1905 New Orleans Pelicans season

The 1905 New Orleans Pelicans season represented the New Orleans Pelicans baseball team in the Southern Association and won their first league pennant, finishing with a record of 84 – 45.[1] An outbreak of yellow fever resulted in a quarantine of New Orleans.[2] The Pelicans were forced to play most of their games out of town.[3] The team was led by pitcher Jimmy Dygert and Otto Williams.[4][5] The team also included Ted Breitenstein, George Rohe and Erve Beck.[6] Breitenstein went 21–5, and Dygert put up a record of 18–4.[7][8]

1905 New Orleans Pelicans
Minor league affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–45
League place1st
Other information
Manager(s)Charlie Frank
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References
  1. "Spalding's Official Baseball Record". February 17, 1915 – via Google Books.
  2. "Reference at www.neworleansbar.org" (PDF).
  3. "Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide for". 1905.
  4. "History of New Orleans Baseball". www.neworleansbaseball.com.
  5. "Pelicans nickname has century-plus history in New Orleans". New Orleans Pelicans.
  6. "1905 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics". www.baseball-reference.com.
  7. "1905 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".
  8. Gisclair, S. Derby (February 17, 2004). Baseball in New Orleans. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738516141 – via Google Books.
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