1905 Playoffs
New York Highlanders at Brooklyn Superbas
Tuesday 10/10
Game 1
Bob Wicker (25-11, 2.84) vs Rube Waddell (23-12, 2.85)
Brooklyn 5 NY 2:
Frank Foutz 3-4, HR, 3 RBIs.
Wednesday 10/11
Game 2
Big Jeff Pfeffer (18-13, 3.60) vs Mordecai Brown (24-14, 3.34)
NY 11 Brooklyn 4:
George Davis 3-5, 4 RBIs. Frank Foutz 2-4, 3 RBIs.
Brooklyn at New York
Friday 10/13
Game 3
Joe McGinnity (11-11, 3.58) vs Deacon Phillippe (20-17, 3.35)
Brooklyn 6 NY 4 (10):
John Titus and Bill Byers 2-5, 2 RBIs each.
Saturday 10/14
Game 4:
Rube Waddell (1-0, 1.00) vs Bob Wicker (0-1, 5.14)
Brooklyn 14 NY 7:
Honus Wagner HR, 5 RBIs, 2-4.
Sunday 10/15
Game 5
Mordecai Brown (0-1, 4.70) vs Big Jeff Pfeffer (1-0, 4.50)
NY 8 Brooklyn 5:
George Magoon 3-4, 3 RBIs.
New York at Brooklyn
Tuesday 10/17
Game 6
Deacon Phillippe (0-1, 4.50) vs Joe McGinnity (1-0, 3.60)
Brooklyn 4 NY 0:
Joe McGinnity pitches a five hit shut out.
Superbas Top Highlanders in North American Series
Tuesday, October 17th, 1905: The Superbas earned their 3rd North American Series title and now get to spend all winter basking in glory, while the beaten Highlanders will have plenty of time to wonder what went wrong.
Brooklyn is the North American BaseBall League Champions for 1905. They did it with a 4-0 triumph to capture the series 4-2.
"Both clubs are talented. We just made fewer mistakes than they did," the winning manager said to the press corps at the postgame press conference. "We made the crucial plays and got the timely hits."
The New York skipper agreed with that assessment and added, "We were a little weak on fundamentals at crucial times. I have a sneaky suspicion we will be working on fundamentals a lot next spring."
On the way to the North American Series championship, the Superbas ended up in first place in the National League and compiled a 93-61 record during the regular season. MVP was Frank Foutz (.440, HR, 11 RBIs.)