1906 Major League Baseball season

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1906 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 12 – October 14, 1906
Number of games154
Number of teams16
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
MLB seasons

The 1906 Major League Baseball season began on April 12. 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 of the World Series on October 14. The White Sox defeated the Cubs, four games to two.

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Schedule

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.

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Chicago White Sox 4
NL Chicago Cubs 2

Managers

League leaders

American League

National League

Milestones

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.

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Chicago Cubs [2] 11626.1%654,30028.3%8,282
Chicago White Sox [3] 931.1%585,202-14.9%7,408
Philadelphia Athletics [4] 78-15.2%489,129-11.8%6,700
New York Highlanders [5] 9026.8%434,70040.6%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%394,8777.0%5,128
St. Louis Browns [9] 7640.7%389,15714.8%5,120
Cincinnati Reds [10] 64-19.0%330,0565.1%4,231
Cleveland Naps [11] 8917.1%325,7333.0%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] 6637.5%277,40021.7%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

Events

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