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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Season summary[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading[edit]

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