1906 Philadelphia Athletics season

1906 Philadelphia Athletics
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Ballpark	Columbia Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers	Connie Mack

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

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

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
1B	Harry Davis	145	551	161	.292	12	96
2B	Danny Murphy	119	448	135	.301	2	60
3B	John Knight	74	253	49	.194	3	20

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
Simon Nicholls	12	44	8	.182	0	1
Jim Byrnes	10	23	4	.174	0	0
Willy Fetzer	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Chief Bender	36	238.1	15	10	2.53	159
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

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

References

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