1905 Boston Beaneaters season

1905  Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	51–103 (.331)
League place	7th
Owners	Arthur Soden
Managers	Fred Tenney
←  1904 1906  →

The 1905 Boston Beaneaters season was the 35th season of the franchise. The Beaneaters finished seventh in the National League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	105	48	0.686	—	54–21	51–27
Pittsburgh 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 record v t e 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
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	—

Roster

1905 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Chick Fraser Dick Harley Frank Hershey Jake Volz Kaiser Wilhelm Vic Willis Irv Young		Catchers Bill McCarthy Pat Moran Tom Needham Gabby Street Infielders Ed Abbaticchio Bill Lauterborn Dave Murphy Fred Raymer Allie Strobel Fred Tenney Harry Wolverton		Outfielders George Barclay Rip Cannell Jim Delahanty Cozy Dolan Bud Sharpe		Manager Fred Tenney

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	Pat Moran	85	267	64	.240	2	22
1B	Fred Tenney	149	549	158	.288	0	28
2B	Fred Raymer	137	498	105	.211	0	31
SS	Ed Abbaticchio	153	610	170	.279	3	41
3B	Harry Wolverton	122	463	104	.225	2	55
OF	Cozy Dolan	112	433	119	.275	3	48
OF	Jim Delahanty	125	461	119	.258	5	55
OF	Rip Cannell	154	567	140	.247	0	36

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
Tom Needham	83	271	59	.218	2	17
Bill Lauterborn	67	200	37	.185	0	9
Bud Sharpe	46	170	31	.182	0	11
George Barclay	29	108	19	.176	0	7
Allie Strobel	5	19	2	.105	0	2
Gabby Street	3	12	2	.167	0	0
Dave Murphy	3	11	2	.182	0	1
Bill McCarthy	1	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Irv Young	43	378.0	20	21	2.90	156
Vic Willis	41	342.0	12	29	3.21	149
Chick Fraser	39	334.1	14	21	3.28	130
Kaiser Wilhelm	34	242.1	3	23	4.53	76
Frank Hershey	1	4.0	0	1	6.75	1
Jim Delahanty	1	2.0	0	0	4.50	0

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
Dick Harley	9	65.2	2	5	4.66	19
Jake Volz	3	8.2	0	2	10.38	1

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
Cozy Dolan	2	0	1	0	9.00	1
Fred Tenney	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1905 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference