The 1905 New York Giants season was the franchise's 23rd season, and the team won their second consecutive

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pennant. They beat the Philadelphia Athletics in the

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Regular season

This team featured three Hall of Fame players – catcher

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, and pitchers

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and

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– along with Hall of Fame manager

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. Mathewson won the

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and then had one of the greatest World Series performances of all-time, with three

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s in six days. Only six men pitched for the Giants in 1905. The offense, led by "Turkey"

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, scored the most runs in the majors. On June 29, Archie "Moonlight" Graham, made famous through the novel '' Shoeless Joe'' and subsequent movie ''

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'', made his lone major league appearance.Moonlight Graham page at Baseball Reference
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Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames Leon Kessling "Red" Ames (August 2, 1882 – October 8, 1936) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1903 to 1919 for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphi ...

* #2 in NL in strikeouts (198) * #3 in NL in wins (22) Art Devlin * MLB leader in stolen bases (59)

* MLB leader in runs scored (124) * #3 in NL in batting average (.356) * #3 in NL in slugging percentage (.495)

* MLB leader in wins (31) * MLB leader in ERA (1.28) * NL leader in strikeouts (206)

* #4 in NL in wins (21)

Sam Mertes Samuel Blair Mertes (August 6, 1872 – March 11, 1945) was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 10 seasons (1896–1906) with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants (NL), New Y ...

* #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)

References

External links

1905 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference
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