1905 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1905 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1905 in baseball.

The 1905 MLB Season had the second modern World Series. The New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Athletics to win the World Series.

Final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Philadelphia Athletics	92	56	.622	--
2nd	Chicago White Sox	92	60	.605	2.0
3rd	Detroit Tigers	79	74	.516	15.5
4th	Boston Americans	78	74	.513	16.0
5th	Cleveland Naps	76	78	.494	19.0
6th	New York Highlanders	71	78	.477	21.5
7th	Washington Senators	64	87	.424	32.0
8th	St. Louis Browns	54	99	.353	40.5

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	New York Giants	105	48	.686	--
2nd	Pittsburgh Pirates	96	57	.627	9.0
3rd	Chicago Cubs	92	61	.601	13.0
4th	Philadelphia Phillies	83	69	.546	21.5
5th	Cincinnati Reds	79	74	.516	26.0
6th	St. Louis Cardinals	58	96	.377	47.5
7th	Boston Beaneaters	51	103	.331	54.5
8th	Brooklyn Superbas	48	104	.314	56.5

League 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

Postseason

The Athletics won the AL with a record of 92-56, and took on the 105-48 Giants in the Second World Series. The Giants took the series 4-1.

References

• ESPN