1906 American League

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The 1906 season of the American League was the sixth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago White Sox	154	93	58	3	.616	-.-	567 (3.68)	460 (2.99)	0.230	0.301	0.286	2.13	0.963
2	New York Highlanders	155	90	61	4	.596	3.0	640 (4.13)	644 (3.51)	0.266	0.316	0.339	2.78	0.957
3	Cleveland Naps	157	89	64	4	.582	5.0	664 (4.23)	482 (3.07)	0.279	0.325	0.357	2.09	0.967
4	Philadelphia Athletics	149	78	67	4	.538	12.0	555 (3.72)	536 (3.60)	0.247	0.308	0.330	2.60	0.956
5	St. Louis Browns	154	76	73	5	.510	16.0	559 (3.63)	501 (3.25)	0.247	0.304	0.312	2.23	0.954
6	Detroit Tigers	151	71	78	2	.477	21.0	518 (3.43)	596 (3.95)	0.242	0.295	0.306	2.83	0.959
7	Washington Senators	151	55	95	1	.367	37.5	519 (3.44)	670 (4.44)	0.238	0.289	0.309	3.25	0.955
8	Boston Pilgrims	155	49	105	1	.318	45.5	463 (2.99)	711 (4.59)	0.237	0.284	0.304	3.41	0.949

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Elmer Flick	Cleveland Naps	157
At Bats	Elmer Flick	Cleveland Naps	624
Runs Scored	Elmer Flick	Cleveland Naps	98
Hits	Napoleon Lajoie	Cleveland Naps	214
Doubles	Napoleon Lajoie	Cleveland Naps	48
Triples	Elmer Flick	Cleveland Naps	22
Home Runs	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Total Bases	George Stone	St. Louis Browns	291
Runs Batted In	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	96
Stolen Bases	Elmer Flick John Anderson	Cleveland Naps Washington Senators	39
Walks	Topsy Hartsel	Philadelphia Athletics	88
Hit by Pitch	Larry Schlafly	Washington Senators	14
Sacrifice Hits	Tom Jones	St. Louis Browns	40
Batting Average	George Stone	St. Louis Browns	0.358
On-Base Percentage	George Stone	St. Louis Browns	0.417
Slugging Percentage	George Stone	St. Louis Browns	0.501
On-Base plus Slugging	George Stone	St. Louis Browns	0.918
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	George Stone	St. Louis Browns	193

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Al Orth	New York Highlanders	27
Losses	Joe Harris Cy Young	Boston Pilgrims Boston Pilgrims	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Eddie Plank	Philadelphia Athletics	0.760
Appearances	Jack Chesbro	New York Highlanders	49
Games Started	Jack Chesbro	New York Highlanders	42
Complete Games	Al Orth	New York Highlanders	36
Shutouts	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	10
Games Finished	Clark Griffith	New York Highlanders	15
Saves	Otto Hess Chief Bender	Cleveland Naps Philadelphia Athletics	3
Innings Pitched	Al Orth	New York Highlanders	338.2
Batters Faced	George Mullin	Detroit Tigers	1361
Hits Allowed	Al Orth	New York Highlanders	317
Home Runs Allowed	Jesse Tannehill	Boston Pilgrims	9
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Cy Falkenberg George Mullin	Washington Senators Detroit Tigers	108
Hit Batsmen	Otto Hess	Cleveland Naps	24
Strikeouts	Rube Waddell	Philadelphia Athletics	196
Wild Pitches	Cy Falkenberg	Washington Senators	14
Balks	11 tied with		1
Runs Allowed	George Mullin	Detroit Tigers	139
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Chesbro	New York Highlanders	107
Earned Run Average	Doc White	Chicago White Sox	1.52
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Doc White	Chicago White Sox	0.903

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Chicago White Sox defeated the National League's Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2.

Umpires

• Fritz Buelow*
• Tom Connolly
• Tom Connor
• Red Donahue*
• Bill Donovan*
• Billy Evans
• Joe Harris*
• Harry Howell*
• Tim Hurst
• Malachi Kittridge*
• Bobby Lowe*
• Silk O'Loughlin
• Barney Pelty*
• Boss Schmidt*
• Jack Sheridan

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1906 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]