1905 Philadelphia Athletics season

1905 Philadelphia Athletics
1905 AL Champions
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Owner(s) Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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The 1905 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 92 wins and 56 losses, winning their first pennant. They went on to face the New York Giants in the 1905 World Series, losing 4 games to 1.

The pitching staff featured three future Hall of Famers: Rube Waddell, Eddie Plank, and Chief Bender. Waddell easily won the pitching triple crown in 1905, with 27 wins, 287 strikeouts, and a 1.48 earned run average.

Regular season

The Athletics at the Polo Grounds before a World Series game.

The A's offense scored the most runs in the league. Slugger Harry Davis led all players in home runs, runs scored, and runs batted in.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 0.622 — 51–22 41–34
Chicago White Sox 92 60 0.605 2 50–29 42–31
Detroit Tigers 79 74 0.516 15½ 45–30 34–44
Boston Americans 78 74 0.513 16 44–32 34–42
Cleveland Naps 76 78 0.494 19 41–36 35–42
New York Highlanders 71 78 0.477 21½ 40–35 31–43
Washington Senators 64 87 0.424 29½ 33–42 31–45
St. Louis Browns 54 99 0.353 40½ 34–42 20–57

Record vs. opponents

1905 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 6–16–1 14–8 10–12 13–8 7–15 15–7 13–8
Chicago 16–6–1 — 13–9 11–11–1 15–7–1 9–12–1 14–7–1 14–8–1
Cleveland 8–14 9–13 — 12–10 12–10 7–15 14–8–1 14–8
Detroit 12–10 11–11–1 10–12 — 13–8 9–13 13–9 11–11
New York 8–13 7–15–1 10–12 8–13 — 8–11–1 15–7 15–7–1
Philadelphia 15–7 12–9–1 15–7 13–9 11–8–1 — 15–7–1 11–9–1
St. Louis 7–15 7–14–1 8–14–1 9–13 7–15 7–15–1 — 9–13
Washington 8–13 8–14–1 8–14 11–11 7–15–1 9–11–1 13–9 —

Birth of the Elephant mascot

After New York Giants' manager John McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturer Ben Shibe, who owned the controlling interest in the Athletics, had a "white elephant on his hands", manager Connie Mack defiantly adopted the white elephant as the team mascot, and presented McGraw with a stuffed toy elephant at the start of the 1905 World Series. McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously.

Roster

1905 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

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
C Schreckengost, OsseeOssee Schreckengost 123 420 114 .271 0 45
1B Davis, HarryHarry Davis 150 607 173 .285 8 83
2B Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy 151 537 149 .277 6 71
3B Cross, LaveLave Cross 147 587 156 .266 0 77
SS Knight, JohnJohn Knight 88 325 66 .203 3 29
LF Hartsel, TopsyTopsy Hartsel 150 538 148 .275 0 28
CF Hoffman, DannyDanny Hoffman 120 459 120 .261 1 35
RF Seybold, SocksSocks Seybold 133 492 135 .274 6 59

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
Cross, MonteMonte Cross 79 252 67 .266 0 24
Lord, BrisBris Lord 66 238 57 .239 0 13
Powers, DocDoc Powers 40 121 18 .149 0 10
Barton, HarryHarry Barton 29 60 10 .167 0 3

Pitching

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
Plank, EddieEddie Plank 41 346.2 24 12 2.26 210
Waddell, RubeRube Waddell 46 328.2 27 10 1.48 287
Coakley, AndyAndy Coakley 35 255 18 8 1.84 145
Henley, WeldonWeldon Henley 25 183.2 4 11 2.60 82
Myers, JosephJoseph Myers 1 5 0 0 3.60 5

Other 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
Bender, ChiefChief Bender 35 229 18 11 2.83 142
Dygert, JimmyJimmy Dygert 6 35.1 1 4 4.33 24

1905 World Series

Main article: 1905 World Series

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

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

Awards and honors

American League top five finishers

Andy Coakley

Lave Cross

Harry Davis

Topsy Hartsel

Danny Hoffman

Eddie Plank

Rube Waddell

Notes

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