1906 Chicago White Sox season

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1906 Chicago White Sox
American League Champions
World Series Champions
1906 Chicago White Sox.jpg
Major League affiliations
  • American League (since 1900)
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)Fielder Jones
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The 1906 season was the seventh season overall for the Chicago White Sox, and their sixth season in the major leagues. The Sox won their second American League pennant and their first World Series championship. The Sox won 93 games, a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season.

Regular season[]

The 1906 White Sox team became known as the Hitless Wonders when they won the American League pennant despite posting the lowest team batting average (.230) in the league.[1][2] The team had been in fourth place by the end of July, 7½ games behind the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics, when they went on a 19-game winning streak that drove them into first place.[1] No American League team would beat the 19-game winning streak for almost 100 years.[1] The team made up for their lack of hitting prowess by leading the league in walks, hit batsmen and sacrifice hits.[1] The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutouts and the second lowest earned run average in the league.[2][3] The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series.[4]

Season standings[]

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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

Record vs. opponents[]

1906 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 4–18 8–14 10–12 5–17–1 8–14 5–17 9–13
Chicago 18–4 — 12–10–1 11–11 12–10–1 12–9 13–7–1 15–7
Cleveland 8–14 10–12–1 — 14–8–1 10–11–1 12–10–1 14–8 15–7
Detroit 12–10 11–11 8–14–1 — 11–11 6–13 9–13–1 14–6
New York 17–5–1 10–12–1 11–10–1 11–11 — 13–8 13–8–1 15–7
Philadelphia 14–8 9–12 10–12–1 13–6 8–13 — 9–11–2 15–5–1
St. Louis 17–5 7–13–1 8–14 13–9–1 8–13–1 11–9–2 — 12–10
Washington 13–9 7–15 7–15 6–14 7–15 5–15–1 10–12 —

Roster[]

1906 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Billy Sullivan 118 387 83 .214 2 33
1B Jiggs Donahue 154 556 143 .257 1 57
2B Frank Isbell 143 549 153 .279 0 57
SS George Davis 133 484 134 .277 0 80
3B Lee Tannehill 116 378 69 .183 0 33
OF Ed Hahn 130 484 110 .227 0 27
OF Fielder Jones 144 496 114 .230 2 34
OF Bill O'Neill 94 330 82 .248 1 21

Other batters[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Patsy Dougherty 75 253 59 .233 1 27
George Rohe 77 225 58 .258 0 25
Gus Dundon 33 96 13 .135 0 4
Frank Roth 16 51 10 .196 0 7
Frank Hemphill 13 40 3 .075 0 2
Babe Towne 14 36 10 .278 0 6
Hub Hart 17 37 6 .162 0 0
Ed McFarland 12 23 4 .174 0 3
Rube Vinson 10 24 6 .250 0 3
Lee Quillen 4 9 3 .333 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Owen 42 293 22 13 2.33 66
Nick Altrock 38 287.2 20 13 2.06 99
Ed Walsh 41 278.1 17 13 1.88 171
Doc White 28 219.1 18 6 1.52 95
Roy Patterson 21 142 10 7 2.09 45

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Smith 20 122 5 5 3.39 53
Lou Fiene 6 31 1 1 2.90 12

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Isbell 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

1906 World Series[]

Main article: 1906 World Series

AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs (2)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 White Sox – 2, Cubs – 1 October 9 West Side Park 12,693
2 Cubs – 7, White Sox – 1 October 10 South Side Park 12,595
3 White Sox – 3, Cubs – 0 October 11 West Side Park 13,667
4 Cubs – 1, White Sox – 0 October 12 South Side Park 18,385
5 White Sox – 8, Cubs – 6 October 13 West Side Park 23,257
6 Cubs – 3, White Sox – 8 October 14 South Side Park 19,249

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "The Hitless Wonders". thisgreatgame.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "1906 Chicago White Sox". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "1906 American League pitching statistics". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  4. ^ "1906 World Series". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
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