1905 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 24th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates[1] franchise. The Pirates finished second in the National League with a record of 96–57.

1905 Pittsburgh Pirates
Team photo, August 1905
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1891) Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	105	48	0.686	—	54–21	51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	57	0.627	9	49–28	47–29
Chicago Cubs	92	61	0.601	13	54–25	38–36
Philadelphia Phillies	83	69	0.546	21½	39–36	44–33
Cincinnati Reds	79	74	0.516	26	50–28	29–46
St. Louis Cardinals	58	96	0.377	47½	32–45	26–51
Boston Beaneaters	51	103	0.331	54½	29–46	22–57
Brooklyn Superbas	48	104	0.316	56½	29–47	19–57

Record vs. opponents

1905 National League Records 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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1905 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Case Patsy Flaherty Ed Kinsella Sam Leever Lefty Leifield Mike Lynch Frank Moore Deacon Phillippe Chick Robitaille		Catchers Fred Carisch George Gibson Heinie Peitz Harry Smith Infielders Dave Brain Bill Clancy Homer Hillebrand Del Howard Otto Knabe George McBride Claude Ritchey Honus Wagner		Outfielders Ginger Beaumont Fred Clarke Otis Clymer Steamer Flanagan Bob Ganley Tommy Leach Jim Wallace		Manager Fred Clarke

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	20	13	2.19	133
Sam Leever	33	229.2	20	5	2.70	81
Charlie Case	31	217	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	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	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

References

1. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the name of Pittsburgh was often spelled without the 'h'.

• 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac