1905 Philadelphia Athletics season
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.
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Owner(s) | Benjamin Shibe Tom Shibe John Shibe Connie Mack Sam Jones Frank Hough |
Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
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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.
Regular season

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.
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 56 | 0.622 | โ | 51โ22 | 41โ34 |
Chicago White Sox | 92 | 60 | 0.605 | 2 | 50โ29 | 42โ31 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 74 | 0.516 | 15ยฝ | 45โ30 | 34โ44 |
Boston Americans | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 16 | 44โ32 | 34โ42 |
Cleveland Naps | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 19 | 41โ36 | 35โ42 |
New York Highlanders | 71 | 78 | 0.477 | 21ยฝ | 40โ35 | 31โ43 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 87 | 0.424 | 29ยฝ | 33โ42 | 31โ45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 99 | 0.353 | 40ยฝ | 34โ42 | 20โ57 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | โ | 6โ16โ1 | 14โ8 | 10โ12 | 13โ8 | 7โ15 | 15โ7 | 13โ8 | |||||
Chicago | 16โ6โ1 | โ | 13โ9 | 11โ11โ1 | 15โ7โ1 | 9โ12โ1 | 14โ7โ1 | 14โ8โ1 | |||||
Cleveland | 8โ14 | 9โ13 | โ | 12โ10 | 12โ10 | 7โ15 | 14โ8โ1 | 14โ8 | |||||
Detroit | 12โ10 | 11โ11โ1 | 10โ12 | โ | 13โ8 | 9โ13 | 13โ9 | 11โ11 | |||||
New York | 8โ13 | 7โ15โ1 | 10โ12 | 8โ13 | โ | 8โ11โ1 | 15โ7 | 15โ7โ1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 15โ7 | 12โ9โ1 | 15โ7 | 13โ9 | 11โ8โ1 | โ | 15โ7โ1 | 11โ9โ1 | |||||
St. Louis | 7โ15 | 7โ14โ1 | 8โ14โ1 | 9โ13 | 7โ15 | 7โ15โ1 | โ | 9โ13 | |||||
Washington | 8โ13 | 8โ14โ1 | 8โ14 | 11โ11 | 7โ15โ1 | 9โ11โ1 | 13โ9 | โ |
Birth of the Elephant mascot
After New York Giants' manager John McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturer Ben Shibe, who owned the controlling interest in the Athletics, had a "white elephant on his hands", manager Connie Mack defiantly adopted the white elephant as the team mascot, and presented McGraw with a stuffed toy elephant at the start of the 1905 World Series. McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously.
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Ossee Schreckengost | 123 | 420 | 114 | .271 | 0 | 45 |
1B | Harry Davis | 150 | 607 | 173 | .285 | 8 | 83 |
2B | Danny Murphy | 151 | 537 | 149 | .277 | 6 | 71 |
3B | Lave Cross | 147 | 587 | 156 | .266 | 0 | 77 |
SS | John Knight | 88 | 325 | 66 | .203 | 3 | 29 |
LF | Topsy Hartsel | 150 | 538 | 148 | .275 | 0 | 28 |
CF | Danny Hoffman | 120 | 459 | 120 | .261 | 1 | 35 |
RF | Socks Seybold | 133 | 492 | 135 | .274 | 6 | 59 |
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 |
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Monte Cross | 79 | 252 | 67 | .266 | 0 | 24 |
Bris Lord | 66 | 238 | 57 | .239 | 0 | 13 |
Doc Powers | 40 | 121 | 18 | .149 | 0 | 10 |
Harry Barton | 29 | 60 | 10 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
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Eddie Plank | 41 | 346.2 | 24 | 12 | 2.26 | 210 |
Rube Waddell | 46 | 328.2 | 27 | 10 | 1.48 | 287 |
Andy Coakley | 35 | 255 | 18 | 8 | 1.84 | 145 |
Weldon Henley | 25 | 183.2 | 4 | 11 | 2.60 | 82 |
Joseph Myers | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 5 |
Other 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 |
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Chief Bender | 35 | 229 | 18 | 11 | 2.83 | 142 |
Jimmy Dygert | 6 | 35.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.33 | 24 |
1905 World Series
NL New York Giants (4) vs AL Philadelphia Athletics (1)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Giants โ 3, Athletics โ 0 | October 9 | Columbia Park | 17,995 |
2 | Athletics โ 3, Giants โ 0 | October 10 | Polo Grounds | 24,992 |
3 | Giants โ 9, Athletics โ 0 | October 12 | Columbia Park | 10,991 |
4 | Athletics โ 0, Giants โ 1 | October 13 | Polo Grounds | 13,598 |
5 | Athletics โ 0, Giants โ 2 | October 14 | Polo Grounds | 24,187 |
Awards and honors
American League top five finishers
- #4 earned run average (1.84)
- #2 runs batted in (77)
- #1 runs batted in (83)
- #1 home runs (8)
- #1 runs scored (93)
- #4 slugging percentage (.422)
- #1 on-base percentage (.409)
- #4 runs scored (88)
- #4 stolen bases (37)
- #1 in stolen bases (46)
- #2 wins (24)
- #2 strikeouts (210)
- #1 wins (27)
- #1 earned run average (1.48)
- #1 strikeouts (287)
- #2 shutouts (7)