page_title: 1905 Philadelphia Athletics season
section_title: Regular season
hierarchical_section_title: 1905 Philadelphia Athletics season / Regular season
caption_attribution_description: English: Accession No.: 06_06_000187 Title: Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics, 1905 World Series Creator: Pictorial News Company, N.Y. Date: 1905 Format: photograph Description: Taken at the Polo Grounds in New York during the World Series between Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics and John McGraw's New York Giants. Players include: Chief Bender, standing fourth from left (behind Mack); Rube Waddell, kneeling, far left; Jimmy Dygert, kneeling, far right; Eddie Plank, seated far right; Topsy Hartsel, seated, second from right; Lave Cross, seated, third from right in front of Mack; Socks Seybold, seated, far left. BPL Collection: McGreevey Collection BPL Department: Print Subject: Baseball--History Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team) Sports spectators
context_page_description: 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 second 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: The Athletics at the Polo Grounds before a World Series game.
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