# 1906 Detroit Tigers season

1906 was the sixth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in sixth place with a record of 71–78 (.477), 21 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

## Regular season

The 1906 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 599 to 518. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 174,043, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 58 | .616 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 39‍–‍35 |
| New York Highlanders | 90 | 61 | .596 | 3 | 53‍–‍23 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Naps | 89 | 64 | .582 | 5 | 47‍–‍30 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 67 | .538 | 12 | 48‍–‍23 | 30‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 76 | 73 | .510 | 16 | 40‍–‍34 | 36‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 71 | 78 | .477 | 21 | 42‍–‍34 | 29‍–‍44 |
| Washington Senators | 55 | 95 | .367 | 37½ | 33‍–‍41 | 22‍–‍54 |
| Boston Americans | 49 | 105 | .318 | 45½ | 22‍–‍54 | 27‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1906 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 1906: Jack Rowan was acquired by the Tigers from the Leavenworth Old Soldiers.

### Roster
## 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 | Boss Schmidt | 68 | 216 | 47 | .218 | 0 | 10 |
| 1B | Chris Lindsay | 141 | 499 | 112 | .224 | 0 | 33 |
| 2B | Germany Schaefer | 124 | 446 | 106 | .238 | 2 | 42 |
| 3B | Bill Coughlin | 147 | 498 | 117 | .235 | 2 | 60 |
| SS | Charley O'Leary | 128 | 443 | 97 | .219 | 2 | 34 |
| OF | Matty McIntyre | 133 | 493 | 128 | .260 | 0 | 39 |
| OF | Sam Crawford | 145 | 563 | 166 | .295 | 2 | 72 |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 98 | 358 | 113 | .316 | 1 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Davy Jones | 84 | 323 | 84 | .260 | 0 | 24 |
| Fred Payne | 72 | 222 | 60 | .270 | 0 | 20 |
| Jack Warner | 50 | 153 | 37 | .242 | 0 | 10 |
| Bobby Lowe | 41 | 145 | 30 | .207 | 1 | 12 |
| Sam Thompson | 8 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 | 3 |
| Frank Scheibeck | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Hetling | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

### 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 |
| George Mullin | 40 | 330.0 | 21 | 18 | 2.78 | 123 |
| Red Donahue | 28 | 241.0 | 13 | 14 | 2.73 | 82 |
| Ed Siever | 30 | 222.2 | 14 | 11 | 2.71 | 71 |
| Bill Donovan | 25 | 211.2 | 9 | 15 | 3.15 | 85 |
| Ed Killian | 21 | 149.2 | 10 | 6 | 3.43 | 47 |
| Ed Willett | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.96 | 16 |
| Jack Rowan | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| John Eubank | 24 | 135.0 | 4 | 10 | 3.53 | 38 |
| Jimmy Wiggs | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 7 |