1906 IN BASEBALL

Contents

Champions

Awards and honors

Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Champions

★ World Series: Chicago White Sox over Chicago Cubs (4-2)

Awards and honors

Statistical Leaders

	' American League '		' National League'
AVG	George Stone SLB	.358	Honus Wagner PIT	.339
HR	Harry Davis PHA	12	Tim Jordan BRO	12
RBI	Harry Davis PHA	96	Jim Nealon PIT & Harry Steinfeldt CHC	83
Wins	Al Orth NYY	27	Joe McGinnity NYG	27
ERA	Doc White CWS	1.52	Mordecai Brown CHC	1.04
Ks	Rube Waddell PHA	196	Fred Beebe STL	171

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

'American League' 'Club' 'Wins' 'Losses' 'Win %'   'GB' Chicago White Sox 93 58 .616 -- New York Highlanders 90 61 .596 3 Cleveland Naps 89 64 .582 5 Philadelphia Athletics 78 67 .538 12 St. Louis Browns 76 73 .510 16 Detroit Tigers 71 78 .477 21 Washington Senators 55 95 .367 37.5 Boston Pilgrims 49 105 .318 45.5

National League final standings

'National League' 'Club' 'Wins' 'Losses' 'Win %'   'GB' Chicago Cubs 116 36 .763 -- New York Giants 96 56 .632 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 93 60 .608 23.5 Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 45.5 Brooklyn Superbas 66 86 .434 50 Cincinnati Reds 64 87 .424 51.5 St. Louis Cardinals 52 98 .347 63 Boston Beaneaters 49 102 .325 66.5

Events

★ May 8 - Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack needed a substitute outfielder in the sixth inning of a game against the Boston Pilgrims and called on pitcher Chief Bender to fill in. Bender hit two home runs, both inside the park.

★ July 4 - Mordecai Brown of the Chicago Cubs defeats Lefty Leifield of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0, in the first game of a doubleheader, in which both pitchers throw a 1-hitter. Leifield collects the Pirates only hit off Brown and loses his own bid for a no-hitter by giving up a single in the 9th inning that ends up scoring the only run of the game.

★ August 3 - At Sportsman's Park, Long Tom Hughes of the Washington Senators and Fred Glade of the St. Louis Browns entered the 10th inning with a scoreless tie, until Hughes decided the game with a solo home run to a 1–0 victory, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to pitch a shutout and hit a home run which accounted for the only run in the game.

Births

★ January 3 - Gus Suhr

★ January 28 - Lyn Lary

★ February 15 - Bob Cremins

★ February 28 - Al Baker

★ March 2 - Woody English

★ March 16 - Lloyd Waner

★ March 21 - Shanty Hogan

★ March 24 - Pat Veltman

★ May 23 - Pat Creeden

★ May 23 - Willis Hudlin

★ May 25 - Martín Dihigo

★ June 25 - Joe Kuhel

★ July 7 - Satchel Paige

★ July 28 - Ray Dobens

★ October 11 - Tom Carey

★ October 12 - Joe Cronin

★ October 17 - Paul Derringer

★ December 28 - Tommy Bridges

Deaths

★ February 27 - John Peltz, 44, outfielder.

★ March 25 - Joe Cassidy, 23, shortstop for the Senators since 1904 who led AL with 19 triples as a rookie, led league in assists in 1905.

★ March 27 - Toad Ramsey, 41, pitcher for Louisville who topped 35 wins in both 1886 and 1887, with strikeout totals of 499 and 355.

★ August 16 - Tom Carey, 60, 19th century infielder and player-manager.

★ October 20 - Buck Ewing, 47, catcher, most notably for the New York Giants, who batted .303 lifetime and led NL in home runs and triples once each; captain of 1888-89 NL champions batted .346 in 1888 championship series; in 1883 was one of first two players to hit 10 home runs in a season; led NL in assists three times and double plays twice, was later Cincinnati manager.