1905 World Series

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Firsts and records

* This was the first World Series to be played under a best-of-seven format. The 1903 World Series used a best-of-nine game format.

* The Philadelphia Athletics became the first team to lose a World Series game on an unearned run 1-0.

* It was the first Series which consisted entirely of complete-game shutouts. Only one reliever was used the entire Series: Red Ames came in to relieve Joe McGinnity in the ninth inning of Game 2.

* The New York Giants yielded no earned runs in this Series, and set a mathematically unbreakable record for lowest team ERA of 0.00.

* The first steal of home during the World Series occurred during the 5th inning of Game 3 by New York's Bill Dahlen.

Notes

References

*Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. "The World Series." 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 9-12)
*Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). "The Baseball Encyclopedia" (5th ed.), p. 2113. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
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External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1905_WS.shtml 1905 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1905 1905 World Series at "WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)"]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1905ws.shtml 1905 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/YPS_1905.htm 1905 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org]