1906 Chicago Cubs season

1906 Chicago Cubs
1906 National League Champions
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Owner(s) Charles Murphy
Manager(s) Frank Chance
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The 1906 Chicago Cubs season was the 35th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 31st in the National League and the 14th at West Side Park. The team won the National League pennant with a record of 116–36, a full 20 games ahead of the second-place New York Giants. The team's .763 winning percentage, with two ties in their 154-game season,[1][2] is the highest in modern MLB history. The 2001 Seattle Mariners also won 116 games, but they did that in 162 games with a .716 winning percentage.

In a major upset, the Cubs were beaten by the Chicago White Sox in the 1906 World Series.

Regular season

The 1906 Cubs won a record 116 of 154 games.

Led by new manager Frank Chance, the Cubs dominated the NL. They led the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed by large margins. Their record of 116 wins has never been beaten, although it was tied by the 2001 Seattle Mariners (who played a longer 162-game season).

The team included four future Hall of Famers: manager and first baseman Chance, second baseman Johnny Evers, shortstop Joe Tinker, and pitcher Mordecai Brown. Brown finished second in the NL in wins to Joe McGinnity, but his 1.04 ERA set a major league record. Although the record was broken by Dutch Leonard in 1914, Brown's mark still stands as the National League record.

The pitching staff led the majors with a team earned run average of 1.76. Six members of the pitching staff had double digit victories – Mordecai Brown (26), Jack Pfiester (20), Ed Reulbach (19), Carl Lundgren (17), Orval Overall (12), and Jack Taylor (12). In addition, Mordecai Brown set a major league record with the lowest earned run average attained with at least 250 innings pitched (1.04).[3] The offensive star was third baseman Harry Steinfeldt, who led the NL in both hits and RBI.

The team's .763 winning percentage also set a modern-era record, and was the best overall since 1885. However, it set neither a National League record nor even a franchise record, as the 19th-century White Stockings finished with better records on three occasions (1876, 1880, and 1885). The all-time major league record belongs to the 1884 St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association at .832.

On August 9, Jack Taylor threw the last of a major league record 187 consecutive complete games that he pitched[4] (not counting appearances as a relief pitcher), a streak that began in 1901 when Taylor was pitching for the Chicago Orphans. Taylor had been re-acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on July 1, having been traded to the Cards after the 1903 season.[5]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 11636 0.763 — 56–21 60–15
New York Giants 9656 0.632 20 51–24 45–32
Pittsburgh Pirates 9360 0.608 23½ 49–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 7182 0.464 45½ 37–40 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 6686 0.434 50 31–44 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 6487 0.424 51½ 36–40 28–47
St. Louis Cardinals 5298 0.347 63 28–48 24–50
Boston Beaneaters 49102 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 —9–135–1711–10–16–156–163–199–12
Brooklyn 13–9—6–168–149–138–139–1313–8–1
Chicago 17–516–6—18–415–7–119–3–116–515–6–1
Cincinnati 10–11–114–84–18—5–1611–118–14–112–9–2
New York 15–613–97–15–116–5—15–711–1119–3
Philadelphia 16–613–83–19–111–117–15—8–1413–9
Pittsburgh 19–313–95–1614–8–111–1114–8—17–5
St. Louis 12–98–13–16–15–19–12–23–199–135–17—

Roster

1906 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CJohnny Kling107343107.312246
1BFrank Chance136474151.319371
2BJohnny Evers154533136.255151
SSJoe Tinker148523122.233164
3BHarry Steinfeldt151539176.327383
OFJimmy Sheckard149549144.262145
OFFrank Schulte146563158.281760
OFJimmy Slagle127498119.239033

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
Pat Moran7022657.252035
Solly Hofman6419550.256220
Doc Gessler348321.253010
Pete Noonan531.33300
Tom Walsh210.00000
Bull Smith110.00000

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
Mordecai Brown36277.12661.04144
Jack Pfiester31250.22081.51153
Ed Reulbach332181941.6594
Carl Lundgren27207.21762.21103
Jack Taylor17147.11231.8334
Orval Overall181441231.8894
Bob Wicker1072.1352.9925
Jack Harper11000.000

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
Fred Beebe1470612.7055

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

Awards and honors

  • Highest team winning percentage in one season in the modern era (.763) [3]
  • Chicago Cubs pitching staff led the majors with a team earned run average of 1.76.
  • Mordecai Brown, major league record, lowest earned run average with at least 250 innings pitched (1.04)

References

  1. ↑ 1906 Chicago Cubs Schedule
  2. ↑ SABR: Schedule Changes Since 1876
  3. 1 2 Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 28, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  4. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.62, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  5. ↑ Jack Taylor page at Baseball Reference
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