1905 STANDINGS National League New York Giants 105 48 .686 — Pittsburgh Pirates 96 57 .627 9 Chicago Cubs 92 61 .601 13 Philadelphia Phillies 83 69 .546 21.5 Cincinnati Reds 79 74 .516 26 St. Louis Cardinals 58 96 .377 47.5 Boston Beaneaters 51 103 .331 54.5 Brooklyn Superbas 48 104 .316…
1905 – The Philadelphia Athletics sell veteran third baseman Lave Cross to the Washington Senators. Cross had spent the last five seasons with the Athletics.
1905 – The Cubs trade OF Jack McCarthy and Billy Maloney, 3B Doc Casey, and P Buttons Briggs to Brooklyn for Jimmy Sheckard, who will take over LF for the National League champions of the next three years.
After losing a record 29 games this year, veteran righthander Vic Willis is traded by 7th-place Boston to Pittsburgh for three players: Del Howard, infielder Dave Brain, and Vive Lindaman. Willis will rebound with four straight 20-win seasons.
Boston continues trading, sending C Pat Moran to the Cubs for C Jack O’Neill and P Big Jeff Pfeffer.
The New York Giants, having scuttled the 1904 World Series with an unmistakable air of disdain, were willing participants in the 1905 fall classic. And with righthanded sensation Christy Mathewson in tow, why not? The 25-year-old Mathewson had just reached the 30-victory plateau for the third consecutive season. It’s not that the 1904 Giants, National…
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