1906 New York Giants season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1906
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	John T. Brush
Managers:	John McGraw
Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

The 1906 New York Giants season was the franchise's 24th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 96–56 record, 20 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• July 13, 1906: Doc Marshall and Sam Mertes were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Spike Shannon.^[1]

Roster

1906 New York Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		124	405	114	.281	0	43
1B		134	451	107	.237	0	37
2B		104	307	71	.231	0	27
SS		143	471	113	.240	1	49
3B		148	498	149	.299	2	65
OF		122	477	126	.264	0	38
OF		76	287	73	.254	0	25
OF		71	253	60	.237	1	33

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
	113	313	100	.319	4	49
	92	285	65	.228	1	42
	72	269	86	.320	4	42
	37	121	38	.314	1	14
	38	102	17	.167	0	7
	10	30	6	.200	0	3
	16	28	5	.179	0	2
	8	9	3	.333	0	1
	4	6	4	.667	0	2
	4	2	0	.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
	45	339.2	27	12	2.25	105
	38	266.2	22	12	2.97	128
	38	249.1	16	11	2.27	125
	31	213.0	17	9	2.20	91
	31	203.1	12	10	2.66	156

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

• #3 in NL in strikeouts (156)

Roger Bresnahan

• #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.419)

Art Devlin

• #3 in NL in stolen bases (54)

Joe McGinnity

• MLB leader in wins (27)

Sammy Strang

• MLB leader in on-base percentage (.423)
• #3 in NL in slugging percentage (.434)

External links

• 1906 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marshdo01.shtml Doc Marshall page at Baseball Reference