1906 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersJohn T. Brush
ManagersJohn McGraw
Seasons

The 1906 New York Giants season was the franchise's 24th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 96–56 record, 20 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 11636 0.763 — 56–21 60–15
New York Giants 9656 0.632 20 51–24 45–32
Pittsburgh Pirates 9360 0.608 23½ 49–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 7182 0.464 45½ 37–40 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 6686 0.434 50 31–44 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 6487 0.424 51½ 36–40 28–47
St. Louis Cardinals 5298 0.347 63 28–48 24–50
Boston Beaneaters 49102 0.325 66½ 28–47 21–55

Record vs. opponents

1906 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–135–1711–10–16–156–163–199–12
Brooklyn 13–9—6–168–149–138–139–1313–8–1
Chicago 17–516–6—18–415–7–119–3–116–515–6–1
Cincinnati 10–11–114–84–18—5–1611–118–14–112–9–2
New York 15–613–97–15–116–5—15–711–1119–3
Philadelphia 16–613–83–19–111–117–15—8–1413–9
Pittsburgh 19–313–95–1614–8–111–1114–8—17–5
St. Louis 12–98–13–16–15–19–12–23–199–135–17—

Notable transactions

Roster

1906 New York Giants
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
CRoger Bresnahan124405114.281043
1BDan McGann134451107.237037
2BBilly Gilbert10430771.231027
SSBill Dahlen143471113.240149
3BArt Devlin148498149.299265
OFGeorge Browne122477126.264038
OFSpike Shannon7628773.254025
OFSam Mertes7125360.237133

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
Sammy Strang113313100.319449
Frank Bowerman9228565.228142
Cy Seymour7226986.320442
Mike Donlin3712138.314114
Doc Marshall3810217.16707
Jack Hannifin10306.20003
Aleck Smith16285.17902
Frank Burke893.33301
Matty Fitzgerald464.66702
John McGraw420.00000

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
Joe McGinnity45339.227122.25105
Christy Mathewson38266.222122.97128
Hooks Wiltse38249.116112.27125
Dummy Taylor31213.01792.2091
Red Ames31203.112102.66156

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
Henry Mathewson210.0015.402

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
George Ferguson222072.5832

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

  • #3 in NL in strikeouts (156)

Roger Bresnahan

  • #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.419)

Art Devlin

  • #3 in NL in stolen bases (54)

Joe McGinnity

  • MLB leader in wins (27)

Sammy Strang

  • MLB leader in on-base percentage (.423)
  • #3 in NL in slugging percentage (.434)

References

  1. ↑ Doc Marshall page at Baseball Reference


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