1906 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1906 Pittsburgh[1] Pirates season was the 25th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 20th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 93–60.

1906 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1891) Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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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 Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1906 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers King Brady Howie Camnitz Charlie Case Homer Hillebrand Ed Karger Sam Leever Lefty Leifield Mike Lynch Lou Manske Bert Maxwell Chappie McFarland Irish McIlveen Deacon Phillippe Vic Willis		Catchers Fred Carisch George Gibson Heinie Peitz Ed Phelps Harry Smith Infielders Bill Abstein Tommy Leach Jim Nealon Claude Ritchey Tommy Sheehan Alan Storke Honus Wagner		Outfielders Ginger Beaumont Fred Clarke Otis Clymer Bob Ganley Bill Hallman Dutch Meier		Manager Fred Clarke

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
C	George Gibson	81	259	46	.178	0	20
1B	Joe Nealon	154	556	142	.255	3	83
2B	Claude Ritchey	152	484	130	.269	1	62
SS	Honus Wagner	142	516	175	.339	2	71
3B	Tommy Sheehan	95	315	76	.241	1	34
OF	Fred Clarke	118	417	129	.309	1	39
OF	Ginger Beaumont	80	310	82	.265	2	32
OF	Bob Ganley	137	511	132	.258	0	31

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
Tommy Leach	133	476	136	.286	1	39
Dutch Meier	82	273	70	.256	0	16
Heinie Peitz	40	125	30	.240	0	20
Ed Phelps	43	118	28	.237	0	12
Bill Hallman	23	89	24	.270	1	6
Otis Clymer	11	45	11	.244	0	1
Bill Abstein	8	20	4	.200	0	3
Alan Storke	5	12	3	.250	0	1
Fred Carisch	4	12	1	.083	0	0
Harry Smith	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Vic Willis	41	322	23	13	1.73	124
Sam Leever	36	260.1	22	7	2.32	76
Lefty Leifield	37	255.2	18	13	1.87	111
Deacon Phillippe	33	218.2	15	10	2.47	90
Mike Lynch	18	119	6	5	2.42	48
Bert Maxwell	1	8	0	1	5.63	1

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
Homer Hillebrand	7	53	3	2	2.21	32
Chappie McFarland	6	35.1	1	3	2.55	11
Ed Karger	6	28	2	3	1.93	8
King Brady	3	23	1	1	2.35	14
Charlie Case	2	11	1	1	5.73	3
Howie Camnitz	2	9	1	0	2.00	5
Lou Manske	2	8	0	0	5.63	6
Irish McIlveen	2	7	0	1	7.71	3

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

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References

1. In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the final 'h'.

• 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac