1906 Chicago Cubs season
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| Owner(s) | Charles Murphy |
| Manager(s) | Frank Chance |
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The 1906 Chicago Cubs season was the 35th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 31st in the National League and the 14th at West Side Park. The team won the National League pennant with a record of 116–36, a full 20 games ahead of the second-place New York Giants. The team's .763 winning percentage is the highest ever in modern MLB history to date. The 2001 Seattle Mariners also won 116 games, but they did that in a 162-game season, hence their winning percentage of .716 was nowhere near as high as was the 1906 Cubs' .763. In fact, the 1954 Cleveland Indians still hold the record for the highest winning percentage ever by an American League team when they went 111-43 in 1954, for a .721 winning percentage. Strangely enough, all three of these teams did not win the World Series in their record-breaking regular seasons. The 1906 Cubs lost to the Chicago White Sox in the World Series, the 1954 Indians lost to the New York Giants in the World Series, and the 2001 Mariners lost to the New York Yankees in that season's American League Championship Series.
In a major upset, the Cubs were beaten by the Chicago White Sox in the 1906 World Series.
Led by new manager Frank Chance, the Cubs dominated the NL. They led the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed by large margins. Their record of 116 wins has never been beaten, although it was tied by the 2001 Seattle Mariners (who played a longer 162-game season).
The team included four future Hall of Famers: manager and first baseman Chance, second baseman Johnny Evers, shortstop Joe Tinker, and pitcher Mordecai Brown. Brown finished second in the NL in wins to Joe McGinnity, but his 1.04 ERA set a major league record. Although the record was broken by Dutch Leonard in 1914, Brown's mark still stands as the National League record.
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