1906 St. Louis Cardinals season

1906 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
League Park (Since 1893) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1906 Information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)	John McCloskey
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The 1906 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 25th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 15th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 52-98 during the season and finished 7th in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Notable transactions

• July 13, 1906: Spike Shannon was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Doc Marshall and Sam Mertes.

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
C	Grady, MikeMike Grady	97	280	70	.250	2	27
1B	Beckley, JakeJake Beckley	87	320	79	.247	0	44
OF	Shannon, SpikeSpike Shannon	80	302	78	.258	0	25

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
Mertes, SamSam Mertes	53	191	47	.246	0	19
Marshall, DocDoc Marshall	39	123	34	.276	0	10
McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy	15	37	9	.243	0	2
Holly, EdEd Holly	10	34	2	.059	0	7

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
Brown, BusterBuster Brown	32	238.1	8	16	2.64	109
Beebe, FredFred Beebe	20	160.2	9	9	3.02	116
Taylor, JackJack Taylor	17	155	8	9	2.15	27
Druhot, CarlCarl Druhot	15	130.1	6	7	2.42	45
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	1	4	0	1	13.50	0

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

External links

• 1906 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1906 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com