1906 Chicago White Sox season

1906 Chicago White Sox
American League Champions World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
South Side Park (since 1900)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Fielder Jones
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The 1906 season was the seventh season overall for the Chicago White Sox, and their sixth season in the major leagues. The Sox won their third American League pennant and their first World Series championship. The Sox won 93 games, a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season.

Regular season

The 1906 White Sox team became known as the Hitless Wonders when they won the American League pennant despite posting the lowest team batting average in the league.^[1][2] The team had been in fourth place by the end of July, 7½ games behind the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics, when they went on a 19-game winning streak that drove them into first place.^[1] No American League team would match the 19-game winning streak for almost 100 years.^[1] The team made up for their lack of hitting prowess by leading the league in walks, hit batsmen and sacrifice hits.^[1] The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutouts and the second lowest earned run average in the league.^[2][3] The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series.^[4]

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	—

Roster

1906 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Nick Altrock Lou Fiene Frank Owen Roy Patterson Frank Smith Ed Walsh Doc White		Catchers Hub Hart Ed McFarland Frank Roth Billy Sullivan Babe Towne Infielders George Davis Jiggs Donahue Gus Dundon Frank Isbell Lee Quillen George Rohe Lee Tannehill		Outfielders Patsy Dougherty Ed Hahn Frank Hemphill Fielder Jones Bill O'Neill Rube Vinson		Manager Fielder Jones

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	Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan	118	387	83	.214	2	33
1B	Donahue, JiggsJiggs Donahue	154	556	143	.257	1	57
2B	Isbell, FrankFrank Isbell	143	549	153	.279	0	57
SS	Davis, GeorgeGeorge Davis	133	484	134	.277	0	80
3B	Tannehill, LeeLee Tannehill	116	378	69	.183	0	33
OF	Hahn, EdEd Hahn	130	484	110	.227	0	27
OF	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	144	496	114	.230	2	34
OF	O'Neill, BillBill O'Neill	94	330	82	.248	1	21

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
Roth, FrankFrank Roth	16	51	10	.196	0	7
Quillen, LeeLee Quillen	4	9	3	.333	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
Owen, FrankFrank Owen	42	293	22	13	2.33	66
Altrock, NickNick Altrock	38	287.2	20	13	2.06	99
Walsh, EdEd Walsh	41	278.1	17	13	1.88	171
White, DocDoc White	28	219.1	18	6	1.52	95
Patterson, RoyRoy Patterson	21	142	10	7	2.09	45

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
Smith, FrankFrank Smith	20	122	5	5	3.39	53
Fiene, LouLou Fiene	6	31	1	1	2.90	12

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
Isbell, FrankFrank Isbell	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

1906 World Series

AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	White Sox – 2, Cubs – 1	October 9	West Side Park	12,693
2	Cubs – 7, White Sox – 1	October 10	South Side Park	12,595
3	White Sox – 3, Cubs – 0	October 11	West Side Park	13,667
4	Cubs – 1, White Sox – 0	October 12	South Side Park	18,385
5	White Sox – 8, Cubs – 6	October 13	West Side Park	23,257
6	Cubs – 3, White Sox – 8	October 14	South Side Park	19,249

References

• 1906 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1. "The Hitless Wonders". thisgreatgame.com. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
2. "1906 Chicago White Sox". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
3. "1906 American League pitching statistics". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
4. "1906 World Series". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.