# 1906 St. Louis Browns season

The 1906 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 73 losses.

## Offseason

* December 1905: Charlie Starr was released by the Browns.

## 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 | Branch Rickey | 65 | 201 | 57 | .284 | 3 | 24 |
| 1B | Tom Jones | 144 | 539 | 136 | .252 | 0 | 30 |
| 2B | Pete O'Brien | 151 | 544 | 122 | .233 | 2 | 57 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 139 | 476 | 123 | .258 | 2 | 67 |
| 3B | Roy Hartzell | 113 | 404 | 86 | .213 | 0 | 24 |
| OF | Harry Niles | 142 | 541 | 124 | .229 | 2 | 31 |
| OF | George Stone | 154 | 581 | 208 | .358 | 6 | 71 |
| OF | Charlie Hemphill | 154 | 585 | 169 | .289 | 4 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Tubby Spencer | 58 | 188 | 33 | .176 | 0 | 17 |
| Ben Koehler | 66 | 186 | 41 | .220 | 0 | 15 |
| Jack O'Connor | 55 | 174 | 33 | .190 | 0 | 11 |
| Ike Rockenfield | 27 | 89 | 21 | .236 | 0 | 8 |
| Lou Nordyke | 25 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 0 | 7 |

### 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 |
| Harry Howell | 35 | 276.2 | 15 | 14 | 2.11 | 140 |
| Fred Glade | 35 | 266.2 | 15 | 14 | 2.36 | 96 |
| Barney Pelty | 34 | 260.2 | 16 | 11 | 1.59 | 92 |
| Jack Powell | 28 | 244.0 | 13 | 14 | 1.77 | 132 |
| Beany Jacobson | 24 | 155.0 | 9 | 9 | 2.50 | 53 |
| Ed Smith | 19 | 154.2 | 8 | 11 | 3.72 | 45 |