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

1906 Philadelphia City Series

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

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1906 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other positions Manager

Post Season The Athletics played a series of exhibition games following the season. On October 11, 1906, Eddie Plank and the Athletics faced the Philadelphia Giants with future Hall of Famer Pete Hill at Seaboard Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Athletics, down two runs in the ninth, came back to score three and win 5 to 4 to win. Rube Waddel served as the game's umpire.

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 98 338 96 .284 1 41 1B 145 551 161 .292 12 96 2B 119 448 135 .301 2 60 SS 134 445 89 .200 1 40 3B 74 253 49 .194 3 20 OF 144 533 136 .255 1 30 OF 118 434 101 .233 1 44 OF 116 411 130 .316 5 59

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 91 265 63 .238 2 24 58 185 29 .157 0 7 59 174 42 .241 0 19 37 144 30 .208 0 14 22 75 16 .213 0 3 12 44 8 .182 0 1 10 30 7 .233 0 2 10 23 4 .174 0 0 7 22 5 .227 0 1 6 17 1 .059 0 0 6 15 3 .200 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 1 1.000 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 43 272.2 15 17 2.21 196 36 238.1 15 10 2.53 159 35 213.2 11 13 2.70 106 26 211.2 19 6 2.25 108 23 173.0 10 10 2.50 90 22 149.0 7 8 3.14 59

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 5 28.0 1 0 3.21 15 4 18.0 0 2 4.00 9 3 9.0 0 1 4.00 1

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 3 0 0 1 9.35 6

Notes

References 1906 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1906 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com