1906 Grand Rapids Wolverines Statistics

Central League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 99-52
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: John Ganzel (99-52)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Loyalty Park, Ramona Park
Attendance: 87,000, Avg. 1,152

1906 Grand Rapids Wolverines Roster

The Grand Rapids Wolverines of the Central League ended the 1906 season with a record of 99 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the CL.

John Ganzel served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Sam Van Anda	23	13	.639	41						312.0	267	121			61
Ed Summers	21	10	.677	34						257.0	175	64			51
Elmer Bliss	19	8	.704	27						235.0	168	69			39
Homer Warner	18	7	.720	34						285.0	216	100			58
Walt Miller	13	12	.520	29						233.0	143	124			156
Bill Grahame	3	1	.750	7						51.0	36	16			13
Totals	97	51	.655	172	0	0	0	0	0	1373.0	1005	494	0	0	378	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
John Ganzel	138	480	480		155	27	11	13						.323	.323	.506	.829	243
John Geyer	154	527	527		154	26	3	4						.292	.292	.376	.668	198
Cuppy Groeschow	154	541	541		136	31	4	2						.251	.251	.335	.586	181
Alex Backof	149	490	490		126	10	9	2						.257	.257	.327	.584	160
Gene Curtis	127	491	491		122	22	12	9						.248	.248	.397	.646	195
Dan Howley	75	248	248		61	9	3	4						.246	.246	.355	.601	88
Tommy Hawkins	88	277	277		47	7	1	0						.170	.170	.202	.372	56
Bill Kelley	55	202	202		42	6	2	1						.208	.208	.272	.480	55
Elmer Bliss	59	182	182		34	7	6	0						.187	.187	.291	.478	53
Homer Warner	34	120	120		22	2	0	1						.183	.183	.225	.408	27
Walt Miller	29	102	102		19	4	0	1						.186	.186	.255	.441	26
Sam Van Anda	41	102	102		12	1	0	0						.118	.118	.127	.245	13
Ed Summers	34	102	102		9	3	0	0						.088	.088	.118	.206	12
Bill Grahame	7	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Totals	1144	3881	3881	0	941	155	51	37	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.337	.580	1309	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Ganzel	1B	139	1381	111	9		.994	1.734
Tommy Hawkins	C	85	324	89	18		.958	4.859
Dan Howley	C	75	399	77	14		.971	6.347
John Geyer	OF	154	225	9	6		.975	1.519
Alex Backof	OF	149	277	21	9		.971	2.000
Gene Curtis	OF	127	165	15	11		.942	1.417
Cuppy Groeschow	SS	154	292	480	60		.928	5.013
Totals		883	3063	802	127	0	.968	4.377

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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