1905 St. Louis Cardinals season

1905 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
League Park (since 1893)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	58–96 (.377)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)	Kid Nichols, Jimmy Burke, and Stanley Robison
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The 1905 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 24th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 14th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 58–96 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

Regular season

The 1905 St. Louis Cardinals

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	105	48	0.686	—	54–21	51–27
Pittsburg Pirates	96	57	0.627	9	49–28	47–29
Chicago Cubs	92	61	0.601	13	54–25	38–36
Philadelphia Phillies	83	69	0.546	21½	39–36	44–33
Cincinnati Reds	79	74	0.516	26	50–28	29–46
St. Louis Cardinals	58	96	0.377	47½	32–45	26–51
Boston Beaneaters	51	103	0.331	54½	29–46	22–57
Brooklyn Superbas	48	104	0.316	56½	29–47	19–57

Record vs. opponents

1905 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11–1	7–15	8–14	3–19	5–17–1	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	11–11–1	—	6–16	4–18	7–15	3–18–1	7–14–1	10–12
Chicago	15–7	16–6	—	12–10	10–12	12–9–1	10–12–1	17–5
Cincinnati	14–8	18–4	10–12	—	5–16–2	13–9	9–13	10–12
New York	19–3	15–7	12–10	16–5–2	—	14–8	12–10	17–5
Philadelphia	17–5–1	18–3–1	9–12–1	9–13	8–14	—	6–16	16–6
Pittsburg	13–9	14–7–1	12–10–1	13–9	10–12	16–6	—	18–4
St. Louis	14–8	12–10	5–17	12–10	5–17	6–16	4–18	—

Roster

1905 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Buster Brown Billy Campbell Wish Egan Win Kellum Sandy McDougal Chappie McFarland Jim McGinley Kid Nichols Jack Taylor Jake Thielman		Catchers Mike Grady Tom Leahy Gerry Shea Jack Warner Dave Zearfoss Infielders Harry Arndt Jake Beckley Dave Brain Jimmy Burke John Farrell Art Hoelskoetter George McBride Simmy Murch Danny Shay		Outfielders Josh Clarke Rube DeGroff Jack Dunleavy Jack Himes Spike Shannon Homer Smoot		Manager Jimmy Burke Kid Nichols Stanley Robison

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
C	Grady, MikeMike Grady	100	311	89	.286	4	41
1B	Beckley, JakeJake Beckley	134	514	147	.286	1	57
3B	Burke, JimmyJimmy Burke	122	431	97	.225	1	30

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
Warner, JackJack Warner	41	137	35	.255	1	12
Leahy, TomTom Leahy	35	97	22	.227	0	7
Hoelskoetter, ArtArt Hoelskoetter	24	83	20	.241	0	5
Farrell, JohnJohn Farrell	7	24	4	.167	0	1

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
Taylor, JackJack Taylor	37	309	15	21	3.44	102
Brown, BusterBuster Brown	23	178.2	8	11	2.97	57
Egan, WishWish Egan	23	171.1	6	15	3.97	29
Nichols, KidKid Nichols	7	51.2	1	5	5.40	16
Campbell, BillyBilly Campbell	2	17	1	1	7.41	2
Hoelskoetter, ArtArt Hoelskoetter	1	6	0	1	1.50	4

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
Kellum, WinWin Kellum	11	74	3	3	2.92	19

External links

• 1905 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1905 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com