1906 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record76–73 (.510)
League place5th
OwnersRobert Hedges
ManagersJimmy McAleer
← 1905 Seasons 1907 →

The 1906 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1906 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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

1906 St. Louis Browns
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 Branch Rickey 65 201 57 .284 3 24
1B Tom Jones 144 539 136 .252 0 30
2B Pete O'Brien 151 544 122 .233 2 57
SS Bobby Wallace 139 476 123 .258 2 67
3B Roy Hartzell 113 404 86 .213 0 24
OF Harry Niles 142 541 124 .229 2 31
OF George Stone 154 581 208 .358 6 71
OF Charlie Hemphill 154 585 169 .289 4 62

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
Tubby Spencer 58 188 33 .176 0 17
Ben Koehler 66 186 41 .220 0 15
Jack O'Connor 55 174 33 .190 0 11
Ike Rockenfield 27 89 21 .236 0 8
Lou Nordyke 25 53 13 .245 0 7

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
Harry Howell 35 276.2 15 14 2.11 140
Fred Glade 35 266.2 15 14 2.36 96
Barney Pelty 34 260.2 16 11 1.59 92
Jack Powell 28 244.0 13 14 1.77 132
Beany Jacobson 24 155.0 9 9 2.50 53
Ed Smith 19 154.2 8 11 3.72 45

Notes

  1. ^ Charlie Starr page at Baseball Reference

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