Franchise Encyclopedia: 1905 / 1907
116-36, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Chance (116-36)
Scored 705 runs, Allowed 381 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 115-37
Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 654,300 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 99
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The greatest single season team performance in baseball history!
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Johnny Kling | 30 | 107 | 375 | 343 | 45 | 107 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 14 | 23 | .312 | .357 | .420 | .777 | 136 | 144 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Frank Chance | 29 | 136 | 574 | 474 | 103 | 151 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 71 | 57 | 70 | .319 | .419 | .430 | .849 | 158 | 204 | 12 | 18 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Johnny Evers* | 24 | 154 | 595 | 533 | 65 | 136 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 49 | 36 | .255 | .305 | .315 | .620 | 89 | 168 | 2 | 24 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Joe Tinker | 25 | 148 | 603 | 523 | 75 | 122 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 30 | 43 | .233 | .293 | .289 | .581 | 77 | 151 | 1 | 36 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Harry Steinfeldt | 28 | 151 | 625 | 539 | 81 | 176 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 83 | 29 | 47 | .327 | .395 | .430 | .825 | 151 | 232 | 14 | 25 | |||||
| 6 | OF | Jimmy Sheckard* | 27 | 149 | 662 | 549 | 90 | 144 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 30 | 67 | .262 | .349 | .353 | .702 | 114 | 194 | 6 | 40 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Frank Schulte* | 23 | 146 | 630 | 563 | 77 | 158 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 60 | 25 | 31 | .281 | .324 | .396 | .720 | 119 | 223 | 5 | 31 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Jimmy Slagle* | 32 | 127 | 571 | 498 | 71 | 119 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 25 | 63 | .239 | .324 | .279 | .604 | 84 | 139 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | C | Pat Moran | 30 | 70 | 243 | 226 | 22 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 7 | .252 | .281 | .319 | .599 | 82 | 72 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 10 | UT | Solly Hofman | 23 | 64 | 221 | 195 | 30 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 20 | .256 | .326 | .328 | .654 | 99 | 64 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 11 | OF | Doc Gessler* | 25 | 34 | 99 | 83 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 12 | .253 | .354 | .289 | .643 | 96 | 24 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 12 | 1B | Pete Noonan | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Bull Smith | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | C | Tom Walsh | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 15 | P | Mordecai Brown# | 29 | 36 | 109 | 98 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .204 | .250 | .214 | .464 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 16 | P | Ed Reulbach | 23 | 34 | 91 | 83 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .157 | .176 | .157 | .333 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 17 | P | Jack Pfiester | 28 | 31 | 90 | 84 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | -58 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 18 | P | Carl Lundgren | 26 | 28 | 82 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .179 | .276 | .224 | .500 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 19 | P | Orval Overall# | 25 | 18 | 58 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .170 | .200 | .189 | .389 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 20 | P | Jack Taylor | 32 | 17 | 57 | 53 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .208 | .263 | .264 | .527 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | P | Fred Beebe | 26 | 14 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .103 | .133 | .138 | .271 | -17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | P | Bob Wicker | 28 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | P | Jack Harper | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 155 | 5742 | 5018 | 704 | 1316 | 181 | 71 | 20 | 539 | 283 | 0 | 448 | .262 | .328 | .339 | .667 | 103 | 1699 | 0 | 45 | 231 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Mordecai Brown | 29 | 26 | 6 | .813 | 1.04 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 277.1 | 198 | 56 | 32 | 1 | 61 | 144 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1062 | 253 | 0.934 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 2.36 | |
| 2 | SP | Jack Pfiester* | 28 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 1.51 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 250.2 | 173 | 63 | 42 | 3 | 63 | 153 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 956 | 174 | 0.941 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 2.43 | |
| 3 | SP | Ed Reulbach | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 1.65 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 218.0 | 129 | 51 | 40 | 2 | 92 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 859 | 159 | 1.014 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 1.02 | |
| 4 | SP | Carl Lundgren | 26 | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.21 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 207.2 | 160 | 63 | 51 | 3 | 89 | 103 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 822 | 119 | 1.199 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.16 | |
| 5 | SP | Jack Taylor | 32 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 1.83 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 147.1 | 116 | 42 | 30 | 1 | 39 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 565 | 143 | 1.052 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.87 | |
| 6 | SP | Orval Overall | 25 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 1.88 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 144.0 | 116 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 51 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 601 | 140 | 1.160 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 1.84 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | RP | Fred Beebe | 26 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.70 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 56 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 304 | 97 | 1.257 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 7.1 | 1.72 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 8 | Bob Wicker | 28 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.99 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 70 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 291 | 88 | 1.230 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.32 | ||
| 9 | Jack Harper | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.1 | 115 | 36 | .762 | 1.75 | 155 | 154 | 29 | 125 | 28 | 10 | 1388.1 | 1018 | 381 | 270 | 12 | 446 | 702 | 53 | 4 | 20 | 5463 | 150 | 1.055 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 1.57 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4538 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Beebe | 26 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.14 | P | ||||
| Mordecai Brown | 29 | 36 | 101 | 18 | 81 | 2 | 4 | .980 | 2.75 | P | ||||
| Frank Chance | 29 | 136 | 1474 | 1376 | 82 | 16 | 71 | .989 | 10.72 | 1B | ||||
| Johnny Evers | 24 | 154 | 829 | 344 | 441 | 44 | 51 | .947 | 5.10 | 2B-3B | ||||
| Doc Gessler | 25 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | OF-1B | |
| Jack Harper | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Solly Hofman | 23 | 61 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 312 | 253 | 52 | 7 | 18 | .978 | 5.00 | OF-1B-SS-2B-3B | |
| Johnny Kling | 30 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 659 | 520 | 127 | 12 | 7 | .982 | 6.54 | 7 | C-OF |
| Carl Lundgren | 26 | 28 | 69 | 13 | 55 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 2.43 | P-2B | ||||
| Pat Moran | 30 | 61 | 422 | 335 | 78 | 9 | 6 | .979 | 6.77 | 6 | C | |||
| Pete Noonan | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1B | ||||
| Orval Overall | 25 | 18 | 46 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 2.44 | P | ||||
| Jack Pfiester | 28 | 31 | 90 | 21 | 62 | 7 | 1 | .922 | 2.68 | P | ||||
| Ed Reulbach | 23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 18 | 75 | 3 | 3 | .969 | 2.74 | P-OF | |
| Frank Schulte | 23 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 242 | 218 | 18 | 6 | 7 | .975 | 1.62 | OF | |
| Jimmy Sheckard | 27 | 149 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 264 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .986 | 1.86 | OF | |
| Jimmy Slagle | 32 | 127 | 4 | 123 | 0 | 292 | 276 | 9 | 7 | 5 | .976 | 2.24 | OF | |
| Harry Steinfeldt | 28 | 151 | 434 | 160 | 254 | 20 | 13 | .954 | 2.74 | 3B-2B | ||||
| Jack Taylor | 32 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 2.88 | P | ||||
| Joe Tinker | 25 | 148 | 809 | 289 | 474 | 46 | 55 | .943 | 5.16 | SS-3B | ||||
| Tom Walsh | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | C | |||
| Bob Wicker | 28 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 2.10 | P | ||||
| Team Totals | 26.9 | 155 | 6289 | 4160 | 1935 | 194 | 249 | .969 | 4.22 | 14 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |