1905 National League

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The 1905 season of the National League was the thirtieth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Giants	155	105	48	2	.677	-.-	780 (5.03)	505 (3.26)	0.273	0.340	0.368	2.39	0.960
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	96	57	2	.619	9.0	692 (4.46)	570 (3.68)	0.266	0.316	0.350	2.86	0.961
3	Chicago Cubs	155	92	61	2	.594	13.0	667 (4.30)	442 (2.85)	0.245	0.305	0.314	2.04	0.962
4	Philadelphia Phillies	155	83	69	3	.535	21.5	708 (4.57)	602 (3.88)	0.260	0.313	0.336	2.81	0.957
5	Cincinnati Reds	155	79	74	2	.510	26.0	735 (4.74)	698 (4.50)	0.269	0.325	0.354	3.01	0.953
6	St. Louis Cardinals	154	58	96	0	.377	47.5	535 (3.47)	734 (4.77)	0.248	0.301	0.321	3.59	0.957
7	Boston Beaneaters	156	51	103	2	.327	54.5	468 (3.00)	733 (4.70)	0.234	0.277	0.293	3.52	0.951
8	Brooklyn Superbas	155	48	104	3	.310	56.5	506 (3.26)	807 (5.21)	0.246	0.292	0.317	3.76	0.937

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ernie Courtney Kid Gleason Sherry Magee Jimmy Slagle	Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	155
At Bats	Ed Abbaticchio	Boston Beaneaters	610
Runs Scored	Mike Donlin	New York Giants	124
Hits	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	219
Doubles	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	40
Triples	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	21
Home Runs	Fred Odwell	Cincinnati Reds	9
Total Bases	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	325
Runs Batted In	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	121
Stolen Bases	Art Devlin Billy Maloney	New York Giants Chicago Cubs	59
Walks	Miller Huggins	Cincinnati Reds	103
Hit by Pitch	Dan McGann	New York Giants	19
Sacrifice Hits	Kid Gleason	Philadelphia Phillies	43
Batting Average	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	0.377
On-Base Percentage	Frank Chance	Chicago Cubs	0.450
Slugging Percentage	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	0.559
On-Base plus Slugging	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	0.988
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Cy Seymour	Cincinnati Reds	181

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	31
Losses	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	29
Win-Loss Percentage	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.800
Appearances	Joe McGinnity Togie Pittinger	New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies	46
Games Started	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	42
Complete Games	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	41
Shutouts	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	8
Games Finished	Charlie Chech	Cincinnati Reds	13
Saves	Claude Elliott	New York Giants	6
Innings Pitched	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	378.0
Batters Faced	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	1475
Hits Allowed	Harry McIntire Vic Willis	Brooklyn Superbas Boston Beaneaters	340
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Duggleby Jack Taylor	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Chick Fraser	Boston Beaneaters	149
Hit Batsmen	Harry McIntire	Brooklyn Superbas	20
Strikeouts	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	206
Wild Pitches	Red Ames	New York Giants	30
Balks	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	3
Runs Allowed	Harry McIntire	Brooklyn Superbas	188
Earned Runs Allowed	Harry McIntire	Brooklyn Superbas	127
Earned Run Average	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	1.28
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	0.933

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion New York Giants defeated the American League's Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 1.

Umpires

• Fred Abbott*
• George Bausewine
• Bill Duggleby*
• Bob Emslie
• Jim Johnstone
• Mike Kahoe*
• Win Kellum*
• Bill Klem
• Carl Lundgren*
• Sam Mertes*
• Miah Murray
• Hank O'Day
• Orval Overall*
• Frank Pears
• Harry Steinfeldt*
• Jack Taylor*
• Tom Walker*
• Jake Weimer*
• Kaiser Wilhelm*
• Irv Young*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1905 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]