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1904 New York Giants; 106-47, .693, 1st Place, 13 g ahead
Leading hitters: Bill Dahlen (80 RBI, 47 stolen bases), Sam Mertes (78 RBI, 47 stolen bases)
Leading pitchers: Joe McGinnity (35-8, 1.61 ERA, 144 Ks), Christy Mathewson (33-12, 2.03 ERA, 212 Ks), Dummy Taylor (21-15, 2.34 ERA, 138 Ks)
1905 New York Giants; 105-48, .686, 1st Place, 9 g ahead
Leading hitters: Sam Mertes (108 RBI, 52 stolen bases), Mike Donlin (.356, 124 runs scored, 59 stolen bases)
Leading pitchers: Christy Mathewson (31-9, 1.28 ERA, 206 Ks), Joe McGinnity (21-15, 2.87 ERA, 125 Ks), Red Ames (22-8, 2.74 ERA, 198 Ks)
For two seasons the Giants dominated the National League. They famously refused to consider playing in a post-season series against the American League champion in 1904, probably in an attempt to deny legitimacy to the New York Highlanders, who were in a tight pennant race with Boston and played their home games a short distance from the Polo Grounds. The two leagues agreed to play an annual World Series beginning with the 1905 post-season, and that year the Giants crushed the Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to 1, with each game a shutout by the winning pitcher (Mathewson had three). The Giants were then derailed by the Cubs' juggernaut (and also by the Pirates in one season), failing to win another pennant until the first of three straight in 1911, though they claimed to have been robbed of their rightful championship in 1908 by the league president, who ruled that a game with the Cubs had ended in a tie rather than a Giants' victory when a rookie baserunner had been ruled out at second after an apparently clean game-winning single to the outfield.
A fabulous series of team photos, restored by Bill Burgess, is in the thread entitled The New York Giants: Baseball's 1st Dynasty. See page 1, #2 for the photos of the 1904 and 1905 teams.
Leading hitters: Bill Dahlen (80 RBI, 47 stolen bases), Sam Mertes (78 RBI, 47 stolen bases)
Leading pitchers: Joe McGinnity (35-8, 1.61 ERA, 144 Ks), Christy Mathewson (33-12, 2.03 ERA, 212 Ks), Dummy Taylor (21-15, 2.34 ERA, 138 Ks)
1905 New York Giants; 105-48, .686, 1st Place, 9 g ahead
Leading hitters: Sam Mertes (108 RBI, 52 stolen bases), Mike Donlin (.356, 124 runs scored, 59 stolen bases)
Leading pitchers: Christy Mathewson (31-9, 1.28 ERA, 206 Ks), Joe McGinnity (21-15, 2.87 ERA, 125 Ks), Red Ames (22-8, 2.74 ERA, 198 Ks)
For two seasons the Giants dominated the National League. They famously refused to consider playing in a post-season series against the American League champion in 1904, probably in an attempt to deny legitimacy to the New York Highlanders, who were in a tight pennant race with Boston and played their home games a short distance from the Polo Grounds. The two leagues agreed to play an annual World Series beginning with the 1905 post-season, and that year the Giants crushed the Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to 1, with each game a shutout by the winning pitcher (Mathewson had three). The Giants were then derailed by the Cubs' juggernaut (and also by the Pirates in one season), failing to win another pennant until the first of three straight in 1911, though they claimed to have been robbed of their rightful championship in 1908 by the league president, who ruled that a game with the Cubs had ended in a tie rather than a Giants' victory when a rookie baserunner had been ruled out at second after an apparently clean game-winning single to the outfield.
A fabulous series of team photos, restored by Bill Burgess, is in the thread entitled The New York Giants: Baseball's 1st Dynasty. See page 1, #2 for the photos of the 1904 and 1905 teams.
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