There is a saying in baseball that pitching will dominate hitting in a World Series. Undoubtedly that sports proverb was born in 1905 when the New York Giants met the Philadelphia Athletics in the great autumn classic.

In the first game Christy Mathewson of the Giants defeated Philadelphia’s Eddie Plank, 3-0.

In the second game Chief Bender of the Athletics bested Iron Man McGinnity of the Giants, 1-0.

In the third game Mathewson beat Andy Coakley of the A’s, 9-0.

In the fourth game Plank and McGinnity hooked up in a pitching duel, which the Giants won, 1-0.

In the fifth game the magnificent Christy Mathewson defeated Chief Bender, 2-0.

It had truly been a pitchers’ series. Every game had been a shutout!

From The Giant Book of More Strange But True Sports Stories by Howard Liss. Illustrations by Joe Mathieu.

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