1905 Chicago White Sox season

1905  Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	South Side Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	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

v t e 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 record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	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
C	Billy Sullivan	98	323	65	.201	2	26
1B	Jiggs Donahue	149	533	153	.287	1	76
2B	Gus Dundon	106	364	70	.192	0	22
SS	George Davis	151	550	153	.278	1	55
3B	Lee Tannehill	142	480	96	.200	0	39
OF	Fielder Jones	153	568	139	.245	2	38
OF	Danny Green	112	379	92	.243	0	44
OF	Ducky Holmes	92	328	66	.201	0	22

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
Nixey Callahan	96	345	94	.272	1	43
Frank Isbell	94	341	101	.296	2	45
Ed McFarland	80	250	70	.280	0	31
George Rohe	34	113	24	.212	1	12
Hub Hart	11	20	2	.100	0	4

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
Frank Owen	42	334.0	21	13	2.10	125
Nick Altrock	38	315.2	23	12	1.88	97
Frank Smith	39	291.2	19	13	2.13	171
Doc White	36	260.1	17	13	1.76	120

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 Walsh	22	136.2	8	3	2.17	71
Roy Patterson	13	88.2	4	6	1.83	29

Notes

1. Frank Roth page at Baseball Reference
2. Two Complete Game Victories by 1 Pitcher on 1 Day | Baseball Almanac

References

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