1905 World Series - Firsts and Records

Firsts and Records

• This was the first best-of-seven World Series, as opposed to the best-of-nine 1903 World Series.

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

• It was the only World Series consisting entirely of complete-game shutouts. Only one reliever was used in the entire Series, Red Ames for Joe McGinnity in the ninth inning of Game 2.

• The New York Giants yielded not a single earned run in this Series, thereby setting a mathematically unbreakable record for lowest team ERA of 0.00.

• The first steal of home during the World Series occurred during the fifth inning of Game 3, by New York's Bill Dahlen on the front end of a double steal.