1906 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1906 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Columbia Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers	Connie Mack
← 1905 1907 →

The 1906 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.

Preseason

1906 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played five of nine scheduled games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 1.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	March 31, 1906	No Game - Rain	Philadelphia Ball Park	-	-
2	April 2, 1906	Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 7	Columbia Park	2:00	5,000
3	April 3, 1906	Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Philadelphia Phillies – 0	Philadelphia Ball Park	1:45	4,508
4	April 4, 1906	Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 1	Columbia Park	-	4,024
5	April 5, 1906	Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4	Philadelphia Ball Park	1:35	4,175
6	April 6, 1906	No Game - Cold	Columbia Park	-	-
7	April 7, 1906	Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 7	Columbia Park	1:45	8,211
8	April 9, 1906	No Game - Rain	Philadelphia Ball Park	-	-
9	April 10, 1906	No Game - Wet Grounds	Philadelphia Ball Park	-	-

The A's moved to 18-15 against the Phillies after the 1906 series.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	93	58	.616	—	54‍–‍23	39‍–‍35
New York Highlanders	90	61	.596	3	53‍–‍23	37‍–‍38
Cleveland Naps	89	64	.582	5	47‍–‍30	42‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics	78	67	.538	12	48‍–‍23	30‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns	76	73	.510	16	40‍–‍34	36‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	71	78	.477	21	42‍–‍34	29‍–‍44
Washington Senators	55	95	.367	37½	33‍–‍41	22‍–‍54
Boston Americans	49	105	.318	45½	22‍–‍54	27‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1906 American League record v t e Sources:
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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bartley Chief Bender Andy Coakley Jack Coombs Mike Cunningham Jimmy Dygert Jim Holmes Eddie Plank Hack Schumann Rube Waddell		Catchers Claude Berry Jim Byrnes Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Art Brouthers Eddie Collins Monte Cross Harry Davis John Knight Ed Lennox Danny Murphy Simon Nicholls Rube Oldring Dave Shean		Outfielders Harry Armbruster Topsy Hartsel Danny Hoffman Bris Lord Socks Seybold Other positions Willy Fetzer Jack Hannifin		Manager Connie Mack

1906 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

Manager

Connie Mack

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	Ossee Schreckengost	98	338	96	.284	1	41
1B	Harry Davis	145	551	161	.292	12	96
2B	Danny Murphy	119	448	135	.301	2	60
SS	Monte Cross	134	445	89	.200	1	40
3B	John Knight	74	253	49	.194	3	20
OF	Topsy Hartsel	144	533	136	.255	1	30
OF	Bris Lord	118	434	101	.233	1	44
OF	Socks Seybold	116	411	130	.316	5	59

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
Harry Armbruster	91	265	63	.238	2	24
Doc Powers	58	185	29	.157	0	7
Rube Oldring	59	174	42	.241	0	19
Art Brouthers	37	144	30	.208	0	14
Dave Shean	22	75	16	.213	0	3
Simon Nicholls	12	44	8	.182	0	1
Claude Berry	10	30	7	.233	0	2
Jim Byrnes	10	23	4	.174	0	0
Danny Hoffman	7	22	5	.227	0	1
Ed Lennox	6	17	1	.059	0	0
Eddie Collins	6	15	3	.200	0	0
Willy Fetzer	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Jack Hannifin	1	1	1	1.000	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
Rube Waddell	43	272.2	15	17	2.21	196
Chief Bender	36	238.1	15	10	2.53	159
Jimmy Dygert	35	213.2	11	13	2.70	106
Eddie Plank	26	211.2	19	6	2.25	108
Jack Coombs	23	173.0	10	10	2.50	90
Andy Coakley	22	149.0	7	8	3.14	59

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
Mike Cunningham	5	28.0	1	0	3.21	15
Hack Schumann	4	18.0	0	2	4.00	9
Jim Holmes	3	9.0	0	1	4.00	1

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
Bill Bartley	3	0	0	1	9.35	6

Notes

"Athletics Were on Tap, But Rain Prevented Game". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 1, 1906. p. 14.
"Athletics Defeat Phillies in Opening Game, 7 to 1". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 3, 1906. p. 10.
"Athletics Win Second Game of Series By Clear Inside Work". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1906. p. 10.
"Another Shutout for the Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1906. p. 10.
"Phils Take a Game from Gallus Champs". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1906. p. 10.
"Too Frosty for Baseball Games". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1906. p. 10.
"Athletics Cinch the Local Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1906. p. 15.
"Base Ball Map is Spotted by Rain". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1906. p. 10.
"Last Local Game was Called Off". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1906. p. 10.

References

v t e 1906 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1906 World Series

Athletics

Established in 1901
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics, the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics
Based in West Sacramento, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John Fisher
President: Dave Kaval
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Minors

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

Seasons (125)
1900s	1900 · 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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