MLB 1906
Major League Baseball | |
---|---|
season | 1906 |
Period | April 12 - October 14, 1906 |
Postseason | |
AL Champion | Chicago White Sox |
Second AL | New York Highlanders |
NL champion | Chicago Cubs |
Second NL | New York Giants |
World Series | |
champion | Chicago White Sox |
Playing times | |
◄ 1905 1907 ► |
The 1906 MLB season was the fifth season of Major League Baseball (MLB). For the first time both affiliated leagues were won by teams from the same city, namely Chicago .
The American League (AL) winners were the Chicago White Sox , three games ahead of the New York Highlanders . The National League (NL) was dominated by the Chicago Cubs , who set up a record for a regular season that is still valid today with 116 wins and only 36 defeats and a win rate of 76.3% . At the end of the season, the Cubs had 20 games ahead of last year's winner New York Giants . Due to the dominant season, the Cubs were the big favorites in the 1906 World Series , but surprisingly lost 2: 4 games against the White Sox.
Result at the end of the season
Item | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chicago White Sox | 93 | 58 | 61.6% | - |
2 | New York Highlanders | 90 | 61 | 59.6% | 3 |
3 | Cleveland Naps | 89 | 64 | 58.2% | 5 |
4th | Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 67 | 53.8% | 16 |
5 | St. Louis Browns | 76 | 73 | 51.0% | 17th |
6th | Detroit Tigers | 71 | 78 | 47.7% | 21st |
7th | Washington Senators | 55 | 95 | 36.7% | 37½ |
8th | Boston Americans | 49 | 105 | 31.8% | 46½ |
Item | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chicago Cubs | 116 | 36 | 76.3 | - |
2 | New York Giants | 96 | 56 | 63.1% | 20th |
3 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 60 | 60.8% | 23½ |
4th | Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | 46.4% | 45½ |
5 | Brooklyn superbas | 66 | 86 | 43.4% | 50 |
6th | Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 87 | 42.4% | 51½ |
7th | St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 98 | 34.7% | 63 |
8th | Boston Beaneaters | 49 | 102 | 32.4% | 66½ |
W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)
Player statistics
Hitting
American League | National League | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stat | player | team | Total | Stat | player | team | Total |
AVG | George Stone | SLB | .358 | AVG | Honus Wagner | PIT | .339 |
MR | Harry Davis | PHA | 12 | MR | Tim Jordan | BRO | 12 |
RBI | Harry Davis | PHA | 96 | RBI | Joe Naelon Harry Steinfeldt |
PIT CHC |
121 |
R. | Elmer Flick | CLE | 98 | R. |
Honus Wagner Frank Chance |
PIT CHC |
124 |
H | Nap Lajoie | CLE | 214 | H | Harry Steinfeldt | CHC | 176 |
SB | Elmer Flick John Anderson |
CLE WSH |
39 | SB | Frank chance | CHC | 57 |
Pitching
American League | National League | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stat | player | team | Total | Stat | player | team | Total |
W. | Al Orth | NYH | 27 | W. | Joe McGinnity | NYG | 31 |
WL% | Eddie Plank | PHA | 76.0% | WL% | Ed Reulbach | CHC | 82.6% |
ERA | Doc White | CHW | 1.48 | ERA | Mordecei Brown | CHC | 1.04 |
K | Rube Waddell | PHA | 196 | K | Fred Beebe |
CHC STL |
171 |
IP | Al Orth | NYH | 338.2 | IP | Irv Young | BSN | 358.1 |
World Series
game | date | guest | Score | home | Score | Total status
(CWS-CHC) |
Ball park | Duration (in hours) | spectator |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | October 9, 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 1-0 | West Side Grounds | 1:45 | 12,693 |
2 | October 10, 1906 | Chicago Cubs | 7th | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 1-1 | South Side Park (III) | 1:58 | 12,595 |
3 | October 11, 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 3 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 2-1 | West Side Park | 2:10 | 13,667 |
4th | October 12, 1906 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | Chicago White Sox | 0 | 2-2 | South Side Park (III) | 1:36 | 18,385 |
5 | October 13, 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 8th | Chicago Cubs | 6th | 3-2 | West Side Park | 2:40 | 23,257 |
6th | October 14, 1906 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | Chicago White Sox | 8th | 4-2 | South Side Park (III) | 1:55 | 19,249 |
Chicago White Sox win 4-2 |
Web links
- American League 1906 on baseball-reference.com
- National League 1906 on baseball-reference.com
- MLB 1906 on baseball-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1906 American League Batting Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
- ↑ 1906 National League Batting Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
- ↑ 1906 American League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
- ↑ 1906 National League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
- ↑ 1906 World Series Game 1 - Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ↑ 1906 World Series Game 2 - Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ↑ 1906 World Series Game 3 - Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ↑ 1906 World Series Game 4 - Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ↑ 1906 World Series Game 5 - Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ↑ 1906 World Series Game 6 - Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 21, 2016.