1905 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1905 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1905 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Fred Odwell led with 9 home runs, Cy Seymour led with 121 RBI, and Cy Seymour led with 219 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 477 plate appearances at 154 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (154 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 477 plate appearances at 154 team games. 87 of the 157 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1905 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1905 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Cy Seymour CIN 149 643 581 95 219 40 21 8 121 21 51 29 .377 .429 .559 .988
Honus Wagner PIT 147 616 548 114 199 32 14 6 101 57 54 53 .363 .427 .505 .932
Mike Donlin NY1 150 676 606 124 216 31 16 7 80 33 56 41 .356 .413 .495 .908
Roy Thomas PHI 147 675 562 118 178 11 6 0 31 23 93 52 .317 .417 .358 .775
Frank Chance CHN 118 502 392 92 124 16 12 2 70 38 78 26 .316 .450 .434 .883
Homer Smoot SLN 139 587 534 73 166 21 16 4 58 21 33 61 .311 .359 .433 .791
John Titus PHI 147 635 548 99 169 36 14 2 89 11 69 44 .308 .397 .436 .834
Elmer Flick CLE 132 573 500 72 154 29 18 4 64 35 53 69 .308 .383 .462 .845
John Barry 2 teams 152 667 598 100 182 13 12 1 66 21 38 35 .304 .352 .371 .723
Willie Keeler NYA 149 650 560 81 169 14 4 4 38 19 43 13 .302 .357 .362 .719
Harry Bay CLE 144 623 552 90 166 18 10 0 22 36 36 49 .301 .349 .370 .719
Dan McGann NY1 136 584 491 88 147 23 14 5 75 22 55 31 .299 .391 .434 .825
Fred Clarke PIT 141 604 525 95 157 18 15 2 51 24 55 41 .299 .368 .402 .770
Sherry Magee PHI 155 669 603 100 180 24 17 5 98 48 44 58 .299 .354 .420 .774
Sam Crawford DET 154 631 575 73 171 38 10 6 75 22 50 31 .297 .357 .430 .786
George Stone SLA 154 691 632 76 187 25 13 7 52 26 44 69 .296 .347 .410 .756
Harry Lumley BRO 130 557 505 50 148 19 10 7 47 22 36 64 .293 .340 .412 .752
George Browne NY1 127 569 536 95 157 16 14 4 43 26 20 59 .293 .321 .397 .718
Del Howard PIT 123 484 435 56 127 18 5 2 63 19 27 44 .292 .345 .370 .715
Jimmy Sheckard BRO 130 563 480 58 140 20 11 3 41 23 61 55 .292 .380 .398 .777
Doc Gessler BRO 126 486 431 44 125 17 4 3 46 26 38 56 .290 .366 .369 .735
Fred Tenney BSN 149 632 549 84 158 18 3 0 28 17 67 47 .288 .368 .332 .700
Jiggs Donahue CHA 149 608 533 71 153 22 4 1 76 32 44 35 .287 .346 .349 .695
Jake Beckley SLN 134 558 514 48 147 20 10 1 57 12 30 41 .286 .333 .370 .702
Harry Davis PHA 150 657 607 93 173 47 6 8 83 36 43 46 .285 .334 .422 .756
Sam Mertes NY1 150 627 551 81 154 27 17 5 108 52 56 51 .279 .351 .417 .769
Ed Abbaticchio BSN 153 658 610 70 170 25 12 3 41 30 35 51 .279 .326 .374 .700
John Anderson 2 teams 133 536 499 62 139 24 7 1 52 31 30 38 .279 .323 .361 .684
George Davis CHA 151 654 550 74 153 29 1 1 55 31 60 66 .278 .353 .340 .693
Charlie Hickman 2 teams 147 615 573 69 159 37 12 4 66 6 21 76 .277 .311 .405 .716
Danny Murphy PHA 151 608 537 71 149 34 4 6 71 23 42 34 .277 .339 .389 .728
Jimmy Collins BOS 131 558 508 66 140 26 5 4 65 18 37 21 .276 .330 .370 .700
Topsy Hartsel PHA 150 674 538 88 148 22 8 0 28 37 121 65 .275 .409 .346 .755
Ernie Courtney PHI 155 681 601 77 165 14 7 2 77 17 47 53 .275 .334 .331 .665
Socks Seybold PHA 133 559 492 64 135 37 4 6 59 5 42 41 .274 .341 .402 .744
Frank Schulte CHN 123 549 493 67 135 15 14 1 47 16 32 39 .274 .326 .367 .693
Miller Huggins CIN 149 683 564 117 154 11 8 1 38 27 103 46 .273 .392 .326 .718
Bobby Wallace SLA 156 641 587 67 159 25 9 1 59 13 45 34 .271 .324 .349 .673
Jimmy Slagle CHN 155 681 568 96 153 19 4 0 37 27 97 54 .269 .379 .317 .696
Cozy Dolan 2 teams 134 559 510 51 137 13 8 3 52 23 34 51 .269 .319 .343 .662
Spike Shannon SLN 140 612 544 73 146 16 3 0 41 27 47 51 .268 .327 .309 .635
Bill Bradley CLE 146 604 541 63 145 34 6 0 51 22 27 56 .268 .321 .353 .674
Lave Cross PHA 147 630 587 69 156 29 5 0 77 8 26 12 .266 .299 .332 .631
Terry Turner CLE 155 621 586 49 155 16 14 4 72 17 14 65 .265 .289 .360 .649
Matty McIntyre DET 131 551 495 59 130 21 5 0 30 9 48 49 .263 .330 .325 .656
Danny Hoffman PHA 120 511 459 66 120 10 10 1 35 46 33 105 .261 .312 .333 .646
Emil Frisk SLA 124 493 429 58 112 11 6 3 36 7 42 56 .261 .342 .336 .678
Billy Maloney CHN 145 627 558 78 145 17 14 2 56 59 43 84 .260 .325 .351 .676
Kitty Bransfield PHI 151 627 580 55 150 23 9 3 76 27 27 45 .259 .294 .345 .639
Jim Delahanty BSN 125 506 461 50 119 11 8 5 55 12 28 45 .258 .315 .349 .664
Chick Stahl BOS 134 568 500 61 129 17 4 0 47 18 50 51 .258 .332 .308 .640
Jesse Burkett BOS 148 654 573 78 147 12 13 4 47 13 67 63 .257 .339 .344 .682
Tommy Leach PIT 131 554 499 71 128 10 14 2 53 17 37 44 .257 .309 .345 .654
Claude Ritchey PIT 153 596 533 54 136 29 6 0 52 12 51 29 .255 .324 .332 .656
John Dobbs BRO 123 507 460 59 117 21 4 2 36 15 31 14 .254 .304 .330 .635
Mickey Doolin PHI 136 524 492 53 125 27 11 1 48 17 24 82 .254 .292 .360 .651
Emil Batch BRO 145 603 568 64 143 20 11 5 49 21 26 49 .252 .285 .352 .637
Bill Coughlin DET 137 550 489 48 123 20 6 0 44 16 34 58 .252 .309 .317 .626
Jake Stahl WS1 141 560 501 66 125 22 12 5 66 41 28 95 .250 .311 .371 .683
Hal Chase NYA 128 501 465 60 116 16 6 3 49 22 15 62 .249 .277 .329 .606
Tommy Corcoran CIN 151 647 605 70 150 21 11 2 85 28 23 44 .248 .277 .329 .606
Dave Brain 2 teams 129 503 465 42 115 21 11 4 63 12 23 47 .247 .287 .366 .653
Wirt Cannell BSN 154 630 567 52 140 14 4 0 36 17 51 53 .247 .311 .286 .597
Joe Tinker CHN 149 611 547 70 135 18 8 2 66 31 34 49 .247 .292 .320 .612
Kid Gleason PHI 155 699 608 95 150 17 7 1 50 16 45 45 .247 .302 .303 .604
Kip Selbach BOS 121 499 418 54 103 16 6 4 47 12 67 28 .246 .355 .342 .697
Art Devlin NY1 153 616 525 74 129 14 7 2 61 59 66 48 .246 .344 .310 .655
Fielder Jones CHA 153 661 568 91 139 17 12 2 38 20 73 49 .245 .335 .327 .662
Germany Schaefer DET 153 629 554 64 135 17 9 2 47 19 45 91 .244 .302 .318 .619
Bill Dahlen NY1 148 601 520 67 126 20 4 7 81 37 62 43 .242 .337 .337 .673
Tom Jones SLA 135 561 504 44 122 16 2 0 48 19 30 40 .242 .290 .282 .572
Fred Odwell CIN 130 521 468 79 113 10 9 9 65 21 26 55 .241 .293 .359 .652
Jack Dunleavy SLN 119 501 435 52 105 8 8 1 25 15 55 60 .241 .328 .303 .631
Buck Freeman BOS 130 515 455 59 109 20 8 3 49 8 46 51 .240 .316 .338 .655
Ben Koehler SLA 142 585 536 55 127 14 6 2 47 22 32 82 .237 .285 .297 .582
Freddy Parent BOS 153 690 602 55 141 16 5 0 33 25 47 52 .234 .296 .277 .574
Dave Fultz NYA 129 482 422 49 98 13 3 0 42 44 39 47 .232 .308 .277 .585
James Casey CHN 144 594 526 66 122 21 10 1 56 22 41 45 .232 .295 .316 .611
Jimmy Williams NYA 129 533 470 54 107 20 8 6 62 14 50 46 .228 .306 .343 .648
Harry Wolverton BSN 122 505 463 38 104 15 7 2 55 10 23 21 .225 .276 .300 .576
Hobe Ferris BOS 142 558 523 51 115 24 16 6 59 11 23 69 .220 .253 .361 .614
Harry Gleason SLA 150 591 535 45 116 11 5 1 57 23 34 45 .217 .269 .262 .530
Joe Cassidy WS1 151 626 576 67 124 16 4 1 43 23 25 87 .215 .250 .262 .513
Charley O'Leary DET 148 573 512 47 109 13 1 0 33 13 29 29 .213 .259 .242 .501
Fred Raymer BSN 137 522 498 26 105 14 2 0 31 15 8 47 .211 .232 .247 .479
Charlie Jones WS1 142 588 544 68 113 18 4 2 41 24 31 70 .208 .254 .267 .521
Lee Tannehill CHA 142 549 480 38 96 17 2 0 39 8 45 68 .200 .274 .244 .518
Nap Lajoie UNQ CLE 65 271 249 29 82 12 2 2 41 11 17 8 .329 .377 .418 .795
Ginger Beaumont UNQ PIT 103 420 384 60 126 12 8 3 40 21 22 17 .328 .365 .424 .789
Roger Bresnahan UNQ NY1 104 399 331 58 100 18 3 0 46 11 50 21 .302 .411 .375 .785
Frank Isbell UNQ CHA 94 389 341 55 101 21 11 2 45 15 15 28 .296 .335 .440 .775
Otis Clymer UNQ PIT 96 389 365 74 108 11 5 0 23 23 19 39 .296 .332 .353 .686
Harry Bemis UNQ CLE 70 249 226 27 66 13 3 0 28 3 13 21 .292 .344 .376 .720
Mike Grady UNQ SLN 100 351 311 41 89 20 7 4 41 15 33 44 .286 .360 .434 .794
Jimmy Sebring UNQ CIN 58 240 217 31 62 10 5 2 28 11 14 18 .286 .329 .406 .735
Ed McFarland UNQ CHA 80 281 250 24 70 13 4 0 31 5 23 21 .280 .345 .364 .709
Joe Kelley UNQ CIN 90 366 321 43 89 7 6 1 37 8 27 23 .277 .346 .346 .692
Johnny Evers UNQ CHN 99 389 340 44 94 11 2 1 37 19 27 20 .276 .333 .329 .663
Wid Conroy UNQ NYA 101 424 385 55 105 19 11 2 25 25 32 47 .273 .329 .395 .723
Jimmy Callahan UNQ CHA 96 388 345 50 94 18 6 1 43 26 29 42 .272 .336 .368 .704
George Stovall UNQ CLE 112 445 423 41 115 31 1 1 47 13 13 50 .272 .295 .357 .652
Ossee Schrecongost UNQ PHA 123 429 420 30 114 19 6 0 45 9 3 24 .271 .278 .345 .624
Harry Steinfeldt UNQ CIN 114 429 384 49 104 16 9 1 39 15 30 34 .271 .329 .367 .696
Frank Huelsman UNQ WS1 121 465 421 48 114 28 8 3 62 11 31 56 .271 .333 .397 .729
Frank Bowerman UNQ NY1 98 327 297 37 80 8 1 3 41 6 12 19 .269 .322 .333 .655
Chris Lindsay UNQ DET 88 362 329 38 88 14 1 0 31 10 18 37 .267 .315 .316 .631
Joe Yeager UNQ NYA 115 449 401 54 107 16 7 0 42 8 25 28 .267 .330 .342 .672
Monte Cross UNQ PHA 79 301 252 28 67 17 2 0 24 8 19 40 .266 .332 .349 .681
Patsy Dougherty UNQ NYA 116 459 418 56 110 9 6 3 29 17 28 40 .263 .319 .335 .654
Kid Elberfeld UNQ NYA 111 449 390 48 102 18 2 0 53 18 23 16 .262 .329 .318 .647
Lew Drill UNQ DET 72 255 211 17 55 9 0 0 24 7 32 28 .261 .366 .303 .669
Sammy Strang UNQ NY1 111 369 294 51 76 9 4 3 29 23 58 44 .259 .389 .347 .736
Jim Jackson UNQ CLE 109 470 426 60 109 12 4 2 31 15 34 42 .256 .317 .317 .634
Phil Lewis UNQ BRO 118 464 433 32 110 9 2 3 33 16 16 25 .254 .282 .305 .587
Charlie Malay UNQ BRO 102 387 349 33 88 7 2 1 31 13 22 45 .252 .300 .292 .593
Al Bridwell UNQ CIN 82 290 254 17 64 3 1 0 17 8 19 21 .252 .309 .272 .581
Red Dooin UNQ PHI 113 400 380 45 95 13 5 0 36 12 10 40 .250 .269 .311 .580
Billy Gilbert UNQ NY1 115 437 376 45 93 11 3 0 24 11 41 44 .247 .331 .293 .624
Duff Cooley UNQ DET 97 420 377 25 93 11 9 1 32 7 26 55 .247 .297 .332 .629
Harry Arndt UNQ SLN 113 451 415 40 101 11 6 2 36 13 24 37 .243 .290 .313 .603
Danny Green UNQ CHA 112 454 379 56 92 13 6 0 44 11 53 51 .243 .345 .309 .653
Pat Moran UNQ BSN 85 279 267 22 64 11 5 2 22 3 8 35 .240 .270 .341 .611
Bris Lord UNQ PHA 66 264 238 38 57 14 0 0 13 3 14 44 .239 .285 .298 .583
Myron Grimshaw UNQ BOS 85 313 285 39 68 8 2 4 35 4 21 35 .239 .293 .323 .616
Danny Shay UNQ SLN 78 324 281 30 67 12 1 0 28 11 35 26 .238 .331 .288 .620
Bob Hall UNQ 2 teams 57 224 206 22 49 4 1 2 15 8 11 34 .238 .280 .296 .576
Solly Hofman UNQ CHN 86 316 287 43 68 14 4 1 38 15 20 26 .237 .289 .324 .613
Charlie Carr UNQ CLE 89 334 306 29 72 12 4 1 31 12 13 32 .235 .266 .310 .577
Ike Van Zandt UNQ SLA 94 339 322 31 75 15 1 1 20 7 7 48 .233 .252 .295 .547
Jack Warner UNQ 2 teams 77 276 256 21 59 4 5 1 19 4 14 13 .230 .278 .297 .575
Bill Clancy UNQ PIT 56 240 227 23 52 11 3 2 34 3 4 18 .229 .246 .330 .576
Admiral Schlei UNQ CIN 99 349 314 32 71 8 3 1 36 9 22 30 .226 .285 .280 .566
Jimmy Burke UNQ SLN 122 468 431 34 97 9 5 1 30 15 21 24 .225 .275 .276 .552
Heinie Peitz UNQ PIT 88 320 278 18 62 10 0 0 27 2 24 25 .223 .289 .259 .548
Red Kleinow UNQ NYA 88 278 253 23 56 6 3 1 24 7 20 34 .221 .284 .281 .564
Deacon McGuire UNQ NYA 72 254 228 9 50 7 2 0 33 3 18 21 .219 .291 .268 .558
Lew Ritter UNQ BRO 92 334 311 32 68 10 5 1 28 16 15 39 .219 .255 .293 .547
Johnny Kling UNQ CHN 111 425 380 26 83 8 6 1 52 13 28 23 .218 .272 .279 .551
Tom Needham UNQ BSN 83 301 271 21 59 6 1 2 17 3 24 36 .218 .293 .269 .563
George McBride UNQ 2 teams 108 403 368 31 80 5 2 2 41 12 20 75 .217 .267 .258 .525
Ike Rockenfield UNQ SLA 95 405 322 40 70 12 0 0 16 11 46 35 .217 .340 .255 .595
Punch Knoll UNQ WS1 79 266 244 24 52 10 5 0 29 3 9 58 .213 .247 .295 .542
Hunter Hill UNQ WS1 104 446 374 37 78 12 1 1 24 10 32 33 .209 .278 .254 .532
John Knight UNQ PHA 88 346 325 28 66 12 1 3 29 4 9 68 .203 .227 .274 .501
Billy Sullivan UNQ CHA 98 349 323 25 65 10 3 2 26 14 13 54 .201 .239 .269 .508
Ducky Holmes UNQ CHA 92 382 328 42 66 15 2 0 22 11 19 30 .201 .258 .259 .517
Lou Criger UNQ BOS 109 377 313 33 62 6 7 1 36 5 54 20 .198 .322 .272 .593
Bobby Lowe UNQ DET 58 206 181 17 35 7 2 0 9 3 13 17 .193 .255 .254 .509
Gus Dundon UNQ CHA 106 406 364 30 70 7 3 0 22 14 23 34 .192 .248 .228 .476
Mike Heydon UNQ WS1 77 272 245 20 47 7 4 1 26 5 21 55 .192 .261 .265 .527
Bill Bergen UNQ BRO 79 265 247 12 47 3 2 0 22 4 7 36 .190 .213 .219 .431
Charlie Babb UNQ BRO 75 279 235 27 44 8 2 0 17 10 27 38 .187 .303 .238 .541
Bill Lauterborn UNQ BSN 67 219 200 11 37 1 1 0 9 1 12 25 .185 .238 .200 .438
George Nill UNQ WS1 103 373 319 46 58 7 3 3 31 12 33 65 .182 .269 .251 .520
Joe Sugden UNQ SLA 90 302 266 21 46 4 0 0 23 3 23 17 .173 .247 .188 .435
Fritz Buelow UNQ CLE 75 254 239 11 41 4 1 1 18 7 6 47 .172 .198 .209 .408
Malachi Kittridge UNQ WS1 77 263 238 16 39 8 0 0 14 1 15 9 .164 .213 .197 .411
Showing 1-50 of 157 batters listed (87 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 154 innings at 154 team games. 73 of the 96 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1905 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Christy Mathewson NY1 31 9 43 37 32 8 3 338.2 252 48 64 206 1.28 0.93
Ed Reulbach CHN 18 14 34 29 28 5 1 291.2 208 46 73 152 1.42 0.96
Rube Waddell PHA 27 10 46 34 27 7 0 328.2 231 54 90 287 1.48 0.98
Doc White CHA 17 13 36 33 25 4 0 260.1 204 51 58 120 1.76 1.01
Cy Young BOS 18 19 38 33 31 4 0 320.2 248 65 30 210 1.82 0.87
Andy Coakley PHA 18 8 35 31 21 3 0 255.0 227 52 73 145 1.84 1.18
Nick Altrock CHA 23 12 38 34 31 3 0 315.2 274 66 63 97 1.88 1.07
Harry Howell SLA 15 22 38 37 35 4 0 323.0 252 71 101 198 1.98 1.09
Addie Joss CLE 20 12 33 32 31 3 0 286.0 246 64 46 132 2.01 1.02
Bob Wicker CHN 13 6 22 22 17 4 0 178.0 139 40 47 86 2.02 1.04
Frank Owen CHA 21 13 42 38 32 3 0 334.0 276 78 56 125 2.10 0.99
Frank Smith CHA 19 13 39 31 27 4 0 291.2 215 69 107 171 2.13 1.10
Buttons Briggs CHN 8 8 20 20 13 5 0 168.0 141 40 52 68 2.14 1.15
Mordecai Brown CHN 18 12 30 24 24 4 0 249.0 219 60 44 89 2.17 1.06
Tully Sparks PHI 14 11 34 26 20 3 1 259.2 217 63 73 98 2.18 1.12
Deacon Phillippe PIT 20 13 38 33 25 5 0 279.0 235 68 48 133 2.19 1.01
Jack Chesbro NYA 19 15 41 38 24 3 0 303.1 262 74 71 156 2.20 1.10
Carl Lundgren CHN 13 5 23 19 16 3 0 169.1 132 42 53 69 2.23 1.09
Eddie Plank PHA 24 12 41 41 35 4 0 346.2 287 87 75 210 2.26 1.04
Jake Weimer CHN 18 12 33 30 26 2 1 250.1 212 63 80 107 2.26 1.17
Ed Killian DET 23 14 39 37 33 8 0 313.1 263 79 102 110 2.27 1.16
Tom Hughes WS1 17 20 39 35 26 6 0 291.1 239 76 79 149 2.35 1.09
Bill Duggleby PHI 18 17 38 36 27 1 0 289.1 270 79 83 75 2.46 1.22
Hooks Wiltse NY1 15 6 32 19 18 1 3 197.0 158 54 61 120 2.47 1.11
Jesse Tannehill BOS 22 9 37 32 27 6 0 271.2 238 75 59 113 2.48 1.09
George Mullin DET 21 21 44 41 35 1 0 347.2 303 97 138 168 2.51 1.27
Bob Ewing CIN 20 11 40 34 30 4 0 311.2 284 87 79 164 2.51 1.16
Charlie Case PIT 11 11 31 24 18 3 1 217.0 202 62 66 57 2.57 1.24
Barney Wolfe WS1 9 14 28 23 17 1 1 182.0 162 52 37 52 2.57 1.09
Weldon Henley PHA 4 11 25 19 13 1 0 183.2 155 53 67 82 2.60 1.21
Bill Donovan DET 18 15 34 32 27 5 0 280.2 236 81 101 135 2.60 1.20
Happy Townsend WS1 7 16 34 24 22 0 0 263.0 247 77 84 102 2.63 1.26
Earl Moore CLE 15 15 31 30 28 3 0 269.0 232 79 92 131 2.64 1.20
Luther Taylor NY1 16 9 32 28 18 4 0 213.1 200 63 51 91 2.66 1.18
Sam Leever PIT 20 5 33 29 20 3 1 229.2 199 69 54 81 2.70 1.10
Red Ames NY1 22 8 34 31 21 2 0 262.2 220 80 105 198 2.74 1.24
Barney Pelty SLA 14 14 31 28 27 1 0 258.2 222 79 68 114 2.75 1.12
Fred Glade SLA 6 25 32 32 28 2 0 275.0 257 86 58 127 2.81 1.15
Charles Bender PHA 18 11 35 23 18 4 0 229.0 193 72 90 142 2.83 1.24
Bob Rhoads CLE 16 9 28 26 24 4 0 235.0 219 74 55 61 2.83 1.17
Orval Overall CIN 18 23 42 39 32 2 0 318.0 290 101 147 173 2.86 1.37
Al Orth NYA 18 16 40 37 26 6 0 305.1 273 97 61 121 2.86 1.09
Joe McGinnity NY1 21 15 46 38 26 2 3 320.1 289 102 71 125 2.87 1.12
Charlie Chech CIN 14 14 39 25 20 1 0 267.2 300 86 77 79 2.89 1.41
Irv Young BSN 20 21 43 42 41 7 0 378.0 337 122 71 156 2.90 1.08
Doc Scanlan BRO 14 12 33 28 22 2 0 249.2 220 81 104 135 2.92 1.30
George Winter BOS 16 17 35 27 24 2 0 264.1 249 87 54 119 2.96 1.15
Buster Brown SLN 8 11 23 21 17 3 0 178.2 172 59 62 57 2.97 1.31
Willie Sudhoff SLA 10 20 32 30 23 1 0 244.0 222 81 78 70 2.99 1.23
Togie Pittinger PHI 23 14 46 37 29 4 2 337.1 311 116 104 136 3.09 1.23
Kid Nichols 2 teams 11 11 24 23 20 1 0 190.1 193 66 46 66 3.12 1.26
Casey Patten WS1 14 21 42 36 29 2 0 309.2 300 108 86 113 3.14 1.25
Otto Hess CLE 10 15 26 25 22 4 0 213.2 179 75 72 109 3.16 1.17
Bill Hogg NYA 9 13 39 22 9 3 1 205.0 178 73 101 125 3.20 1.36
Vic Willis BSN 12 29 41 41 36 4 0 342.0 340 122 107 149 3.21 1.31
Jack Powell 2 teams 10 14 40 26 16 1 1 231.0 236 84 62 96 3.27 1.29
Chick Fraser BSN 14 21 39 37 35 2 0 334.1 320 122 149 130 3.28 1.40
Elmer Stricklett BRO 9 18 33 28 25 1 1 237.1 259 88 71 77 3.34 1.39
Bill Bernhard CLE 7 13 22 19 17 0 0 174.1 185 65 34 56 3.36 1.26
Jack Taylor SLN 15 21 37 34 34 3 1 309.0 302 118 85 102 3.44 1.25
Frank Kitson DET 12 14 33 27 21 3 1 225.2 230 87 57 78 3.47 1.27
Frank Corridon PHI 10 12 35 26 18 1 1 212.0 203 82 57 79 3.48 1.23
Jake Thielman SLN 15 16 32 29 26 0 0 242.0 265 94 62 87 3.50 1.35
Patsy Flaherty PIT 10 10 27 20 15 0 1 187.2 197 73 49 44 3.50 1.31
Wish Egan SLN 6 15 23 19 18 0 0 171.1 189 68 39 29 3.57 1.33
Harry McIntire BRO 8 25 40 35 29 1 1 308.2 340 127 101 135 3.70 1.43
Bill Dinneen BOS 12 14 31 29 23 2 1 243.2 235 101 50 97 3.73 1.17
Mike Lynch PIT 17 8 33 22 13 0 2 206.1 191 87 107 106 3.79 1.44
Chappie McFarland SLN 8 18 31 28 22 3 1 250.1 281 106 65 85 3.81 1.38
Jack Harper CIN 9 13 26 23 15 1 1 179.1 189 77 69 70 3.86 1.44
Mal Eason BRO 5 21 27 27 20 3 0 207.0 230 99 72 64 4.30 1.46
Kaiser Wilhelm BSN 3 23 34 28 23 0 0 242.1 287 122 75 76 4.53 1.49
Oscar Jones BRO 8 15 29 20 14 0 1 174.0 197 90 56 66 4.66 1.45
Clark Griffith UNQ NYA 9 6 25 7 4 2 1 101.2 82 19 15 46 1.68 0.95
Roy Patterson UNQ CHA 4 6 13 9 7 0 0 88.2 73 18 16 29 1.83 1.00
Doc Newton UNQ NYA 2 2 11 7 2 0 0 59.2 61 14 24 15 2.11 1.42
Ed Walsh UNQ CHA 8 3 22 13 9 1 0 136.2 121 33 29 71 2.17 1.10
Big Jeff Pfeffer UNQ CHN 4 4 15 11 9 0 0 101.0 84 28 36 56 2.50 1.19
Noodles Hahn UNQ CIN 5 3 13 8 5 1 0 77.0 85 24 9 17 2.81 1.22
Homer Hillebrand UNQ PIT 5 2 10 6 4 0 1 60.2 43 19 19 37 2.82 1.02
Lefty Leifield UNQ PIT 5 2 8 7 6 1 0 56.0 52 18 14 10 2.89 1.18
Chick Robitaille UNQ PIT 8 5 17 12 10 0 0 120.1 126 39 28 32 2.92 1.28
Win Kellum UNQ SLN 3 3 11 7 5 1 0 74.0 70 24 10 19 2.92 1.08
Jack Doscher UNQ BRO 1 5 12 7 6 0 0 71.0 60 25 30 33 3.17 1.27
Tom Walker UNQ CIN 9 7 23 19 12 1 0 144.2 171 52 44 28 3.24 1.49
Beany Jacobson UNQ WS1 7 8 22 17 12 0 0 144.1 139 53 35 50 3.30 1.21
Red Donahue UNQ CLE 6 12 20 18 14 1 0 137.2 132 52 25 45 3.40 1.14
Jim Buchanan UNQ SLA 5 9 22 15 12 1 2 141.1 149 55 27 54 3.50 1.25
Rick Adams UNQ WS1 2 5 11 6 3 1 0 62.2 63 25 24 25 3.59 1.39
Cy Morgan UNQ SLA 2 5 13 8 5 1 0 77.1 82 31 37 44 3.61 1.54
Norwood Gibson UNQ BOS 4 7 23 17 9 0 0 134.0 118 55 55 67 3.69 1.29
Cy Falkenberg UNQ WS1 7 2 12 10 6 2 0 75.1 71 32 31 35 3.82 1.35
Jack Sutthoff UNQ PHI 3 4 13 6 4 1 0 77.2 82 33 36 26 3.82 1.52
Ambrose Puttmann UNQ NYA 2 7 17 9 5 1 1 86.1 79 41 37 39 4.27 1.34
Dick Harley UNQ BSN 2 5 9 4 4 1 0 65.2 72 34 19 19 4.66 1.39
Fred Mitchell UNQ BRO 3 7 12 10 9 0 0 96.1 107 51 38 44 4.76 1.51
Showing 1-50 of 96 pitchers listed (73 qualified)

Reading the 1905 leader tables

87 of the 157 hitters in the 1905 table reach the qualification line. Cy Seymour tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.377); Honus Wagner is second at .363. Fred Odwell has the most home runs in the table, 9; the RBI high belongs to Cy Seymour, 121. Billy Maloney's 59 steals are the most listed. 73 pitchers qualify out of the 96 in the 1905 table. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Christy Mathewson, 1.28, and Cy Young has the best WHIP, 0.87. The counting columns are topped by Christy Mathewson in wins (31) and Rube Waddell in strikeouts (287).

1905 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1905?
Fred Odwell led with 9 home runs in 1905.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1905?
Cy Seymour led with 121 RBI in 1905.
Who led MLB in hits in 1905?
Cy Seymour led with 219 hits in 1905.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1905?
Cy Seymour led at .377 in 1905, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1905?
Christy Mathewson led with 31 wins in 1905.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1905?
Rube Waddell led with 287 strikeouts in 1905.