# 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 25th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 20th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 93–60.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 116 | 36 | .763 | — | 56‍–‍21 | 60‍–‍15 |
| New York Giants | 96 | 56 | .632 | 20 | 51‍–‍24 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 60 | .608 | 23½ | 49‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | .464 | 45½ | 37‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 66 | 86 | .434 | 50 | 31‍–‍44 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 87 | .424 | 51½ | 36‍–‍40 | 28‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 98 | .347 | 63 | 28‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍50 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 49 | 102 | .325 | 66½ | 28‍–‍47 | 21‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1906 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–10–1 | 6–15 | 6–16 | 3–19 | 9–12 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 8–13 | 9–13 | 13–8–1 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 16–6 | — | 18–4 | 15–7–1 | 19–3–1 | 16–5 | 15–6–1 |
| Cincinnati | 10–11–1 | 14–8 | 4–18 | — | 5–16 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | 12–9–2 |
| New York | 15–6 | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 16–5 | — | 15–7 | 11–11 | 19–3 |
| Philadelphia | 16–6 | 13–8 | 3–19–1 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 8–14 | 13–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 19–3 | 13–9 | 5–16 | 14–8–1 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 17–5 |
| St. Louis | 12–9 | 8–13–1 | 6–15–1 | 9–12–2 | 3–19 | 9–13 | 5–17 | — |

### 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 | George Gibson | 81 | 259 | 46 | .178 | 0 | 20 |
| 1B | Joe Nealon | 154 | 556 | 142 | .255 | 3 | 83 |
| 2B | Claude Ritchey | 152 | 484 | 130 | .269 | 1 | 62 |
| SS | Honus Wagner | 142 | 516 | 175 | .339 | 2 | 71 |
| 3B | Tommy Sheehan | 95 | 315 | 76 | .241 | 1 | 34 |
| OF | Fred Clarke | 118 | 417 | 129 | .309 | 1 | 39 |
| OF | Ginger Beaumont | 80 | 310 | 82 | .265 | 2 | 32 |
| OF | Bob Ganley | 137 | 511 | 132 | .258 | 0 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy Leach | 133 | 476 | 136 | .286 | 1 | 39 |
| Dutch Meier | 82 | 273 | 70 | .256 | 0 | 16 |
| Heinie Peitz | 40 | 125 | 30 | .240 | 0 | 20 |
| Ed Phelps | 43 | 118 | 28 | .237 | 0 | 12 |
| Bill Hallman | 23 | 89 | 24 | .270 | 1 | 6 |
| Otis Clymer | 11 | 45 | 11 | .244 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Abstein | 8 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Alan Storke | 5 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Carisch | 4 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Smith | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Vic Willis | 41 | 322.0 | 23 | 13 | 1.73 | 124 |
| Sam Leever | 36 | 260.1 | 22 | 7 | 2.32 | 76 |
| Lefty Leifield | 37 | 255.2 | 18 | 13 | 1.87 | 111 |
| Deacon Phillippe | 33 | 218.2 | 15 | 10 | 2.47 | 90 |
| Mike Lynch | 18 | 119.0 | 6 | 5 | 2.42 | 48 |
| Bert Maxwell | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.63 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Homer Hillebrand | 7 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.21 | 32 |
| Chappie McFarland | 6 | 35.1 | 1 | 3 | 2.55 | 11 |
| Ed Karger | 6 | 28.0 | 2 | 3 | 1.93 | 8 |
| King Brady | 3 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.35 | 14 |
| Charlie Case | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.73 | 3 |
| Howie Camnitz | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 5 |
| Lou Manske | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 6 |
| Irish McIlveen | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 3 |