1905 in baseball

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See also

Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime Wikipedia The Deadball Era

The following are the baseball events of the year 1905 throughout the world.  

Champions

• World Series: New York Giants over Philadelphia Athletics (4-1)

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 .622 -- Chicago White Sox 92 60 .605 2 Detroit Tigers 79 74 .516 15.5 Boston Pilgrims 78 74 .513 16 Cleveland Naps 76 78 .494 19 New York Highlanders 71 78 .477 21.5 Washington Senators 64 87 .424 29.5 St. Louis Browns 54 99 .353 40.5

National League final standings

National League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB New York Giants 105 48 .686 -- Pittsburgh Pirates 96 57 .627 9 Chicago Cubs 92 61 .601 13 Philadelphia Phillies 83 69 .546 21.5 Cincinnati Reds 79 74 .516 26 St. Louis Cardinals 58 96 .377 47.5 Boston Beaneaters 51 103 .331 54.5 Brooklyn Superbas 48 104 .316 56.5

Events

• June 29 - In the 8th inning of the New York Giants' 11-1 victory at Brooklyn, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham enters the game as the Giants' right fielder, his only major league appearance. He will not get to bat, but the event will be immortalized in Field of Dreams.

Births

• January 2 - Pinky Whitney
• May 3 - Red Ruffing
• May 25 - Martin Dihigo
• June 10 - Vic Harris
• July 22 - Doc Cramer
• July 27 - Leo Durocher
• August 10 - Willie Wells
• September 17 - Red Parnell
• September 30 - Johnny Allen
• October 10 - Wally Berger
• October 10 - John Stone
• October 12 - Rick Ferrell
• November 21 - Freddie Lindstrom
• November 26 - Bob Johnson
• December 5 - Gus Mancuso

Deaths

• March 18 - Dick Higham, 53, right fielder and catcher who led NL in doubles in its 1876 first season, in runs and doubles in 1878; later an umpire, barred from the sport in 1882
• May 23 - George Zettlein, 60, pitcher who won 125 games in the National Association, ended Cincinnati's 84-game winning streak in 1870
• September 10 - Pete Browning, 44, outfielder for the Louisville Colonels who batted .341 lifetime, second-highest mark among right-handed hitters, winning three batting titles and hitting for the cycle twice; "Louisville Slugger" was first player to have bats custom-made