1905 Boston Americans season

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1905  Boston Americans
Boston Americans logo.png
League American League
Ballpark Huntington Avenue Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record78–74 (.513)
League place4th (16 GB)
Owners John I. Taylor
Managers Jimmy Collins
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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Boston Americans manager Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins.jpg
Boston Americans manager Jimmy Collins

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.

Contents

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 92560.622—51–2241–34
Chicago White Sox 92600.605250–2942–31
Detroit Tigers 79740.51615½45–3034–44
Boston Americans 78740.5131644–3234–42
Cleveland Naps 76780.4941941–3635–42
New York Highlanders 71780.47721½40–3531–43
Washington Senators 64870.42429½33–4231–45
St. Louis Browns 54990.35340½34–4220–57

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:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
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 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
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
C Lou Criger 10931333626713654.198.322.272 [8]
1B Moose Grimshaw 8528539688243521.239.293.323 [9]
2B Hobe Ferris 14252351115241665923.220.253.361 [10]
SS Freddy Parent 1536025514116503347.234.296.277 [11]
3B Jimmy Collins 1315086614026546537.276.330.370 [12]
OF Jesse Burkett 14857378147121344767.257.339.344 [13]
OF Kip Selbach 1214185410316644767.246.355.342 [14]
OF Chick Stahl 1345006112917404750.258.332.308 [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

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Buck Freeman 1304555910920834946.240.316.338 [16]
Bob Unglaub 431211827510116.223.260.281 [17]
Charlie Armbruster 35911318400618.198.336.242 [18]
Art McGovern 15441510014.114.204.136 [19]
John Godwin 1543414100103.326.408.349 [20]
Candy LaChance 12411610056.146.255.171 [21]
Pop Rising 11292311022.103.161.207 [22]
Duke Farrell 7212610021.286.318.333 [23]
Tom Doran 330000000.000.000.000 [24]
Yip Owens 120000000.000.000.000 [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

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Cy Young 38120818212104.150.177.233 [26]
Jesse Tannehill 379311212011216.226.339.280 [27]
George Winter 3592122400055.261.306.261 [28]
Bill Dinneen 318861320042.148.167.170 [29]
Norwood Gibson 23422400004.095.174.095 [30]
Hank Olmsted 380100001.125.222.125 [31]
Joe Harris 390100000.111.111.111 [32]
Ed Barry 7110100002.091.231.091 [33]
Ed Hughes 6142300020.214.214.214 [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

PlayerGPGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Cy Young 3833320+2⁄3248309965210181901.82 [35]
Jesse Tannehill 3732271+2⁄323859917511322902.48 [36]
George Winter 3527264+1⁄32495411887119161702.96 [37]
Bill Dinneen 3129243+2⁄32355011710197121413.73 [38]
Norwood Gibson 2317134118557755674703.69 [39]
Hank Olmsted 3325181210961203.24 [40]
Joe Harris 332316866141202.35 [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

PlayerGPGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Ed Barry 7540+2⁄338151913181202.88 [42]
Ed Hughes 6433+1⁄3389271783204.59 [43]

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