# 1905 Chicago Cubs season

The 1905 Chicago Cubs season was the 34th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 30th in the National League and the 13th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 92–61.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 105 | 48 | .686 | — | 54‍–‍21 | 51‍–‍27 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 57 | .627 | 9 | 49‍–‍28 | 47‍–‍29 |
| Chicago Cubs | 92 | 61 | .601 | 13 | 54‍–‍25 | 38‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 69 | .546 | 21½ | 39‍–‍36 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 79 | 74 | .516 | 26 | 50‍–‍28 | 29‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 96 | .377 | 47½ | 32‍–‍45 | 26‍–‍51 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 51 | 103 | .331 | 54½ | 29‍–‍46 | 22‍–‍57 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 48 | 104 | .316 | 56½ | 29‍–‍47 | 19‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1905 National League recordvte 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
## 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 | Johnny Kling | 111 | 380 | 83 | .218 | 1 | 52 |
| 1B | Frank Chance | 118 | 392 | 124 | .316 | 2 | 70 |
| 2B | Johnny Evers | 99 | 340 | 94 | .276 | 1 | 37 |
| SS | Joe Tinker | 149 | 547 | 135 | .247 | 2 | 66 |
| 3B | Doc Casey | 144 | 526 | 122 | .232 | 1 | 56 |
| OF | Billy Maloney | 145 | 558 | 145 | .260 | 2 | 56 |
| OF | Jimmy Slagle | 155 | 568 | 153 | .269 | 0 | 37 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 123 | 493 | 135 | .274 | 1 | 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 |
| Solly Hofman | 86 | 287 | 68 | .237 | 1 | 38 |
| Jack O'Neill | 53 | 172 | 34 | .198 | 0 | 12 |
| Jack McCarthy | 59 | 170 | 47 | .276 | 0 | 14 |
| Shad Barry | 27 | 104 | 22 | .212 | 0 | 10 |
| Hans Lobert | 14 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Ed Reulbach | 34 | 291.2 | 18 | 14 | 1.42 | 152 |
| Jake Weimer | 33 | 250.1 | 18 | 12 | 2.26 | 107 |
| Mordecai Brown | 30 | 249.0 | 18 | 12 | 2.17 | 89 |
| Bob Wicker | 22 | 178.0 | 13 | 6 | 2.02 | 86 |
| Carl Lundgren | 23 | 169.1 | 13 | 5 | 2.23 | 69 |
| Buttons Briggs | 20 | 168.0 | 8 | 8 | 2.14 | 68 |
| Big Jeff Pfeffer | 15 | 101.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.50 | 56 |