1906 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1906 Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Columbia Park Philadelphia 78 67 y 4th Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough Connie Mack 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. AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1) No Game - Rain March 31, 1906 Philadelphia Ball Park April 1, 1906 Athletics Were on Tap, But Rain Prevented Game Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14 Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 April 2, 1906 Columbia Park 2:00 5,000 April 3, 1906 Athletics Defeat Phillies in Opening Game, 7 to 1 Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 April 3, 1906 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 4,508 April 4, 1906 Athletics Win Second Game of Series By Clear Inside Work Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 1 April 4, 1906 Columbia Park 4,024 April 5, 1906 Another Shutout for the Phillies Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 April 5, 1906 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:35 4,175 April 6, 1906 Phils Take a Game from Gallus Champs Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 No Game - Cold April 6, 1906 Columbia Park April 7, 1906 Too Frosty for Baseball Games Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 April 7, 1906 Columbia Park 1:45 8,211 April 8, 1906 Athletics Cinch the Local Series Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 15 No Game - Rain April 9, 1906 Philadelphia Ball Park April 10, 1906 Base Ball Map is Spotted by Rain Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 No Game - Wet Grounds April 10, 1906 Philadelphia Ball Park April 11, 1906 Last Local Game was Called Off Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 The A's moved to 18-15 against the Phillies after the 1906 series. Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1906 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Bill Bartley Chief Bender Andy Coakley Jack Coombs Mike Cunningham Jimmy Dygert Jim Holmes Eddie Plank Hack Schumann Rube Waddell Catchers Claude Berry Jim Byrnes Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Art Brouthers Eddie Collins Monte Cross Harry Davis John Knight Ed Lennox Danny Murphy Simon Nicholls Rube Oldring Dave Shean Outfielders Harry Armbruster Topsy Hartsel Danny Hoffman Bris Lord Socks Seybold Other positions Willy Fetzer Jack Hannifin Manager Connie Mack 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. October 13, 1906 Athletics Have Close Call Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 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 Ossee Schreckengost 98 338 96 .284 1 41 1B Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 145 551 161 .292 12 96 2B Danny Murphy Danny Murphy (infielder) 119 448 135 .301 2 60 SS Monte Cross 134 445 89 .200 1 40 3B John Knight John Knight (baseball) 74 253 49 .194 3 20 OF Topsy Hartsel 144 533 136 .255 1 30 OF Bris Lord 118 434 101 .233 1 44 OF Socks Seybold 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 Harry Armbruster 91 265 63 .238 2 24 Doc Powers 58 185 29 .157 0 7 Rube Oldring 59 174 42 .241 0 19 Art Brouthers 37 144 30 .208 0 14 Dave Shean 22 75 16 .213 0 3 Simon Nicholls Simon Nicholls (baseball) 12 44 8 .182 0 1 Claude Berry 10 30 7 .233 0 2 Jim Byrnes Jim Byrnes (baseball) 10 23 4 .174 0 0 Danny Hoffman 7 22 5 .227 0 1 Ed Lennox 6 17 1 .059 0 0 Eddie Collins 6 15 3 .200 0 0 Willy Fetzer Bill Fetzer 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Jack Hannifin 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 Rube Waddell 43 272.2 15 17 2.21 196 Chief Bender 36 238.1 15 10 2.53 159 Jimmy Dygert 35 213.2 11 13 2.70 106 Eddie Plank 26 211.2 19 6 2.25 108 Jack Coombs 23 173.0 10 10 2.50 90 Andy Coakley 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 Mike Cunningham baseball 5 28.0 1 0 3.21 15 Hack Schumann 4 18.0 0 2 4.00 9 Jim Holmes baseball 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 Bill Bartley 3 0 0 1 9.35 6 Notes 2 References 1906 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1906 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1900s in Philadelphia Category:Long stubs with short prose