1906 Brooklyn Superbas season

1906 Brooklyn Superbas
1906 Brooklyn Superbas
League	National League
Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Ned Hanlon, Henry Medicus
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Patsy Donovan
	← 1905 1907 →

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.^[1]
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.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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
Pittsburgh 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 record v t e 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
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

April 28: Doc Gessler was traded by the Superbas to the Chicago Cubs for Hub Knolls.^[3]

Roster

1906 Brooklyn Superbas

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Patsy Donovan

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	128	441	111	.252	3	46
3B	Doc Casey	149	571	133	.233	0	34
SS	Phil Lewis	136	452	110	.243	0	37
OF	Jack McCarthy	91	322	98	.304	0	35
OF	Harry Lumley	133	484	157	.324	9	61
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	97	286	57	.199	1	21
Lew Ritter	73	226	47	.208	0	15
Emil Batch	59	203	52	.256	0	11
Doc Gessler	9	33	8	.242	0	4
Patsy Donovan	7	21	5	.238	0	0
Phil Reardon	5	14	1	.071	0	0
John Butler	1	0	0	----	0	0

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	41	291.2	14	18	2.72	88
Doc Scanlan	38	288.0	18	13	3.19	120
Harry McIntire	39	276.0	13	21	2.97	121
Mal Eason	34	227.0	10	17	3.25	64
Jim Pastorius	29	211.2	10	14	3.61	58
Chappie McFarland	1	9.0	0	1	8.00	5

Other pitchers