The following are thebaseball events of the year1905 throughout the world.

• World Series:New York Giants overPhiladelphia Athletics (4–1)

¹ American LeagueTriple Crown pitching winner
² National LeagueTriple Crown pitching winner

v t e American League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 .622 — 51‍–‍22 41‍–‍34 Chicago White Sox 92 60 .605 2 50‍–‍29 42‍–‍31 Detroit Tigers 79 74 .516 15½ 45‍–‍30 34‍–‍44 Boston Americans 78 74 .513 16 44‍–‍32 34‍–‍42 Cleveland Naps 76 78 .494 19 41‍–‍36 35‍–‍42 New York Highlanders 71 78 .477 21½ 40‍–‍35 31‍–‍43 Washington Senators 64 87 .424 29½ 33‍–‍42 31‍–‍45 St. Louis Browns 54 99 .353 40½ 34‍–‍42 20‍–‍57

Americans White Sox Naps Tigers Athletics Browns Highlanders Senators Locations of teams for the 1904–1907American League seasons American League

v t e National League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road New York Giants 105 48 .686 — 54‍–‍21 51‍–‍27 Pittsburgh Pirates 96 57 .627 9 49‍–‍28 47‍–‍29 Chicago Cubs 92 61 .601 13 54‍–‍25 38‍–‍36 Philadelphia Phillies 83 69 .546 21½ 39‍–‍36 44‍–‍33 Cincinnati Reds 79 74 .516 26 50‍–‍28 29‍–‍46 St. Louis Cardinals 58 96 .377 47½ 32‍–‍45 26‍–‍51 Boston Beaneaters 51 103 .331 54½ 29‍–‍46 22‍–‍57 Brooklyn Superbas 48 104 .316 56½ 29‍–‍47 19‍–‍57

Beaneaters Superbas Cubs Reds Giants Phillies Pirates Cardinals Locations of teams for the 1903–1906National League seasons National League

• April 26 –Chicago Cubs outfielderJack McCarthy ties a major league record by starting three double plays in one game from the outfield.
• June 5 – CatcherGabby Street is loaned to theBoston Beaneaters by the Cincinnati Reds. He is returned to the Reds on the 15th of June.
• June 13 –Christy Mathewson of theNew York Giants tosses his second careerno-hitter in a 1–0 victory against theChicago Cubs.
• June 29 –Archibald "Moonlight" Graham made his major league debut with theNew York Giants during a game against the hostBrooklyn Superbas atWashington Park. For the bottom of the eighth inning, Graham was sent in to play right field, replacingGeorge Browne. In the top of the ninth, Graham was on deck whenClaude Elliott flied out for the third and final out. Graham played the bottom of the ninth at right field but never came to bat, as the Giants won 11–1. That game turned out to be his only appearance in the major leagues. His story was popularized inShoeless Joe, a novel byW. P. Kinsella, and the subsequent1989 filmField of Dreams.
• July 4 – In one of the greatest duels in baseball history, Cy Young and Rube Waddell go toe to toe in Boston. The A's and Waddell win 4–2 in 20 innings.
• July 22 –Weldon Henley of thePhiladelphia Athletics pitches ano-hitter in the first game of adoubleheader against theSt. Louis Browns. Philadelphia wins, 6–0.
• August 9 – Mistaking her husband for a burglar, the mother of minor league outfielderTy Cobb shoots and kills him, an incident that will be cited as the reason for Cobb's intense desire to succeed. He will make his major league debut with theTigers later this month.
• August 16 – The Chicago Cubs purchase the contract of pitcherJack Pfiester from theOmaha Rourkes of the Western League.
• September 1 – The Chicago White Stockings draftBranch Rickey from theDallas Giants from the Texas League.
• September 6 –Frank Smith of theChicago White Sox pitches ano-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against theDetroit Tigers, as the Sox win 15–0.
• September 27 –Boston American pitcherBill Dinneen tosses ano-hitter in a 2–0 victory against theChicago White Sox.
• October 9 –Christy Mathewson of theNew York Giants outpitches 26-game-winnerEddie Plank and thePhiladelphia Athletics, 3–0, in the first game of an all-shutoutWorld Series.
• October 14 – In Game 5 of the World Series, theNew York Giants defeat thePhiladelphia Athletics, 2–0, to claim their first world championship, four games to one.
• October 22 – TheLos Angeles Angels of thePacific Coast League beats the visitingPortland Beavers, 3–2, in 11 innings. Los Angeles pitcherBill Tozer ends his PCL record of 48 consecutiveshutout inning-streak when Portland scored twounearned runs in the third inning.

• January 2 –Red Kress
• January 2 –Pinky Whitney
• January 7 –Frank Grube
• January 13 –Charlie Wilson
• January 17 –Ray Cunningham
• January 20 –Ike Danning
• January 21 –Larry Boerner
• January 24 –Rufus Smith

• February 5 –Joe Hutcheson
• February 6 –Eddie Hunter
• February 7 –Cy Moore
• February 11 –Ed Walsh Jr.
• February 15 –Hal Lee
• February 17 –Ed Brandt
• February 23 –Les Barnhart
• February 24 –Lynn Nelson
• February 26 –Emmett Nelson

• March 1 –Jim Beckman
• March 11 –Joe Mellana
• March 14 –Jack Rothrock
• March 21 –Joe Samuels
• March 27 –Johnny Gill
• March 28 –Allen Benson

• April 3 –Gordie Hinkle
• April 7 –Joe Hassler
• April 9 –Earl Caldwell
• April 10 –Ed Strelecki
• April 13 –Biff Wysong
• April 18 –Mal Moss
• April 25 –Belve Bean

• May 3 –Red Ruffing
• May 5 –Jack Ryan
• May 7 –Dave Barbee
• May 15 –Chet Falk
• May 18 –Arndt Jorgens
• May 23 –Harry Child
• May 31 –Peaches Davis

• June 5 –Heliodoro Díaz
• June 5 –Owen Kahn
• June 10 –Vic Harris
• June 10 –Danny MacFayden
• June 17 –Chink Outen
• June 25 –Johnny Pasek
• June 30 –Art Scharein

• July 6 –Ned Porter
• July 13 –Tiny Chaplin
• July 16 –Lou Garland
• July 22 –Doc Cramer
• July 24 –Ed Montague
• July 26 –Sam Leslie
• July 27 –Leo Durocher
• July 27 –Rudy Leopold
• July 30 –Hal Finney

• August 5 –Ray Pepper
• August 6 –Ed Roetz
• August 7 –Jim Cronin
• August 10 –Jim Oglesby
• August 10 –Willie Wells
• August 10 –Ed Wineapple
• August 12 –Don Hurst
• August 17 –Johnny Watwood
• August 21 –Jim Mosolf
• August 21 –Frank Waddey
• August 23 –Phil Page
• August 31 –Frank Pearce
• August 31 –Jack White

• September 2 –Bernie James
• September 5 –Bill McGhee
• September 5 –Danny Musser
• September 8 –Ed Grimes
• September 9 –Charlie Perkins
• September 10 –Irv Jeffries
• September 11 –Glenn Spencer
• September 15 –Vance Page
• September 15 –Henry Peploski
• September 16 –Dinny McNamara
• September 16 –Joe Vance
• September 17 –Red Parnell
• September 22 –Larry Bettencourt
• September 25 –Greg Mulleavy
• September 26 –Pat Caraway
• September 26 –Johnny Hodapp
• September 26 –Millito Navarro
• September 27 –Marty Lang
• September 28 –Paul Easterling
• September 29 –Bruce Cunningham
• September 30 –Luther Harvel

• October 3 –Johnny Riddle
• October 10 –Wally Berger
• October 10 –John Stone
• October 11 –Joel Hunt
• October 12 –Rick Ferrell
• October 19 –Mike Meola
• October 24 –Jack Russell
• October 24 –Charlie Small
• October 25 –Joe Malay

• November 4 –Lefty Willis
• November 5 –Carl Fischer
• November 13 –Milt Shoffner
• November 21 –Freddie Lindstrom
• November 21 –Les Mallon
• November 26 –Bob Johnson
• November 28 –Ed Chapman
• November 29 –Harlan Pyle

• December 1 –Buddy Dear
• December 2 –Leon Williams
• December 5 –Gus Mancuso
• December 9 –Adam Comorosky
• December 11 –Al Weston
• December 14 –Bob Weiland
• December 21 –Fred Koster
• December 30 –John Pomorski

• January 18 –Fergy Malone, 63, Irish catcher and manager in a career that spanned 14 years from 1871 to 1884.
• January 28 –Len Stockwell, 45, outfielder for the ClevelandBlues andSpiders teams.
• February 6 –Ned Cuthbert, 59, outfielder who hit .254 with five teams between 1871 and 1884.
• February 13 –Bill Eagan, 35, second baseman for three teams from 1891 to 1898.
• February 13 –Ralph Ham, 55, outfielder for the 1871Rockford Forest Citys.
• February 18 –Tom Poorman, 47, outfielder for five teams from 1880 to 1888, who ledAmerican Association in triples and stolen bases in its 1887 season.
• March 3 –Stump Weidman, 44, pitcher for nine seasons from 1880 to 1888, most notably for theDetroit Wolverines.
• March 7 –John Murphy, 47, pitcher who posted a 5–12 record for theAltoona Mountain City andWilmington Quicksteps in the 1884 season.
• March 15 –Pete Meegan, 42, pitcher for two seasons, 1884 and 1885 with theRichmond Virginians and thePittsburgh Alleghenys.
• March 18 –Dick Higham, 53, English right fielder and catcher who ledNational League in doubles in its 1876 first season, in runs and doubles in 1878; later an umpire, barred from the sport in 1882.
• March 22 –Gus Krock, 38, pitched from 1888 to 1890 for theCubs,Hoosiers,Nationals andBisons.

• April 24 –Jim Gardner, 30, pitcher and infielder for the PittsburghPirates/Orphans from 1895 to 1902.
• April 25 –Jackie Hayes, 43, catcher/outfielder for seven different teams from 1882 to 1990.
• May 7 –Al Mays, 39, pitcher who went 53–90 with a 3.91 ERA for theColonels/Metropolitans/Bridegrooms/Solons from 1885 to 1890.
• May 13 –Sam Gillen, 38, infielder for the 1893Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1897Philadelphia Phillies.
• May 17 –John Abadie, 50, first baseman who batted a combined .224 with thePhiladelphia Centennials and theBrooklyn Atlantics in 1875.
• May 22 –Ed Kennedy, 49, outfielder who played from 1883 through 1886 for theNew York Metropolitans andBrooklyn Grays.
• May 22 –George Zettlein, 60, pitcher who won 125 games in the National Association and ended Cincinnati's 84-game winning streak in 1870.
• May 24 –Bill Goodenough, 41, outfielder for the 1893St. Louis Browns.
• May 25 –Paul Cook, 42, catcher who played from 1884 to 1891 for theQuakers,Colonels,Ward's Wonders andBrowns.
• June 1 –Harry East, 43, third baseman for the 1882Baltimore Orioles.
• June 30 –Pete Dowling, 28, pitcher who posted a 39–65 record with theColonels,Brewers andBlues from 1897 to 1901.

• July 28 –Jim Tray, 45, catcher for the 1884Indianapolis Hoosiers.
• July 28 –Harry Von der Horst, 54, former owner of theBaltimore Orioles andBrooklyn Superbas.
• August 2 –George Snyder, 57, pitched briefly for the 1882Philadelphia Athletics.
• August 27 –Heinie Kappel, 41, infielder who hit a combined .269 for theCincinnati Red Stockings (1887–88) andColumbus Solons (1899).
• September 10 –Pete Browning, 44, legendary outfielder who helped to create theLouisville Slugger baseball bat and hit a .341 lifetime for the second-highest mark among right-handed hitters, who also won three batting titles andhit for the cycle twice, in a career that spanned from 1882 to 1894.
• September 11 –Jerry McCormick, 43, third baseman who played from 1893 to 1984 with three different teams in theAmerican Association and theUnion Association.
• September 12 –Billy Taylor, 34, infielder who hit .250 in nine games for the 1898Louisville Colonels.

• October 8 –Bill Sullivan, 36, pitcher/outfielder who posted a 1–4 record and hit .091 for the 1890Syracuse Stars.
• October 17 –Joe Otten, 35, Dutch outfielder and catcher who hit .241 in 26 games for the 1895St. Louis Browns.
• November 14 –John Connor, 44, pitcher for three teams from 1884 to 1885.
• November 23 –Bill Hanlon, 29, first base who played for the 1903Chicago Cubs.
• December 6 –Jack Leary, 48, outfielder, infielder, and pitcher for five seasons from 1880 to 1884.
• December 31 –Frank Bonner, 36, infielder who played from 1894 through 1903.

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