1906 Philadelphia Athletics season

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

1906 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Columbia Park (since 1901) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Sources:
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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bartley Chief Bender Andy Coakley Jack Coombs Mike Cunningham Jimmy Dygert Jim Holmes Eddie Plank Hack Schumann Rube Waddell		Catchers Claude Berry Jim Byrnes Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Art Brouthers Eddie Collins Monte Cross Harry Davis John Knight Ed Lennox Danny Murphy Simon Nicholls Rube Oldring Dave Shean		Outfielders Harry Armbruster Topsy Hartsel Danny Hoffman Bris Lord Socks Seybold Other positions Willy Fetzer Jack Hannifin		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

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	Ossee Schreckengost	98	338	96	.284	1	41
1B	Harry Davis	145	551	161	.292	12	96
2B	Danny Murphy	119	448	135	.301	2	60
SS	Monte Cross	134	445	89	.200	1	40
3B	John Knight	74	253	49	.194	3	20
OF	Topsy Hartsel	144	533	136	.255	1	30
OF	Bris Lord	118	434	101	.233	1	44
OF	Socks Seybold	116	411	130	.316	5	59

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
Harry Armbruster	91	265	63	.238	2	24
Doc Powers	58	185	29	.157	0	7
Rube Oldring	59	174	42	.241	0	19
Art Brouthers	37	144	30	.208	0	14
Dave Shean	22	75	16	.213	0	3
Simon Nicholls	12	44	8	.182	0	1
Claude Berry	10	30	7	.233	0	2
Jim Byrnes	10	23	4	.174	0	0
Danny Hoffman	7	22	5	.227	0	1
Ed Lennox	6	17	1	.059	0	0
Eddie Collins	6	15	3	.200	0	0
Willy Fetzer	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Jack Hannifin	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

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
Rube Waddell	43	272.2	15	17	2.21	196
Chief Bender	36	238.1	15	10	2.53	159
Jimmy Dygert	35	213.2	11	13	2.70	106
Eddie Plank	26	211.2	19	6	2.25	108
Jack Coombs	23	173	10	10	2.50	90
Andy Coakley	22	149	7	8	3.14	59

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
Mike Cunningham	5	28	1	0	3.21	15
Hack Schumann	4	18	0	2	4.00	9
Jim Holmes	3	9	0	1	4.00	1

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
Bill Bartley	3	0	0	1	9.35	6

Notes

References

• 1906 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1906 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com