1906 Boston Americans season

1906 Boston Americans
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Huntington Avenue Grounds (since 1901)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	John I. Taylor
Manager(s)	Jimmy Collins and Chick Stahl
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The 1906 Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth—last in the eight-team American League – with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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	—

Opening Day lineup

Kip Selbach	LF
Jimmy Collins	3B
Chick Stahl	CF
Freddy Parent	SS
Buck Freeman	RF
Myron Grimshaw	1B
John Godwin	2B
Charlie Graham	C
Cy Young	P

Roster

1906 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Ed Barry Bill Dinneen Norwood Gibson Ralph Glaze Joe Harris Ed Hughes Rube Kroh Frank Oberlin Len Swormstedt Jesse Tannehill George Winter Cy Young		Catchers Charlie Armbruster Bill Carrigan Lou Criger Tom Doran Charlie Graham Bob Peterson Infielders Chet Chadbourne Jimmy Collins Hobe Ferris John Godwin Myron Grimshaw Red Morgan Freddy Parent Heinie Wagner		Outfielders Buck Freeman Jack Hayden Jack Hoey Kip Selbach Chick Stahl		Manager Jimmy Collins Chick Stahl

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
OF	Stahl, ChickChick Stahl	155	595	170	.286	4	51

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
Selbach, KipKip Selbach	60	228	48	.211	0	23
Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins	37	142	39	.275	1	16

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
Barry, EdEd Barry	3	21	0	3	6.00	10

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

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

References

• 1906 Boston Americans at Baseball Reference
• 1906 Boston Americans season at Baseball Almanac