1906 Detroit Tigers season

1906 Detroit Tigers
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1906 Information
Owner(s) William H. Yawkey
Manager(s) Bill Armour
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1906 was the sixth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in sixth place with a record of 71-78 (.477), 21 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

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Regular season

The 1906 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 599 to 518. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 174,043, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL.

Season standings

American League W L T GB Pct.
Chicago White Sox 93 58 3 -- .616
New York Highlanders 90 61 4 3 .596
Cleveland Naps 89 64 4 5 .582
Philadelphia Athletics 78 67 4 12 .538
St. Louis Browns 76 73 5 16 .510
Detroit Tigers 71 78 2 21 .477
Washington Senators 55 95 1 37½ .367
Boston Americans 49 105 1 45½ .318

Notable transactions

Roster

1906 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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 Schmidt, BossBoss Schmidt 68 216 47 .218 0 10
1B Lindsay, ChrisChris Lindsay 141 499 112 .224 0 33
2B Schaefer, GermanyGermany Schaefer 124 446 106 .238 2 42
3B Coughlin, BillBill Coughlin 147 498 117 .235 2 60
SS O'Leary, CharleyCharley O'Leary 128 443 97 .219 2 34
OF McIntyre, MattyMatty McIntyre 133 493 128 .260 0 39
OF Crawford, SamSam Crawford 145 563 166 .295 2 72
OF Cobb, TyTy Cobb 98 358 113 .316 1 34

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
Jones, DavyDavy Jones 84 323 84 .260 0 24
Payne, FredFred Payne 72 222 60 .270 0 20
Warner, JackJack Warner 50 153 37 .242 0 10
Lowe, BobbyBobby Lowe 41 145 30 .207 1 12
Thompson, SamSam Thompson 8 31 7 .226 0 3
Scheibeck, FrankFrank Scheibeck 3 10 1 .100 0 0
Hetling, GusGus Hetling 2 7 1 .143 0 0

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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
Mullin, GeorgeGeorge Mullin 40 330 21 18 2.78 123
Donahue, RedRed Donahue 28 241 13 14 2.73 82
Donovan, BillBill Donovan 25 211.2 9 15 3.15 85
Siever, EdEd Siever 30 222.2 14 11 2.71 71
Killian, EdEd Killian 21 149.2 10 6 3.43 47
Willett, EdEd Willett 3 25 0 3 3.96 16
Rowan, JackJack Rowan 1 9 0 1 11.00 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
Eubank, JohnJohn Eubank 24 135 4 10 3.53 38
Wiggs, JimmyJimmy Wiggs 4 10.1 0 0 5.23 7

Awards and honors

Notes

  1. ^ Jack Rowan page at Baseball-Reference

References

American League
Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington
National League
Franchise
Ballparks

Boulevard Park • Bennett Park • Tiger Stadium • Comerica Park
Spring Training: Plant Field • Bosse Field • Henley Field • Joker Marchant Stadium
Culture

Gum Time • Paws • "Detroit Rock City" • "The Bird" • Tiger Town •
Lore
Important figures
Hall of Fame
members
Frick Award
recipient
Retired numbers

2 • 5 • 6 • 11 • 16 • 23 • 42
Minors
Key personnel

Owner: Mike Ilitch • General Manager: Dave Dombrowski • Manager: Jim Leyland
World Series
championships (4)

1935 • 1945 • 1968 • 1984
League pennants (10)

American League: 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1934 • 1935 • 1940 • 1945 • 1968 • 1984 • 2006
Division titles (4)

East: 1972 • 1984 • 1987 • Central: 2011
Wild card berths (1)
Broadcasters