1906 Chicago White Sox season
1906 Chicago White Sox | ||
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American League Champions World Series Champions | ||
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Ballpark | South Side Park | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Charles Comiskey | |
Managers | Fielder Jones | |
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The 1906 season was the seventh season overall for the Chicago White Sox, and their sixth season in the major leagues. The Sox won their third American League pennant and their first World Series championship. The Sox won 93 games, a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season.
Regular season
The 1906 White Sox team became known as the Hitless Wonders when they won the American League pennant despite posting the lowest team batting average in the league.[1][2] The team had been in fourth place by the end of July, 7½ games behind the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics, when they went on a 19-game winning streak that drove them into first place.[1] No American League team would match the 19-game winning streak for almost 100 years.[1] The team made up for their lack of hitting prowess by leading the league in walks, hit batsmen and sacrifice hits.[1] The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutouts and the second lowest earned run average in the league.[2][3] The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series.[4]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 93 | 58 | .616 | — | 54–23 | 39–35 |
New York Highlanders | 90 | 61 | .596 | 3 | 53–23 | 37–38 |
Cleveland Naps | 89 | 64 | .582 | 5 | 47–30 | 42–34 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 67 | .538 | 12 | 48–23 | 30–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 76 | 73 | .510 | 16 | 40–34 | 36–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 78 | .477 | 21 | 42–34 | 29–44 |
Washington Senators | 55 | 95 | .367 | 37½ | 33–41 | 22–54 |
Boston Americans | 49 | 105 | .318 | 45½ | 22–54 | 27–51 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Billy Sullivan | 118 | 387 | 83 | .214 | 2 | 33 |
1B | Jiggs Donahue | 154 | 556 | 143 | .257 | 1 | 57 |
2B | Frank Isbell | 143 | 549 | 153 | .279 | 0 | 57 |
SS | George Davis | 133 | 484 | 134 | .277 | 0 | 80 |
3B | Lee Tannehill | 116 | 378 | 69 | .183 | 0 | 33 |
OF | Ed Hahn | 130 | 484 | 110 | .227 | 0 | 27 |
OF | Fielder Jones | 144 | 496 | 114 | .230 | 2 | 34 |
OF | Bill O'Neill | 94 | 330 | 82 | .248 | 1 | 21 |
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 |
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Frank Roth | 16 | 51 | 10 | .196 | 0 | 7 |
Lee Quillen | 4 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 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 |
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Frank Owen | 42 | 293 | 22 | 13 | 2.33 | 66 |
Nick Altrock | 38 | 287.2 | 20 | 13 | 2.06 | 99 |
Ed Walsh | 41 | 278.1 | 17 | 13 | 1.88 | 171 |
Doc White | 28 | 219.1 | 18 | 6 | 1.52 | 95 |
Roy Patterson | 21 | 142 | 10 | 7 | 2.09 | 45 |
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 |
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Frank Smith | 20 | 122 | 5 | 5 | 3.39 | 53 |
Lou Fiene | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2.90 | 12 |
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 |
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Frank Isbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
1906 World Series
AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs (2)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | White Sox – 2, Cubs – 1 | October 9 | West Side Park | 12,693 |
2 | Cubs – 7, White Sox – 1 | October 10 | South Side Park | 12,595 |
3 | White Sox – 3, Cubs – 0 | October 11 | West Side Park | 13,667 |
4 | Cubs – 1, White Sox – 0 | October 12 | South Side Park | 18,385 |
5 | White Sox – 8, Cubs – 6 | October 13 | West Side Park | 23,257 |
6 | Cubs – 3, White Sox – 8 | October 14 | South Side Park | 19,249 |
References
- ^ a b c d "The Hitless Wonders". thisgreatgame.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
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- ^ "1906 American League pitching statistics". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ "1906 World Series". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.