# 1906 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1906 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 25th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 15th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 52–98 during the season and finished seventh in the National League.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 13, 1906: Spike Shannon was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Doc Marshall and Sam Mertes.

### 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 | Mike Grady | 97 | 280 | 70 | .250 | 2 | 27 |
| 1B | Jake Beckley | 87 | 320 | 79 | .247 | 0 | 44 |
| 2B | Pug Bennett | 153 | 595 | 156 | .262 | 1 | 34 |
| SS | George McBride | 90 | 313 | 53 | .169 | 0 | 13 |
| 3B | Harry Arndt | 69 | 256 | 69 | .270 | 2 | 26 |
| OF | Al Burch | 91 | 335 | 89 | .266 | 0 | 11 |
| OF | Homer Smoot | 86 | 343 | 85 | .248 | 0 | 31 |
| OF | Spike Shannon | 80 | 302 | 78 | .258 | 0 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Art Hoelskoetter | 94 | 317 | 71 | .224 | 0 | 14 |
| Shad Barry | 62 | 237 | 59 | .249 | 0 | 12 |
| Sam Mertes | 53 | 191 | 47 | .246 | 0 | 19 |
| Jack Himes | 40 | 155 | 42 | .271 | 0 | 14 |
| Forrest Crawford | 45 | 145 | 30 | .207 | 0 | 11 |
| Red Murray | 46 | 144 | 37 | .257 | 1 | 16 |
| Pete Noonan | 44 | 125 | 21 | .168 | 1 | 9 |
| Doc Marshall | 39 | 123 | 34 | .276 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Marshall | 33 | 95 | 15 | .158 | 0 | 7 |
| Tommy Raub | 24 | 78 | 22 | .282 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Phyle | 22 | 73 | 13 | .178 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom O'Hara | 14 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe McCarthy | 15 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Holly | 10 | 34 | 2 | .059 | 0 | 7 |
| Ducky Holmes | 9 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie Zimmerman | 5 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Slattery | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube DeGroff | 1 | 4 | 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 |
| Buster Brown | 32 | 238.1 | 8 | 16 | 2.64 | 109 |
| Ed Karger | 25 | 191.2 | 5 | 16 | 2.72 | 73 |
| Fred Beebe | 20 | 160.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.02 | 116 |
| Jack Taylor | 17 | 155.0 | 8 | 9 | 2.15 | 27 |
| Carl Druhot | 15 | 130.1 | 6 | 7 | 2.42 | 45 |
| Gus Thompson | 17 | 103.0 | 2 | 11 | 4.28 | 36 |
| Wish Egan | 16 | 86.1 | 2 | 9 | 4.59 | 23 |
| Stoney McGlynn | 6 | 48.0 | 2 | 2 | 2.44 | 25 |
| Irv Higginbotham | 7 | 47.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.23 | 14 |
| Art Fromme | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.44 | 11 |
| Ambrose Puttmann | 4 | 18.2 | 2 | 2 | 5.30 | 12 |
| Jake Thielman | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 |
| Babe Adams | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 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 |
| Art Hoelskoetter | 12 | 58.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.63 | 20 |
| Charlie Rhodes | 9 | 45.0 | 3 | 4 | 3.40 | 32 |
| Chappie McFarland | 6 | 37.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.93 | 16 |