1906 St. Louis Cardinals season

1906 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
League Park (since 1893)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	52–98 (.347)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)	John McCloskey
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The 1906 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 25th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 15th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 52–98 during the season and finished 7th in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	116	36	0.763	—	56–21	60–15
New York Giants	96	56	0.632	20	51–24	45–32
Pittsburg Pirates	93	60	0.608	23½	49–27	44–33
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	0.464	45½	37–40	34–42
Brooklyn Superbas	66	86	0.434	50	31–44	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	64	87	0.424	51½	36–40	28–47
St. Louis Cardinals	52	98	0.347	63	28–48	24–50
Boston Beaneaters	49	102	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	—	9–13	5–17	11–10–1	6–15	6–16	3–19	9–12
Brooklyn	13–9	—	6–16	8–14	9–13	8–13	9–13	13–8–1
Chicago	17–5	16–6	—	18–4	15–7–1	19–3–1	16–5	15–6–1
Cincinnati	10–11–1	14–8	4–18	—	5–16	11–11	8–14–1	12–9–2
New York	15–6	13–9	7–15–1	16–5	—	15–7	11–11	19–3
Philadelphia	16–6	13–8	3–19–1	11–11	7–15	—	8–14	13–9
Pittsburg	19–3	13–9	5–16	14–8–1	11–11	14–8	—	17–5
St. Louis	12–9	8–13–1	6–15–1	9–12–2	3–19	9–13	5–17	—

Notable transactions

• July 13, 1906: Spike Shannon was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Doc Marshall and Sam Mertes.^[1]

Roster

1906 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Babe Adams Fred Beebe Buster Brown Carl Druhot Wish Egan Art Fromme Irv Higginbotham Ed Karger Chappie McFarland Stoney McGlynn Ambrose Puttmann Charlie Rhodes Jack Taylor Jake Thielman Gus Thompson		Catchers Mike Grady Ducky Holmes Doc Marshall Joe McCarthy Pete Noonan Tommy Raub Jack Slattery Infielders Harry Arndt Jake Beckley Pug Bennett Forrest Crawford Art Hoelskoetter Ed Holly George McBride Bill Phyle Eddie Zimmerman		Outfielders Shad Barry Al Burch Rube DeGroff Jack Himes Joe Marshall Sam Mertes Red Murray Tom O'Hara Spike Shannon Homer Smoot		Manager John McCloskey

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	Grady, MikeMike Grady	97	280	70	.250	2	27
1B	Beckley, JakeJake Beckley	87	320	79	.247	0	44
OF	Shannon, SpikeSpike Shannon	80	302	78	.258	0	25

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
Mertes, SamSam Mertes	53	191	47	.246	0	19
Marshall, DocDoc Marshall	39	123	34	.276	0	10
McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy	15	37	9	.243	0	2
Holly, EdEd Holly	10	34	2	.059	0	7

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
Brown, BusterBuster Brown	32	238.1	8	16	2.64	109
Beebe, FredFred Beebe	20	160.2	9	9	3.02	116
Taylor, JackJack Taylor	17	155	8	9	2.15	27
Druhot, CarlCarl Druhot	15	130.1	6	7	2.42	45
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	1	4	0	1	13.50	0

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

References

1. Sam Mertes page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1906 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1906 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com