1905 St. Louis Cardinals season

1905 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record58–96 (.377)
League place6th
OwnersFrank Robison and Stanley Robison
ManagersKid Nichols, Jimmy Burke, and Stanley Robison
← 1904 Seasons 1906 →

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

The 1905 St. Louis Cardinals

Season standings

National 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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1905 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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