| 1905 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 14 – October 14, 1905 |
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| 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 |
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.
American League[edit]
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National League[edit]
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| World Series | ||||
| AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | ||
| NL | New York Giants | 4 | ||
| American League | National League | |||
| AVG | Elmer Flick CLE | .308 | Cy Seymour CIN | .377 |
| HR | Harry Davis PHA | 8 | Fred Odwell CIN | 9 |
| RBI | Harry Davis PHA | 83 | Cy Seymour CIN | 121 |
| Wins | Rube Waddell PHA | 27 | Christy Mathewson NYG | 31 |
| ERA | Rube Waddell PHA | 1.48 | Christy Mathewson NYG | 1.28 |
| Ks | Rube Waddell PHA | 287 | Christy Mathewson NYG | 206 |
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Americans | Jimmy Collins | |
| Chicago White Sox | Fielder Jones | Finished 2nd |
| Cleveland Bluebirds | Bill Bradley Nap Lajoie |
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| 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 |
| 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 and Stanley Robison |
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]