Franchise Encyclopedia: 1906 / 1908
107-45, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Chance (107-45)
Scored 574 runs, Allowed 390 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-50
Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 422,550 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 102
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Won World Series (4-0-1) over Detroit Tigers |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Johnny Kling | 31 | 104 | 367 | 334 | 44 | 95 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 27 | .284 | .342 | .386 | .728 | 122 | 129 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Frank Chance | 30 | 111 | 451 | 382 | 58 | 112 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 35 | 51 | .293 | .395 | .361 | .756 | 131 | 138 | 13 | 5 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Johnny Evers* | 25 | 151 | 565 | 508 | 66 | 127 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 46 | 38 | .250 | .309 | .313 | .622 | 90 | 159 | 5 | 14 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Joe Tinker | 26 | 117 | 444 | 402 | 36 | 89 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 25 | .221 | .269 | .271 | .540 | 65 | 109 | 1 | 16 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Harry Steinfeldt | 29 | 152 | 613 | 542 | 52 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 19 | 37 | .266 | .323 | .336 | .659 | 101 | 182 | 9 | 25 | |||||
| 6 | OF | Jimmy Sheckard* | 28 | 143 | 601 | 484 | 76 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 31 | 76 | .267 | .373 | .324 | .697 | 113 | 157 | 6 | 35 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Frank Schulte* | 24 | 97 | 389 | 342 | 44 | 98 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 22 | .287 | .339 | .386 | .725 | 121 | 132 | 5 | 20 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Jimmy Slagle* | 33 | 136 | 575 | 489 | 71 | 126 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 76 | .258 | .359 | .294 | .653 | 100 | 144 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | UT | Solly Hofman | 24 | 134 | 536 | 470 | 67 | 126 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 29 | 41 | .268 | .328 | .311 | .639 | 95 | 146 | 1 | 24 | |||||
| 10 | C | Pat Moran | 31 | 65 | 214 | 198 | 8 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 10 | .227 | .271 | .278 | .549 | 68 | 55 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 11 | 1B | Del Howard* | 29 | 51 | 157 | 148 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | .230 | .269 | .270 | .540 | 65 | 40 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 12 | OF | Newt Randall | 27 | 22 | 88 | 78 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .205 | .279 | .308 | .587 | 79 | 24 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | OF | Kid Durbin* | 20 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .368 | .333 | .702 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | SS | Bill Sweeney | 21 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | UT | Mike Kahoe | 33 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | UT | Heinie Zimmerman | 20 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | C | Jack Hardy | 30 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 18 | P | Orval Overall# | 26 | 36 | 105 | 94 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .213 | .237 | .298 | .535 | 63 | 28 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 19 | P | Mordecai Brown# | 30 | 36 | 91 | 85 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .153 | .163 | .235 | .398 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 20 | P | Jack Pfiester | 29 | 30 | 77 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .094 | .159 | .109 | .269 | -18 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 21 | P | Carl Lundgren | 27 | 28 | 77 | 66 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .106 | .157 | .106 | .263 | -19 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 22 | P | Ed Reulbach | 24 | 27 | 68 | 63 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .188 | .238 | .426 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 23 | P | Chick Fraser | 33 | 22 | 51 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | -41 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 24 | P | Jack Taylor | 33 | 18 | 47 | 47 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .234 | .426 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 155 | 5570 | 4892 | 571 | 1224 | 162 | 48 | 13 | 450 | 235 | 435 | .250 | .318 | .311 | .628 | 92 | 1521 | 48 | 195 | |||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Orval Overall | 26 | 23 | 7 | .767 | 1.68 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 268.1 | 201 | 62 | 50 | 3 | 69 | 141 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1048 | 148 | 1.006 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 2.04 | |
| 2 | SP | Mordecai Brown | 30 | 20 | 6 | .769 | 1.39 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 233.0 | 180 | 51 | 36 | 2 | 40 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 881 | 179 | 0.944 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 2.68 | |
| 3 | SP | Carl Lundgren | 27 | 18 | 7 | .720 | 1.17 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 207.0 | 130 | 42 | 27 | 0 | 92 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 795 | 212 | 1.072 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.91 | |
| 4 | SP | Jack Pfiester* | 29 | 14 | 9 | .609 | 1.15 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 195.0 | 143 | 61 | 25 | 1 | 48 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 745 | 216 | 0.979 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 1.88 | |
| 5 | SP | Ed Reulbach | 24 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 1.69 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 192.0 | 147 | 48 | 36 | 1 | 64 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 768 | 147 | 1.099 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.50 | |
| 6 | SP | Chick Fraser | 33 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.28 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 138.1 | 112 | 51 | 35 | 1 | 46 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 539 | 109 | 1.142 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.89 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | RP | Jack Taylor | 33 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.29 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 127 | 62 | 45 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 507 | 76 | 1.301 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.67 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 8 | Kid Durbin* | 20 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 46 | 1.440 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 0.50 | ||
| Team Totals | 28.2 | 107 | 44 | .709 | 1.73 | 155 | 155 | 40 | 114 | 30 | 8 | 1373.1 | 1054 | 390 | 264 | 11 | 402 | 586 | 38 | 1 | 25 | 5354 | 144 | 1.060 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.46 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4218 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mordecai Brown | 30 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 21 | 75 | 1 | 5 | .990 | 2.74 | P-OF | |
| Frank Chance | 30 | 109 | 1219 | 1129 | 80 | 10 | 64 | .992 | 11.09 | 1B | ||||
| Kid Durbin | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.10 | OF-P | |
| Johnny Evers | 25 | 151 | 878 | 346 | 500 | 32 | 58 | .964 | 5.60 | 2B | ||||
| Chick Fraser | 33 | 22 | 52 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 2.23 | P | ||||
| Jack Hardy | 30 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 10.00 | 1 | C | |||
| Solly Hofman | 24 | 136 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 610 | 435 | 144 | 31 | 36 | .949 | 4.26 | OF-SS-1B-3B-2B | |
| Del Howard | 29 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 338 | 312 | 16 | 10 | 17 | .970 | 8.00 | 1B-OF | |
| Mike Kahoe | 33 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.50 | 0 | C-1B | |||
| Johnny Kling | 31 | 100 | 628 | 509 | 111 | 8 | 12 | .987 | 6.20 | 2 | C-1B | |||
| Carl Lundgren | 27 | 28 | 63 | 6 | 56 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.21 | P | ||||
| Pat Moran | 31 | 59 | 339 | 258 | 72 | 9 | 9 | .973 | 5.59 | 3 | C | |||
| Orval Overall | 26 | 36 | 93 | 14 | 76 | 3 | 2 | .968 | 2.50 | P | ||||
| Jack Pfiester | 29 | 30 | 59 | 8 | 44 | 7 | 0 | .881 | 1.73 | P | ||||
| Newt Randall | 27 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 52 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 2.24 | OF | |
| Ed Reulbach | 24 | 27 | 71 | 13 | 53 | 5 | 3 | .930 | 2.44 | P | ||||
| Frank Schulte | 24 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 147 | 132 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 1.55 | OF | |
| Jimmy Sheckard | 28 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 222 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .975 | 1.65 | OF | |
| Jimmy Slagle | 33 | 136 | 4 | 132 | 0 | 264 | 239 | 15 | 10 | 5 | .962 | 1.87 | OF | |
| Harry Steinfeldt | 29 | 151 | 484 | 161 | 307 | 16 | 18 | .967 | 3.10 | 3B | ||||
| Bill Sweeney | 21 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 2.67 | SS | ||||
| Jack Taylor | 33 | 18 | 46 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.56 | P | ||||
| Joe Tinker | 26 | 113 | 644 | 215 | 390 | 39 | 45 | .939 | 5.35 | SS | ||||
| Heinie Zimmerman | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .818 | 3.00 | 2B-SS-OF | |
| Team Totals | 27.9 | 155 | 6393 | 4111 | 2071 | 211 | 282 | .967 | 4.20 | 6 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |