1905 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1905 Pittsburgh Pirates
Team photo, August 1905
Team photo, August 1905
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke

The 1905 Pittsburgh[a] Pirates season was the 24th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The Pirates finished second in the National League with a record of 96–57.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 105 48 .686 — 54‍–‍21 51‍–‍27
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 57 .627 9 49‍–‍28 47‍–‍29
Chicago Cubs 92 61 .601 13 54‍–‍25 38‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 83 69 .546 21½ 39‍–‍36 44‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 79 74 .516 26 50‍–‍28 29‍–‍46
St. Louis Cardinals 58 96 .377 47½ 32‍–‍45 26‍–‍51
Boston Beaneaters 51 103 .331 54½ 29‍–‍46 22‍–‍57
Brooklyn Superbas 48 104 .316 56½ 29‍–‍47 19‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BRO 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
Pittsburgh 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 —

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1905 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Heinie Peitz 88 278 62 .223 0 27
1B Del Howard 123 435 127 .292 2 63
2B Claude Ritchey 153 533 136 .255 0 52
SS Honus Wagner 147 548 199 .363 6 101
3B Dave Brain 85 307 79 .257 3 46
OF Ginger Beaumont 103 384 126 .328 3 40
OF Fred Clarke 141 525 157 .299 2 51
OF Otis Clymer 96 365 108 .296 0 23

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
Tommy Leach 131 499 128 .257 2 53
Bill Clancy 56 227 52 .229 2 34
George Gibson 46 135 24 .178 2 14
Bob Ganley 32 127 40 .315 0 7
Homer Hillebrand 39 110 26 .236 0 7
Fred Carisch 32 107 22 .206 0 8
George McBride 27 87 19 .218 0 7
Jim Wallace 7 29 6 .207 0 3
Steamer Flanagan 7 25 7 .280 0 3
Otto Knabe 3 10 3 .300 0 2
Harry Smith 1 3 0 .000 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
Deacon Phillippe 38 279.0 20 13 2.19 133
Sam Leever 33 229.2 20 5 2.70 81
Charlie Case 31 217.0 11 11 2.57 57
Patsy Flaherty 27 187.2 10 10 3.50 44
Chick Robitaille 17 120.1 8 5 2.92 32
Lefty Leifield 8 56.0 5 2 2.89 10

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
Mike Lynch 33 206.1 17 8 3.79 106
Homer Hillebrand 10 60.2 5 2 2.82 37
Ed Kinsella 3 17.0 0 1 2.65 11

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
Del Howard 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Frank Moore 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Notes

  1. ^ In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the final 'h'.

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