1906 St. Louis Cardinals
[edit] Summary
The 1906 St. Louis Cardinals finished with a record of 52-98. They scored 475 runs and belted 10 home runs to go along with a .235 batting average. Mike Grady led the team in home runs with 3. Jake Beckley was the best run producer with 44 RBI. Pug Bennett led the team with 156 hits for a .262 average.
The team allowed 607 runs and had a team ERA of 3.04. Fred Beebe led the pitching staff with 9 wins and 116 strikeouts.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Harry Arndt | 3B | 69 | 256 | 30 | 69 | 2 | 26 | 5 | .320 | .391 | .711 | .270 |
| Jake Beckley | 1B | 87 | 320 | 29 | 79 | 0 | 44 | 3 | .283 | .334 | .617 | .247 |
| Pug Bennett | 2B | 153 | 595 | 66 | 156 | 1 | 34 | 20 | .334 | .318 | .652 | .262 |
| Forrest Crawford | SS | 45 | 145 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .248 | .241 | .489 | .207 |
| Art Hoelskoetter | 3B | 94 | 317 | 21 | 71 | 0 | 14 | 2 | .238 | .262 | .500 | .224 |
| Ed Holly | SS | 10 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .179 | .059 | .238 | .059 |
| George McBride | SS | 90 | 313 | 24 | 53 | 0 | 13 | 5 | .215 | .208 | .423 | .169 |
| Bill Phyle | 3B | 22 | 73 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .231 | .247 | .478 | .178 |
| Eddie Zimmerman | 3B | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .428 | .214 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Shad Barry | OF | 62 | 237 | 26 | 59 | 0 | 12 | 6 | .299 | .295 | .594 | .249 |
| Al Burch | OF | 91 | 335 | 40 | 89 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .339 | .287 | .626 | .266 |
| Rube DeGroff | OF | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Jack Himes | OF | 40 | 155 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 4 | .307 | .329 | .636 | .271 |
| Joe Marshall | OF | 33 | 95 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .216 | .211 | .427 | .158 |
| Sam Mertes | OF | 53 | 191 | 20 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 10 | .304 | .325 | .629 | .246 |
| Red Murray | OF | 46 | 144 | 18 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 5 | .305 | .438 | .743 | .257 |
| Tom O'Hara | OF | 14 | 53 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .339 | .321 | .660 | .302 |
| Spike Shannon | OF | 80 | 302 | 36 | 78 | 0 | 25 | 15 | .337 | .272 | .609 | .258 |
| Homer Smoot | OF | 86 | 343 | 41 | 85 | 0 | 31 | 3 | .289 | .332 | .621 | .248 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Mike Grady | C | 97 | 280 | 33 | 70 | 3 | 27 | 5 | .369 | .343 | .712 | .250 |
| Ducky Holmes | C | 9 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .185 | .452 | .185 |
| Doc Marshall | C | 39 | 123 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .315 | .325 | .640 | .276 |
| Joe McCarthy | C | 15 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .282 | .297 | .579 | .243 |
| Pete Noonan | C | 44 | 125 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .235 | .248 | .483 | .168 |
| Tommy Raub | C | 24 | 78 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .325 | .410 | .735 | .282 |
| Jack Slattery | C | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .286 | .661 | .286 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5075 | 475 | 1195 | 10 | 362 | 110 | .284 | .296 | .580 | .235 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Babe Adams | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 2.750 | |||
| Fred Beebe | 20 | 19 | 160.7 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 0 | 116 | 68 | 3.02 | 1.139 | |||
| Buster Brown | 32 | 27 | 238.3 | 8 | 16 | .333 | 0 | 109 | 112 | 2.64 | 1.343 | |||
| Carl Druhot | 15 | 13 | 130.3 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 0 | 45 | 46 | 2.62 | 1.251 | |||
| Wish Egan | 16 | 12 | 86.3 | 2 | 9 | .182 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 4.59 | 1.437 | |||
| Art Fromme | 3 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1.44 | 1.160 | |||
| Irv Higginbotham | 7 | 6 | 47.3 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3.23 | 1.290 | |||
| Art Hoelskoetter | 12 | 3 | 58.3 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 20 | 34 | 4.63 | 1.492 | |||
| Ed Karger | 25 | 20 | 191.7 | 5 | 16 | .238 | 1 | 73 | 43 | 2.72 | 1.231 | |||
| Chappie McFarland | 6 | 4 | 37.3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1.93 | 1.099 | |||
| Stoney McGlynn | 6 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 2.44 | 1.208 | |||
| Ambrose Puttmann | 4 | 4 | 18.7 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 5.30 | 1.711 | |||
| Charlie Rhodes | 9 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0 | 32 | 20 | 3.40 | 1.267 | |||
| Jack Taylor | 17 | 17 | 155 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 0 | 27 | 47 | 2.15 | 1.161 | |||
| Jake Thielman | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.60 | 1.400 | |||
| Gus Thompson | 17 | 12 | 103 | 2 | 11 | .154 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 4.28 | 1.320 | |||
| Team Totals | 191 | 154 | 1353.9 | 52 | 98 | .347 | 2 | 559 | 479 | 3.04 | 1.274 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Pug Bennett | 153 |
| At Bats | Pug Bennett | 595 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Pug Bennett | 680 |
| Batting Average | Pug Bennett | .262 |
| On-Base % | Pug Bennett | .334 |
| Slugging % | Pug Bennett | .318 |
| OPS | Pug Bennett | .652 |
| Runs | Pug Bennett | 66 |
| Hits | Pug Bennett | 156 |
| Total Bases | Pug Bennett | 189 |
| Doubles | Jake Beckley and Pug Bennett | 16 |
| Triples | Homer Smoot | 10 |
| Home Runs | Mike Grady | 3 |
| RBI | Jake Beckley | 44 |
| Walks | Pug Bennett | 56 |
| Stolen Bases | Pug Bennett | 20 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Pug Bennett | 21 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Fred Beebe | 9 |
| Losses | Buster Brown and Ed Karger | 16 |
| Saves | Ed Karger and Chappie McFarland | 1 |
| Won-Loss % | Fred Beebe | .500 |
| ERA | Jack Taylor | 2.15 |
| WHIP | Fred Beebe | 1.139 |
| Innings Pitched | Buster Brown | 238.3 |
| Games | Buster Brown | 32 |
| Games Started | Buster Brown | 27 |
| Strikeouts | Fred Beebe | 116 |
| Complete Games | Buster Brown | 21 |
| Shutouts | Fred Beebe, Carl Druhot, Art Fromme, and Jack Taylor | 1 |
| Batters Faced | Buster Brown | 1013 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Buster Brown | 70 |
| Hits Allowed | Buster Brown | 208 |
| Walks Allowed | Buster Brown | 112 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Wish Egan and Jack Taylor | 3 |
| Wild Pitches | Buster Brown | 12 |
| Hit Batsmen | Buster Brown | 11 |
