1905 New York Highlanders season

1905 New York Highlanders
League	American League
Ballpark	Hilltop Park
City	New York, New York
Owners	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Managers	Clark Griffith

The 1905 New York Highlanders season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's third season. The Highlanders finished in sixth place in the American League with a record of 71–78. The team was managed by Clark Griffith and played its home games at Hilltop Park.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	92	56	.622	—	51‍–‍22	41‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox	92	60	.605	2	50‍–‍29	42‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers	79	74	.516	15½	45‍–‍30	34‍–‍44
Boston Americans	78	74	.513	16	44‍–‍32	34‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps	76	78	.494	19	41‍–‍36	35‍–‍42
New York Highlanders	71	78	.477	21½	40‍–‍35	31‍–‍43
Washington Senators	64	87	.424	29½	33‍–‍42	31‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	54	99	.353	40½	34‍–‍42	20‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

1905 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16–1	14–8	10–12	13–8	7–15	15–7	13–8
Chicago	16–6–1	—	13–9	11–11–1	15–7–1	9–12–1	14–7–1	14–8–1
Cleveland	8–14	9–13	—	12–10	12–10	7–15	14–8–1	14–8
Detroit	12–10	11–11–1	10–12	—	13–8	9–13	13–9	11–11
New York	8–13	7–15–1	10–12	8–13	—	8–11–1	15–7	15–7–1
Philadelphia	15–7	12–9–1	15–7	13–9	11–8–1	—	15–7–1	11–9–1
St. Louis	7–15	7–14–1	8–14–1	9–13	7–15	7–15–1	—	9–13
Washington	8–13	8–14–1	8–14	11–11	7–15–1	9–11–1	13–9	—

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	Red Kleinow	88	253	56	.221	1	24
1B	Hal Chase	128	465	116	.249	3	49
2B	Jimmy Williams	129	470	107	.228	6	62
SS	Kid Elberfeld	111	390	102	.262	0	53
3B	Joe Yeager	115	401	107	.267	0	42
OF	Willie Keeler	149	560	169	.302	4	38
OF	Patsy Dougherty	116	418	110	.263	3	29
OF	Dave Fultz	129	422	98	.232	0	42

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
Wid Conroy	101	385	105	.273	2	25
Deacon McGuire	72	228	50	.219	0	33
Ed Hahn	43	160	51	.319	0	11
John Anderson	32	99	23	.232	0	14
Frank LaPorte	11	40	16	.400	1	12
Jim Cockman	13	38	4	.105	0	2
Doc Powers	11	33	6	.182	0	2
Rube Oldring	8	30	9	.300	1	6
Frank Delahanty	9	27	6	.222	0	2
Joe Connor	8	22	5	.227	0	2
Fred Curtis	2	9	2	.222	0	2
Fred Jacklitsch	1	3	0	.000	0	1
Jack Doyle	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Phil Cooney	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Joe McCarthy	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Fallon	1	0	0	----	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
Al Orth	40	305.1	18	16	2.86	121
Jack Chesbro	41	303.1	19	15	2.20	156
Louis Leroy	3	24.0	1	1	3.75	8

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
Bill Hogg	39	205.0	9	13	3.20	125
Jack Powell	37	203.0	8	13	3.50	84
Clark Griffith	25	101.2	9	6	1.68	46
Ambrose Puttmann	17	86.1	2	7	4.27	39
Doc Newton	11	59.2	2	2	2.11	15
Walter Clarkson	9	46.0	3	3	3.91	35
Wilbur Good	5	19.0	0	2	4.74	13

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
Art Goodwin	1	0	0	0	81.00	0

External links

• 1905 New York Highlanders season at Baseball Reference
• 1905 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com