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1905 Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1905 MLB season
league	American League (AL)
National League (NL)
sport	Baseball
duration	Regular season:{{Bulleted list
no_of_games	154
no_of_teams	16 (8 per league)
playoffs	Pennant winners
conf1	AL
conf1_champ	Philadelphia Athletics
conf1_runner-up	Chicago White Sox
conf2	NL
conf2_champ	New York Giants
conf2_runner-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
finals	World Series
finals_link	1905 World Series
finals_champ	New York Giants
finals_runner-up	Philadelphia Athletics
seasonslist	List of Major League Baseball seasons
seasonslistnames	MLB
prevseason_link	1904 Major League Baseball season
prevseason_year	1904
nextseason_link	1906 Major League Baseball season
nextseason_year	1906

National League (NL) | April 14 – October 8, 1905}}World Series:{{Bulleted list | October 9–14, 1905}} | conf1_runner-up = Chicago White Sox | conf2_runner-up = Pittsburgh Pirates | finals_runner-up = Philadelphia Athletics 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

League	Team	City
Boston, Massachusetts	Huntington Avenue Grounds	11,500
Chicago, Illinois	South Side Park	14,000
Cleveland, Ohio	League Park (Cleveland)	9,000
Detroit, Michigan	Bennett Park	8,500
New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Columbia Park	13,600
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	8,000
Washington, D.C.	National Park	9,000
Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	6,600
New York, New York	Washington Park	12,000
Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	14,200
Cincinnati, Ohio	Palace of the Fans	12,000
New York, New York	Polo Grounds	16,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
Allegheny, Pennsylvania	Exposition Park	16,000
St. Louis, Missouri	League Park (St. Louis)	15,200

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	Stadium	Capacity	Games played	Detroit Tigers
Columbus, Ohio	Neil Park	6,000	2

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

Managerial changes

Off-season

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

In-season

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

League leaders

American League

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

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

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

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

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):
- Became the first fielder 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

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

Notes

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