The 1906 Major League Baseball season began on April 12, 1906. The regular season ended on October 7, with the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the third modern World Series on October 9 and ended with Game 6 on October 14. The White Sox defeated the Cubs, four games to two.
1906 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 12 – October 14, 1906 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Pennant Winners | |
AL champions | Chicago White Sox |
AL runners-up | New York Highlanders |
NL champions | Chicago Cubs |
NL runners-up | New York Giants |
World Series | |
Champions | Chicago White Sox |
Runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
The 1906 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.
National League Opening Day took place on April 12 with all teams playing, while American League Opening Day did not take place until April 14 with four teams playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 9 and October 14.
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NL | Chicago Cubs | 2 |
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The Chicago Cubs won a record 116 games while losing only 36. Their .763 winning percentage remains the highest in the modern (two-league) era.[1] They were led offensively by third baseman Harry Steinfeldt whose 176 hits, .327 batting average and 83 RBIs were all a team-best; Steinfeldt also had 29 stolen bases. The Cubs' pitching staff consisted of Ed Reulbach, Carl Lundgren, Mordecai Brown and left-hander Jack Pfiester.
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Chicago Cubs[2] | 116 | 26.1% | 654,300 | 28.3% | 8,282 |
Chicago White Sox[3] | 93 | 1.1% | 585,202 | -14.9% | 7,408 |
Philadelphia Athletics[4] | 78 | -15.2% | 489,129 | -11.8% | 6,700 |
New York Highlanders[5] | 90 | 26.8% | 434,700 | 40.6% | 5,720 |
Boston Americans[6] | 49 | -37.2% | 410,209 | -12.5% | 5,327 |
New York Giants[7] | 96 | -8.6% | 402,850 | -27.1% | 5,371 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[8] | 93 | -3.1% | 394,877 | 7.0% | 5,128 |
St. Louis Browns[9] | 76 | 40.7% | 389,157 | 14.8% | 5,120 |
Cincinnati Reds[10] | 64 | -19.0% | 330,056 | 5.1% | 4,231 |
Cleveland Naps[11] | 89 | 17.1% | 325,733 | 3.0% | 4,123 |
Philadelphia Phillies[12] | 71 | -14.5% | 294,680 | -7.3% | 3,827 |
St. Louis Cardinals[13] | 52 | -10.3% | 283,770 | -3.1% | 3,685 |
Brooklyn Superbas[14] | 66 | 37.5% | 277,400 | 21.7% | 3,650 |
Detroit Tigers[15] | 71 | -10.1% | 174,043 | -10.0% | 2,231 |
Boston Beaneaters[16] | 49 | -3.9% | 143,280 | -4.5% | 1,885 |
Washington Senators[17] | 55 | -14.1% | 129,903 | -48.5% | 1,732 |