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1905 MLB AL standings
The Philadelphia Athletics won the 1905 American League pennant race at 92-56, 2 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox.
🏆How the 1905 playoffs went
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AL standings, 1905
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 92 | 56 | .622 | - | 7-3 | L2 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 92 | 60 | .605 | 2 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 79 | 74 | .516 | 15.5 | 6-4 | W1 |
| Boston Americans (BOS) | 78 | 74 | .513 | 16 | 8-2 | W8 |
| Cleveland Naps (CLE) | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19 | 4-6 | L1 |
| New York Highlanders (NYH) | 71 | 78 | .477 | 21.5 | 3-7 | L4 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 64 | 87 | .424 | 29.5 | 5-5 | W2 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 54 | 99 | .353 | 40.5 | 3-7 | W1 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 22 times.
- The Philadelphia Athletics trailed by as many as 5 games on June 20, 1905.
- The Philadelphia Athletics took first place for good on August 2, 1905.
- The New York Highlanders won 12 games in a row from July 23, 1905 to August 7, 1905, the longest run of the race.
- The Cleveland Naps led by 4 games as late as June 20, 1905.
- The Philadelphia Athletics went 24-12 from July 24, 1905 to September 5, 1905, turning a deficit of 4.5 games into a lead of 4.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 76 of the 169 days played.
- Seven teams held first place.
- The Philadelphia Athletics spent 81 of the season's 178 charted days in first place.