1906 New York Highlanders season

The 1906 New York Highlanders season, its fourth in New York and sixth overall, finished with the team in 2nd place in the American League with a record of 90–61. The team was managed by Clark Griffith and played its home games at Hilltop Park.

1906 New York Highlanders
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Hilltop Park (since 1903) New York, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	93	58	0.616	—	54–23	39–35
New York Highlanders	90	61	0.596	3	53–23	37–38
Cleveland Naps	89	64	0.582	5	47–30	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	78	67	0.538	12	48–23	30–44
St. Louis Browns	76	73	0.510	16	40–34	36–39
Detroit Tigers	71	78	0.477	21	42–34	29–44
Washington Senators	55	95	0.367	37½	33–41	22–54
Boston Americans	49	105	0.318	45½	22–54	27–51

Record vs. opponents

1906 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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

1906 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Cy Barger Jack Chesbro Walter Clarkson Slow Joe Doyle Clark Griffith Noodles Hahn Bill Hogg Tom Hughes Louis Leroy Doc Newton Al Orth		Catchers Red Kleinow Deacon McGuire Ira Thomas Infielders Hal Chase Kid Elberfeld Frank LaPorte George Moriarty Jimmy Williams Joe Yeager		Outfielders Wid Conroy Frank Delahanty Patsy Dougherty Ed Hahn Danny Hoffman Willie Keeler		Manager Clark Griffith

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	Red Kleinow	96	268	59	.220	0	31
1B	Hal Chase	151	597	193	.323	0	76
2B	Jimmy Williams	139	501	139	.277	3	77
SS	Kid Elberfeld	99	346	106	.306	2	31
3B	Frank LaPorte	123	454	120	.264	2	54
OF	Frank Delahanty	92	307	73	.238	2	41
OF	Wid Conroy	148	567	139	.245	4	54
OF	Willie Keeler	152	592	180	.304	2	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
Danny Hoffman	100	320	82	.256	0	23
George Moriarty	65	197	46	.234	0	23
Deacon McGuire	51	144	43	.299	0	14
Joe Yeager	57	123	37	.301	0	12
Ira Thomas	44	115	23	.200	0	15
Patsy Dougherty	12	52	10	.192	0	4
Ed Hahn	11	22	2	.091	0	1

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
Al Orth	45	338.2	27	17	2.34	133
Jack Chesbro	49	325	23	17	2.96	152
Bill Hogg	28	206	14	13	2.93	107
Doc Newton	21	125	7	5	3.17	52
Noodles Hahn	6	42	3	2	3.86	17

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
Walter Clarkson	32	151	9	4	2.32	64
Slow Joe Doyle	9	45.1	2	1	2.38	28
Tom Hughes	3	15	1	0	4.20	5
Cy Barger	2	5.1	0	0	10.12	3

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
Clark Griffith	17	2	2	2	3.02	16
Louis Leroy	11	2	0	1	2.22	28

References

• 1906 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference
• 1906 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com