1905 World Series - New York Giants over Philadelphia Athletics (4-1)

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1905 World Series (4-1): New York Giants (105-48) over Philadelphia Athletics (92-56)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 9, 1905 at Columbia Park (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  1     3 10  1
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  0

    PITCHERS: NYG - Mathewson
              PHA - Plank

               WP - Christy Mathewson
	       LP - Eddie Plank
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              PHA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 17,955

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 10, 1905 at Polo Grounds IV (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  0     3  6  2
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  2

    PITCHERS: PHA - Bender
              NYG - McGinnity, Ames (9)

               WP - Chief Bender
	       LP - Joe McGinnity
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHA - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 24,992

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 12, 1905 at Columbia Park (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              2  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  2     9  9  1
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  4

    PITCHERS: NYG - Mathewson
              PHA - Coakley

               WP - Christy Mathewson
	       LP - Andy Coakley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              PHA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 10,991

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 13, 1905 at Polo Grounds IV (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1
    New York Giants              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x     1  5  0

    PITCHERS: PHA - Plank
              NYG - McGinnity

               WP - Joe McGinnity
	       LP - Eddie Plank
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHA - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 13,598

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 14, 1905 at Polo Grounds IV (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  x     2  5  2

    PITCHERS: PHA - Bender
              NYG - Mathewson

               WP - Christy Mathewson
	       LP - Chief Bender
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHA - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 24,187

Series Batting Stats

New York Giants Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Red Ames	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	97	6	14	0	7	0	.144	.384
Roger Bresnahan	5	16	3	5	2	0	0	1	4	0	.313	.500	.438	.938	1	0	104	331	58	100	0	46	11	.302	.785
George Browne	5	22	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	.227	.227	.227	.455	2	0	127	536	95	157	4	43	26	.293	.718
Bill Dahlen	5	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	2	0	148	520	67	126	7	81	37	.242	.673
Art Devlin	5	16	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	3	.250	.294	.313	.607	3	0	153	525	74	129	2	61	59	.246	.655
Mike Donlin	5	19	4	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	.263	.333	.316	.649	1	1	150	606	124	216	7	80	33	.356	.908
Billy Gilbert	5	16	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	.313	.294	.313	.607	1	1	115	376	45	93	0	24	11	.247	.624
Christy Mathewson	3	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	0	0	44	127	13	30	2	16	2	.236	.630
Dan McGann	5	17	1	4	2	0	0	4	2	7	.235	.316	.353	.669	0	1	136	491	88	147	5	75	22	.299	.825
Joe McGinnity	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	46	120	11	28	0	11	4	.233	.576
Sam Mertes	5	17	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	5	.176	.263	.235	.498	0	2	150	551	81	154	5	108	52	.279	.769
Sammy Strang	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	111	294	51	76	3	29	23	.259	.736
Totals	47	152	15	33	7	0	0	13	15	26	.217	.294	.263	.557	10	5	155	5094	780	1392	39		291	.273	.719

Philadelphia Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Chief Bender	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	92	11	20	0	14	3	.217	.536
Andy Coakley	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	35	94	3	13	0	1	1	.138	.335
Lave Cross	5	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.105	.150	.105	.255	0	0	147	587	69	156	0	77	8	.266	.631
Monte Cross	5	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	.176	.176	.176	.353	0	1	79	252	28	67	0	24	8	.266	.681
Harry Davis	5	20	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.250	.450	0	0	150	607	93	173	8	83	36	.285	.756
Topsy Hartsel	5	17	1	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	.235	.316	.294	.610	2	0	150	538	88	148	0	28	37	.275	.755
Danny Hoffman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	120	459	66	120	1	35	46	.261	.646
Bris Lord	5	20	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	66	238	38	57	0	13	3	.239	.583
Danny Murphy	5	16	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.250	.438	0	1	151	537	71	149	6	71	23	.277	.728
Eddie Plank	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	41	126	12	29	0	5	0	.230	.530
Doc Powers	3	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	0	0	*51	154	11	24	0	12	4	.156	.345
Ossee Schrecongost	3	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	0	0	123	420	30	114	0	45	9	.271	.624
Socks Seybold	5	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	133	492	64	135	6	59	5	.274	.744
Totals	47	155	3	24	5	0	0	2	5	25	.155	.186	.187	.373	2	2	152	5146	623	1310	24		190	.255	.648

New York Giants Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Red Ames	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	1	2.000	34	31	2.74	22	8	0	262.2	220	105	198	1.237
Christy Mathewson	3	3	0.00	3	0	0	3	27.0	13	0	1	18	0.519	43	37	1.28	31	9	3	338.2	252	64	206	0.933
Joe McGinnity	2	2	0.00	1	1	0	1	17.0	10	0	3	6	0.765	46	38	2.87	21	15	3	320.1	289	71	125	1.124
Totals	6	5	0.00	4	1	0	4	45.0	24	0	5	25	0.644	155	155	2.391	105	48		1370.0	1160	364	760	1.112

Philadelphia Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Chief Bender	2	2	1.06	1	1	0	2	17.0	9	2	6	13	0.882	35	23	2.83	18	11	0	229.0	193	90	142	1.236
Andy Coakley	1	1	3.00	0	1	0	1	9.0	9	3	5	2	1.556	35	31	1.84	18	8	0	255.0	227	73	145	1.176
Eddie Plank	2	2	1.59	0	2	0	2	17.0	15	3	4	11	1.118	41	41	2.26	24	12	0	346.2	287	75	210	1.044
Totals	5	5	1.67	1	4	0	5	43.0	33	8	15	26	1.116	152	152	2.193	92	56		1383.1	1137	409	895	1.118

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