1906 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1906 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
Record78–67 (.538)
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Quick facts Philadelphia Athletics, League ...
1906 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
Record78–67 (.538)
League place4th
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1905
1907 â†’
Close

Preseason

1906 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played five of nine scheduled games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the preseason city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 1.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

More information Game, Date ...
GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1March 31, 1906No Game - RainPhiladelphia Ball Park--[1] 
2April 2, 1906Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 7Columbia Park2:005,000[2] 
3April 3, 1906Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Philadelphia Phillies – 0Philadelphia Ball Park1:454,508[3] 
4April 4, 1906Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 1Columbia Park-4,024[4] 
5April 5, 1906Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4Philadelphia Ball Park1:354,175[5] 
6April 6, 1906No Game - ColdColumbia Park--[6] 
7April 7, 1906Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 7Columbia Park1:458,211[7] 
8April 9, 1906No Game - RainPhiladelphia Ball Park--[8] 
9April 10, 1906No Game - Wet GroundsPhiladelphia Ball Park--[9]
Close

The A's moved to 18-15 against the Phillies after the 1906 series.

Regular season

Season standings

More information Team, W ...
American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9358 .616 — 54‍–‍23 39‍–‍35
New York Highlanders 9061 .596 3 53‍–‍23 37‍–‍38
Cleveland Naps 8964 .582 5 47‍–‍30 42‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics 7867 .538 12 48‍–‍23 30‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns 7673 .510 16 40‍–‍34 36‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 7178 .477 21 42‍–‍34 29‍–‍44
Washington Senators 5595 .367 37½ 33‍–‍41 22‍–‍54
Boston Americans 49105 .318 45½ 22‍–‍54 27‍–‍51
Close

Record vs. opponents

More information Team, BOS ...
1906 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —4–188–1410–125–17–18–145–179–13
Chicago 18–4—12–10–111–1112–10–112–913–7–115–7
Cleveland 8–1410–12–1—14–8–110–11–112–10–114–815–7
Detroit 12–1011–118–14–1—11–116–139–13–114–6
New York 17–5–110–12–111–10–111–11—13–813–8–115–7
Philadelphia 14–89–1210–12–113–68–13—9–11–215–5–1
St. Louis 17–57–13–18–1413–9–18–13–111–9–2—12–10
Washington 13–97–157–156–147–155–15–110–12—
Close

Roster

1906 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other positions

 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

More information Pos, Player ...
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
COssee Schreckengost9833896.284141
1BHarry Davis145551161.2921296
2BDanny Murphy119448135.301260
SSMonte Cross13444589.200140
3BJohn Knight7425349.194320
OFTopsy Hartsel144533136.255130
OFBris Lord118434101.233144
OFSocks Seybold116411130.316559
Close

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

More information Player, G ...
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Harry Armbruster9126563.238224
Doc Powers5818529.15707
Rube Oldring5917442.241019
Art Brouthers3714430.208014
Dave Shean227516.21303
Simon Nicholls12448.18201
Claude Berry10307.23302
Jim Byrnes10234.17400
Danny Hoffman7225.22701
Ed Lennox6171.05900
Eddie Collins6153.20000
Willy Fetzer110.00000
Jack Hannifin1111.00000
Close

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rube Waddell43272.215172.21196
Chief Bender36238.115102.53159
Jimmy Dygert35213.211132.70106
Eddie Plank26211.21962.25108
Jack Coombs23173.010102.5090
Andy Coakley22149.0783.1459
Close

Other pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Cunningham528.0103.2115
Hack Schumann418.0024.009
Jim Holmes39.0014.001
Close

Relief pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Bartley30019.356
Close

Notes

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI