1906 National League

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The 1906 season of the National League was the thirty-first 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 Cubs	155	116	36	3	.748	-.-	705 (4.55)	381 (2.46)	0.262	0.323	0.339	1.75	0.970
2	New York Giants	153	96	56	1	.627	20.0	625 (4.08)	510 (3.33)	0.255	0.334	0.321	2.49	0.964
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	93	60	1	.604	23.5	623 (4.05)	470 (3.05)	0.261	0.318	0.327	2.21	0.964
4	Philadelphia Phillies	154	71	82	1	.461	45.5	528 (3.43)	564 (3.66)	0.241	0.302	0.307	2.58	0.956
5	Brooklyn Superbas	153	66	86	1	.431	50.0	496 (3.24)	625 (4.08)	0.236	0.292	0.308	3.13	0.955
6	Cincinnati Reds	155	64	87	4	.413	51.5	533 (3.44)	582 (3.75)	0.238	0.294	0.304	2.69	0.959
7	St. Louis Cardinals	154	52	98	4	.338	63.0	470 (3.05)	607 (3.94)	0.235	0.286	0.296	3.04	0.957
8	Boston Beaneaters	152	49	102	1	.322	66.5	408 (2.68)	649 (4.27)	0.226	0.279	0.281	3.14	0.947

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Spike Shannon	St. Louis Cardinals/New York Giants	156
At Bats	Pug Bennett	St. Louis Cardinals	595
Runs Scored	Frank Chance Honus Wagner	Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates	103
Hits	Harry Steinfeldt	Chicago Cubs	176
Doubles	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	38
Triples	Fred Clarke Frank Schulte	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	13
Home Runs	Tim Jordan	Brooklyn Superbas	12
Total Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	237
Runs Batted In	Jim Nealon Harry Steinfeldt	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	83
Stolen Bases	Frank Chance	Chicago Cubs	57
Walks	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	107
Hit by Pitch	Roger Bresnahan	New York Giants	15
Sacrifice Hits	Jimmy Sheckard	Chicago Cubs	40
Batting Average	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.339
On-Base Percentage	Sammy Strang	New York Giants	0.423
Slugging Percentage	Harry Lumley	Brooklyn Superbas	0.477
On-Base plus Slugging	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.875
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Harry Lumley	Brooklyn Superbas	179

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	27
Losses	Gus Dorner	Cincinnati Reds/Boston Beaneaters	26
Win-Loss Percentage	Ed Reulbach	Chicago Cubs	0.826
Appearances	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	45
Games Started	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	41
Complete Games	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	37
Shutouts	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	9
Games Finished	George Ferguson	New York Giants	19
Saves	George Ferguson	New York Giants	7
Innings Pitched	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	358.1
Batters Faced	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	1416
Hits Allowed	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	349
Home Runs Allowed	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	7
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Doc Scanlan	Brooklyn Superbas	127
Hit Batsmen	Gus Dorner	Cincinnati Reds/Boston Beaneaters	17
Strikeouts	Fred Beebe	Chicago Cubs/St. Louis Cardinals	171
Wild Pitches	Buster Brown	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Balks	Elmer Stricklett	Brooklyn Superbas	2
Runs Allowed	Gus Dorner Irv Young	Cincinnati Reds/Boston Beaneaters Boston Beaneaters	157
Earned Runs Allowed	Irv Young	Boston Beaneaters	116
Earned Run Average	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	1.04
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	0.934

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Jake Beckley*
• Bill Carpenter
• John Conway
• Bob Emslie
• Jim Johnstone
• Ed Karger*
• Bill Klem
• Carl Lundgren*
• Pete Noonan*
• Hank O'Day
• Heinie Peitz*
• Cy Rigler
• Jack Stafford*
• Bill Supple

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

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