The 1906 season

1906 in baseball

-Champions:*World Series: Chicago White Sox over Chicago Cubs Inter-league playoff: Chicago declined challenge by New York Giants.-Statistical leaders:-American League final standings:-National League final standings:-Events:...

 was the seventh season overall for the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

, and their sixth season in the major leagues. The Sox won their third American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 pennant

Pennant (sports)

A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used to show support for a particular athletic team. Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc. Traditionally, pennants were made of felt and fashioned in the official colors of a...

 and their first World Series

World Series

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...

 championship. The Sox won 93 games, a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season

1915 Chicago White Sox season

The Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox finishing third in the American League.With the acquisitions of Eddie Collins and Joe Jackson , Chicago now had the two hitters they needed to win the 1917 and 1919 AL pennants.- Offseason :* December 8, 1914: Eddie Collins was purchased by the...

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Regular season

The White Sox team became known as the Hitless Wonders when they won the American League pennant despite posting the lowest team batting average in the league. The team had been in fourth place by the end of July, 7½ games behind the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics, when they went on a 19 game winning streak that drove them into first place. No American League team would match the 19 game winning streak for almost 100 years. The team made up for their lack of hitting prowess by leading the league in walks

Base on balls

A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...

, hit batsmen and sacrifice hits. The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutout

Shutout

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s and the second lowest earned run average

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 in the league. The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily-favored Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

 in the 1906 World Series

1906 World Series

- Game 1 :Tuesday, October 9, 1906 at West Side Grounds in Chicago, IllinoisCubs hurler Mordecai Brown was sent to continue the dominance against Nick Altrock. Both pitchers pitched a perfect game through three innings. The Cubs had a runner at second, but couldn't score in the fourth...

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Roster

1906 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		118	387	83	.214	2	33
1B		154	556	143	.257	1	57
2B		143	549	153	.279	0	57
SS		133	484	134	.277	0	80
3B		116	378	69	.183	0	33
OF		130	484	110	.227	0	27
OF		144	496	114	.230	2	34
OF		94	330	82	.248	1	21

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
	16	51	10	.196	0	7
	4	9	3	.333	0	0

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
	42	293	22	13	2.33	66
	38	287.2	20	13	2.06	99
	41	278.1	17	13	1.88	171
	28	219.1	18	6	1.52	95
	21	142	10	7	2.09	45

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
	20	122	5	5	3.39	53
	6	31	1	1	2.90	12

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
	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

1906 World Series

AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs

1906 Chicago Cubs season

The Chicago Cubs season was a season in American baseball. The team won the National League pennant with a record of 116-36, a full 20 games ahead of the second-place New York Giants. The team's 116 wins is still the most by any team in National League history...

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Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	White Sox - 2, Cubs - 1	October 9	West Side Park West Side Park West Side Park was the name used for two different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois. They were both home fields of the team now known as the Chicago Cubs of the National League. Both parks witnessed championship baseball...	12,693
2	Cubs - 7, White Sox - 1	October 10	South Side Park South Side Park South Side Park was the name used for three different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois at different times, and whose sites were all just a few blocks away from each other....	12,595
3	White Sox - 3, Cubs - 0	October 11	West Side Park West Side Park West Side Park was the name used for two different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois. They were both home fields of the team now known as the Chicago Cubs of the National League. Both parks witnessed championship baseball...	13,667
4	Cubs - 1, White Sox - 0	October 12	South Side Park South Side Park South Side Park was the name used for three different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois at different times, and whose sites were all just a few blocks away from each other....	18,385
5	White Sox - 8, Cubs - 6	October 13	West Side Park West Side Park West Side Park was the name used for two different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois. They were both home fields of the team now known as the Chicago Cubs of the National League. Both parks witnessed championship baseball...	23,257
6	Cubs - 3, White Sox - 8	October 14	South Side Park South Side Park South Side Park was the name used for three different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois at different times, and whose sites were all just a few blocks away from each other....	19,249