1906_Major_League_Baseball_season References

1906 MLB season
1906 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 14, 1906
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Chicago White Sox
AL runners-up	New York Highlanders
NL champions	Chicago Cubs
NL runners-up	New York Giants
World Series
Champions	Chicago White Sox
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
	← 1905 1907 →

Americans

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators

Locations of AL teams for the 1904–1906 MLB seasons

American League

Beaneaters

Superbas

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of NL teams for the 1904–1906 MLB seasons

National League

The 1906 Major League Baseball season began on April 12, 1906. The regular season ended on October 7, with the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the third modern World Series on October 9 and ended with Game 6 on October 14. The White Sox defeated the Cubs, four games to two.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Americans	Boston, Massachusetts	Huntington Avenue Grounds	11,500
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	South Side Park	15,000
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	9,000
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Bennett Park	8,500
	New York Highlanders	New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Columbia Park	13,600
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	8,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	National Park	Unknown
National League	Boston Beaneaters	Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	2,300
	Brooklyn Superbas	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Palace of the Fans	6,000
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	16,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Allegheny, Pennsylvania	Exposition Park	16,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	Unknown

Schedule

The 1906 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

National League Opening Day took place on April 12 with all teams playing, while American League Opening Day did not take place until April 14 with four teams playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 9 and October 14.

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	93	58	0.616	—	54–23	39–35
New York Highlanders	90	61	0.596	3	53–23	37–38
Cleveland Naps	89	64	0.582	5	47–30	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	78	67	0.538	12	48–23	30–44
St. Louis Browns	76	73	0.510	16	40–34	36–39
Detroit Tigers	71	78	0.477	21	42–34	29–44
Washington Senators	55	95	0.367	37½	33–41	22–54
Boston Americans	49	105	0.318	45½	22–54	27–51

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	116	36	0.763	—	56–21	60–15
New York Giants	96	56	0.632	20	51–24	45–32
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	60	0.608	23½	49–27	44–33
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	0.464	45½	37–40	34–42
Brooklyn Superbas	66	86	0.434	50	31–44	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	64	87	0.424	51½	36–40	28–47
St. Louis Cardinals	52	98	0.347	63	28–48	24–50
Boston Beaneaters	49	102	0.325	66½	28–47	21–55

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Chicago White Sox	4

NL	Chicago Cubs	2

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Americans	Jimmy Collins and Chick Stahl
Chicago White Sox	Fielder Jones	Won World Series
Cleveland Naps	Nap Lajoie	Finished 3rd
Detroit Tigers	Bill Armour
New York Highlanders	Clark Griffith	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators	Jake Stahl

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Beaneaters	Fred Tenney
Brooklyn Superbas	Patsy Donovan
Chicago Cubs	Frank Chance	Won NL pennant
Cincinnati Reds	Ned Hanlon
New York Giants	John McGraw	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies	Hugh Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals	John McCloskey

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	George Stone ( SLB)	.358
HR	Harry Davis ( PHA)	12
RBI	Harry Davis ( PHA)	96
R	Elmer Flick ( CLE)	98
H	Nap Lajoie ( CLE)	214
SB	John Anderson ( WSH) Elmer Flick ( CLE)	39

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Al Orth ( NYH)	27
L	Joe Harris ( BSA) Cy Young ( BSA)	21
ERA	Doc White ( CWS)	1.52
K	Rube Waddell ( PHA)	196
IP	Al Orth ( NYH)	338.2
SV	Charles Bender ( PHA) Otto Hess ( CLE)	3

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Honus Wagner ( PIT)	.339
HR	Tim Jordan ( BKN)	12
RBI	Joe Nealon ( PIT) Harry Steinfeldt ( CHC)	83
R	Frank Chance ( CHC) Honus Wagner ( PIT)	103
H	Harry Steinfeldt ( CHC)	176
SB	Frank Chance ( CHC)	57

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Joe McGinnity ( NYG)	27
L	Gus Dorner ( CIN/ BSB)	26
ERA	Mordecai Brown ( CHC)	1.04
K	Fred Beebe ( CHC/ STL)	171
IP	Irv Young ( BSB)	358.1
SV	Cecil Ferguson ( NYG)	7

Milestones

The Chicago Cubs won a record 116 games while losing only 36. Their .763 winning percentage remains the highest in the modern (two-league) era.^[1] They were led offensively by third baseman Harry Steinfeldt whose 176 hits, .327 batting average and 83 RBIs were all a team-best; Steinfeldt also had 29 stolen bases. The Cubs' pitching staff consisted of Ed Reulbach, Carl Lundgren, Mordecai Brown and left-hander Jack Pfiester.

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Chicago Cubs^[2]	116	26.1%	654,300	28.3%	8,282
Chicago White Sox^[3]	93	1.1%	585,202	-14.9%	7,408
Philadelphia Athletics^[4]	78	-15.2%	489,129	-11.8%	6,700
New York Highlanders^[5]	90	26.8%	434,700	40.6%	5,720
Boston Americans^[6]	49	-37.2%	410,209	-12.5%	5,327
New York Giants^[7]	96	-8.6%	402,850	-27.1%	5,371
Pittsburgh Pirates^[8]	93	-3.1%	394,877	7.0%	5,128
St. Louis Browns^[9]	76	40.7%	389,157	14.8%	5,120
Cincinnati Reds^[10]	64	-19.0%	330,056	5.1%	4,231
Cleveland Naps^[11]	89	17.1%	325,733	3.0%	4,123
Philadelphia Phillies^[12]	71	-14.5%	294,680	-7.3%	3,827
St. Louis Cardinals^[13]	52	-10.3%	283,770	-3.1%	3,685
Brooklyn Superbas^[14]	66	37.5%	277,400	21.7%	3,650
Detroit Tigers^[15]	71	-10.1%	174,043	-10.0%	2,231
Boston Beaneaters^[16]	49	-3.9%	143,280	-4.5%	1,885
Washington Senators^[17]	55	-14.1%	129,903	-48.5%	1,732

Events

July 4 – Mordecai Brown of the Chicago Cubs defeats Lefty Leifield of the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-0, in which both pitchers allowed only one hit. Leifield recorded the only hit for Pittsburgh. This was the first double one-hitter in MLB history in the modern era (since 1901), and one of four double one-hitters ever pitched.^[18]
September 26 – After being held scoreless for 48 consecutive innings, the Philadelphia Athletics finally score on a two-run double by Harry Davis, but still lose to the Cleveland Naps 5-3.^[19]

References

^ Kramer, Daniel; Adler, David (June 13, 2020). "The best season in every club's history". MLB.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "July 4, 1906 boxscore of double one-hitter from Retrosheet". retrosheet.org. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
^ "Today in Baseball History – September 26th". nationalpastime.com/site. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

External links

1906 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com
1906 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

[1] Kramer, Daniel; Adler, David (June 13, 2020). "The best season in every club's history". MLB.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

[2] "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[3] "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[4] "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[5] "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[6] "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[7] "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[8] "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[9] "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[10] "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[11] "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[12] "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[13] "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[14] "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[15] "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[16] "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[17] "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[18] "July 4, 1906 boxscore of double one-hitter from Retrosheet". retrosheet.org. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

[19] "Today in Baseball History – September 26th". nationalpastime.com/site. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

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v t e 1906 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1906 World Series