# 1905 Chicago White Sox season
## 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.

## 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. On September 26, teammate Ed Walsh would match the feat.

### 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 | 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 |