1905 in baseball

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

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See also
Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1905 in sports
Sources
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1 Champions
2 Awards and honors
3 MLB Statistical Leaders
4 Major League Baseball final standings
- 4.1 American League final standings
- 4.2 National League final standings
5 Events
6 Births
7 Deaths

[edit] Champions

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

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] 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

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Births

[edit] 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

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