# 1905 St. Louis Browns season

In the 1905 St. Louis Browns season they finished 8th in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 99 losses.

## Offseason

* December 26, 1904: Jesse Burkett was traded by the Browns to the Boston Americans for George Stone and cash.
* February 1905: The Browns traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for Branch Rickey. The Browns completed the deal by sending Frank Roth to the White Sox in June.

## 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 | Joe Sugden | 90 | 266 | 46 | .173 | 0 | 23 |
| 1B | Tom Jones | 135 | 504 | 122 | .242 | 0 | 48 |
| 2B | Ike Rockenfield | 95 | 322 | 70 | .217 | 0 | 16 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 156 | 587 | 159 | .271 | 1 | 59 |
| 3B | Harry Gleason | 150 | 535 | 116 | .217 | 1 | 57 |
| OF | George Stone | 155 | 635 | 189 | .298 | 7 | 52 |
| OF | Emil Frisk | 124 | 429 | 112 | .261 | 3 | 36 |
| OF | Ben Koehler | 142 | 536 | 127 | .237 | 2 | 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 |
| Ike Van Zandt | 94 | 322 | 75 | .233 | 1 | 20 |
| Tubby Spencer | 35 | 115 | 27 | .235 | 0 | 11 |
| Frank Roth | 35 | 107 | 25 | .234 | 0 | 7 |
| Charlie Starr | 26 | 97 | 20 | .206 | 0 | 6 |
| Art Weaver | 28 | 92 | 11 | .120 | 0 | 3 |
| Charles Moran | 27 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 0 | 5 |
| Dick Padden | 16 | 58 | 10 | .172 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie Gibson | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Branch Rickey | 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 |
| Harry Howell | 38 | 323.0 | 6 | 25 | 2.81 | 127 |
| Fred Glade | 32 | 275.0 | 6 | 25 | 2.81 | 127 |
| Barney Pelty | 31 | 258.2 | 14 | 14 | 2.75 | 114 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 32 | 244.0 | 10 | 20 | 2.99 | 70 |
| Jack Powell | 3 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.61 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Buchanan | 22 | 141.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.50 | 54 |
| Cy Morgan | 13 | 77.1 | 2 | 5 | 3.61 | 44 |
| Harry Ables | 6 | 30.2 | 0 | 3 | 3.82 | 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 |
| Ike Van Zandt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |