The New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

won their second consecutive National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 pennant. They beat the Philadelphia Athletics

1905 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 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 first pennant. They went on to face the New York Giants in the 1905 World Series, losing 4 games to 1.The pitching staff...

 in the World Series

1905 World Series

- Game 1 :Monday, October 9, 1905 at Columbia Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaA pitchers' duel took place between Christy Mathewson and Eddie Plank. Both pitchers got out of jams and were able to shut the offense down. In the Giants top of the fifth, Mathewson singled, but was forced by Roger...

. This team featured three Hall of Fame

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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 players -- catcher Roger Bresnahan

Roger Bresnahan

Roger Philip Bresnahan , nicknamed "The Duke of Tralee" for his Irish roots, was an American player in Major League Baseball who starred primarily as a catcher and a player-manager...

, and pitchers Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson

Christopher "Christy" Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era...

 and Joe McGinnity -- along with Hall of Fame manager John McGraw

John McGraw

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.

Regular season

Mathewson won the pitching triple crown and then had one of the greatest World Series performances of all-time, with three shutout

Shutout

In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

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

Mike Donlin

Michael Joseph Donlin was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals , Baltimore Orioles , Cincinnati Reds , New York Giants , Boston Rustlers , and Pittsburgh Pirates...

, scored the most runs in the majors.

On June 29, Archie "Moonlight" Graham

Moonlight Graham

Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham was an American professional baseball player who appeared as a right fielder in a single major league game for the New York Giants on June 29, 1905. His story was popularized by Shoeless Joe, a novel by W. P...

, made famous through the novel Shoeless Joe and subsequent movie "Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

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", made his lone major league appearance.

Roster

1905 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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
C		104	331	100	.302	0	46
1B		136	491	147	.299	5	75
2B		115	376	93	.247	0	24
3B		153	525	129	.246	2	61
SS		148	520	126	.242	7	81
OF		150	606	216	.356	7	80

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
	98	297	80	.269	3	41
	31	50	9	.180	1	4
	1	0	0	----	0	0
	3	0	0	----	0	0

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
	43	338.2	31	9	1.28	206
	46	320.1	21	15	2.87	125
	34	262.2	22	8	2.74	198
	32	213.1	16	9	2.66	91
	32	197	15	6	2.47	120

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	10	0	1	6	4.03	20

League top five finishers

Red Ames

Red Ames

Leon Kessling "Red" Ames was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies.-Major league career:...

• #2 in NL in strikeouts (198)
• #3 in NL in wins (22)

Art Devlin

• MLB leader in stolen bases (59)

Mike Donlin

Mike Donlin

Michael Joseph Donlin was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals , Baltimore Orioles , Cincinnati Reds , New York Giants , Boston Rustlers , and Pittsburgh Pirates...

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

Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson

Christopher "Christy" Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era...

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

Joe McGinnity

• #4 in NL in wins (21)

Sam Mertes

Sam Mertes

Samuel Blair Mertes was a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 10 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, and St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League in RBIs in 1903 while playing for New York...

• #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

1905 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 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 first pennant. They went on to face the New York Giants in the 1905 World Series, losing 4 games to 1.The pitching staff...

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Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	New York Giants - 3, Philadelphia Athletics - 0	October 9	Columbia Park Columbia Park For other places known as Columbia Park, see Columbia Park Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...	17,995
2	Philadelphia Athletics - 3, New York Giants - 0	October 10	Polo Grounds Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...	24,992
3	New York Giants - 9, Philadelphia Athletics - 0	October 12	Columbia Park Columbia Park For other places known as Columbia Park, see Columbia Park Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...	10,991
4	Philadelphia Athletics - 0, New York Giants - 1	October 13	Polo Grounds Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...	13,598
5	Philadelphia Athletics - 0, New York Giants - 2	October 14	Polo Grounds Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...	24,187