1905 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1905 Brooklyn Superbas fell to last place with a franchise-worst 48–104 record, costing manager Ned Hanlon his job.

1905 Brooklyn Superbas
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898) Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Henry Medicus, Ned Hanlon
Manager(s)	Ned Hanlon
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Offseason

• January 1905: Sammy Strang was purchased from the Superbas by the New York Giants.[1]

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	—

Roster

1905 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Jack Doscher Mal Eason Oscar Jones Harry McIntire Fred Mitchell Doc Reisling Doc Scanlan Elmer Stricklett		Catchers Bill Bergen Lew Ritter Infielders Charlie Babb Emil Batch Doc Gessler John Hummel Phil Lewis Ed MacGamwell Charlie Malay Red Owens Ad Yale		Outfielders John Dobbs Bob Hall Harry Lumley Jimmy Sheckard		Manager Ned Hanlon

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Lew Ritter	92	311	32	68	.219	1	28	16
1B	Doc Gessler	126	431	44	125	.290	3	46	26
2B	Charlie Malay	102	349	33	88	.252	1	31	13
3B	Emil Batch	145	568	64	143	.252	5	49	21
SS	Phil Lewis	118	433	32	110	.254	3	33	16
OF	Harry Lumley	130	505	50	148	.293	7	47	22
OF	Jimmy Sheckard	130	480	58	140	.292	3	41	23
OF	John Dobbs	123	460	59	117	.254	2	36	15

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Bill Bergen	79	247	12	47	.190	0	22	4
Charlie Babb	75	235	27	44	.187	0	17	10
Bob Hall	56	203	21	48	.236	2	15	8
Red Owens	43	168	14	36	.214	1	20	1
John Hummel	30	109	19	29	.266	0	7	6
Fred Mitchell	27	79	4	15	.190	0	8	0
Ed MacGamwell	4	16	0	4	.250	0	0	0
Ad Yale	4	13	1	1	.077	0	1	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Harry McIntire	40	35	29	308.2	8	25	3.70	101	135
Doc Scanlan	33	28	22	249.2	14	12	2.92	104	135
Elmer Stricklett	33	28	25	237.1	9	18	3.34	71	77
Mal Eason	27	27	20	207	5	21	4.30	72	64
Oscar Jones	29	20	14	174	8	15	4.66	56	66
Fred Mitchell	12	10	9	96.1	3	7	4.76	38	44

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Jack Doscher	12	7	6	71	1	5	3.17	30	33

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Doc Reisling	2	3	0	1	0	3.00	4	2

Notes

1. Sammy Strang page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1905 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet