1905 Season
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1905 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Irv Young
BSN
SP
27.9
8.0
29.0
15.6
2 Ed Reulbach
CHN
SP
22.6
7.3
30.3
19.8
3 Orval Overall
CIN
SP
24.4
3.7
18.4
7.0
4 Mickey Doolan
PHI
SS
25.2
2.3
16.8
4.1
5 Buster Brown
SLN
SP
23.8
2.1
9.9
3.5
6 Charlie Chech
CIN
SP
27.2
1.8
14.0
4.2
7 Big Jeff Pfeffer
CHN
SP
23.3
1.4
7.0
3.4
8 Frank Schulte
CHN
LF
22.8
1.3
15.8
5.2
9 Jake Thielman
SLN
SP
26.1
1.1
11.8
3.1
10 Otis Clymer
PIT
RF
29.4
1.0
12.2
4.9
11 Solly Hofman
CHN
2B
22.7
1.0
7.5
0.6
12 Del Howard
PIT
1B
27.5
0.9
14.6
5.4
13 Homer Hillebrand
PIT
1B
25.7
0.9
7.1
2.7
14 Lefty Leifield
PIT
SP
21.8
0.7
5.6
3.6
15 Josh Clarke
SLN
RF
26.3
0.7
5.9
2.0
16 Johnny Lush
PHI
SP
19.7
0.7
2.3
1.6
17 Jack Doscher
BRO
SP
24.9
0.5
2.6
-0.0
18 John Hummel
BRO
2B
22.2
0.5
3.6
1.0
19 Johnny Siegle
CIN
RF
31.0
0.4
2.5
1.3
20 Bob Ganley
PIT
RF
30.2
0.4
4.4
1.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1905 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Stone
SLA
LF
28.8
4.8
26.2
12.8
2 Emil Frisk
SLA
RF
30.7
1.9
12.6
3.5
3 Ed Hahn
NYA
LF
29.8
1.4
7.8
4.0
4 Otto Hess
CLE
LF
26.7
1.0
12.9
2.2
5 Ben Koehler
SLA
CF
28.4
1.0
11.1
-1.3
6 Charlie Jones
WS1
CF
29.1
0.7
10.4
-2.1
7 Myron Grimshaw
BOS
1B
29.6
0.7
6.4
0.7
8 Joe Harris
BOS
SP
23.4
0.6
1.9
1.0
9 George Disch
DET
SP
26.3
0.6
2.5
0.7
10 Ike Rockenfield
SLA
2B
28.7
0.6
8.0
-0.6
11 Bill Hogg
NYA
SP
23.8
0.6
9.3
1.8
12 George Rohe
CHA
3B
30.8
0.6
3.2
0.2
13 Rube Oldring
NYA
SS
21.1
0.5
2.5
1.7
14 Frank LaPorte
NYA
2B
25.4
0.5
2.4
1.5
15 Chris Lindsay
DET
1B
26.9
0.5
9.4
2.8
16 Mike Heydon
WS1
C
31.0
0.5
6.1
-0.9
17 Tubby Spencer
SLA
C
21.4
0.4
2.5
-0.4
18 Hank Olmsted
BOS
SP
26.5
0.3
1.3
0.4
19 Eddie Cicotte
DET
SW
21.0
0.3
1.3
0.6
20 Charlie Armbruster
BOS
C
24.8
0.3
2.9
0.2
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James