1906 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1906 Chicago White Sox.jpg 1906 World Series championsAmerican League champions American League South Side Park Chicago, Illinois 93 58 y 1st Charles Comiskey Fielder Jones 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.http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1906.html The Hitless Wonders thisgreatgame.com November 20, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120219062500/http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1906.html February 19, 2012 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1906.shtml 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 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. No American League team would beat the 19-game winning streak for almost 100 years. The team made up for their lack of hitting prowess by leading the league in walks, hit batsmen and sacrifice hits. The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutouts and the second lowest earned run average in the league.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1906.shtml#teams_standard_pitching::7 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 The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series.https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1906_WS.shtml 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 Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1906 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Nick Altrock Lou Fiene Frank Owen Roy Patterson Frank Smith Ed Walsh Doc White Catchers Hub Hart Ed McFarland Frank Roth Billy Sullivan Babe Towne Infielders George Davis Jiggs Donahue Gus Dundon Frank Isbell Lee Quillen George Rohe Lee Tannehill Outfielders Patsy Dougherty Ed Hahn Frank Hemphill Fielder Jones Bill O'Neill Rube Vinson Manager Fielder Jones 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 Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan (baseball, born 1875) 118 387 83 .214 2 33 1B Jiggs Donahue 154 556 143 .257 1 57 2B Frank Isbell 143 549 153 .279 0 57 SS George Davis George Davis (shortstop) 133 484 134 .277 0 80 3B Lee Tannehill 116 378 69 .183 0 33 OF Ed Hahn 130 484 110 .227 0 27 OF Fielder Jones 144 496 114 .230 2 34 OF Bill O'Neill Bill O'Neill (baseball) 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 Patsy Dougherty 75 253 59 .233 1 27 George Rohe 77 225 58 .258 0 25 Gus Dundon 33 96 13 .135 0 4 Frank Roth 16 51 10 .196 0 7 Frank Hemphill 13 40 3 .075 0 2 Hub Hart 17 37 6 .162 0 0 Babe Towne 14 36 10 .278 0 6 Rube Vinson 10 24 6 .250 0 3 Ed McFarland 12 23 4 .174 0 3 Lee Quillen 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 Frank Owen Frank Owen (baseball) 42 293.0 22 13 2.33 66 Nick Altrock 38 287.2 20 13 2.06 99 Ed Walsh 41 278.1 17 13 1.88 171 Doc White 28 219.1 18 6 1.52 95 Roy Patterson 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 Frank Smith Frank Smith (1900s pitcher) 20 122.0 5 5 3.39 53 Lou Fiene 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Frank Isbell 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 1906 World Series 1906 World Series AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs NL Chicago Cubs (2) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1White Sox – 2, Cubs – 1October 9West Side Park12,6932Cubs – 7, White Sox – 1October 10South Side Park12,5953White Sox – 3, Cubs – 0October 11West Side Park13,6674Cubs – 1, White Sox – 0October 12South Side Park18,3855White Sox – 8, Cubs – 6October 13West Side Park23,2576Cubs – 3, White Sox – 8October 14South Side Park19,249 References External links 1906 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Chicago White Sox Category:1900s in Chicago