1905 Boston Americans
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record78–74 (.513)
League place4th (16 GB)
OwnersJohn I. Taylor
ManagersJimmy Collins
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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.

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 record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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

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
Buck Freeman130455109240349
Bob Unglaub4312127.223011
Charlie Armbruster359118.19806
Art McGovern15445.11401
John Godwin154314.326010
Candy LaChance12416.14605
Pop Rising11293.10302
Duke Farrell7216.28602
Tom Doran330.00000
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 Young38320+2⁄318191.82210
Jesse Tannehill37271+2⁄32292.48113
George Winter35264+1⁄316172.96119
Bill Dinneen31243+2⁄312143.7397
Norwood Gibson23134473.6967
Hank Olmsted325123.246
Joe Harris323122.3514

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
Ed Barry740+2⁄3122.8818
Ed Hughes633+1⁄3324.598

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. ↑ Hershberger, Richard (December 28, 2015). "Tie Games in Baseball". ordinary-times.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  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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