1906 was the sixth year for the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

in the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

. The team finished in sixth place with a record of 71-78 (.477), 21 games behind the Chicago White Sox

1906 Chicago White Sox season

The 1906 season was the seventh season overall for the Chicago White Sox, and their sixth season in the major leagues. The Sox won their third American League pennant and their first World Series championship...

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Regular season

The 1906 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 599 to 518. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 174,043, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL.

Notable transactions

• August, 1906: Jack Rowan
  Jack Rowan
  John Albert Rowan was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between and , for four different teams. When he wasn't pitching in the majors, Rowan played for the Dayton Veterans of the Central League in and from until .-External links:...
  
   was acquired by the Tigers from the Leavenworth Old Soldiers.

Roster

1906 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		68	216	47	.218	0	10
1B		141	499	112	.224	0	33
2B		124	446	106	.238	2	42
3B		147	498	117	.235	2	60
SS		128	443	97	.219	2	34
OF		133	493	128	.260	0	39
OF		145	563	166	.295	2	72
OF		98	358	113	.316	1	34

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
	84	323	84	.260	0	24
	72	222	60	.270	0	20
	50	153	37	.242	0	10
	41	145	30	.207	1	12
	8	31	7	.226	0	3
	3	10	1	.100	0	0
	2	7	1	.143	0	0

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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
	40	330	21	18	2.78	123
	28	241	13	14	2.73	82
	25	211.2	9	15	3.15	85
	30	222.2	14	11	2.71	71
	21	149.2	10	6	3.43	47
	3	25	0	3	3.96	16
	1	9	0	1	11.00	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
	24	135	4	10	3.53	38
	4	10.1	0	0	5.23	7