# 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.

## Regular season

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.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 105 | 48 | .686 | — | 54‍–‍21 | 51‍–‍27 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 57 | .627 | 9 | 49‍–‍28 | 47‍–‍29 |
| Chicago Cubs | 92 | 61 | .601 | 13 | 54‍–‍25 | 38‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 69 | .546 | 21½ | 39‍–‍36 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 79 | 74 | .516 | 26 | 50‍–‍28 | 29‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 96 | .377 | 47½ | 32‍–‍45 | 26‍–‍51 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 51 | 103 | .331 | 54½ | 29‍–‍46 | 22‍–‍57 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 48 | 104 | .316 | 56½ | 29‍–‍47 | 19‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1905 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 11–11–1 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 3–19 | 5–17–1 | 9–13 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 11–11–1 | — | 6–16 | 4–18 | 7–15 | 3–18–1 | 7–14–1 | 10–12 |
| Chicago | 15–7 | 16–6 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–9–1 | 10–12–1 | 17–5 |
| Cincinnati | 14–8 | 18–4 | 10–12 | — | 5–16–2 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| New York | 19–3 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 16–5–2 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 17–5–1 | 18–3–1 | 9–12–1 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 16–6 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 14–7–1 | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 18–4 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 12–10 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 5–17 | 6–16 | 4–18 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Roger Bresnahan | 104 | 331 | 100 | .302 | 0 | 46 |
| 1B | Dan McGann | 136 | 491 | 147 | .299 | 5 | 75 |
| 2B | Billy Gilbert | 115 | 376 | 93 | .247 | 0 | 24 |
| 3B | Art Devlin | 153 | 525 | 129 | .246 | 2 | 61 |
| SS | Bill Dahlen | 148 | 520 | 126 | .242 | 7 | 81 |
| OF | Mike Donlin | 150 | 606 | 216 | .356 | 7 | 80 |
| OF | George Browne | 127 | 536 | 157 | .293 | 4 | 43 |
| OF | Sam Mertes | 150 | 551 | 154 | .279 | 5 | 108 |

#### 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 Bowerman | 98 | 297 | 80 | .269 | 3 | 41 |
| Sammy Strang | 111 | 294 | 76 | .259 | 3 | 29 |
| Boileryard Clarke | 31 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 1 | 4 |
| Offa Neal | 4 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hall | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Moonlight Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| John McGraw | 3 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Christy Mathewson | 43 | 338.2 | 31 | 9 | 1.28 | 206 |
| Joe McGinnity | 46 | 320.1 | 21 | 15 | 2.87 | 125 |
| Red Ames | 34 | 262.2 | 22 | 8 | 2.74 | 198 |
| Dummy Taylor | 32 | 213.1 | 16 | 9 | 2.66 | 91 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 32 | 197.0 | 15 | 6 | 2.47 | 120 |

#### 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 Elliott | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.03 | 20 |

## 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

NL New York Giants (4) vs AL Philadelphia Athletics (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | New York Giants – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 | October 9 | Columbia Park | 17,995 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Athletics – 3, New York Giants – 0 | October 10 | Polo Grounds | 24,992 |
| 3 | New York Giants – 9, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 | October 12 | Columbia Park | 10,991 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Athletics – 0, New York Giants – 1 | October 13 | Polo Grounds | 13,598 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Athletics – 0, New York Giants – 2 | October 14 | Polo Grounds | 24,187 |