.

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 season. This format would last until .

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

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.

Standings

American League

National League

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

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Managerial changes

Off-season

In-season

League leaders

American League

¹ American League Triple Crown pitching winner

National League

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

Milestones

Pitchers

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Miscellaneous

• Jack McCarthy (CHC):
• Set a National League record and tied a Major League record (as the second player) to throw out three base runners at home plate on April 26, achieving the feat against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Boston Beaneaters / Brooklyn Dodgers:
• For the first time in Major League history, two teams with at least 100 losses played each other, when the Brooklyn Superbas (103 losses) and Boston Beaneaters (100 losses) on game 2 of a doubleheader on October 5 met in their final series of the season. The game ends with Brooklyn defeating Boston.

Home field attendance

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.

See also

• 1905 in baseball (Events, Births, Deaths)

Notes

References

External links

• 1905 Major League Schedule at Baseball Reference
• 1905 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com
• 1905 Major League Season at ESPN.com