# 1906 New York Highlanders season

The 1906 New York Highlanders season, its fourth, finished with the team in second place in the American League with a record of 90–61. The team was managed by Clark Griffith and played its home games at Hilltop Park.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 Kleinow | 96 | 268 | 59 | .220 | 0 | 31 |
| 1B | Hal Chase | 151 | 597 | 193 | .323 | 0 | 76 |
| 2B | Jimmy Williams | 139 | 501 | 139 | .277 | 3 | 77 |
| SS | Kid Elberfeld | 99 | 346 | 106 | .306 | 2 | 31 |
| 3B | Frank LaPorte | 123 | 454 | 120 | .264 | 2 | 54 |
| OF | Frank Delahanty | 92 | 307 | 73 | .238 | 2 | 41 |
| OF | Wid Conroy | 148 | 567 | 139 | .245 | 4 | 54 |
| OF | Willie Keeler | 152 | 592 | 180 | .304 | 2 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Hoffman | 100 | 320 | 82 | .256 | 0 | 23 |
| George Moriarty | 65 | 197 | 46 | .234 | 0 | 23 |
| Deacon McGuire | 51 | 144 | 43 | .299 | 0 | 14 |
| Joe Yeager | 57 | 123 | 37 | .301 | 0 | 12 |
| Ira Thomas | 44 | 115 | 23 | .200 | 0 | 15 |
| Patsy Dougherty | 12 | 52 | 10 | .192 | 0 | 4 |
| Ed Hahn | 11 | 22 | 2 | .091 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Al Orth | 45 | 338.2 | 27 | 17 | 2.34 | 133 |
| Jack Chesbro | 49 | 325.0 | 23 | 17 | 2.96 | 152 |
| Bill Hogg | 28 | 206.0 | 14 | 13 | 2.93 | 107 |
| Doc Newton | 21 | 125.0 | 7 | 5 | 3.17 | 52 |
| Noodles Hahn | 6 | 42.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.86 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Walter Clarkson | 32 | 151.0 | 9 | 4 | 2.32 | 64 |
| Slow Joe Doyle | 9 | 45.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.38 | 28 |
| Tom Hughes | 3 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.20 | 5 |
| Cy Barger | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 3 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Clark Griffith | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.02 | 16 |
| Louis Leroy | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.22 | 28 |