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.

1905 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	League Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	58–96 (.377)
League place	6th
Owners	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Managers	Kid Nichols, Jimmy Burke, and Stanley Robison
Seasons

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

1905 National League record 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	—

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

External links

• 1905 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1905 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com