1905 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1905 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1905

World Series Champions

New York Giants

Runner Up

Philadelphia Athletics

Most Valuable Players

AL: NL:

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Teams

Players

388

Attendance

5,855,062

Payroll

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1905 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	148	92	56	.622	--	623	492	131	Lost World Series (Giants)	554,576	2	---	Connie Mack	Columbia Park
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	152	92	60	.605	2.0	614	450	164	dnq	687,419	1	---	Fielder Jones	South Side Park
3	3	7	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	153	79	74	.516	15.5	511	608	-97	dnq	193,384	15	---	Bill Armour	Bennett Park
4	4	9	Boston Americans	T - S - R	152	78	74	.513	16.0	578	564	14	dnq	468,828	5	---	---	---
5	5	10	Cleveland Naps	T - S - R	154	76	78	.494	19.0	562	587	-25	dnq	316,306	9	---	Nap Lajoie, Bill Bradley	League Park
6	6	11	New York Highlanders	T - S - R	149	71	78	.477	21.5	588	622	-34	dnq	309,100	11	---	Clark Griffith	Hilltop Park
7	7	12	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	151	64	87	.424	29.5	560	623	-63	dnq	252,027	13	---	Jake Stahl	American League Park
8	8	14	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	153	54	99	.353	40.5	509	608	-99	dnq	339,112	7	---	Jimmy McAleer	Sportsman's Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Giants	T - S - R	153	105	48	.686	--	778	504	274	Won World Series (Athletics)	552,700	3	---	John McGraw	Polo Grounds
2	2	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	153	96	57	.627	9.0	692	569	123	dnq	369,124	6	---	Fred Clarke	Exposition Park
3	3	5	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	153	92	61	.601	13.0	667	442	225	dnq	509,900	4	---	Frank Chance, Frank Selee	West Side Grounds
4	4	6	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	152	83	69	.546	21.5	708	603	105	dnq	317,932	8	---	Hugh Duffy	Baker Bowl
5	5	8	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	153	79	74	.516	26.0	736	691	45	dnq	313,927	10	---	Joe Kelley	Palace of the Fans
6	6	13	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	58	96	.377	47.5	534	741	-207	dnq	292,800	12	---	Jimmy Burke, Stanley Robison, Kid Nichols	New Sportsman's Park
7	7	15	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	154	51	103	.331	54.5	468	733	-265	dnq	150,003	16	---	Fred Tenney	South End Grounds
8	8	16	Brooklyn Superbas	T - S - R	152	48	104	.316	56.5	506	806	-300	dnq	227,924	14	---	Ned Hanlon	Washington Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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