1906 Detroit Tigers season

1906 was the sixth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in sixth place with a record of 71–78 (.477), 21 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

1906 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William H. Yawkey
Manager(s)Bill Armour
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Regular season

The 1906 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 599 to 518. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 174,043, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9358 0.616 — 54–23 39–35
New York Highlanders 9061 0.596 3 53–23 37–38
Cleveland Naps 8964 0.582 5 47–30 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 7867 0.538 12 48–23 30–44
St. Louis Browns 7673 0.510 16 40–34 36–39
Detroit Tigers 7178 0.477 21 42–34 29–44
Washington Senators 5595 0.367 37½ 33–41 22–54
Boston Americans 49105 0.318 45½ 22–54 27–51

Record vs. opponents
1906 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —4–188–1410–125–17–18–145–179–13
Chicago 18–4—12–10–111–1112–10–112–913–7–115–7
Cleveland 8–1410–12–1—14–8–110–11–112–10–114–815–7
Detroit 12–1011–118–14–1—11–116–139–13–114–6
New York 17–5–110–12–111–10–111–11—13–813–8–115–7
Philadelphia 14–89–1210–12–113–68–13—9–11–215–5–1
St. Louis 17–57–13–18–1413–9–18–13–111–9–2—12–10
Washington 13–97–157–156–147–155–15–110–12—

Notable transactions
  • August 1906: Jack Rowan was acquired by the Tigers from the Leavenworth Old Soldiers.[1]

Roster
1906 Detroit Tigers
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
CBoss Schmidt6821647.218010
1BChris Lindsay141499112.224033
2BGermany Schaefer124446106.238242
3BBill Coughlin147498117.235260
SSCharley O'Leary12844397.219234
OFMatty McIntyre133493128.260039
OFSam Crawford145563166.295272
OFTy Cobb98358113.316134

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
Davy Jones8432384.260024
Fred Payne7222260.270020
Jack Warner5015337.242010
Bobby Lowe4114530.207112
Sam Thompson8317.22603
Frank Scheibeck3101.10000
Gus Hetling271.14300

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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
George Mullin4033021182.78123
Red Donahue2824113142.7382
Bill Donovan25211.29153.1585
Ed Siever30222.214112.7171
Ed Killian21149.21063.4347
Ed Willett325033.9616
Jack Rowan190111.000

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
John Eubank241354103.5338
Jimmy Wiggs410.1005.237

Awards and honors

Notes
  1. Jack Rowan page at Baseball-Reference

References
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