# 1906 Philadelphia Phillies season

In the 1906 Major League Baseball season, the Philadelphia Phillies finished fourth in the National League with a record of 71 wins and 82 losses.

## Preseason

The Phillies conducted their spring training in 1906 in Savannah, Georgia where the team practiced and played exhibition games at Bolton Street Park. It was the third successive year the Phillies trained in Savannah.

### 1906 Philadelphia City Series

The Phillies played five of nine scheduled games against the Philadelphia Athletics for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 1.
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | March 31, 1906 | No Game - Rain | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | - |
| 2 | April 2, 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 | Columbia Park | 2:00 | 5,000 |
| 3 | April 3, 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:45 | 4,508 |
| 4 | April 4, 1906 | Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 1 | Columbia Park | - | 4,024 |
| 5 | April 5, 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:35 | 4,175 |
| 6 | April 6, 1906 | No Game - Cold | Columbia Park | - | - |
| 7 | April 7, 1906 | Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 | Columbia Park | 1:45 | 8,211 |
| 8 | April 9, 1906 | No Game - Rain | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | - |
| 9 | April 10, 1906 | No Game - Wet Grounds | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | - |
The Phillies moved to 15-18 against the A's after the 1906 series.

## Regular season

On May 1, 1906, Phillies pitcher Johnny Lush pitched a no-hitter against Brooklyn at Washington Park. The Phillies won 6–0; Lush struck out 11 batters, walked three, and one batter reached first on a Doolin error.

### 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 | Red Dooin | 113 | 351 | 86 | .245 | 0 | 32 |
| 1B | Kitty Bransfield | 140 | 524 | 144 | .275 | 1 | 60 |
| 2B | Kid Gleason | 135 | 494 | 112 | .227 | 0 | 34 |
| SS | Mickey Doolin | 154 | 535 | 123 | .230 | 1 | 55 |
| 3B | Ernie Courtney | 116 | 398 | 94 | .236 | 0 | 42 |
| OF | Roy Thomas | 142 | 493 | 125 | .254 | 0 | 16 |
| OF | Sherry Magee | 154 | 563 | 159 | .282 | 6 | 67 |
| OF | John Titus | 145 | 484 | 129 | .267 | 1 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Sentell | 63 | 192 | 44 | .229 | 1 | 14 |
| Jerry Donovan | 61 | 166 | 33 | .199 | 0 | 15 |
| Joe Ward | 35 | 129 | 38 | .295 | 0 | 11 |
| Ches Crist | 6 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Huston | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Duffy | 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 |
| Tully Sparks | 42 | 316.2 | 19 | 16 | 2.16 | 114 |
| Johnny Lush | 37 | 281.0 | 18 | 13 | 2.37 | 151 |
| Bill Duggleby | 42 | 280.1 | 13 | 19 | 2.25 | 83 |
| Lew Richie | 33 | 205.2 | 9 | 11 | 2.41 | 65 |
| Togie Pittinger | 20 | 129.2 | 8 | 10 | 3.40 | 43 |

#### 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 McCloskey | 9 | 41.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.85 | 6 |
| Walter Moser | 6 | 42.2 | 0 | 4 | 3.59 | 17 |
| Harry Kane | 6 | 28.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.86 | 14 |
| Charlie Roy | 7 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 6 |
| Kid Nichols | 4 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.82 | 1 |