1906 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1906 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1906 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Harry Davis and Tim Jordan tied for the lead with 12 home runs, Harry Davis led with 96 RBI, and Nap Lajoie led with 214 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 477 plate appearances at 154 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (154 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 477 plate appearances at 154 team games. 84 of the 161 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1906 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1906 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
George Stone SLA 154 658 581 91 208 25 20 6 71 35 52 89 .358 .417 .501 .918
Nap Lajoie CLE 152 655 602 88 214 48 9 0 91 20 30 19 .355 .392 .465 .857
Honus Wagner PIT 142 590 516 103 175 38 9 2 71 53 58 31 .339 .416 .459 .875
Harry Steinfeldt CHN 151 625 539 81 176 27 10 3 83 29 47 47 .327 .395 .430 .825
Harry Lumley BRO 133 554 484 72 157 23 12 9 61 35 48 74 .324 .386 .477 .864
Hal Chase NYA 151 637 597 84 193 23 10 0 76 28 13 48 .323 .341 .395 .736
Frank Chance CHN 136 574 474 103 151 24 10 3 71 57 70 31 .319 .419 .430 .849
Elmer Flick CLE 157 700 624 98 194 34 22 1 62 39 54 65 .311 .372 .441 .813
Fred Clarke PIT 118 478 417 69 129 14 13 1 39 18 40 25 .309 .371 .412 .784
Willie Keeler NYA 152 672 592 96 180 8 3 2 33 23 40 5 .304 .353 .338 .691
Danny Murphy PHA 119 486 448 48 135 28 6 2 60 17 21 19 .301 .341 .404 .745
Art Devlin NY1 148 591 498 76 149 23 8 2 65 54 74 48 .299 .396 .390 .786
Sam Crawford DET 145 610 563 65 166 25 16 2 66 24 38 20 .295 .341 .407 .747
Harry Davis PHA 145 614 551 94 161 42 7 12 96 23 49 59 .292 .355 .459 .815
Miller Huggins CIN 146 640 545 81 159 11 7 0 26 41 71 40 .292 .376 .338 .714
Terry Turner CLE 147 643 584 85 170 27 7 2 62 27 35 43 .291 .338 .372 .709
Charlie Hemphill SLA 154 646 585 90 169 19 12 4 62 33 43 71 .289 .338 .383 .720
Cy Seymour 2 teams 151 632 576 70 165 19 5 8 80 29 42 42 .286 .339 .378 .718
Tommy Leach PIT 133 526 476 66 136 10 7 1 39 21 33 19 .286 .333 .342 .676
Chick Stahl BOS 155 667 595 63 170 24 6 4 51 13 47 40 .286 .346 .366 .713
Charlie Hickman WS1 120 477 451 53 128 25 5 9 57 9 14 64 .284 .311 .421 .733
Fred Tenney BSN 143 624 544 61 154 12 8 1 28 17 58 56 .283 .357 .340 .698
Sherry Magee PHI 154 630 563 77 159 36 8 6 67 55 52 59 .282 .348 .407 .755
Roger Bresnahan NY1 124 506 405 69 114 22 4 0 43 25 81 43 .281 .419 .356 .775
Frank Schulte CHN 146 630 563 77 158 18 13 7 60 25 31 46 .281 .324 .396 .720
Frank Isbell CHA 143 617 549 71 153 18 11 0 57 37 30 34 .279 .324 .352 .676
Jimmy Williams NYA 139 571 501 61 139 25 7 3 77 8 44 51 .277 .342 .373 .715
George Davis CHA 133 541 484 63 134 26 6 0 80 27 41 53 .277 .338 .355 .694
Kitty Bransfield PHI 140 556 524 47 144 28 5 1 60 12 16 45 .275 .300 .353 .653
John Anderson WS1 151 607 583 62 158 25 4 3 70 39 19 37 .271 .296 .343 .639
John Barry 2 teams 135 578 516 64 139 19 6 1 45 17 41 34 .269 .329 .335 .664
Claude Ritchey PIT 152 586 484 46 130 21 5 1 62 6 68 25 .269 .369 .339 .708
John Titus PHI 145 587 484 67 129 22 5 1 57 12 78 39 .267 .378 .339 .717
Frank LaPorte NYA 123 483 454 60 120 23 9 2 54 10 22 57 .264 .300 .368 .668
George Browne NY1 122 529 477 61 126 10 4 0 38 32 27 58 .264 .304 .302 .605
Lave Cross WS1 130 538 494 55 130 14 6 1 46 19 28 16 .263 .303 .322 .625
Jimmy Sheckard CHN 149 662 549 90 144 27 10 1 45 30 67 69 .262 .349 .353 .702
Tim Jordan BRO 129 522 450 67 118 20 8 12 78 16 59 75 .262 .352 .422 .774
Pug Bennett SLN 153 680 595 66 156 16 7 1 34 20 56 72 .262 .334 .318 .651
Del Howard BSN 147 591 545 46 142 19 8 1 54 17 26 47 .261 .306 .330 .637
Matty McIntyre DET 133 559 493 63 128 19 11 0 39 29 56 51 .260 .338 .343 .680
Bobby Wallace SLA 139 551 476 64 123 21 7 2 67 24 58 24 .258 .344 .345 .688
Bob Ganley PIT 137 589 511 63 132 7 6 0 31 19 41 34 .258 .316 .295 .611
Jiggs Donahue CHA 154 643 556 70 143 17 7 1 57 36 48 25 .257 .320 .318 .638
Spike Shannon 2 teams 156 684 589 78 151 9 1 0 50 33 70 81 .256 .339 .275 .614
Dave Altizer WS1 115 493 433 56 111 9 5 1 27 37 35 30 .256 .324 .307 .631
Joe Nealon PIT 154 636 556 82 142 21 12 3 83 15 53 63 .255 .327 .353 .679
Johnny Evers CHN 154 595 533 65 136 17 6 1 51 49 36 24 .255 .305 .315 .620
Topsy Hartsel PHA 144 632 533 96 136 21 9 1 30 31 88 55 .255 .363 .334 .697
Roy Thomas PHI 142 620 493 81 125 10 7 0 16 22 107 44 .254 .393 .302 .695
Tom Jones SLA 144 608 539 51 136 22 6 0 30 27 24 28 .252 .290 .315 .606
Homer Smoot 2 teams 146 612 563 52 142 17 11 1 48 3 24 75 .252 .300 .327 .626
Johnny Bates BSN 140 559 504 52 127 21 5 6 54 9 36 82 .252 .315 .349 .664
Whitey Alpermann BRO 128 487 441 38 111 15 7 3 46 13 6 38 .252 .284 .338 .622
Dave Brain BSN 139 574 525 43 131 19 5 5 45 11 29 47 .250 .293 .333 .626
Cozy Dolan BSN 152 619 549 54 136 20 4 0 39 17 55 57 .248 .318 .299 .617
Larry Schlafly WS1 123 511 426 60 105 13 8 2 30 29 50 57 .246 .345 .329 .674
Wid Conroy NYA 148 632 567 67 139 17 10 4 54 32 47 67 .245 .303 .332 .635
Hobe Ferris BOS 130 518 495 47 121 25 13 2 44 8 10 67 .244 .262 .360 .622
Phil Lewis BRO 136 513 452 40 110 8 4 0 37 14 43 34 .243 .309 .279 .588
Charlie Jones WS1 131 546 497 56 120 11 11 3 42 34 24 75 .241 .283 .326 .609
Sam Mertes 2 teams 124 507 444 57 107 16 10 1 52 31 45 58 .241 .315 .329 .644
Bill Dahlen NY1 143 565 471 63 113 18 3 1 49 16 76 48 .240 .357 .297 .655
Jimmy Slagle CHN 127 571 498 71 119 8 6 0 33 25 63 44 .239 .324 .279 .604
Germany Schaefer DET 124 498 446 48 106 14 3 2 43 31 32 57 .238 .290 .296 .586
Dan McGann NY1 134 545 451 62 107 14 8 0 37 30 60 29 .237 .344 .304 .647
Freddy Parent BOS 149 653 600 67 141 14 10 1 49 16 31 40 .235 .277 .297 .574
Bill Coughlin DET 147 575 498 54 117 15 5 2 60 31 36 45 .235 .293 .297 .590
Joe Tinker CHN 148 603 523 75 122 18 4 1 64 30 43 43 .233 .293 .289 .581
James Casey BRO 149 648 571 71 133 17 8 0 34 22 52 51 .233 .306 .291 .597
Pete O'Brien SLA 151 586 524 44 122 9 4 2 57 25 42 67 .233 .293 .277 .570
Bris Lord PHA 118 492 434 50 101 13 7 1 44 12 27 73 .233 .281 .302 .583
Mickey Doolin PHI 154 586 535 41 123 19 7 1 55 16 27 61 .230 .270 .297 .567
Fielder Jones CHA 144 614 496 77 114 22 4 2 34 26 83 37 .230 .346 .302 .648
Harry Niles SLA 142 608 541 71 124 14 4 2 31 30 46 59 .229 .297 .281 .578
Joe Kelley CIN 129 540 465 43 106 19 11 1 53 9 44 27 .228 .300 .323 .623
Kid Gleason PHI 135 562 494 47 112 17 2 0 34 17 36 29 .227 .281 .269 .550
Al Bridwell BSN 120 518 459 41 104 9 1 0 22 6 44 27 .227 .297 .251 .548
Chris Lindsay DET 141 572 499 59 112 16 2 0 36 18 45 50 .224 .293 .265 .557
Jake Stahl WS1 137 526 482 38 107 9 8 0 51 30 21 80 .222 .266 .274 .540
Ed Hahn 2 teams 141 605 506 82 112 8 5 0 28 23 72 32 .221 .331 .257 .588
Billy Maloney BRO 151 635 566 71 125 15 7 0 32 38 49 116 .221 .286 .272 .558
Charley O'Leary DET 128 489 443 34 97 13 2 2 41 8 17 35 .219 .253 .271 .524
Monte Cross PHA 134 525 445 32 89 23 3 1 40 22 50 89 .200 .291 .272 .563
Bunk Congalton UNQ CLE 117 470 419 51 134 13 5 3 50 12 24 23 .320 .361 .396 .757
Sammy Strang UNQ NY1 113 376 313 50 100 16 4 4 49 21 54 39 .319 .423 .435 .857
Socks Seybold UNQ PHA 116 459 411 41 130 23 2 5 59 9 30 23 .316 .367 .418 .786
Ty Cobb UNQ DET 98 394 358 45 113 15 5 1 41 23 19 40 .316 .355 .394 .749
Johnny Kling UNQ CHN 107 375 343 45 107 15 8 2 46 14 23 30 .312 .357 .420 .777
Hans Lobert UNQ CIN 79 305 268 39 83 5 5 0 19 20 19 25 .310 .366 .366 .732
Claude Rossman UNQ CLE 118 431 396 49 122 13 2 1 53 11 17 28 .308 .338 .359 .697
Kid Elberfeld UNQ NYA 99 393 346 59 106 11 5 2 31 19 30 19 .306 .378 .384 .763
Jack McCarthy UNQ BRO 91 353 322 23 98 13 1 0 35 9 20 20 .304 .347 .351 .698
Myron Grimshaw UNQ BOS 110 463 428 46 124 16 12 0 48 5 23 31 .290 .332 .383 .715
Ossee Schrecongost UNQ PHA 98 351 338 29 96 20 1 1 41 5 10 13 .284 .305 .358 .663
Branch Rickey UNQ SLA 65 223 201 22 57 7 3 3 24 4 16 26 .284 .345 .393 .738
Jim Delahanty UNQ CIN 115 446 379 63 106 21 4 1 39 21 45 32 .280 .371 .364 .735
Howard Wakefield UNQ WS1 77 220 211 17 59 9 2 1 21 6 7 23 .280 .303 .355 .658
Harry Bemis UNQ CLE 93 318 297 28 82 13 5 2 30 8 12 31 .276 .311 .374 .685
Harry Bay UNQ CLE 68 321 280 47 77 8 3 0 14 17 26 24 .275 .337 .325 .662
Bill Bradley UNQ CLE 82 340 302 32 83 16 2 2 25 13 18 20 .275 .324 .361 .685
George Stovall UNQ CLE 116 469 443 54 121 19 5 0 37 15 8 37 .273 .288 .339 .626
Fred Payne UNQ DET 72 244 222 24 60 5 5 0 22 4 13 23 .270 .316 .338 .654
Harry Arndt UNQ SLN 69 279 256 30 69 7 9 2 26 5 19 22 .270 .320 .391 .711
Al Burch UNQ SLN 91 381 335 40 89 5 1 0 11 15 37 58 .266 .339 .287 .625
Ginger Beaumont UNQ PIT 80 349 310 48 82 9 3 2 32 1 19 14 .265 .311 .332 .643
Johnny Lush UNQ PHI 76 226 212 28 56 7 1 0 15 6 14 35 .264 .310 .307 .616
Davy Jones UNQ DET 84 368 323 41 84 12 2 0 23 21 41 24 .260 .347 .310 .657
George Rohe UNQ CHA 77 253 225 14 58 5 1 0 25 8 16 24 .258 .316 .289 .604
Solly Hofman UNQ CHN 64 221 195 30 50 2 3 2 20 13 20 11 .256 .326 .328 .654
Dutch Meier UNQ PIT 82 294 273 32 70 11 4 0 16 4 13 21 .256 .298 .326 .624
Emil Batch UNQ BRO 59 226 203 23 52 7 6 0 11 3 15 24 .256 .311 .350 .660
Danny Hoffman UNQ 2 teams 107 388 342 38 87 10 6 0 23 33 30 78 .254 .318 .319 .637
Pat Moran UNQ CHN 70 243 226 22 57 13 1 0 35 6 7 32 .252 .281 .319 .599
Buck Freeman UNQ BOS 121 436 392 42 98 18 9 1 30 5 28 43 .250 .302 .349 .651
Mike Grady UNQ SLN 97 339 280 33 70 11 3 2 27 5 48 32 .250 .369 .332 .702
John O'Neill UNQ CHA 94 367 330 37 82 4 1 1 21 19 22 27 .248 .301 .276 .577
Jack Hayden UNQ BOS 85 352 322 22 80 6 4 1 14 6 17 32 .248 .292 .301 .594
Jake Beckley UNQ SLN 87 349 320 29 79 16 6 0 44 3 13 19 .247 .283 .334 .617
Red Dooin UNQ PHI 113 374 351 25 86 19 1 0 32 15 13 50 .245 .274 .305 .579
Admiral Schlei UNQ CIN 116 429 388 44 95 13 8 4 54 7 29 39 .245 .304 .351 .655
Jack Hoey UNQ BOS 94 389 361 27 88 8 4 0 24 10 14 44 .244 .274 .288 .562
Tommy Sheehan UNQ PIT 95 351 315 28 76 6 3 1 34 13 18 14 .241 .284 .289 .573
Frank Delahanty UNQ NYA 92 341 307 37 73 11 8 2 41 11 16 21 .238 .282 .345 .627
Harry Armbruster UNQ PHA 91 330 265 40 63 6 3 2 24 13 43 39 .238 .353 .306 .658
Ernie Courtney UNQ PHI 116 449 398 53 94 12 2 0 42 6 45 27 .236 .315 .276 .592
George Nill UNQ WS1 89 375 315 37 74 8 2 0 15 16 47 55 .235 .340 .273 .613
George Moriarty UNQ NYA 65 229 197 22 46 7 7 0 23 8 17 24 .234 .298 .340 .638
Billy Gilbert UNQ NY1 104 372 307 44 71 6 1 0 27 22 42 32 .231 .341 .257 .598
Paul Sentell UNQ PHI 63 221 192 19 44 5 1 1 14 15 14 18 .229 .292 .281 .573
Frank Bowerman UNQ NY1 92 310 285 23 65 7 3 1 42 5 15 18 .228 .274 .284 .558
Doc Marshall UNQ 2 teams 77 244 225 14 51 7 3 0 17 8 13 32 .227 .278 .284 .562
Jack Warner UNQ 2 teams 82 281 256 20 58 8 3 1 18 7 14 17 .227 .288 .293 .581
Patsy Dougherty UNQ 2 teams 87 340 305 33 69 11 4 1 31 11 19 30 .226 .278 .298 .577
Art Hoelskoetter UNQ SLN 94 330 317 21 71 6 3 0 14 2 4 35 .224 .238 .262 .500
Fred Odwell UNQ CIN 58 229 202 20 45 5 4 0 21 11 15 29 .223 .286 .287 .573
Ben Koehler UNQ SLA 66 219 186 27 41 1 1 0 15 9 24 29 .220 .322 .237 .559
Red Kleinow UNQ NYA 96 306 268 30 59 9 3 0 31 8 24 28 .220 .287 .276 .563
Boss Schmidt UNQ DET 68 228 216 13 47 4 3 0 10 1 6 17 .218 .242 .264 .506
Red Morgan UNQ BOS 88 340 307 20 66 6 3 1 21 7 16 54 .215 .270 .264 .534
Billy Sullivan UNQ CHA 118 432 387 37 83 18 4 2 33 10 22 67 .214 .262 .297 .559
Jim Jackson UNQ CLE 105 428 374 44 80 13 2 0 38 25 38 37 .214 .290 .259 .549
Roy Hartzell UNQ SLA 113 443 404 43 86 7 0 0 24 21 19 45 .213 .266 .230 .496
Kip Selbach UNQ BOS 60 252 228 15 48 9 2 0 23 7 18 18 .211 .277 .268 .545
Lew Ritter UNQ BRO 73 250 226 22 47 1 3 0 15 6 16 20 .208 .263 .239 .502
Sam Brown UNQ BSN 71 256 231 12 48 6 1 0 20 4 13 22 .208 .262 .242 .505
Snake Deal UNQ CIN 65 243 231 13 48 4 3 0 21 15 6 28 .208 .228 .251 .479
Frank Jude UNQ CIN 80 336 308 31 64 6 4 1 31 7 16 35 .208 .261 .263 .524
Tommy Corcoran UNQ CIN 117 460 430 29 89 13 1 1 33 8 19 27 .207 .242 .249 .491
Allie Strobel UNQ BSN 100 360 317 28 64 10 3 1 24 2 29 71 .202 .273 .262 .535
John Hummel UNQ BRO 97 326 286 20 57 6 4 1 21 10 36 51 .199 .289 .259 .548
John Knight UNQ PHA 74 277 253 29 49 7 2 3 20 6 19 63 .194 .250 .273 .523
Tom Needham UNQ BSN 83 302 285 11 54 8 2 1 12 3 13 25 .189 .230 .242 .472
John Godwin UNQ BOS 66 209 193 11 36 2 1 0 15 6 6 41 .187 .215 .207 .422
Lee Tannehill UNQ CHA 116 428 378 26 69 8 3 0 33 7 31 36 .183 .254 .220 .473
George Gibson UNQ PIT 81 282 259 8 46 6 1 0 20 1 16 31 .178 .225 .208 .434
Tubby Spencer UNQ SLA 58 200 188 15 33 6 1 0 17 4 7 11 .176 .205 .218 .423
George McBride UNQ SLN 90 338 313 24 53 8 2 0 13 5 17 80 .169 .215 .208 .422
Joe Stanley UNQ WS1 73 258 221 18 36 0 4 0 9 6 20 29 .163 .236 .199 .435
Bill Bergen UNQ BRO 103 372 353 9 56 3 3 0 19 2 7 43 .159 .175 .184 .359
Charlie Armbruster UNQ BOS 72 231 201 9 29 6 1 0 6 2 25 26 .144 .242 .184 .426
Showing 1-50 of 161 batters listed (84 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 154 innings at 154 team games. 72 of the 103 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1906 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Mordecai Brown CHN 26 6 36 32 27 9 3 277.1 198 32 61 144 1.04 0.93
Jack Pfiester CHN 20 8 31 29 20 4 0 250.2 173 42 63 153 1.51 0.94
Doc White CHA 18 6 28 24 20 7 0 219.1 160 37 38 95 1.52 0.90
Barney Pelty SLA 16 11 34 30 25 4 2 260.2 189 46 59 92 1.59 0.95
Ed Reulbach CHN 19 4 33 24 20 6 3 218.0 129 40 92 94 1.65 1.01
Addie Joss CLE 21 9 34 31 28 9 1 282.0 220 54 43 106 1.72 0.93
Vic Willis PIT 23 13 41 36 32 6 1 322.0 295 62 76 124 1.73 1.15
Jack Powell SLA 13 14 28 26 25 3 1 244.0 196 48 55 132 1.77 1.03
Bob Rhoads CLE 22 10 38 34 31 7 0 315.0 259 63 92 89 1.80 1.11
Otto Hess CLE 20 17 43 36 33 7 3 333.2 274 68 85 167 1.83 1.08
Lefty Leifield PIT 18 13 37 31 24 8 1 255.2 214 53 68 111 1.87 1.10
Ed Walsh CHA 17 13 41 31 24 10 2 278.1 215 58 58 171 1.88 0.98
Jack Taylor 2 teams 20 12 34 33 32 3 0 302.1 249 67 86 61 1.99 1.11
Nick Altrock CHA 20 13 38 30 25 4 0 287.2 269 66 42 99 2.06 1.08
Harry Howell SLA 15 14 35 33 30 6 1 276.2 233 65 61 140 2.11 1.06
Tully Sparks PHI 19 16 42 37 29 6 3 316.2 244 76 62 114 2.16 0.97
Casey Patten WS1 19 16 38 32 28 7 0 282.2 253 68 79 96 2.17 1.17
Luther Taylor NY1 17 9 31 27 13 2 0 213.0 186 52 57 91 2.20 1.14
Carl Lundgren CHN 17 6 27 24 21 5 2 207.2 160 51 89 103 2.21 1.20
Rube Waddell PHA 15 17 43 34 22 8 0 272.2 221 67 92 196 2.21 1.15
Jake Weimer CIN 20 14 41 39 31 6 1 304.2 263 75 99 141 2.22 1.19
Bill Duggleby PHI 13 19 42 30 22 5 2 280.1 241 70 66 83 2.25 1.10
Joe McGinnity NY1 27 12 45 37 32 3 2 339.2 316 85 71 105 2.25 1.14
Eddie Plank PHA 19 6 26 25 21 5 0 211.2 173 53 51 108 2.25 1.06
Hooks Wiltse NY1 16 11 38 26 21 4 6 249.1 227 63 58 125 2.27 1.14
Sam Leever PIT 22 7 36 31 25 6 0 260.1 232 67 48 76 2.32 1.08
Frank Owen CHA 22 13 42 36 27 7 0 293.0 289 76 54 66 2.33 1.17
Al Orth NYA 27 17 45 39 36 3 0 338.2 317 88 66 133 2.34 1.13
Fred Glade SLA 15 14 35 32 28 4 1 266.2 215 70 59 96 2.36 1.03
Johnny Lush PHI 18 15 37 35 24 5 0 281.0 254 74 119 151 2.37 1.33
Bob Ewing CIN 13 14 33 32 26 2 0 287.2 248 76 60 145 2.38 1.07
Lew Richie PHI 9 11 33 22 14 3 0 205.2 170 55 79 65 2.41 1.21
Vive Lindaman BSN 12 23 39 36 32 2 0 307.1 303 83 90 115 2.43 1.28
Deacon Phillippe PIT 15 10 33 24 19 3 0 218.2 216 60 26 90 2.47 1.11
Beany Jacobson SLA 9 9 24 15 12 0 0 155.0 146 43 27 53 2.50 1.12
Jack Coombs PHA 10 10 23 18 13 1 0 173.0 144 48 68 90 2.50 1.23
Charles Bender PHA 15 10 36 27 24 0 3 238.1 208 67 48 159 2.53 1.07
Bill Bernhard CLE 16 15 31 30 23 2 0 255.1 235 72 47 85 2.54 1.10
Ed Karger 2 teams 7 19 31 22 17 0 1 219.2 214 64 52 81 2.62 1.21
Buster Brown SLN 8 16 32 27 21 0 0 238.1 208 70 112 109 2.64 1.34
Red Ames NY1 12 10 31 25 15 1 1 203.1 166 60 93 156 2.66 1.27
Chick Fraser CIN 10 20 31 28 25 2 0 236.0 221 70 80 58 2.67 1.28
Jimmy Dygert PHA 11 13 35 25 15 4 0 213.2 175 64 91 106 2.70 1.24
Ed Siever DET 14 11 30 25 20 1 0 222.2 240 67 45 71 2.71 1.28
Elmer Stricklett BRO 14 18 41 35 28 5 5 291.2 273 88 77 88 2.72 1.20
Red Donahue DET 13 14 28 28 26 3 0 241.0 260 73 54 82 2.73 1.30
Orval Overall 2 teams 16 8 31 24 19 2 1 226.1 193 69 97 127 2.74 1.28
George Mullin DET 21 18 40 40 35 2 0 330.0 315 102 108 123 2.78 1.28
Bob Wicker 2 teams 9 16 30 25 19 0 0 222.1 220 69 65 94 2.79 1.28
Cy Falkenberg WS1 14 20 40 36 30 2 1 298.2 277 95 108 178 2.86 1.29
Carl Druhot 2 teams 8 9 19 16 13 1 0 155.1 144 50 53 59 2.90 1.27
Charlie Smith WS1 9 16 33 22 17 2 0 235.1 250 76 75 105 2.91 1.38
Irv Young BSN 16 25 43 41 37 4 0 358.1 349 116 83 151 2.91 1.21
Bill Dinneen BOS 8 19 28 27 22 1 0 218.2 209 71 52 60 2.92 1.19
Fred Beebe 2 teams 15 10 34 25 20 1 1 230.2 171 75 100 171 2.93 1.17
Bill Hogg NYA 14 13 28 25 15 3 0 206.0 171 67 72 107 2.93 1.18
Big Jeff Pfeffer BSN 13 22 36 36 33 4 0 302.1 270 99 114 158 2.95 1.27
Jack Chesbro NYA 23 17 49 42 24 4 1 325.0 314 107 75 152 2.96 1.20
Harry McIntire BRO 13 21 39 31 25 4 3 276.0 254 91 89 121 2.97 1.24
Christy Mathewson NY1 22 12 38 35 22 6 1 266.2 262 88 77 128 2.97 1.27
Bill Donovan DET 9 15 25 25 22 0 0 211.2 221 74 72 85 3.15 1.38
Jesse Tannehill BOS 13 11 27 26 18 2 0 196.1 207 69 39 82 3.16 1.25
Doc Scanlan BRO 18 13 38 33 28 6 2 288.0 230 102 127 120 3.19 1.24
Cy Young BOS 13 21 39 34 28 0 2 287.2 288 102 25 140 3.19 1.09
Mal Eason BRO 10 17 34 26 18 3 1 227.0 212 82 74 64 3.25 1.26
Joe Harris BOS 2 21 30 24 20 1 2 235.0 211 92 67 99 3.52 1.18
Gus Dorner 2 teams 8 26 36 33 30 0 0 288.1 280 113 107 109 3.53 1.34
Jim Pastorius BRO 10 14 29 24 16 3 0 211.2 225 85 69 58 3.61 1.39
Tom Hughes WS1 7 17 30 24 18 1 0 204.0 230 82 81 90 3.62 1.52
Frank Kitson WS1 6 14 30 21 15 1 0 197.0 196 80 57 59 3.65 1.28
Ed Smith SLA 8 11 19 18 13 0 0 154.2 153 64 53 45 3.72 1.33
George Winter BOS 6 18 29 22 18 1 2 207.2 215 95 38 72 4.12 1.22
Danny McClellan UNQ PG 6 1 8 6 6 0 0 65.2 54 13 12 24 1.78 1.01
Walter Ball UNQ 2 teams 7 2 9 9 9 1 0 80.2 74 16 19 27 1.79 1.15
Harry Buckner UNQ 2 teams 5 2 8 7 7 1 0 64.2 56 13 13 32 1.81 1.07
Rube Foster UNQ PG 4 2 10 8 7 1 1 72.0 62 16 21 39 2.00 1.15
Roy Patterson UNQ CHA 10 7 21 18 12 3 1 142.0 119 33 17 45 2.09 0.96
Homer Hillebrand UNQ PIT 3 2 7 5 4 1 0 53.0 42 13 21 32 2.21 1.19
Charlie Chech UNQ CIN 1 4 11 5 5 0 3 66.0 59 17 24 17 2.32 1.26
Walter Clarkson UNQ NYA 9 4 32 16 9 3 0 151.0 135 39 55 64 2.32 1.26
Mike Lynch UNQ PIT 6 5 18 12 7 0 0 119.0 101 32 31 48 2.42 1.11
Cecil Ferguson UNQ NY1 2 0 22 1 1 1 7 52.1 43 15 24 32 2.58 1.28
Harry Eells UNQ CLE 4 5 14 8 6 1 0 86.1 77 25 48 35 2.61 1.45
Chappie McFarland UNQ 2 teams 3 5 13 10 5 1 1 81.2 82 26 20 32 2.87 1.25
Happy Townsend UNQ CLE 3 7 17 12 8 1 0 92.2 92 30 31 31 2.91 1.33
Bill Merritt UNQ BRG 6 3 12 9 7 1 0 88.2 74 29 41 40 2.94 1.30
Clark Griffith UNQ NYA 2 2 17 2 1 0 2 59.2 58 20 15 16 3.02 1.22
Andy Coakley UNQ PHA 7 8 22 16 10 0 0 149.0 144 52 44 59 3.14 1.26
Doc Newton UNQ NYA 7 5 21 15 6 2 0 125.0 118 44 33 52 3.17 1.21
Inocencio Pérez UNQ CXG 3 5 8 7 7 0 0 63.2 55 23 28 27 3.25 1.30
Charley Hall UNQ CIN 4 8 14 9 9 1 1 95.0 86 35 50 49 3.32 1.43
Ed Wilson UNQ PG 2 4 8 7 5 0 0 59.2 60 22 23 6 3.32 1.39
Frank Smith UNQ CHA 5 5 20 13 8 1 1 122.0 124 46 37 53 3.39 1.32
Togie Pittinger UNQ PHI 8 10 20 16 9 2 0 129.2 128 49 50 43 3.40 1.37
Ed Killian UNQ DET 10 6 21 16 14 0 2 149.2 165 57 54 47 3.43 1.46
John Eubank UNQ DET 4 10 24 12 7 1 2 135.0 147 53 35 38 3.53 1.35
Ralph Glaze UNQ BOS 4 6 19 10 7 0 0 123.0 110 49 32 56 3.59 1.15
Emmett Bowman UNQ PG 4 4 8 8 5 1 0 54.0 62 22 25 25 3.67 1.61
Pedro Medina UNQ CSH 2 5 9 9 8 0 0 71.2 82 30 18 17 3.77 1.40
Gus Thompson UNQ SLN 2 11 17 12 8 0 0 103.0 111 49 25 36 4.28 1.32
Emilio Palomino UNQ 2 teams 3 6 9 7 7 0 0 69.2 80 35 25 26 4.52 1.51
Wish Egan UNQ SLN 2 9 16 12 7 0 0 86.1 97 44 27 23 4.59 1.44
Art Hoelskoetter UNQ SLN 1 4 12 3 2 0 0 58.1 53 30 34 20 4.63 1.49
Showing 1-50 of 103 pitchers listed (72 qualified)

Reading the 1906 leader tables

The 1906 batting table lists 161 hitters, of whom 84 qualify for the rate columns. The first qualified row belongs to George Stone, a .358 hitter, ahead of Nap Lajoie (.355). Sorting by home runs brings Harry Davis (12) to the top. Frank Chance's 57 steals are the most listed. The 1906 pitching table lists 103 pitchers, 72 of them qualified. Mordecai Brown has the lowest qualified ERA, 1.04, and Doc White has the best WHIP, 0.90. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Joe McGinnity in wins (27) and Rube Waddell in strikeouts (196).

1906 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1906?
Harry Davis and Tim Jordan tied for the lead with 12 home runs in 1906.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1906?
Harry Davis led with 96 RBI in 1906.
Who led MLB in hits in 1906?
Nap Lajoie led with 214 hits in 1906.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1906?
George Stone led at .358 in 1906, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1906?
Joe McGinnity and Al Orth tied for the lead with 27 wins in 1906.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1906?
Rube Waddell led with 196 strikeouts in 1906.