1905 Chicago White Sox season

1905 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
South Side Park (since 1900)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Fielder Jones
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Offseason

• February 1905: Branch Rickey was traded by the White Sox to the Browns for a player to be named later. The Browns completed the deal by sending Frank Roth to the White Sox in June.^[1]

Regular season

• July 1, 1905: Frank Owen became the first pitcher in the history of the American League to have two complete game victories on the same day.^[2] On September 26, teammate Ed Walsh would match the feat.

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	—

Roster

1905 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Nick Altrock Frank Owen Roy Patterson Frank Smith Ed Walsh Doc White		Catchers Hub Hart Ed McFarland Billy Sullivan Infielders George Davis Jiggs Donahue Gus Dundon Frank Isbell George Rohe Lee Tannehill		Outfielders Nixey Callahan Danny Green Ducky Holmes Fielder Jones		Manager Fielder Jones

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
OF	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	153	568	139	.245	2	38

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

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
Owen, FrankFrank Owen	42	334	21	13	2.10	125
Altrock, NickNick Altrock	38	315.2	23	12	1.88	97

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

Notes

1. Frank Roth page at Baseball Reference
2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats24.shtml

References

• 1905 Chicago White Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• Chicago White Sox team page at www.baseball-almanac.com