1905 New York Highlanders season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Highlanders (now New York Yankees)

Major League Baseball team season
1905 New York Highlanders
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHilltop Park
CityNew York, New York
OwnersWilliam Devery and Frank Farrell
ManagersClark Griffith
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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

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 92 56 0.622 — 51–22 41–34
Chicago White Sox 92 60 0.605 2 50–29 42–31
Detroit Tigers 79 74 0.516 15½ 45–30 34–44
Boston Americans 78 74 0.513 16 44–32 34–42
Cleveland Naps 76 78 0.494 19 41–36 35–42
New York Highlanders 71 78 0.477 21½ 40–35 31–43
Washington Senators 64 87 0.424 29½ 33–42 31–45
St. Louis Browns 54 99 0.353 40½ 34–42 20–57

Record vs. opponents

1905 American League record
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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 —

Roster

1905 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

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 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
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