1906 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | League Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 52–98 (.347) | |
League place | 7th | |
Owners | Frank Robison and Stanley Robison | |
Managers | 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 seventh in the National League.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 116 | 36 | .763 | — | 56–21 | 60–15 |
New York Giants | 96 | 56 | .632 | 20 | 51–24 | 45–32 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 60 | .608 | 23½ | 49–27 | 44–33 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | .464 | 45½ | 37–40 | 34–42 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 66 | 86 | .434 | 50 | 31–44 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 87 | .424 | 51½ | 36–40 | 28–47 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 98 | .347 | 63 | 28–48 | 24–50 |
Boston Beaneaters | 49 | 102 | .325 | 66½ | 28–47 | 21–55 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 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
[edit]- July 13, 1906: Spike Shannon was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Doc Marshall and Sam Mertes.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Mike Grady | 97 | 280 | 70 | .250 | 2 | 27 |
1B | Jake Beckley | 87 | 320 | 79 | .247 | 0 | 44 |
2B | Pug Bennett | 153 | 595 | 156 | .262 | 1 | 34 |
SS | George McBride | 90 | 313 | 53 | .169 | 0 | 13 |
3B | Harry Arndt | 69 | 256 | 69 | .270 | 2 | 26 |
OF | Al Burch | 91 | 335 | 89 | .266 | 0 | 11 |
OF | Homer Smoot | 86 | 343 | 85 | .248 | 0 | 31 |
OF | Spike Shannon | 80 | 302 | 78 | .258 | 0 | 25 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Art Hoelskoetter | 94 | 317 | 71 | .224 | 0 | 14 |
Shad Barry | 62 | 237 | 59 | .249 | 0 | 12 |
Sam Mertes | 53 | 191 | 47 | .246 | 0 | 19 |
Jack Himes | 40 | 155 | 42 | .271 | 0 | 14 |
Forrest Crawford | 45 | 145 | 30 | .207 | 0 | 11 |
Red Murray | 46 | 144 | 37 | .257 | 1 | 16 |
Pete Noonan | 44 | 125 | 21 | .168 | 1 | 9 |
Doc Marshall | 39 | 123 | 34 | .276 | 0 | 10 |
Joe Marshall | 33 | 95 | 15 | .158 | 0 | 7 |
Tommy Raub | 24 | 78 | 22 | .282 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Phyle | 22 | 73 | 13 | .178 | 0 | 4 |
Tom O'Hara | 14 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 0 |
Joe McCarthy | 15 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 2 |
Ed Holly | 10 | 34 | 2 | .059 | 0 | 7 |
Ducky Holmes | 9 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
Eddie Zimmerman | 5 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Slattery | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Rube DeGroff | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Buster Brown | 32 | 238.1 | 8 | 16 | 2.64 | 109 |
Ed Karger | 25 | 191.2 | 5 | 16 | 2.72 | 73 |
Fred Beebe | 20 | 160.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.02 | 116 |
Jack Taylor | 17 | 155.0 | 8 | 9 | 2.15 | 27 |
Carl Druhot | 15 | 130.1 | 6 | 7 | 2.42 | 45 |
Gus Thompson | 17 | 103.0 | 2 | 11 | 4.28 | 36 |
Wish Egan | 16 | 86.1 | 2 | 9 | 4.59 | 23 |
Stoney McGlynn | 6 | 48.0 | 2 | 2 | 2.44 | 25 |
Irv Higginbotham | 7 | 47.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.23 | 14 |
Art Fromme | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.44 | 11 |
Ambrose Puttmann | 4 | 18.2 | 2 | 2 | 5.30 | 12 |
Jake Thielman | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 |
Babe Adams | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 0 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Art Hoelskoetter | 12 | 58.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.63 | 20 |
Charlie Rhodes | 9 | 45.0 | 3 | 4 | 3.40 | 32 |
Chappie McFarland | 6 | 37.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.93 | 16 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1906 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1906 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com