Sunday, July 2, 2017

1905 Season Recap

World Series Champions - New York Giants (Dave Besser)
MVP -  Honus Wagner (BOA)   .350 average, #1 in RBIs with 97, #1 in stolen bases with 68
Cy Young Award -  Christy Mathewson (SLN)  22 wins, 2.14 ERA, 230 K's
Manager of the Year -  Doug Miller (BOA)


The Flying Dutchman, Honus Wagner,
finally gets his MVP Award!

The Boston Red Sox dominated the regular season, racking up 95 wins and finishing 9 full games above the second-place NY Giants.  The Giants, however, sprung the upset and won the World Series.  Honus Wagner, always very high in the MVP voting, finally took home the hardware this season, establishing himself as one of the very best, if not the absolute best, in the history of the game so far.

The two superstar fireballers in the OTBL, Rube Waddell and
Christy Mathewson, exchange pleasantries 


Some of the top performers of the season include..

-Cy Seymour (BRN) batted a league-leading .386
-Red Patterson (BOA) and Carl Lundgren (NYG) tie for the leage lead in saves with 30 each
-Yet another strikeout title for NY's Rube Waddell, this time with 238 K's


SEASON LINKS

Standings
League Leaders
Grand Totals
Newspaper Style Recap
Awards Voting
Record Book
WebBuilder View

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