1906 Major League Baseball season

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 →

The 1906 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 14, 1906. The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The White Sox then defeated the Cubs in the World Series, four games to two.

Season information[]

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.

Standings[]

American League[]

v t 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 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

Events[]

September 26 – After being held scoreless for 48 consecutive innings, the Philadelphia Athletics finally score on a two-run double to Harry Davis, but still lose to the Cleveland Naps 5-3.^[2]

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Americans	Jimmy Collins and Chick Stahl
Chicago White Sox	Fielder Jones
Cleveland Naps	Nap Lajoie
Detroit Tigers	Bill Armour
New York Highlanders	Clark Griffith
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 Orphans	Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds	Ned Hanlon
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Hugh Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	John McCloskey

References[]

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

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

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

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v t 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