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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

  October 9, 1905 at Columbia Pk (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

  October 10, 1905 at Polo Grnds 4 (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

  October 12, 1905 at Columbia Pk (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

  October 13, 1905 at Polo Grnds 4 (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  2
    New York Giants              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x     1  4  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

  October 14, 1905 at Polo Grnds 4 (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  6  0
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  x     2  5  1

    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

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New York Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Red Ames            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  97  14  0  .144  .384   0
 Roger Bresnahan     5  16  3  5  2  0  0   1  4  0  .313  .500  .438  1 | 331 100  0  .302  .786  11
*George Browne       5  22  2  5  0  0  0   1  0  2  .227  .227  .227  2 | 536 157  4  .293  .718  26
 Bill Dahlen         5  15  1  0  0  0  0   1  3  2  .000  .167  .000  2 | 520 126  7  .242  .674  37
 Art Devlin          5  16  0  4  1  0  0   1  1  3  .250  .294  .313  3 | 525 129  2  .246  .654  59
*Mike Donlin         5  19  4  5  1  0  0   1  2  1  .263  .333  .316  1 | 606 216  7  .356  .908  33
 Billy Gilbert       5  16  1  5  0  0  0   2  0  2  .313  .294  .313  1 | 376  93  0  .247  .624  11
 Christy Mathewson   3   8  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .250  .333  .250  0 | 127  30  2  .236  .630   2
#Dan McGann          5  17  1  4  2  0  0   4  2  7  .235  .316  .353  0 | 491 147  5  .299  .825  22
 Joe McGinnity       2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 120  28  0  .233  .576   4
 Sam Mertes          5  17  2  3  1  0  0   2  2  5  .176  .263  .235  0 | 551 154  5  .279  .768  52
#Sammy Strang        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 294  76  3  .259  .736  23
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 152 15 33  7  0  0  13 15 26  .217  .294  .263 10 |         39  .273  .709 291

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Philadelphia Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Chief Bender        2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  92  20  0  .217  .535   3
*Andy Coakley        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .333  .000  0 |  94  13  0  .138  .335   1
 Lave Cross          5  19  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .105  .150  .105  0 | 587 156  0  .266  .631   8
 Monte Cross         5  17  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  7  .176  .176  .176  0 | 252  67  0  .266  .681   8
 Harry Davis         5  20  0  4  1  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .250  0 | 607 173  8  .285  .756  36
*Topsy Hartsel       5  17  1  4  1  0  0   0  2  1  .235  .316  .294  2 | 538 148  0  .275  .755  37
*Danny Hoffman       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 459 120  1  .261  .645  46
 Bris Lord           5  20  0  2  0  0  0   2  0  5  .100  .100  .100  0 | 238  57  0  .239  .583   3
 Danny Murphy        5  16  0  3  1  0  0   0  0  2  .188  .188  .250  0 | 537 149  6  .277  .728  23
*Eddie Plank         2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 | 126  29  0  .230  .530   0
 Doc Powers          3   7  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .143  .143  .286  0 |+154  24  0  .156  .344   4
 Ossee Schreckengost 3   9  2  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  .222  .222  .333  0 | 420 114  0  .271  .623   9
 Socks Seybold       5  16  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  3  .125  .222  .125  0 | 492 135  6  .274  .743   5
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 155  3 24  5  0  0   2  5 25  .155  .186  .187  2 |         24  .255  .643 190

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Christy Mathewson   3   0.00 3-0  0  3 27.0 14  0  1 18 | 31-9  339  1.28  0.93 206  2
 Joe McGinnity       2   0.00 1-1  0  1 17.0 10  0  3  6 | 21-15 320  2.87  1.12 125  3
 Red Ames            1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  1  1 | 22-8  263  2.74  1.24 198   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   0.00 4-1  0  4 45.0 25  0  5 25 |            2.39 1.110   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Philadelphia Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Chief Bender        2   1.06 1-1  0  2 17.0  9  2  6 13 | 18-11 229  2.83  1.24 142   
*Eddie Plank         2   1.59 0-2  0  2 17.0 15  3  4 11 | 24-12 347  2.26  1.04 210   
 Andy Coakley        1   3.00 0-1  0  1  9.0  9  3  5  2 | 18-8  255  1.84  1.18 145   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.67 1-4  0  5 43.0 33  8 15 26 |            2.19 1.120   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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