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Awards for May and baseball standings at the start of June, 1905
Awards for May:
AL Best Batter: Second baseman Danny Shay (Cleveland Naps), with 0 home runs, 12 RBIs, and 20 runs scored.
NL Best Batter: Shortstop Honus Wagner (Pittsburgh Pirates), with 0 home runs, 12 RBIs, and 18 runs scored.
AL Best Pitcher: Ed Killian (New York Highlanders), with a 6-0 record and a 1.45 ERA.
NL Best Pitcher: Rube Waddell (Pittsburgh Pirates), with a 7-1 record and a 1.18 ERA.
AL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Buster Brown (Cleveland Naps), with a 4-2 record and 1.21 ERA.
NL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Irv Young (Chicago Cubs), with a 5-2 record and a 0.85 ERA.
In the AL, the Detroit Tigers are now ahead by a game over the Washington Senators, with the Cleveland Naps, New York Highlanders, and Chicago White Sox not far behind. In the NL, meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Pirates are ahead (after falling out of first earlier in the month) by 1 and a half games over the Philadelphia Philles, and both pennant races look interesting as the season heads into summer.
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