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1905 World’s Series Recap
Game 1: New York 1 – Pittsburg 8
New Slippery Elm Boy and American League star Bill Hogg fidgeted all day long as he couldn’t wet his spitter enough to keep the hot hitting Pittsburg club off the bases. He surrendered 8 walks, 6 being in the deciding 5th inning alone. Effective spot-starter Gus Thompson got the nod and pitched a fine five-hitter for the opening win.
Game 2: New York 3– Pittsburg 1
It was all Ambrose Puttmann in the box for New York, as he held the better offense to just six hits and contributed 3 hits of his own to even the series. Puttmann scored the go-ahead run in the third off on rookie Hal Chase’s sacrifice to leftfield.
Game 3: Pittsburg 3 – New York 2
Honus Wagner and Jimmy Sebring connected for 2 hits apiece against New York’s Cy Young in a 3-2 victory in front of a boisterous crowd. 3 errors set up the runs for Pittsburg and Jim St. Vrain and Harry Felix combined to 3-hit the Highlanders.
Game 4: Pittsburg 0 – New York 1
In a matchup of bitter rivals, pupil Jack Chesbro got the best of former mentor Clark Griffith in a heated contest that New York won in the ninth to even up the series 2 games apiece. The two spitballers doused each other’s clubs pitch for pitch until the final frame when firstsacker replacement George Magoon’s throw to first sailed wide of Griffith, allowing New York’s Jimmy Mathison to score the winning run.
Game 5: Pittsburg 4 – New York 2
Gus Thompson pitched another beauty to win his second game of the series against New York’s Bill Hogg. Buffalo Bill again choked, this time in the 10th inning when a walk, an error and a wild pitch set up a Jimmy Sebring single to score two Pirates. Pittsburg’s second-baseman Del Howard’s 3 hits bumped his Series’ leading average to .421.
Game 6: New York 5 – Pittsburg 3
With New York facing elimination and the Series back in Pittsburg, New York called on Puttmann to silence the Pirate attack. It turned into a battle of attrition between him and Wiley Piatt of the Pirates, as both men surrendered 11 hits over 9 innings. It was New York’s thirdbaseman Wid Conroy’s bat that finally woke up with two run-scoring triples that ignited the New Yorkers past Pittsburg in the sixth, when all scoring ceased. The Series now tied 3-3.
Game 7: New York 4 – Pittsburg 0 "Forever Young"
In a game for the ages, all-star great Denton “Cy” Young pitched a gem in what eventually became his last game on the world’s stage. A six-hit shutout by the all-time wins leader stunned the home crowd at Exposition Park. To cap off the scoring and long wonderful career, Young belted a home run to left over the heads of the overflow crowd. After his final pitch, the Pittsburg cranks bestowed great honor upon the 38 year old pitcher as his teammates carried him off the field in victory.
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