1905

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

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Champions

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

MLB Statistical Leaders

	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

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 Red Sox 78 74 .513 16 Cleveland Indians 76 78 .494 19 New York Yankees 71 78 .477 21.5 Washington Senators 64 87 .424 29.5 St. Louis Browns 54 88 .353 40.5

National League final standings

National League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB New York Giants 105 57 .686 -- Pittsburgh Pirates 96 66 .627 9 Chicago Cubs 92 70 .601 13 Philadelphia Phillies 83 79 .546 21.5 Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .516 26 St. Louis Cardinals 58 104 .377 47.5 Boston Braves 51 111 .331 54.5 Brooklyn Dodgers 48 114 .316 56.5

Events

• June 13 - It was a double no-hitter through eight innings for Christy Mathewson of the Giants and Chicago's Mordecai Brown. Mathewson completed the no-hitter as the Giants got two hits in the ninth and won 1-0.
• 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.
• June 30 - Cleveland's pennant hopes suffered a serious blow when Nap Lajoie was knocked out of the lineup by blood poisoning from a spike wound. Lajoie appeared in only 65 games.
• July 4 - Rube Waddell of Philadelphia beat Boston's Cy Young in a 20-inning game.
• August 30 - Ty Cobb made his major league debut for the Tigers. Cobb hit a double off of Jack Chesbro for his first hit.
• September 5 - Rube Waddell's streak of 44 shutout innings ended when Boston scored twice and won 3-2 in 13 innings.
• September 27 - Boston's Bill Dinneen pitched the season's fourth no-hitter.

Births

• January 2 - Pinky Whitney (d. 1987)
• January 2 - Red Kress (d. 1962)
• May 3 - Red Ruffing (d. 1986)
• June 10 - Vic Harris (d. 1978)
• July 22 - Doc Cramer (d. 1990)
• July 27 - Leo Durocher (d. 1991)
• August 10 - Willie Wells (d. 1989)
• September 17 - Red Parnell (d. 1954)
• September 26 - Emilio Navarro (living)
• September 30 - Johnny Allen (d. 1959)
• October 10 - Wally Berger (d. 1988)
• October 10 - John Stone (d. 1955)
• October 12 - Rick Ferrell (d. 1995)
• November 21 - Freddie Lindstrom (d. 1981)
• November 26 - Bob Johnson (d. 1982)
• December 5 - Gus Mancuso (d. 1984)

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. Browning is one of the greatest players among those not selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.