1905 Boston Americans season

1905 Boston Americans
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record78–74 (.513)
League place4th
OwnersJohn I. Taylor
ManagersJimmy Collins
StatsESPN.com
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The 1905 Boston Americans season was the fifth season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 78 wins and 74 losses, 16 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Offseason

Regular season

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Jimmy Collins with 65 RBIs and a .276 batting average, and Hobe Ferris with six home runs. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 38 appearances (33 starts) and pitched 31 complete games with an 18–19 record and 1.82 ERA, while striking out 210 in 320+2⁄3 innings; and Jesse Tannehill, with 37 appearances (32 starts) and 27 complete games with a 22–9 record and 2.48 ERA, with 113 strikeouts in 271+2⁄3 innings.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 .622 — 51‍–‍22 41‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox 92 60 .605 2 50‍–‍29 42‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers 79 74 .516 15½ 45‍–‍30 34‍–‍44
Boston Americans 78 74 .513 16 44‍–‍32 34‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps 76 78 .494 19 41‍–‍36 35‍–‍42
New York Highlanders 71 78 .477 21½ 40‍–‍35 31‍–‍43
Washington Senators 64 87 .424 29½ 33‍–‍42 31‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 54 99 .353 40½ 34‍–‍42 20‍–‍57

The team had one game end in a tie; June 22 vs. Chicago White Sox.[3] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[5]

Record vs. opponents

1905 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 6–16–1 14–8 10–12 13–8 7–15 15–7 13–8
Chicago 16–6–1 — 13–9 11–11–1 15–7–1 9–12–1 14–7–1 14–8–1
Cleveland 8–14 9–13 — 12–10 12–10 7–15 14–8–1 14–8
Detroit 12–10 11–11–1 10–12 — 13–8 9–13 13–9 11–11
New York 8–13 7–15–1 10–12 8–13 — 8–11–1 15–7 15–7–1
Philadelphia 15–7 12–9–1 15–7 13–9 11–8–1 — 15–7–1 11–9–1
St. Louis 7–15 7–14–1 8–14–1 9–13 7–15 7–15–1 — 9–13
Washington 8–13 8–14–1 8–14 11–11 7–15–1 9–11–1 13–9 —

Opening Day lineup

Jesse Burkett LF
Freddy Parent SS
Chick Stahl CF
Jimmy Collins 3B
Buck Freeman RF
Candy LaChance 1B
Hobe Ferris 2B
Duke Farrell C
Cy Young P

Source:[6][7]

Roster

1905 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Pos Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
C Lou Criger 109 313 33 62 6 7 1 36 54 .198 .322 .272 [8]
1B Moose Grimshaw 85 285 39 68 8 2 4 35 21 .239 .293 .323 [9]
2B Hobe Ferris 142 523 51 115 24 16 6 59 23 .220 .253 .361 [10]
SS Freddy Parent 153 602 55 141 16 5 0 33 47 .234 .296 .277 [11]
3B Jimmy Collins 131 508 66 140 26 5 4 65 37 .276 .330 .370 [12]
OF Jesse Burkett 148 573 78 147 12 13 4 47 67 .257 .339 .344 [13]
OF Kip Selbach 121 418 54 103 16 6 4 47 67 .246 .355 .342 [14]
OF Chick Stahl 134 500 61 129 17 4 0 47 50 .258 .332 .308 [15]

Other batters

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
Buck Freeman 130 455 59 109 20 8 3 49 46 .240 .316 .338 [16]
Bob Unglaub 43 121 18 27 5 1 0 11 6 .223 .260 .281 [17]
Charlie Armbruster 35 91 13 18 4 0 0 6 18 .198 .336 .242 [18]
Art McGovern 15 44 1 5 1 0 0 1 4 .114 .204 .136 [19]
John Godwin 15 43 4 14 1 0 0 10 3 .326 .408 .349 [20]
Candy LaChance 12 41 1 6 1 0 0 5 6 .146 .255 .171 [21]
Pop Rising 11 29 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 .103 .161 .207 [22]
Duke Farrell 7 21 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 .286 .318 .333 [23]
Tom Doran 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [24]
Yip Owens 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [25]

Pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
Cy Young 38 120 8 18 2 1 2 10 4 .150 .177 .233 [26]
Jesse Tannehill 37 93 11 21 2 0 1 12 16 .226 .339 .280 [27]
George Winter 35 92 12 24 0 0 0 5 5 .261 .306 .261 [28]
Bill Dinneen 31 88 6 13 2 0 0 4 2 .148 .167 .170 [29]
Norwood Gibson 23 42 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 .095 .174 .095 [30]
Hank Olmsted 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .222 .125 [31]
Joe Harris 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 [32]
Ed Barry 7 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .231 .091 [33]
Ed Hughes 6 14 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 .214 .214 .214 [34]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Player GP GS IP H BB R ER SO W L SV ERA Reference
Cy Young 38 33 320+2⁄3 248 30 99 65 210 18 19 0 1.82 [35]
Jesse Tannehill 37 32 271+2⁄3 238 59 91 75 113 22 9 0 2.48 [36]
George Winter 35 27 264+1⁄3 249 54 118 87 119 16 17 0 2.96 [37]
Bill Dinneen 31 29 243+2⁄3 235 50 117 101 97 12 14 1 3.73 [38]
Norwood Gibson 23 17 134 118 55 77 55 67 4 7 0 3.69 [39]
Hank Olmsted 3 3 25 18 12 10 9 6 1 2 0 3.24 [40]
Joe Harris 3 3 23 16 8 6 6 14 1 2 0 2.35 [41]

Other pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Player GP GS IP H BB R ER SO W L SV ERA Reference
Ed Barry 7 5 40+2⁄3 38 15 19 13 18 1 2 0 2.88 [42]
Ed Hughes 6 4 33+1⁄3 38 9 27 17 8 3 2 0 4.59 [43]

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