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1905 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Irv Young *
BSN
SP
27.9
9.2
29.0
15.8
2 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
24.9
9.1
37.1
25.2
3 Ed Reulbach *
CHN
SP
22.6
8.3
30.3
20.0
4 Bob Ewing
CIN
SP
32.2
6.3
22.0
11.1
5 Tully Sparks
PHI
SP
30.6
5.3
19.6
10.4
6 Deacon Phillippe
PIT
SP
33.1
5.0
26.2
16.4
7 Bob Wicker
CHN
SP
27.1
4.7
17.2
11.0
8 Orval Overall *
CIN
SP
24.4
4.2
18.4
7.3
9 Jake Weimer
CHN
SP
31.6
4.0
20.9
12.1
10 Bill Duggleby
PHI
SP
31.3
3.5
18.7
8.6
11 Mordecai Brown
CHN
SP
28.7
3.3
20.2
11.4
12 Vic Willis
BSN
SP
29.2
3.2
17.7
5.8
13 Charlie Case
PIT
SP
25.8
3.0
17.4
9.7
14 Doc Scanlan
BRO
SP
24.3
2.9
11.6
2.8
15 Chick Fraser
BSN
SP
31.8
2.8
17.6
5.9
16 Carl Lundgren
CHN
SP
25.4
2.6
14.3
8.4
17 Hooks Wiltse
NY1
SP
25.8
2.6
16.3
9.2
18 Buttons Briggs
CHN
SP
30.0
2.6
12.9
7.1
19 Buster Brown *
SLN
SP
23.8
2.5
9.9
3.6
20 Jack Taylor
SLN
SP
31.5
2.5
14.1
3.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1905 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Rube Waddell
PHA
SP
28.7
9.2
33.8
22.3
2 Cy Young
BOS
SP
38.3
7.6
28.0
16.9
3 Ed Killian
DET
SP
28.6
6.8
26.0
15.2
4 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
29.8
6.6
28.0
16.0
5 Harry Howell
SLA
SP
28.6
6.1
18.9
7.8
6 Al Orth
NYA
SP
32.8
5.9
19.5
9.0
7 Addie Joss
CLE
SP
25.2
5.8
23.5
13.6
8 Jesse Tannehill
BOS
SP
31.0
5.5
22.6
13.2
9 Jack Chesbro
NYA
SP
31.1
5.3
21.7
11.2
10 Doc White
CHA
SP
26.2
5.1
21.2
12.2
11 Nick Altrock
CHA
SP
28.8
5.0
25.1
14.2
12 Bill Donovan
DET
SP
28.7
4.2
19.3
9.6
13 George Mullin
DET
SP
25.0
3.8
22.4
10.3
14 Tom Hughes
WS1
SP
26.6
3.6
17.6
7.5
15 Andy Coakley
PHA
SP
22.6
3.6
21.0
12.2
16 Frank Owen
CHA
SP
25.5
3.4
22.8
11.3
17 Clark Griffith
NYA
SW
35.6
3.3
10.0
6.3
18 Fred Glade
SLA
SP
29.4
3.2
10.2
0.7
19 Frank Smith
CHA
SP
25.7
3.0
19.7
9.6
20 Barney Pelty
SLA
SP
24.8
2.6
11.7
2.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James