1906 Major League Baseball season

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[edit] Season information

Chicago Cubs ran away with the National League losing only 36 games and winning 116. They were lead offensively by Third baseman Harry Steinfeldt whose 176 Hits, .327 BA and 83 RBIs were all a team best. In addition Steinfeldt stole 29 bases. The pitching is what won games for the cubs though. The pitching staff of the Cubs consisted of Ed Reulbach, Carl Lundgren, Mordecai Brown and left-hander Jack Pfiester. As a team the Cubs Pitching staff (including relievers) had a 1.75 ERA.

[edit] Regular season standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

1st	Chicago White Sox	93	58	.616	--
2nd	New York Highlanders	90	61	.596	3.0
3rd	Cleveland Naps	89	64	.589	5.0
4th	Philadelphia Athletics	78	67	.582	16.0
5th	St. Louis Browns	76	73	.510	17.0
6th	Detroit Tigers	71	78	.477	21.0
7th	Washington Senators	55	95	.367	37.5
8th	Boston Americans	49	105	.318	46.5

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

1st	Chicago Cubs	116	36	.763	--
2nd	New York Giants	96	56	.631	20.0
3rd	Pittsburgh Pirates	93	60	.588	23.5
4th	Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	.464
5th	Brooklyn Superbas	66	86	.434
6th	Cincinnati Reds	64	87	.424
7th	St Louis Cardinals	52	98	.347
8th	Boston Beaneaters	49	102	.324

[edit] 1906 World Series

Main article: 1906 World Series

Chicago White Sox beat The Cubs 4 games to 2 in the World Series.

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

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