1906 New York Highlanders season
The 1906 New York Highlanders season, its fourth in New York and sixth overall, finished with the team in 2nd place in the American League with a record of 90–61. The team was managed by Clark Griffith and played its home games at Hilltop Park.
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Owner(s) | William Devery and Frank Farrell |
Manager(s) | Clark Griffith |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 93 | 58 | 0.616 | — | 54–23 | 39–35 |
New York Highlanders | 90 | 61 | 0.596 | 3 | 53–23 | 37–38 |
Cleveland Naps | 89 | 64 | 0.582 | 5 | 47–30 | 42–34 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 67 | 0.538 | 12 | 48–23 | 30–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 76 | 73 | 0.510 | 16 | 40–34 | 36–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 78 | 0.477 | 21 | 42–34 | 29–44 |
Washington Senators | 55 | 95 | 0.367 | 37½ | 33–41 | 22–54 |
Boston Americans | 49 | 105 | 0.318 | 45½ | 22–54 | 27–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 4–18 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–17–1 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 18–4 | — | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 12–9 | 13–7–1 | 15–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | — | 14–8–1 | 10–11–1 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 11–11 | 6–13 | 9–13–1 | 14–6 | |||||
New York | 17–5–1 | 10–12–1 | 11–10–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–8 | 13–8–1 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 14–8 | 9–12 | 10–12–1 | 13–6 | 8–13 | — | 9–11–2 | 15–5–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 17–5 | 7–13–1 | 8–14 | 13–9–1 | 8–13–1 | 11–9–2 | — | 12–10 | |||||
Washington | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 6–14 | 7–15 | 5–15–1 | 10–12 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Red Kleinow | 96 | 268 | 59 | .220 | 0 | 31 |
1B | Hal Chase | 151 | 597 | 193 | .323 | 0 | 76 |
2B | Jimmy Williams | 139 | 501 | 139 | .277 | 3 | 77 |
SS | Kid Elberfeld | 99 | 346 | 106 | .306 | 2 | 31 |
3B | Frank LaPorte | 123 | 454 | 120 | .264 | 2 | 54 |
OF | Frank Delahanty | 92 | 307 | 73 | .238 | 2 | 41 |
OF | Wid Conroy | 148 | 567 | 139 | .245 | 4 | 54 |
OF | Willie Keeler | 152 | 592 | 180 | .304 | 2 | 33 |
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 |
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Danny Hoffman | 100 | 320 | 82 | .256 | 0 | 23 |
George Moriarty | 65 | 197 | 46 | .234 | 0 | 23 |
Deacon McGuire | 51 | 144 | 43 | .299 | 0 | 14 |
Joe Yeager | 57 | 123 | 37 | .301 | 0 | 12 |
Ira Thomas | 44 | 115 | 23 | .200 | 0 | 15 |
Patsy Dougherty | 12 | 52 | 10 | .192 | 0 | 4 |
Ed Hahn | 11 | 22 | 2 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Al Orth | 45 | 338.2 | 27 | 17 | 2.34 | 133 |
Jack Chesbro | 49 | 325 | 23 | 17 | 2.96 | 152 |
Bill Hogg | 28 | 206 | 14 | 13 | 2.93 | 107 |
Doc Newton | 21 | 125 | 7 | 5 | 3.17 | 52 |
Noodles Hahn | 6 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 3.86 | 17 |
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 |
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Walter Clarkson | 32 | 151 | 9 | 4 | 2.32 | 64 |
Slow Joe Doyle | 9 | 45.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.38 | 28 |
Tom Hughes | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4.20 | 5 |
Cy Barger | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 3 |
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 |
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Clark Griffith | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.02 | 16 |
Louis Leroy | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.22 | 28 |
References
- 1906 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference
- 1906 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com