# 1905 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1905 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 24th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 14th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 58–96 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

## 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 | Mike Grady | 100 | 311 | 89 | .286 | 4 | 41 |
| 1B | Jake Beckley | 134 | 514 | 147 | .286 | 1 | 57 |
| 2B | Harry Arndt | 113 | 415 | 101 | .243 | 2 | 36 |
| SS | George McBride | 81 | 281 | 61 | .217 | 2 | 34 |
| 3B | Jimmy Burke | 122 | 431 | 97 | .225 | 1 | 30 |
| OF | Homer Smoot | 139 | 534 | 166 | .311 | 4 | 58 |
| OF | Spike Shannon | 140 | 544 | 146 | .268 | 0 | 41 |
| OF | Jack Dunleavy | 119 | 435 | 105 | .241 | 1 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Shay | 78 | 281 | 67 | .238 | 0 | 28 |
| Josh Clarke | 50 | 167 | 43 | .257 | 3 | 18 |
| Dave Brain | 44 | 158 | 36 | .228 | 1 | 17 |
| Jack Warner | 41 | 137 | 35 | .255 | 1 | 12 |
| Tom Leahy | 35 | 97 | 22 | .227 | 0 | 7 |
| Art Hoelskoetter | 24 | 83 | 20 | .241 | 0 | 5 |
| Rube DeGroff | 15 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| Dave Zearfoss | 20 | 51 | 8 | .157 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Himes | 12 | 41 | 6 | .146 | 0 | 0 |
| John Farrell | 7 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Simmy Murch | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Shea | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 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 |
| Jack Taylor | 37 | 309.0 | 15 | 21 | 3.44 | 102 |
| Chappie McFarland | 31 | 250.1 | 8 | 18 | 3.81 | 85 |
| Jake Thielman | 32 | 242.0 | 15 | 16 | 3.50 | 87 |
| Buster Brown | 23 | 178.2 | 8 | 11 | 2.97 | 57 |
| Wish Egan | 23 | 171.1 | 6 | 15 | 3.97 | 29 |
| Kid Nichols | 7 | 51.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.40 | 16 |
| Sandy McDougal | 5 | 44.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.43 | 10 |
| Billy Campbell | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.41 | 2 |
| Art Hoelskoetter | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 | 4 |
| Jim McGinley | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Win Kellum | 11 | 74.0 | 3 | 3 | 2.92 | 19 |