The 1905 Major League Baseball season began on April 14, 1905. The regular season ended October 8, with the
New York Giants and the
Philadelphia Athletics as regular season champions of the
National League and
American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the second modern
World Series on October 9 and ended with Game 5 on October 14. The Giants defeated the Athletics, four games to one.
The 1905 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the
1904 season. This format would last until
1919.
Opening Day took place on April 16 with all but the
Detroit Tigers and
Cleveland Naps playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 8. The
World Series took place between October 9 and October 14.
For the first time in Major League history, two teams with over 100 losses played each other, when the
Brooklyn Superbas (100 losses) and
Boston Beaneaters (100 losses) met in their final series of the season.[17]