MLB players born in 1905
108 MLB players on file were born in 1905. Wally Berger leads them with 39.8 career WAR. The first born in 1905 to play in the MLB was Freddy Lindstrom, in 1924. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1905 (108)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Berger | — | 1930–1940 | 11 | 1,550 H · 242 HR · 39.8 WAR | — |
| Freddy Lindstrom | — | 1924–1936 | 13 | 1,747 H · 103 HR · 26.8 WAR | — |
| Ed Brandt | P | 1928–1938 | 11 | 121 W · 877 SO · 26.2 WAR | — |
| Johnny Allen | P | 1932–1944 | 13 | 142 W · 1,070 SO · 24.4 WAR | — |
| John Stone | — | 1928–1938 | 11 | 1,391 H · 77 HR · 23.0 WAR | — |
| Rick Ferrell | — | 1929–1947 | 18 | 1,692 H · 28 HR · 19.1 WAR | — |
| Pinky Whitney | — | 1928–1939 | 12 | 1,701 H · 93 HR · 16.5 WAR | — |
| Don Hurst | — | 1928–1934 | 7 | 976 H · 115 HR · 11.3 WAR | — |
| Sam Leslie | — | 1929–1938 | 10 | 749 H · 36 HR · 11.2 WAR | — |
| Danny Macfayden | P | 1926–1943 | 17 | 132 W · 797 SO · 10.9 WAR | — |
| Gus Mancuso | — | 1928–1945 | 17 | 1,194 H · 53 HR · 9.7 WAR | — |
| Johnny Hodapp | — | 1925–1933 | 9 | 880 H · 28 HR · 8.7 WAR | — |
| Jack Russell | P | 1926–1940 | 15 | 85 W · 418 SO · 7.3 WAR | — |
| Bob Weiland | P | 1928–1940 | 12 | 62 W · 614 SO · 6.0 WAR | — |
| Carl Fischer | P | 1930–1937 | 7 | 46 W · 376 SO · 5.5 WAR | — |
| Hal Lee | — | 1930–1936 | 7 | 755 H · 33 HR · 5.1 WAR | — |
| Earl Caldwell | P | 1928–1948 | 8 | 33 W · 202 SO · 4.7 WAR | — |
| Adam Comorosky | — | 1926–1935 | 10 | 795 H · 28 HR · 3.8 WAR | — |
| Johnny Watwood | — | 1929–1939 | 6 | 403 H · 5 HR · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Bruce Cunningham | P | 1929–1932 | 4 | 13 W · 103 SO · 2.8 WAR | — |
| Leo Durocher | — | 1925–1945 | 17 | 1,320 H · 24 HR · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Peaches Davis | P | 1936–1939 | 4 | 27 W · 123 SO · 2.6 WAR | — |
| Cy Moore | P | 1929–1934 | 6 | 16 W · 181 SO · 2.3 WAR | — |
| Pat Caraway | P | 1930–1932 | 3 | 22 W · 151 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Larry Bettencourt | — | 1928–1932 | 3 | 102 H · 8 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Chink Outen | — | 1933 | 1 | 38 H · 4 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Vance Page | P | 1938–1941 | 4 | 15 W · 100 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Belve Bean | P | 1930–1935 | 5 | 11 W · 89 SO · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Milt Shoffner | P | 1929–1940 | 7 | 25 W · 180 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Tiny Chaplin | P | 1928–1936 | 4 | 15 W · 118 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Emmett Nelson | P | 1935–1936 | 2 | 5 W · 17 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Jim Mosolf | — | 1929–1933 | 4 | 56 H · 2 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Dave Barbee | — | 1926–1932 | 2 | 92 H · 6 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Jack Rothrock | — | 1925–1937 | 11 | 924 H · 28 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Pearce | P | 1933–1935 | 3 | 5 W · 29 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Grube | — | 1931–1941 | 7 | 274 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Mal Moss | P | 1930 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Rufus Smith | P | 1927 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Lefty Willis | P | 1925–1927 | 3 | 3 W · 23 SO | — |
| Bill McGhee | — | 1944–1945 | 2 | 146 H · 1 HR | — |
| Johnny Pasek | — | 1933–1934 | 2 | 18 H · 0 HR | — |
| Marv Gudat | — | 1929–1932 | 2 | 26 H · 1 HR | — |
| Ned Porter | P | 1926–1927 | 2 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Buddy Dear | — | 1927 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Charlie Small | — | 1930 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR | — |
| Danny Musser | — | 1932 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Elmer Tutwiler | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Gordie Hinkle | — | 1934 | 1 | 13 H · 0 HR | — |
| Harry Child | P | 1930 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO | — |
| Ike Danning | — | 1928 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jack Ryan | — | 1929 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jim Cronin | — | 1929 | 1 | 13 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jim Oglesby | — | 1936 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Joe Mellana | — | 1927 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| John Pomorski | P | 1934 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Larry Boerner | P | 1932 | 1 | 0 W · 19 SO | — |
| Les Cox | P | 1926 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Owen Kahn | — | 1930 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Red Dorman | — | 1928 | 1 | 28 H · 0 HR | — |
| Les Mallon | — | 1931–1935 | 4 | 368 H · 8 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Joe Hassler | — | 1928–1930 | 3 | 11 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Joe Vance | P | 1935–1938 | 3 | 3 W · 17 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Joel Hunt | — | 1931–1932 | 2 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Al Weston | — | 1929 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed Wineapple | P | 1929 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Henry Peploski | — | 1929 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Joe Hutcheson | — | 1933 | 1 | 43 H · 6 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Leon Williams | P | 1926 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rudy Leopold | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Art Jorgens | — | 1929–1939 | 11 | 176 H · 4 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ed Walsh | P | 1928–1932 | 4 | 11 W · 107 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ed Grimes | — | 1931–1932 | 2 | 31 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Malay | — | 1933–1935 | 2 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Les Barnhart | P | 1928–1930 | 2 | 1 W · 2 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ed Roetz | — | 1929 | 1 | 11 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Waddey | — | 1931 | 1 | 6 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Harlan Pyle | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Lynn Nelson | P | 1930–1940 | 7 | 33 W · 255 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Johnny Gill | — | 1927–1936 | 6 | 79 H · 10 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bernie James | — | 1929–1933 | 3 | 61 H · 1 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Dinny McNamara | — | 1927–1928 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jack White | — | 1927–1928 | 2 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Mike Meola | P | 1933–1936 | 2 | 0 W · 15 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Ray Cunningham | — | 1931–1932 | 2 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Ed Chapman | P | 1933 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Johnny Riddle | — | 1930–1948 | 6 | 51 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Charlie Wilson | — | 1931–1935 | 4 | 40 H · 2 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Paul Easterling | — | 1928–1938 | 3 | 55 H · 4 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Ed Strelecki | P | 1928–1931 | 3 | 1 W · 13 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Joe Samuels | P | 1930 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Marty Lang | P | 1930 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Glenn Spencer | P | 1928–1933 | 5 | 23 W · 162 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Irv Jeffries | — | 1930–1934 | 3 | 116 H · 8 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Jim Beckman | P | 1927–1928 | 2 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Phil Page | P | 1928–1934 | 4 | 3 W · 15 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Greg Mulleavy | — | 1930–1933 | 3 | 76 H · 0 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Ab Wright | — | 1935–1944 | 2 | 88 H · 9 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Ed Montague | — | 1928–1932 | 4 | 161 H · 2 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Charlie Perkins | P | 1930–1934 | 2 | 0 W · 20 SO · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Lou Garland | P | 1931 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
- Luther Harvel 1928
- Hal Finney 1931–1936
- Biff Wysong 1930–1932
- Art Scharein 1932–1934
- Fred Koster 1931
- Chet Falk 1925–1927
- Doc Cramer 1929–1948
- Ray Pepper 1932–1936
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.