1905 New York Giants season

The 1905 New York Giants season was the franchise's 23rd season, and the team won their second consecutive National League pennant. They beat the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series.

1905 New York Giants
1905 National League Champions
1905 World Series Champions
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OwnersJohn T. Brush
ManagersJohn McGraw
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Regular season
1905 New York Giants

This team featured three Hall of Fame players – catcher Roger Bresnahan, and pitchers Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity – along with Hall of Fame manager John McGraw. Mathewson won the pitching triple crown and then had one of the greatest World Series performances of all-time, with three shutouts in six days. Only six men pitched for the Giants in 1905. The offense, led by "Turkey" Mike Donlin, scored the most runs in the majors.

On June 29, Archie "Moonlight" Graham, made famous through the novel Shoeless Joe and subsequent movie Field of Dreams, made his lone major league appearance.[1]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10548 0.686 — 54–21 51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates 9657 0.627 9 49–28 47–29
Chicago Cubs 9261 0.601 13 54–25 38–36
Philadelphia Phillies 8369 0.546 21½ 39–36 44–33
Cincinnati Reds 7974 0.516 26 50–28 29–46
St. Louis Cardinals 5896 0.377 47½ 32–45 26–51
Boston Beaneaters 51103 0.331 54½ 29–46 22–57
Brooklyn Superbas 48104 0.316 56½ 29–47 19–57

Record vs. opponents
Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, and Joe McGinnity in 1905
1905 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–11–17–158–143–195–17–19–138–14
Brooklyn 11–11–1—6–164–187–153–18–17–14–110–12
Chicago 15–716–6—12–1010–1212–9–110–12–117–5
Cincinnati 14–818–410–12—5–16–213–99–1310–12
New York 19–315–712–1016–5–2—14–812–1017–5
Philadelphia 17–5–118–3–19–12–19–138–14—6–1616–6
Pittsburgh 13–914–7–112–10–113–910–1216–6—18–4
St. Louis 14–812–105–1712–105–176–164–18—

Roster
1905 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRoger Bresnahan104331100.302046
1BDan McGann136491147.299575
2BBilly Gilbert11537693.247024
3BArt Devlin153525129.246261
SSBill Dahlen148520126.242781
OFMike Donlin150606216.356780
OFGeorge Browne127536157.293443
OFSam Mertes150551154.2795108

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Frank Bowerman9829780.269341
Sammy Strang11129476.259329
Boileryard Clarke31509.18014
Offa Neal4130.00000
Bob Hall131.33300
Moonlight Graham100----00
John McGraw300----00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Christy Mathewson43338.23191.28206
Joe McGinnity46320.121152.87125
Red Ames34262.22282.74198
Dummy Taylor32213.11692.6691
Hooks Wiltse32197.01562.47120

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Claude Elliott100164.0320

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

  • #2 in NL in strikeouts (198)
  • #3 in NL in wins (22)

Art Devlin

  • MLB leader in stolen bases (59)

Mike Donlin

  • MLB leader in runs scored (124)
  • #3 in NL in batting average (.356)
  • #3 in NL in slugging percentage (.495)

Christy Mathewson

  • MLB leader in wins (31)
  • MLB leader in ERA (1.28)
  • NL leader in strikeouts (206)

Joe McGinnity

  • #4 in NL in wins (21)

Sam Mertes

  • #2 in NL in RBI (108)
  • #4 in NL in stolen bases (52)

1905 World Series
Main article: 1905 World Series

NL New York Giants (4) vs AL Philadelphia Athletics (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1New York Giants – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 0October 9Columbia Park17,995
2Philadelphia Athletics – 3, New York Giants – 0October 10Polo Grounds24,992
3New York Giants – 9, Philadelphia Athletics – 0October 12Columbia Park10,991
4Philadelphia Athletics – 0, New York Giants – 1October 13Polo Grounds13,598
5Philadelphia Athletics – 0, New York Giants – 2October 14Polo Grounds24,187

References
  1. Moonlight Graham page at Baseball Reference
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