# 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 24th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The Pirates finished second in the National League with a record of 96–57.

## 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 | Heinie Peitz | 88 | 278 | 62 | .223 | 0 | 27 |
| 1B | Del Howard | 123 | 435 | 127 | .292 | 2 | 63 |
| 2B | Claude Ritchey | 153 | 533 | 136 | .255 | 0 | 52 |
| SS | Honus Wagner | 147 | 548 | 199 | .363 | 6 | 101 |
| 3B | Dave Brain | 85 | 307 | 79 | .257 | 3 | 46 |
| OF | Ginger Beaumont | 103 | 384 | 126 | .328 | 3 | 40 |
| OF | Fred Clarke | 141 | 525 | 157 | .299 | 2 | 51 |
| OF | Otis Clymer | 96 | 365 | 108 | .296 | 0 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy Leach | 131 | 499 | 128 | .257 | 2 | 53 |
| Bill Clancy | 56 | 227 | 52 | .229 | 2 | 34 |
| George Gibson | 46 | 135 | 24 | .178 | 2 | 14 |
| Bob Ganley | 32 | 127 | 40 | .315 | 0 | 7 |
| Homer Hillebrand | 39 | 110 | 26 | .236 | 0 | 7 |
| Fred Carisch | 32 | 107 | 22 | .206 | 0 | 8 |
| George McBride | 27 | 87 | 19 | .218 | 0 | 7 |
| Jim Wallace | 7 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 3 |
| Steamer Flanagan | 7 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 3 |
| Otto Knabe | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry Smith | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Deacon Phillippe | 38 | 279.0 | 20 | 13 | 2.19 | 133 |
| Sam Leever | 33 | 229.2 | 20 | 5 | 2.70 | 81 |
| Charlie Case | 31 | 217.0 | 11 | 11 | 2.57 | 57 |
| Patsy Flaherty | 27 | 187.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.50 | 44 |
| Chick Robitaille | 17 | 120.1 | 8 | 5 | 2.92 | 32 |
| Lefty Leifield | 8 | 56.0 | 5 | 2 | 2.89 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Lynch | 33 | 206.1 | 17 | 8 | 3.79 | 106 |
| Homer Hillebrand | 10 | 60.2 | 5 | 2 | 2.82 | 37 |
| Ed Kinsella | 3 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.65 | 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 |
| Del Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Frank Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |