1905 Washington Senators season

1905 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
National Park (since 1903)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Thomas C. Noyes
Manager(s)	Jake Stahl
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The 1905 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 87, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Jake Stahl and played home games at National Park.

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records 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	—

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
1B	Jake Stahl	141	501	125	.250	5	66
3B	Hunter Hill	104	374	78	.209	1	24
SS	Joe Cassidy	151	576	124	.215	1	43
OF	Charlie Jones	142	544	113	.208	2	41
OF	John Anderson	101	400	116	.290	1	38
OF	Frank Huelsman	121	421	114	.271	3	62

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
Malachi Kittridge	77	238	39	.164	0	14
Jim Mullin	50	163	31	.190	0	13
Joe Stanley	28	92	24	.261	1	17
Claude Rothgeb	7	16	2	.125	0	0
Shag Shaughnessy	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
Casey Patten	42	309.2	14	21	3.14	113
Tom Hughes	39	291.1	17	20	2.35	149
Barney Wolfe	28	182	9	14	2.57	52
Beany Jacobson	22	144.1	7	8	3.30	50
Cy Falkenberg	12	75.1	7	2	3.82	35

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
Happy Townsend	34	263	7	16	2.63	102
Rick Adams	11	62.2	2	5	3.59	25
Harry Hardy	3	24	1	1	1.88	10
Moxie Manuel	3	10	0	0	5.40	3

References

• 1905 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1905 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com