1905 St. Louis Browns season

1905  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	54–99 (.353)
League place	8th
Owners	Robert Hedges
Managers	Jimmy McAleer
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In the 1905 St. Louis Browns season they finished 8th in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 99 losses.

Offseason

• December 26, 1904: Jesse Burkett was traded by the Browns to the Boston Americans for George Stone and cash. ^[1]
• February 1905: The Browns traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for Branch Rickey. The Browns completed the deal by sending Frank Roth to the White Sox in June. ^[2]

Regular season

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Harry Ables Jim Buchanan Fred Glade Harry Howell Cy Morgan Barney Pelty Jack Powell Willie Sudhoff		Catchers Charlie Gibson Branch Rickey Frank Roth Tubby Spencer Joe Sugden Art Weaver Infielders Harry Gleason Tom Jones Charles Moran Dick Padden Ike Rockenfield Charlie Starr Bobby Wallace		Outfielders Emil Frisk Ben Koehler George Stone Ike Van Zandt		Manager Jimmy McAleer

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	Joe Sugden	90	266	46	.173	0	23
1B	Tom Jones	135	504	122	.242	0	48
2B	Ike Rockenfield	95	322	70	.217	0	16
SS	Bobby Wallace	156	587	159	.271	1	59
3B	Harry Gleason	150	535	116	.217	1	57
OF	George Stone	155	635	189	.298	7	52
OF	Emil Frisk	124	429	112	.261	3	36
OF	Ben Koehler	142	536	127	.237	2	47

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
Ike Van Zandt	94	322	75	.233	1	20
Tubby Spencer	35	115	27	.235	0	11
Frank Roth	35	107	25	.234	0	7
Charlie Starr	26	97	20	.206	0	6
Art Weaver	28	92	11	.120	0	3
Charles Moran	27	82	16	.195	0	5
Dick Padden	16	58	10	.172	0	4
Charlie Gibson	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Branch Rickey	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
Harry Howell	38	323.0	6	25	2.81	127
Fred Glade	32	275.0	6	25	2.81	127
Barney Pelty	31	258.2	14	14	2.75	114
Willie Sudhoff	32	244.0	10	20	2.99	70
Jack Powell	3	28.0	2	1	1.61	12

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
Jim Buchanan	22	141.1	5	9	3.50	54
Cy Morgan	13	77.1	2	5	3.61	44
Harry Ables	6	30.2	0	3	3.82	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
Ike Van Zandt	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Notes

1. George Stone page at Baseball Reference
2. Frank Roth page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1905 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1905 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com