1905 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1905 throughout the world.  

[edit] Champions

• World Series: New York Giants over Philadelphia Athletics (4-1)

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

[edit] National League final standings

[edit] Events

• June 29 - In the 8th inning of the New York Giants' 11-1 victory at Brooklyn, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham enters the game as the Giants' right fielder, his only major league appearance. He will not get to bat, but the event will be immortalized in Field of Dreams.

[edit] Births

• January 2 - Pinky Whitney
• May 3 - Red Ruffing
• May 25 - Martin Dihigo
• June 10 - Vic Harris
• July 22 - Doc Cramer
• July 27 - Leo Durocher
• August 10 - Willie Wells
• September 17 - Red Parnell
• September 30 - Johnny Allen
• October 10 - Wally Berger
• October 10 - John Stone
• October 12 - Rick Ferrell
• November 21 - Freddie Lindstrom
• November 26 - Bob Johnson
• December 5 - Gus Mancuso

[edit] Deaths

• March 18 - Dick Higham, 53, right fielder and catcher who led NL in doubles in its 1876 first season, in runs and doubles in 1878; later an umpire, barred from the sport in 1882
• May 23 - George Zettlein, 60, pitcher who won 125 games in the National Association, ended Cincinnati's 84-game winning streak in 1870
• September 10 - Pete Browning, 44, outfielder for the Louisville Colonels who batted .341 lifetime, second-highest mark among right-handed hitters, winning three batting titles and hitting for the cycle twice; "Louisville Slugger" was first player to have bats custom-made