1906 Chicago White Sox season explained

The 1906 season was the seventh season overall for the Chicago White Sox, and their sixth season in the major leagues. The Sox won their second American League pennant and their first World Series championship.

The Sox won 93 games in the regular season–– a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season–– to claim the pennant, propelled by a historic 19-game winning streak in August. They won the league pennant largely on the strength of their pitching staff, as their team batting average of .230 was the worst in the AL. The White Sox would go on to upset their crosstown neighbors, the Chicago Cubs (who had finished 116–36 that year for the best winning percentage in modern baseball history), in the World Series, earning them the moniker of the "Hitless Wonders."

Regular season

The 1906 White Sox team became known as the Hitless Wonders, having won the American League pennant despite posting the lowest team batting average (.230) in the league.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[1] No American League team would beat the 19-game winning streak for almost 100 years.^[1] The team made up for their lack of hitting prowess by leading the league in walks, hit batsmen and sacrifice hits.^[1] The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutouts and the second lowest earned run average in the league.^{[2] [3]} The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series.^[4]

Roster

1906 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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		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
	75	253	59	.233	1	27
	77	225	58	.258	0	25
	33	96	13	.135	0	4
	16	51	10	.196	0	7
	13	40	3	.075	0	2
	17	37	6	.162	0	0
	14	36	10	.278	0	6
	10	24	6	.250	0	3
	12	23	4	.174	0	3
	4	9	3	.333	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
	42	293.0	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	142.0	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	122.0	5	5	3.39	53
	6	31.0	1	1	2.90	12

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

1906 World Series

See main article: 1906 World Series.

AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	White Sox – 2, Cubs – 1	October 9	West Side Park	12,693
2	Cubs – 7, White Sox – 1	October 10	South Side Park	12,595
3	White Sox – 3, Cubs – 0	October 11	West Side Park	13,667
4	Cubs – 1, White Sox – 0	October 12	South Side Park	18,385
5	White Sox – 8, Cubs – 6	October 13	West Side Park	23,257
6	Cubs – 3, White Sox – 8	October 14	South Side Park	19,249

References

• 1906 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Hitless Wonders . thisgreatgame.com . November 20, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219062500/http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1906.html . February 19, 2012 .
2. Web site: 1906 Chicago White Sox . Baseball-reference.com . November 19, 2011 . November 27, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111127214341/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1906.shtml . live .
3. Web site: 1906 American League pitching statistics . Baseball-reference.com . November 19, 2011 . March 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210307233904/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1906.shtml#teams_standard_pitching::7 . live .
4. Web site: 1906 World Series . Baseball-reference.com . November 19, 2011 . April 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402112150/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1906_WS.shtml . live .