# 1905 Washington Senators season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 56 | .622 | — | 51‍–‍22 | 41‍–‍34 |
| Chicago White Sox | 92 | 60 | .605 | 2 | 50‍–‍29 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 74 | .516 | 15½ | 45‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍44 |
| Boston Americans | 78 | 74 | .513 | 16 | 44‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Naps | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19 | 41‍–‍36 | 35‍–‍42 |
| New York Highlanders | 71 | 78 | .477 | 21½ | 40‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍43 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 87 | .424 | 29½ | 33‍–‍42 | 31‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 54 | 99 | .353 | 40½ | 34‍–‍42 | 20‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1905 American League recordvte 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
## 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 | Mike Heydon | 77 | 245 | 47 | .192 | 1 | 26 |
| 1B | Jake Stahl | 141 | 501 | 125 | .250 | 5 | 66 |
| 2B | Charlie Hickman | 88 | 360 | 112 | .311 | 2 | 46 |
| 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 |
| Rabbit Nill | 103 | 319 | 58 | .182 | 3 | 31 |
| Punch Knoll | 79 | 244 | 52 | .213 | 0 | 29 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 77 | 238 | 39 | .164 | 0 | 14 |
| Jim Mullen | 50 | 163 | 31 | .190 | 0 | 13 |
| Joe Stanley | 28 | 92 | 24 | .261 | 1 | 17 |
| Harry Cassady | 10 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Rothgeb | 7 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Hughie Tate | 4 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
| Denny Sullivan | 3 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 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 | 182.0 | 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 | 263.0 | 7 | 16 | 2.63 | 102 |
| Rick Adams | 11 | 62.2 | 2 | 5 | 3.59 | 25 |
| Harry Hardy | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.88 | 10 |
| Moxie Manuel | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |