1906 Chicago White Sox season

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1906  Chicago White Sox
World Series champion
American League champion
1906 Chicago White Sox.jpg
League American League
Ballpark South Side Park
City Chicago, Illinois
Record93–58 (.616)
League place1st
Owners Charles Comiskey
Managers Fielder Jones
  1905 Seasons 1907  

The 1906 season was the seventh season overall for the Chicago White Sox, and their sixth season in the major leagues. The Sox won their second American League pennant and their first World Series championship.

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The Sox won 93 games in the regular season–– a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season–– to claim the pennant, propelled by a historic 19-game winning streak in August. They won the league pennant largely on the strength of their pitching staff, as their team batting average of .230 was the worst in the AL. The White Sox would go on to upset their crosstown neighbors, the Chicago Cubs (who had finished 116–36 that year for the best winning percentage in modern baseball history), in the World Series, earning them the moniker of the "Hitless Wonders."

Regular season

The 1906 White Sox team became known as the Hitless Wonders, having won the American League pennant despite posting the lowest team batting average (.230) in the league. [1] [2] The team had been in fourth place by the end of July, 7½ games behind the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics, when they went on a 19-game winning streak that drove them into first place. [1] No American League team would beat the 19-game winning streak for almost 100 years. [1] The team made up for their lack of hitting prowess by leading the league in walks, hit batsmen and sacrifice hits. [1] The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutouts and the second lowest earned run average in the league. [2] [3] The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series. [4]

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9358.61654233935
New York Highlanders 9061.596353233738
Cleveland Naps 8964.582547304234
Philadelphia Athletics 7867.5381248233044
St. Louis Browns 7673.5101640343639
Detroit Tigers 7178.4772142342944
Washington Senators 5595.36737½33412254
Boston Americans 49105.31845½22542751

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston 4–188–1410–125–17–18–145–179–13
Chicago 18–412–10–111–1112–10–112–913–7–115–7
Cleveland 8–1410–12–114–8–110–11–112–10–114–815–7
Detroit 12–1011–118–14–111–116–139–13–114–6
New York 17–5–110–12–111–10–111–1113–813–8–115–7
Philadelphia 14–89–1210–12–113–68–139–11–215–5–1
St. Louis 17–57–13–18–1413–9–18–13–111–9–212–10
Washington 13–97–157–156–147–155–15–110–12

Roster

1906 Chicago White Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Billy Sullivan 11838783.214233
1B Jiggs Donahue 154556143.257157
2B Frank Isbell 143549153.279057
SS George Davis 133484134.277080
3B Lee Tannehill 11637869.183033
OF Ed Hahn 130484110.227027
OF Fielder Jones 144496114.230234
OF Bill O'Neill 9433082.248121

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Patsy Dougherty 7525359.233127
George Rohe 7722558.258025
Gus Dundon 339613.13504
Frank Roth 165110.19607
Frank Hemphill 13403.07502
Hub Hart 17376.16200
Babe Towne 143610.27806
Rube Vinson 10246.25003
Ed McFarland 12234.17403
Lee Quillen 493.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Frank Owen 42293.022132.3366
Nick Altrock 38287.220132.0699
Ed Walsh 41278.117131.88171
Doc White 28219.11861.5295
Roy Patterson 21142.01072.0945

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Frank Smith 20122.0553.3953
Lou Fiene 631.0112.9012

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Frank Isbell 10000.002

1906 World Series

AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs (2)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1White Sox – 2, Cubs – 1October 9 West Side Park 12,693
2Cubs – 7, White Sox – 1October 10 South Side Park 12,595
3White Sox – 3, Cubs – 0October 11 West Side Park 13,667
4Cubs – 1, White Sox – 0October 12 South Side Park 18,385
5White Sox – 8, Cubs – 6October 13 West Side Park 23,257
6Cubs – 3, White Sox – 8October 14 South Side Park 19,249

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Hitless Wonders". thisgreatgame.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "1906 Chicago White Sox". Baseball-reference.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  3. "1906 American League pitching statistics". Baseball-reference.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  4. "1906 World Series". Baseball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2011.