1906 Brooklyn Superbas
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Ned Hanlon, Henry Medicus
PresidentCharles Ebbets
ManagersPatsy Donovan
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The 1906 Brooklyn Superbas saw Patsy Donovan take over as the team's manager. However, another poor season led to a fifth-place finish.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 116 36 0.763 — 56–21 60–15
New York Giants 96 56 0.632 20 51–24 45–32
Pittsburgh Pirates 93 60 0.608 23½ 49–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 0.464 45½ 37–40 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 66 86 0.434 50 31–44 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 64 87 0.424 51½ 36–40 28–47
St. Louis Cardinals 52 98 0.347 63 28–48 24–50
Boston Beaneaters 49 102 0.325 66½ 28–47 21–55

Record vs. opponents

1906 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR 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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1906 Brooklyn Superbas
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 Bill Bergen 103 353 56 .159 0 19
1B Tim Jordan 129 450 118 .262 12 78
2B Whitey Alperman 128 441 111 .252 3 46
3B Doc Casey 149 571 133 .233 0 34
SS Phil Lewis 136 452 110 .243 0 37
OF Jack McCarthy 91 322 98 .304 0 35
OF Harry Lumley 133 484 157 .324 9 61
OF Billy Maloney 151 566 125 .221 0 32

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
John Hummel 97 286 57 .199 1 21
Lew Ritter 73 226 47 .208 0 15
Emil Batch 59 203 52 .256 0 11
Doc Gessler 9 33 8 .242 0 4
Patsy Donovan 7 21 5 .238 0 0
Phil Reardon 5 14 1 .071 0 0
John Butler 1 0 0 ---- 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
Elmer Stricklett 41 291.2 14 18 2.72 88
Doc Scanlan 38 288.0 18 13 3.19 120
Harry McIntire 39 276.0 13 21 2.97 121
Mal Eason 34 227.0 10 17 3.25 64
Jim Pastorius 29 211.2 10 14 3.61 58
Chappie McFarland 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 5

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
Jesse Whiting 3 24.2 1 1 2.92 7
Jack Doscher 2 14.0 0 1 1.29 10

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
Hub Knolls 2 0 0 0 4.05 3

Notes

  1. ^ Mike O'Neill page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jimmy Sheckard page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Doc Gessler page at Baseball Reference

References

External links


1906 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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