1906 New York Highlanders season

1906 New York Highlanders
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Hilltop Park (Since 1903) New York, New York (Since 1903)
1906 Information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith
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The 1906 New York Highlanders season, its fourth in New York and sixth overall, finished with the team in 2nd place in the American League with a record of 90-61. The team was managed by Clark Griffith and played its home games at Hilltop Park.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	93	58	3	--	.616
New York Highlanders	90	61	4	3	.596
Cleveland Naps	89	64	4	5	.582
Philadelphia Athletics	78	67	4	12	.538
St. Louis Browns	76	73	5	16	.510
Detroit Tigers	71	78	2	21	.477
Washington Senators	55	95	1	37½	.367
Boston Americans	49	105	1	45½	.318

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
2B	Williams, JimmyJimmy Williams	139	501	139	.277	3	77
OF	Keeler, WillieWillie Keeler	152	592	180	.304	2	33

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

Pitching

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
Chesbro, JackJack Chesbro	49	325	23	17	2.96	152

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
Hughes, TomTom Hughes	3	15	1	0	4.20	5
Barger, CyCy Barger	2	5.1	0	0	10.12	3

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
Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	17	2	2	2	3.02	16

References

• 1906 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference
• 1906 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com