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The 1906 Brooklyn Superbas saw Patsy Donovan take over as the team's manager. However, another poor season led to a fifth-place finish.

Offseason

December 1905: Mike O'Neill was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
December 15, 1905: Jimmy Sheckard was traded by the Superbas to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Maloney, Jack McCarthy, Doc Casey, Buttons Briggs and cash.^[2]

1906 National League record Sources:
Team	BSN	BRO	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	—

April 28: Doc Gessler was traded by the Superbas to the Chicago Cubs for Hub Knolls.^[3]

1906 Brooklyn Superbas

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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	Bill Bergen	103	353	56	.159	0	19
1B	Tim Jordan	129	450	118	.262	12	78
2B	Whitey Alperman	128	441	111	.252	3	46
3B	Doc Casey	149	571	133	.233	0	34
SS	Phil Lewis	136	452	110	.243	0	37
OF	Jack McCarthy	91	322	98	.304	0	35
OF	Harry Lumley	133	484	157	.324	9	61
OF	Billy Maloney	151	566	125	.221	0	32

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
John Hummel	97	286	57	.199	1	21
Lew Ritter	73	226	47	.208	0	15
Emil Batch	59	203	52	.256	0	11
Doc Gessler	9	33	8	.242	0	4
Patsy Donovan	7	21	5	.238	0	0
Phil Reardon	5	14	1	.071	0	0
John Butler	1	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Elmer Stricklett	41	291.2	14	18	2.72	88
Doc Scanlan	38	288.0	18	13	3.19	120
Harry McIntire	39	276.0	13	21	2.97	121
Mal Eason	34	227.0	10	17	3.25	64
Jim Pastorius	29	211.2	10	14	3.61	58
Chappie McFarland	1	9.0	0	1	8.00	5

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jesse Whiting	3	24.2	1	1	2.92	7
Jack Doscher	2	14.0	0	1	1.29	10

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hub Knolls	2	0	0	0	4.05	3

1906 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1906 World Series