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Major League Baseball season

The 1906 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A’s finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.

Preseason[edit]

1906 Philadelphia City Series[edit]

The Athletics played five of nine scheduled games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 1.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 March 31, 1906 No Game – Rain Philadelphia Ball Park – –[1] 
2 April 2, 1906 Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 Columbia Park 2:00 5,000[2] 
3 April 3, 1906 Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 4,508[3] 
4 April 4, 1906 Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 1 Columbia Park – 4,024[4] 
5 April 5, 1906 Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:35 4,175[5] 
6 April 6, 1906 No Game – Cold Columbia Park – –[6] 
7 April 7, 1906 Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 Columbia Park 1:45 8,211[7] 
8 April 9, 1906 No Game – Rain Philadelphia Ball Park – –[8] 
9 April 10, 1906 No Game – Wet Grounds Philadelphia Ball Park – –[9]

The A’s moved to 18-15 against the Phillies after the 1906 series.

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Record vs. opponents[edit]

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 4–18 8–14 10–12 5–17–1 8–14 5–17 9–13
Chicago 18–4 — 12–10–1 11–11 12–10–1 12–9 13–7–1 15–7
Cleveland 8–14 10–12–1 — 14–8–1 10–11–1 12–10–1 14–8 15–7
Detroit 12–10 11–11 8–14–1 — 11–11 6–13 9–13–1 14–6
New York 17–5–1 10–12–1 11–10–1 11–11 — 13–8 13–8–1 15–7
Philadelphia 14–8 9–12 10–12–1 13–6 8–13 — 9–11–2 15–5–1
St. Louis 17–5 7–13–1 8–14 13–9–1 8–13–1 11–9–2 — 12–10
Washington 13–9 7–15 7–15 6–14 7–15 5–15–1 10–12 —

Roster[edit]

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

  1. ^ “Athletics Were on Tap, But Rain Prevented Game”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 1, 1906. p. 14.
  2. ^ “Athletics Defeat Phillies in Opening Game, 7 to 1”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 3, 1906. p. 10.
  3. ^ “Athletics Win Second Game of Series By Clear Inside Work”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1906. p. 10.
  4. ^ “Another Shutout for the Phillies”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1906. p. 10.
  5. ^ “Phils Take a Game from Gallus Champs”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1906. p. 10.
  6. ^ “Too Frosty for Baseball Games”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1906. p. 10.
  7. ^ “Athletics Cinch the Local Series”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1906. p. 15.
  8. ^ “Base Ball Map is Spotted by Rain”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1906. p. 10.
  9. ^ “Last Local Game was Called Off”. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1906. p. 10.

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