1905 Boston Americans season

1905 Boston Americans
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Huntington Avenue Grounds (since 1901)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	John I. Taylor
Manager(s)	Jimmy Collins
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The 1905 Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Americans finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 74 losses.

Offseason

George Stone

• December 26, 1904: George Stone and cash were traded by the Americans to the St. Louis Browns for Jesse Burkett.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	92	56	0.622	—	51–22	41–34
Chicago White Sox	92	60	0.605	2	50–29	42–31
Detroit Tigers	79	74	0.516	15½	45–30	34–44
Boston Americans	78	74	0.513	16	44–32	34–42
Cleveland Naps	76	78	0.494	19	41–36	35–42
New York Highlanders	71	78	0.477	21½	40–35	31–43
Washington Senators	64	87	0.424	29½	33–42	31–45
St. Louis Browns	54	99	0.353	40½	34–42	20–57

Record vs. opponents

1905 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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
Lou Criger	C
Cy Young	P

Roster

1905 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Ed Barry Bill Dinneen Norwood Gibson Joe Harris Ed Hughes Hank Olmsted Jesse Tannehill George Winter Cy Young		Catchers Charlie Armbruster Lou Criger Tom Doran Duke Farrell Art McGovern Yip Owens Infielders Jimmy Collins Hobe Ferris Buck Freeman Myron Grimshaw Candy LaChance Freddy Parent Bob Unglaub		Outfielders Jesse Burkett John Godwin Pop Rising Kip Selbach Chick Stahl		Manager Jimmy Collins

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
3B	Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins	131	508	140	.276	4	65
OF	Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett	148	573	147	.257	4	47

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Godwin, JohnJohn Godwin	15	43	14	.326	0	10
Owens, YipYip Owens	1	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dinneen, BillBill Dinneen	31	243.2	12	14	3.73	97
Barry, EdEd Barry	7	40.2	1	2	2.88	18

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Notes

1. George Stone at Baseball Reference

References

• 1905 Boston Americans at Baseball Reference
• 1905 Boston Americans season at Baseball Almanac