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The following are the
baseball
events of the year
1905
throughout the world.
Overview of the events of 1905 in baseball
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American League
Triple Crown
pitching winner
2
National League
Triple Crown
pitching winner
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- April 26 ?
Chicago Cubs
outfielder
Jack McCarthy
ties a major league record by starting three double plays in one game from the outfield.
- June 5 ? Catcher
Gabby Street
is loaned by the
Boston Beaneaters
to the Cincinnati Reds. he is returned to the Reds on the 15th of June.
- June 13 ?
Christy Mathewson
of the
New York Giants
tosses his second career
no-hitter
in a 1?0 victory against the
Chicago Cubs
.
- June 29 ?
Archibald "Moonlight" Graham
made his major league debut with the
New York Giants
during a game against the host
Brooklyn Superbas
at
Washington Park
. For the bottom of the eighth inning, Graham was sent in to play right field, replacing
George Browne
. In the top of the ninth, Graham was on deck when
Claude Elliott
flied out for the third and final out. Graham played the bottom of the ninth at right field but never came to bat, as the Giants won 11?1. That game turned out to be his only appearance in the major leagues. His story was popularized in
Shoeless Joe
, a novel by
W. P. Kinsella
, and the subsequent
1989
film
Field of Dreams
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- July 4 ? In one of the greatest duels in baseball history, Cy Young and Rube Waddell go toe to toe in Boston. The A's and Waddell win 4?2 in 20 innings.
- July 22 ?
Weldon Henley
of the
Philadelphia Athletics
pitches a
no-hitter
in the first game of a
doubleheader
against the
St. Louis Browns
. Philadelphia wins, 6?0.
- August 9 ? Mistaking her husband for a burglar, the mother of minor league outfielder
Ty Cobb
shoots and kills him, an incident that will be cited as the reason for Cobb's intense desire to succeed. He will make his major league debut with the
Tigers
later this month.
- August 16 ? The Chicago Cubs purchase the contract of pitcher
Jack Pfiester
from the
Omaha Rourkes
of the Western League.
- September 1 ? The Chicago White Stockings draft
Branch Rickey
from the
Dallas Giants
from the Texas League.
- September 6 ?
Frank Smith
of the
Chicago White Sox
pitches a
no-hitter
in the second game of a doubleheader against the
Detroit Tigers
, as the Sox win 15?0.
- September 27 ?
Boston American
pitcher
Bill Dinneen
tosses a
no-hitter
in a 2?0 victory against the
Chicago White Sox
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- October 9 ?
Christy Mathewson
of the
New York Giants
outpitches 26-game-winner
Eddie Plank
and the
Philadelphia Athletics
, 3?0, in the first game of an all-shutout
World Series
.
- October 14 ? In Game 5 of the World Series, the
New York Giants
defeat the
Philadelphia Athletics
, 2?0, to claim their first world championship, four games to one.
- October 22 ? The
Los Angeles Angels
of the
Pacific Coast League
beats the visiting
Portland Beavers
, 3?2, in 11 innings. Los Angeles pitcher
Bill Tozer
ends his PCL record of 48 consecutive
shutout
inning-streak when Portland scored two
unearned runs
in the third inning.
Births
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January
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February
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March
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April
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Deaths
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January?March
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- January 18 ?
Fergy Malone
, 63, Irish catcher and manager in a career that spanned 14 years from 1871 to 1884.
- January 28 ?
Len Stockwell
, 45, outfielder for the Cleveland
Blues
and
Spiders
teams.
- February 6 ?
Ned Cuthbert
, 59, outfielder who hit .254 with five teams between 1871 and 1884.
- February 13 ?
Bill Eagan
, 35, second baseman for three teams from 1891 to 1898.
- February 13 ?
Ralph Ham
, 55, outfielder for the 1871
Rockford Forest Citys
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- February 18 ?
Tom Poorman
, 47, outfielder for five teams from 1880 to 1888, who led
American Association
in triples and stolen bases in its 1887 season.
- March 3 ?
Stump Weidman
, 44, pitcher for nine seasons from 1880 to 1888, most notably for the
Detroit Wolverines
.
- March 7 ?
John Murphy
, 47, pitcher who posted a 5?12 record for the
Altoona Mountain City
and
Wilmington Quicksteps
in the 1884 season.
- March 15 ?
Pete Meegan
, 42, pitcher for two seasons, 1884 and 1885 with the
Richmond Virginians
and the
Pittsburgh Alleghenys
.
- March 18 ?
Dick Higham
, 53, English right fielder and catcher who led
National League
in doubles in its 1876 first season, in runs and doubles in 1878; later an umpire, barred from the sport in 1882.
- March 22 ?
Gus Krock
, 38, pitched from 1888 to 1890 for the
Cubs
,
Hoosiers
,
Nationals
and
Bisons
.
April?June
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- April 24 ?
Jim Gardner
, 30, pitcher and infielder for the Pittsburgh
Pirates/Orphans
from 1895 to 1902.
- April 25 ?
Jackie Hayes
, 43, catcher/outfielder for seven different teams from 1882 to 1990.
- May 7 ?
Al Mays
, 39, pitcher who went 53?90 with a 3.91 ERA for the
Colonels
/
Metropolitans
/
Bridegrooms
/
Solons
from 1885 to 1890.
- May 13 ?
Sam Gillen
, 38, infielder for the 1893
Pittsburgh Pirates
and the 1897
Philadelphia Phillies
.
- May 17 ?
John Abadie
, 50, first baseman who batted a combined .224 with the
Philadelphia Centennials
and the
Brooklyn Atlantics
in 1875.
- May 22 ?
Ed Kennedy
, 49, outfielder who played from 1883 through 1886 for the
New York Metropolitans
and
Brooklyn Grays
.
- May 22 ?
George Zettlein
, 60, pitcher who won 125 games in the National Association and ended Cincinnati's 84-game winning streak in 1870.
- May 24 ?
Bill Goodenough
, 41, outfielder for the 1893
St. Louis Browns
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- May 25 ?
Paul Cook
, 42, catcher who played from 1884 to 1891 for the
Quakers
,
Colonels
,
Ward's Wonders
and
Browns
.
- June 1 ?
Harry East
, 43, third baseman for the 1882
Baltimore Orioles
.
- June 30 ?
Pete Dowling
, 28, pitcher who posted a 39?65 record with the
Colonels
,
Brewers
and
Blues
from 1897 to 1901.
July?September
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- July 28 ?
Jim Tray
, 45, catcher for the 1884
Indianapolis Hoosiers
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- July 28 ?
Harry Von der Horst
, 54, former owner of the
Baltimore Orioles
and
Brooklyn Superbas
.
- August 2 ?
George Snyder
, 57, pitched briefly for the 1882
Philadelphia Athletics
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- August 27 ?
Heinie Kappel
, 41, infielder who hit a combined .269 for the
Cincinnati Red Stockings
(1887?88) and
Columbus Solons
(1899).
- September 10 ?
Pete Browning
, 44, legendary outfielder who helped to create the
Louisville Slugger
baseball bat and hit a .341 lifetime for the second-highest mark among right-handed hitters, who also won three batting titles and
hit for the cycle
twice, in a career that spanned from 1882 to 1894.
- September 11 ?
Jerry McCormick
, 43, third baseman who played from 1893 to 1984 with three different teams in the
American Association
and the
Union Association
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- September 12 ?
Billy Taylor
, 34, infielder who hit .250 in nine games for the 1898
Louisville Colonels
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October?December
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- October 8 ?
Bill Sullivan
, 36, pitcher/outfielder who posted a 1?4 record and hit .091 for the 1890
Syracuse Stars
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- October 17 ?
Joe Otten
, 35, Dutch outfielder and catcher who hit .241 in 26 games for the 1895
St. Louis Browns
.
- November 14 ?
John Connor
, 44, pitcher for three teams from 1884 to 1885.
- November 23 ?
Bill Hanlon
, 29, first base who played for the 1903
Chicago Cubs
.
- December 6 ?
Jack Leary
, 48, outfielder, infielder, and pitcher for five seasons from 1880 to 1884.
- December 31 ?
Frank Bonner
, 36, infielder who played from 1894 through 1903.