1906 Chicago White Sox season

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. The Sox won 93 games, a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season.

1906 Chicago White Sox
American League Champions
World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)Fielder Jones
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Regular season

The 1906 White Sox team became known as the Hitless Wonders when they 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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9358 0.616 — 54–23 39–35
New York Highlanders 9061 0.596 3 53–23 37–38
Cleveland Naps 8964 0.582 5 47–30 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 7867 0.538 12 48–23 30–44
St. Louis Browns 7673 0.510 16 40–34 36–39
Detroit Tigers 7178 0.477 21 42–34 29–44
Washington Senators 5595 0.367 37½ 33–41 22–54
Boston Americans 49105 0.318 45½ 22–54 27–51

Record vs. opponents
1906 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —4–188–1410–125–17–18–145–179–13
Chicago 18–4—12–10–111–1112–10–112–913–7–115–7
Cleveland 8–1410–12–1—14–8–110–11–112–10–114–815–7
Detroit 12–1011–118–14–1—11–116–139–13–114–6
New York 17–5–110–12–111–10–111–11—13–813–8–115–7
Philadelphia 14–89–1210–12–113–68–13—9–11–215–5–1
St. Louis 17–57–13–18–1413–9–18–13–111–9–2—12–10
Washington 13–97–157–156–147–155–15–110–12—

Roster
1906 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CBilly Sullivan11838783.214233
1BJiggs Donahue154556143.257157
2BFrank Isbell143549153.279057
SSGeorge Davis133484134.277080
3BLee Tannehill11637869.183033
OFEd Hahn130484110.227027
OFFielder Jones144496114.230234
OFBill O'Neill9433082.248121

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
Patsy Dougherty7525359.233127
George Rohe7722558.258025
Gus Dundon339613.13504
Frank Roth165110.19607
Frank Hemphill13403.07502
Babe Towne143610.27806
Hub Hart17376.16200
Ed McFarland12234.17403
Rube Vinson10246.25003
Lee Quillen493.33300

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
Frank Owen4229322132.3366
Nick Altrock38287.220132.0699
Ed Walsh41278.117131.88171
Doc White28219.11861.5295
Roy Patterson211421072.0945

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
Frank Smith20122553.3953
Lou Fiene631112.9012

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Isbell10000.002

1906 World Series
Main article: 1906 World Series

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

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1White Sox – 2, Cubs – 1October 9West Side Park12,693
2Cubs – 7, White Sox – 1October 10South Side Park12,595
3White Sox – 3, Cubs – 0October 11West Side Park13,667
4Cubs – 1, White Sox – 0October 12South Side Park18,385
5White Sox – 8, Cubs – 6October 13West Side Park23,257
6Cubs – 3, White Sox – 8October 14South Side Park19,249

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