1905 Boston Americans season

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. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

1905 Boston Americans
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John I. Taylor
Manager(s)Jimmy Collins
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Boston Americans manager Jimmy Collins

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 9256 0.622 — 51–22 41–34
Chicago White Sox 9260 0.605 2 50–29 42–31
Detroit Tigers 7974 0.516 15½ 45–30 34–44
Boston Americans 7874 0.513 16 44–32 34–42
Cleveland Naps 7678 0.494 19 41–36 35–42
New York Highlanders 7178 0.477 21½ 40–35 31–43
Washington Senators 6487 0.424 29½ 33–42 31–45
St. Louis Browns 5499 0.353 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 Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —6–16–114–810–1213–87–1515–713–8
Chicago 16–6–1—13–911–11–115–7–19–12–114–7–114–8–1
Cleveland 8–149–13—12–1012–107–1514–8–114–8
Detroit 12–1011–11–110–12—13–89–1313–911–11
New York 8–137–15–110–128–13—8–11–115–715–7–1
Philadelphia 15–712–9–115–713–911–8–1—15–7–111–9–1
St. Louis 7–157–14–18–14–19–137–157–15–1—9–13
Washington 8–138–14–18–1411–117–15–19–11–113–9—

Opening Day lineup
Jesse BurkettLF
Freddy ParentSS
Chick StahlCF
Jimmy Collins3B
Buck FreemanRF
Candy LaChance1B
Hobe Ferris2B
Duke FarrellC
Cy YoungP

Source:[6][7]

Roster
1905 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Starters by position
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CLou Criger10931362.198136
1BMoose Grimshaw8528568.239435
2BHobe Ferris142523115.220659
SSFreddy Parent153602141.234033
3BJimmy Collins131508140.276465
OFJesse Burkett148573147.257447
OFKip Selbach121418103.246447
OFChick Stahl134500129.258047

Other batters
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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Buck Freeman130455109240349
John Godwin154314.326010
Yip Owens120.00000

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cy Young38​320 2⁄318191.82210
Jesse Tannehill37​271 2⁄32292.48113
George Winter35​264 1⁄316172.96119
Bill Dinneen31​243 2⁄312143.7397
Norwood Gibson23134473.6967

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Barry7​40 2⁄3122.8818
Ed Hughes6​33 1⁄3324.598
Hank Olmsted325123.246
Joe Harris323122.3514

References
  1. George Stone at Baseball Reference
  2. Murnane, T. H. (March 14, 1905). "With 18 Men. Collins Begins Practice at Macon, Ga". The Boston Globe. p. 5. Retrieved November 11, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "The 1905 Boston Americans Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  4. "Without a Safe Hit. Dineen Shuts Out Sox". The Boston Globe. September 28, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved November 13, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "Tie". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  6. "American League. Athletics Won". The Scranton Republican. April 15, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved November 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Box Score". The Boston Globe. April 15, 1905. p. 8. Retrieved November 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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