1906 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1906 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke

The 1906 Pittsburgh[a] Pirates season was the 25th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 20th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 93–60.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 116 36 .763 — 56‍–‍21 60‍–‍15
New York Giants 96 56 .632 20 51‍–‍24 45‍–‍32
Pittsburgh Pirates 93 60 .608 23½ 49‍–‍27 44‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 45½ 37‍–‍40 34‍–‍42
Brooklyn Superbas 66 86 .434 50 31‍–‍44 35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 64 87 .424 51½ 36‍–‍40 28‍–‍47
St. Louis Cardinals 52 98 .347 63 28‍–‍48 24‍–‍50
Boston Beaneaters 49 102 .325 66½ 28‍–‍47 21‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–13 5–17 11–10–1 6–15 6–16 3–19 9–12
Brooklyn 13–9 — 6–16 8–14 9–13 8–13 9–13 13–8–1
Chicago 17–5 16–6 — 18–4 15–7–1 19–3–1 16–5 15–6–1
Cincinnati 10–11–1 14–8 4–18 — 5–16 11–11 8–14–1 12–9–2
New York 15–6 13–9 7–15–1 16–5 — 15–7 11–11 19–3
Philadelphia 16–6 13–8 3–19–1 11–11 7–15 — 8–14 13–9
Pittsburgh 19–3 13–9 5–16 14–8–1 11–11 14–8 — 17–5
St. Louis 12–9 8–13–1 6–15–1 9–12–2 3–19 9–13 5–17 —

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1906 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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
C George Gibson 81 259 46 .178 0 20
1B Joe Nealon 154 556 142 .255 3 83
2B Claude Ritchey 152 484 130 .269 1 62
SS Honus Wagner 142 516 175 .339 2 71
3B Tommy Sheehan 95 315 76 .241 1 34
OF Fred Clarke 118 417 129 .309 1 39
OF Ginger Beaumont 80 310 82 .265 2 32
OF Bob Ganley 137 511 132 .258 0 31

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
Tommy Leach 133 476 136 .286 1 39
Dutch Meier 82 273 70 .256 0 16
Heinie Peitz 40 125 30 .240 0 20
Ed Phelps 43 118 28 .237 0 12
Bill Hallman 23 89 24 .270 1 6
Otis Clymer 11 45 11 .244 0 1
Bill Abstein 8 20 4 .200 0 3
Alan Storke 5 12 3 .250 0 1
Fred Carisch 4 12 1 .083 0 0
Harry Smith 1 1 0 .000 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
Vic Willis 41 322.0 23 13 1.73 124
Sam Leever 36 260.1 22 7 2.32 76
Lefty Leifield 37 255.2 18 13 1.87 111
Deacon Phillippe 33 218.2 15 10 2.47 90
Mike Lynch 18 119.0 6 5 2.42 48
Bert Maxwell 1 8.0 0 1 5.63 1

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
Homer Hillebrand 7 53.0 3 2 2.21 32
Chappie McFarland 6 35.1 1 3 2.55 11
Ed Karger 6 28.0 2 3 1.93 8
King Brady 3 23.0 1 1 2.35 14
Charlie Case 2 11.0 1 1 5.73 3
Howie Camnitz 2 9.0 1 0 2.00 5
Lou Manske 2 8.0 0 0 5.63 6
Irish McIlveen 2 7.0 0 1 7.71 3

Notes

  1. ^ In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the final 'h'.

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