1906 Brooklyn Superbas season

1906 Brooklyn Superbas
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Ned Hanlon, Henry Medicus
Manager(s)	Patsy Donovan
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The 1906 Brooklyn Superbas saw Patsy Donovan take over as the team's manager. However, another poor season led to a fifth-place finish.

Offseason

• December 1905: Mike O'Neill was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.
• December 15, 1905: Jimmy Sheckard was traded by the Superbas to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Maloney, Jack McCarthy, Doc Casey, Buttons Briggs and cash.

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

• April 28: Doc Gessler was traded by the Superbas to the Chicago Cubs for Hub Knolls.

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	Bill Bergen	103	353	56	.159	0	19
1B	Tim Jordan	129	450	118	.262	12	78
2B	Whitey Alperman
3B	Doc Casey
SS	Phil Lewis
OF	Jack McCarthy	91	322	98	.304	0	35
OF	Harry Lumley
OF	Billy Maloney	151	566	125	.221	0	32

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
John Hummel
Lew Ritter
Emil Batch
Doc Gessler
Patsy Donovan
Phil Reardon
John Butler

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
Elmer Stricklett
Doc Scanlan
Harry McIntire
Mal Eason	34	227	10	17	3.25	64
Jim Pastorius
Chappie McFarland

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
Jesse Whiting
Jack Doscher	2	14	0	1	1.29	10

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
Hub Knolls

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1906 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet