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1906 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Detroit	96	58	.623	--
Boston (A)	89	65	.578	7
Cleveland	85	69	.552	11
New York (A)	82	72	.532	14
St. Louis (A)	81	73	.526	15
Philadelphia (A)	63	91	.409	33
Chicago (A)	63	91	.409	33
Washington	57	97	.370	39

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-1)	Detroit Tigers over Cincinnati Reds

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
DET	4.7	718	154	5336	1489	185	53	17	392	448	.279	.328	.343	.672
SLA	4.3	662	154	5357	1405	176	64	18	411	599	.262	.315	.329	.644
BOS	4.1	635	154	5277	1359	189	70	14	391	612	.258	.309	.328	.637
CLE	4.1	628	154	5380	1403	165	65	12	395	522	.261	.311	.322	.634
NYA	3.9	603	154	5250	1355	146	72	19	358	599	.258	.305	.324	.630
CHA	3.8	591	154	5329	1330	150	71	17	370	626	.250	.298	.314	.612
PHA	3.8	586	154	5287	1314	219	74	23	293	677	.249	.288	.331	.619
WS1	3.0	456	154	5262	1183	141	60	16	264	520	.225	.262	.284	.545
Totals	4.0	4879	1232	42478	10838	1371	529	136	2874	4603	.255	.302	.322	.624
Average		610	154	5310	1355	171	66	17	359	575

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
BOS	3.4	520	154	2.73	1403.3	1278	8.3	387	2.5	547	3.6	15
DET	3.7	569	154	2.90	1386.0	1266	8.2	397	2.6	649	4.2	13
NYA	3.7	575	154	3.03	1384.0	1381	9.0	378	2.5	523	3.4	14
CLE	3.9	606	154	3.20	1395.7	1399	9.1	299	1.9	530	3.4	21
WS1	4.1	633	154	3.15	1371.7	1405	9.1	273	1.8	601	3.9	10
SLA	4.1	635	154	3.20	1387.3	1326	8.6	345	2.2	705	4.6	17
PHA	4.3	666	154	3.49	1368.0	1375	8.9	465	3.0	534	3.5	9
CHA	4.4	675	154	3.28	1386.3	1408	9.1	330	2.1	514	3.3	23
Totals	4.0	4879	1232	3.12	11082.3	10838	8.8	2874	2.3	4603	3.7	122
Average		610	154		1385	1355		359		575		15

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	91	63	-2	0	0	0	1	2	6	1.00	1.25	1,593,170	Eric Fulling
CHA	68	86	-5	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.90	0.41	949,133	Carl Mitchell
CLE	80	74	5	0	0	2	2	0	9	1.07	0.76	1,806,884	Mark Kossoff
DET	93	61	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.98	0.75	1,941,981	Rodney McBride
NYA	80	74	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.84	0.90	1,988,944	Charles Box
PHA	68	86	-5	0	0	2	0	1	6	1.01	1.72	1,264,598	Mark Goercke
SLA	80	74	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1.18	1.13	2,001,047	Zach Deuel
WS1	55	99	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	1.02	1.63	1,306,797	Joel Ferich

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
DET	288	154.43	86.90	46.64	8.44	1.98	6.26	8.27	8.73	12.96
BOS	267	115.00	99.59	52.38	5.40	3.33	6.39	10.55	8.51	18.21
CLE	255	116.90	91.53	46.54	8.21	3.05	6.62	7.03	7.50	14.14
NYA	246	126.94	79.63	39.40	7.67	3.23	4.47	5.73	9.50	8.81
SLA	243	113.63	88.91	40.43	8.13	2.84	4.17	3.48	7.55	14.27
PHA	189	96.87	61.42	30.67	7.56	2.43	3.70	2.73	5.16	9.12
CHA	189	108.36	55.21	25.40	5.48	1.63	3.83	4.55	3.98	5.94
WS1	171	53.67	82.07	35.23	7.78	3.07	5.21	4.45	6.10	8.64

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award:	Danny Green	DET	.329, 4 HR, 96 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Vive Lindaman	BOS	27-10, 2.31, 370.0 IP, 119 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Vive Lindaman	BOS	27-10, 2.31, 370.0 IP, 119 K

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Fred Glade	WS1	.977, 32 PO, 94 A, 3 E
C	Johnny Kling	SLA	.976, 583 PO, 114 A, 17 E 31.3% (83-265) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Tim Jordan	CHA	.982, 1726 PO, 126 A, 33 E
2B	Dave Brain	CHA	.956, 342 PO, 574 A, 42 E
3B	Otto Krueger	CHA	.950, 76 PO, 396 A, 25 E
SS	Joe Tinker	CHA	.953, 200 PO, 567 A, 38 E
LF	Topsy Hartsel	DET	.923, 290 PO, 11 A, 25 E
CF	Jack McCarthy	BOS	1.000, 338 PO, 12 A, 0 E
RF	Doc Nance	CLE	.983, 327 PO, 12 A, 6 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Green	DET	.329
Demontreville	DET	.326
Krueger	CHA	.323
Chance	NYA	.321
Mellor	DET	.321

On-Base Pct

Hartsel	DET	.408
Krueger	CHA	.398
Green	DET	.396
Mertes	BOS	.394
Dougherty	CLE	.389

Slugging Pct

Sheckard	BOS	.442
Lajoie	CLE	.433
Stahl	NYA	.432
Lumley	NYA	.426
Green	DET	.417

OPS

Sheckard	BOS	.816
Green	DET	.813
Mertes	BOS	.805
Krueger	CHA	.790
Lajoie	CLE	.789

Dougherty	CLE	96.3
Fultz	SLA	92.2
Mertes	BOS	88.7
Green	DET	87.9
Sheckard	BOS	83.7

Games

Crawford	SLA	153
Green	DET	151
Hickman	WS1	150
Lajoie	CLE	150
Bay	CHA	149

At-Bats

Crawford	SLA	610
Lajoie	CLE	608
Bay	CHA	602
Hickman	WS1	601
Coughlin	DET	590

Runs

Dougherty	CLE	113
Barrett	DET	97
Fultz	SLA	97
McCreery	NYA	97
Hartsel	DET	96

Hits

Lajoie	CLE	193
Dougherty	CLE	186
Green	DET	186
Chance	NYA	180
Fultz	SLA	180

Total Bases

Lajoie	CLE	263
Sheckard	BOS	243
Lumley	NYA	240
Green	DET	236
Crawford	SLA	229

Singles

Chance	NYA	159
Dougherty	CLE	156
Green	DET	156
Fultz	SLA	151
Demontreville	DET	147

Doubles

Conn	SLA	46
Lajoie	CLE	34
Mellor	DET	31
Sheckard	BOS	30
Brain	CHA	28

Triples

Kelley	BOS	18
Leach	SLA	16
Lajoie	CLE	15
Sheckard	BOS	15
Stahl	NYA	15

Homeruns

Lumley	NYA	7
Bay	CHA	5
Stahl	NYA	5
Barrett	DET	4
Crawford	SLA	4

RBIs

Green	DET	96
Lumley	NYA	91
Mellor	DET	91
Kelley	BOS	88
Stahl	NYA	84

Stolen Bases

Dougherty	CLE	99
Kelley	BOS	72
Slagle	BOS	68
Wallace	BOS	65
Fultz	SLA	64

Caught Stealing

Bay	CHA	42
Hartsel	DET	38
Slagle	BOS	36
Kelley	BOS	28
Sheckard	BOS	28

Walks

Hartsel	DET	105
Jordan	CHA	70
McCreery	NYA	70
Leach	SLA	69
Nance	CLE	67

Strikeouts

McCarthy	BOS	173
Everitt	CLE	138
Jones	CHA	112
Burkett	SLA	111
Leach	SLA	79

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Lindaman	BOS	2.31
Reulbach	DET	2.33
Brown	BOS	2.48
Lovett	DET	2.48
Gibson	BOS	2.49

Wins

Lindaman	BOS	27
Shields	CLE	27
Vorhees	DET	27
Buchanan	NYA	25
Reulbach	DET	24

Losses

Iburg	WS1	26
Falkenberg	CHA	24
Deegan	PHA	23
Glade	WS1	23
Killian	WS1	23

Winning Pct

Lindaman	BOS	.730
Vorhees	DET	.730
Lovett	DET	.722
Shields	CLE	.692
Reulbach	DET	.667

Saves

High	CHA	19
Leitner	SLA	11
McAleese	DET	11
St.Vrain	NYA	9
Blewett	BOS	7

Games Pitched

High	CHA	72
Falkenberg	CHA	44
Iburg	WS1	44
Shields	CLE	44
Deegan	PHA	43

Games Started

Falkenberg	CHA	44
Iburg	WS1	44
Shields	CLE	44
Deegan	PHA	43
Glade	WS1	43

Complete Games

Lindaman	BOS	35
Reulbach	DET	35
Buchanan	NYA	34
Shields	CLE	34
Deegan	PHA	33

Shutouts

Deegan	PHA	5
Shields	CLE	5
Hardy	NYA	4
Lindaman	BOS	4
Plank	SLA	4

Innings Pitched

Shields	CLE	384.7
Lindaman	BOS	370.0
Iburg	WS1	366.7
Deegan	PHA	366.0
Falkenberg	CHA	362.3

Hits Allowed

Iburg	WS1	380
Killian	WS1	368
Deegan	PHA	365
Shields	CLE	363
Buchanan	NYA	360

Homeruns Allowed

Waddell	DET	14
Brown	BOS	9
Dowling	CHA	8
Glade	WS1	8
Orth	CHA	6

Strikeouts

Caldwell	SLA	215
Reulbach	DET	180
Waddell	DET	171
Iburg	WS1	163
Shields	CLE	161

Walks Allowed

Deegan	PHA	128
Vorhees	DET	110
Deering	NYA	105
Caldwell	SLA	102
Lindaman	BOS	100

Walks per 9IP

Shields	CLE	0.7
Plank	SLA	0.8
Falkenberg	CHA	1.2
Killian	WS1	1.4
Walker	WS1	1.5

Hits per 9IP

Lovett	DET	7.6
Caldwell	SLA	7.7
Reulbach	DET	7.8
Brown	BOS	7.8
Lindaman	BOS	7.9

Strikeouts per 9IP

Dygert	SLA	5.9
Caldwell	SLA	5.8
Waddell	DET	5.1
Reulbach	DET	4.7
Walker	WS1	4.5

WHiP

Shields	CLE	1.02
Plank	SLA	1.06
Brown	BOS	1.07
Reulbach	DET	1.07
Falkenberg	CHA	1.11

OAVG

Caldwell	SLA	.227
Lovett	DET	.229
Reulbach	DET	.231
Dygert	SLA	.234
Lindaman	BOS	.235

OOBP

Shields	CLE	.265
Reulbach	DET	.272
Plank	SLA	.274
Brown	BOS	.275
Falkenberg	CHA	.280

OSLG

Reulbach	DET	.272
Lindaman	BOS	.278
Dygert	SLA	.280
Vorhees	DET	.284
Bender	NYA	.289

OOPS

Reulbach	DET	.544
Lindaman	BOS	.565
Bender	NYA	.575
Brown	BOS	.582
Vorhees	DET	.583

League All-Stars

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League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Nap Lajoie	CLE	$ 15,009,000
2.	Sam Crawford	SLA	$ 12,500,000
3.	Frank Chance	NYA	$ 11,500,000
4.	Jimmy Sheckard	BOS	$ 11,000,000
5.	Emmet Heidrick	PHA	$ 9,049,600
6.	Gene Demontreville	DET	$ 9,000,000
7.	Joe Kelley	BOS	$ 8,333,000
8.	Harry Wolverton	CLE	$ 8,123,321
9.	Charlie Hickman	WS1	$ 7,500,000
	Tom McCreery	NYA	$ 7,500,000
11.	Al Orth	CHA	$ 7,497,000
12.	Danny Green	DET	$ 7,452,000
13.	Freddy Parent	SLA	$ 7,110,000
14.	Doc Nance	CLE	$ 7,080,000
15.	George Merritt	PHA	$ 6,950,000
16.	Fielder Jones	CHA	$ 6,740,000
17.	Topsy Hartsel	DET	$ 6,708,900
18.	Jack McCarthy	BOS	$ 6,560,000
19.	Jim Delahanty	PHA	$ 6,450,000
20.	Bill Coughlin	DET	$ 6,400,000
21.	Jimmy Barrett	DET	$ 5,870,000
22.	Bill Everitt	CLE	$ 5,590,000
23.	Frank Kitson	CLE	$ 5,500,101
24.	Jack Chesbro	SLA	$ 5,500,000
25.	George Magoon	CLE	$ 5,300,150