# 1905 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1905 Boston Beaneaters season was the 35th season of the franchise. The Beaneaters finished seventh in the National League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses.

## 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 | Pat Moran | 85 | 267 | 64 | .240 | 2 | 22 |
| 1B | Fred Tenney | 149 | 549 | 158 | .288 | 0 | 28 |
| 2B | Fred Raymer | 137 | 498 | 105 | .211 | 0 | 31 |
| SS | Ed Abbaticchio | 153 | 610 | 170 | .279 | 3 | 41 |
| 3B | Harry Wolverton | 122 | 463 | 104 | .225 | 2 | 55 |
| OF | Cozy Dolan | 112 | 433 | 119 | .275 | 3 | 48 |
| OF | Jim Delahanty | 125 | 461 | 119 | .258 | 5 | 55 |
| OF | Rip Cannell | 154 | 567 | 140 | .247 | 0 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Needham | 83 | 271 | 59 | .218 | 2 | 17 |
| Bill Lauterborn | 67 | 200 | 37 | .185 | 0 | 9 |
| Bud Sharpe | 46 | 170 | 31 | .182 | 0 | 11 |
| George Barclay | 29 | 108 | 19 | .176 | 0 | 7 |
| Allie Strobel | 5 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabby Street | 3 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Murphy | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill McCarthy | 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 |
| Irv Young | 43 | 378.0 | 20 | 21 | 2.90 | 156 |
| Vic Willis | 41 | 342.0 | 12 | 29 | 3.21 | 149 |
| Chick Fraser | 39 | 334.1 | 14 | 21 | 3.28 | 130 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | 34 | 242.1 | 3 | 23 | 4.53 | 76 |
| Frank Hershey | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 1 |
| Jim Delahanty | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 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 |
| Dick Harley | 9 | 65.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.66 | 19 |
| Jake Volz | 3 | 8.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.38 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Cozy Dolan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Fred Tenney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |