1905 Boston Americans season

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1905 Boston Americans
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Major League affiliations
  • American League (since 1901)
Location
Results
Record78–74 (.513)
League place4th (16 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)John I. Taylor
Manager(s)Jimmy Collins
StatsESPN.com
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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[]

  • December 26, 1904: George Stone and cash were traded by the Americans to the St. Louis Browns for Jesse Burkett.[1]
  • March 1905: The team held spring training in Macon, Georgia.[2]

Regular season[]

  • April 14: The regular season opens with a 3–2 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics at Columbia Park in Philadelphia.[3]
  • April 21: In the home opener, the Americans lose to the visiting Athletics, 5–4.[3]
  • July 4: In their longest game of the season, the Americans lose to the Athletics, 4–2 in 20 innings, in the second game of a doubleheader played in Boston.[3]
  • August 5: The team has a winning record for the first time in the season, reaching 44–43 with an 8–4 win over the Cleveland Naps at League Park in Cleveland.[3]
  • September 27: Bill Dinneen throws a no-hitter in a home game against the Chicago White Sox.[4]
  • October 7: The regular season ends with a home doubleheader against the New York Highlanders; Boston wins both games, 7–6 in 10 innings, then 12–9 in five innings.[3]

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[]

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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

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 Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
Duke Farrell C
Cy Young P

Source:[6][7]

Roster[]

1905 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • Jimmy Collins

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
C Lou Criger 109 313 62 .198 1 36
1B Moose Grimshaw 85 285 68 .239 4 35
2B Hobe Ferris 142 523 115 .220 6 59
SS Freddy Parent 153 602 141 .234 0 33
3B Jimmy Collins 131 508 140 .276 4 65
OF Jesse Burkett 148 573 147 .257 4 47
OF Kip Selbach 121 418 103 .246 4 47
OF Chick Stahl 134 500 129 .258 0 47

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Buck Freeman 130 455 109 240 3 49
Bob Unglaub 43 121 27 .223 0 11
Charlie Armbruster 35 91 18 .198 0 6
Art McGovern 15 44 5 .114 0 1
John Godwin 15 43 14 .326 0 10
Candy LaChance 12 41 6 .146 0 5
Pop Rising 11 29 3 .103 0 2
Duke Farrell 7 21 6 .286 0 2
Tom Doran 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Yip Owens 1 2 0 .000 0 0

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 Young 38 320+2⁄3 18 19 1.82 210
Jesse Tannehill 37 271+2⁄3 22 9 2.48 113
George Winter 35 264+1⁄3 16 17 2.96 119
Bill Dinneen 31 243+2⁄3 12 14 3.73 97
Norwood Gibson 23 134 4 7 3.69 67

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Barry 7 40+2⁄3 1 2 2.88 18
Ed Hughes 6 33+1⁄3 3 2 4.59 8
Hank Olmsted 3 25 1 2 3.24 6
Joe Harris 3 23 1 2 2.35 14

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. ^ a b c d e f "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. ^ "Tie". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  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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