2006 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston | |
Record | 86–76 (.531) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures) | |
President | Larry Lucchino | |
General manager | Theo Epstein | |
Manager | Terry Francona | |
Television | NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy) | |
Radio | WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 2006 Boston Red Sox season was the 106th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 11 games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2002. It was also the first time that the Red Sox finished lower than second in the American League East since 1997.
The Boston Red Sox finished eleven games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees. While part of the blame for the Red Sox's demise could be the five-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees from August 18 – 21, the team had a poor record the entire month of August (going just 9-21) and September (13-14). Also, they suffered extensive injuries to Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, and Keith Foulke.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50–31 | 47–34 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10 | 50–31 | 37–44 |
Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 48–33 | 38–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 92 | .432 | 27 | 40–41 | 30–51 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 41–40 | 20–61 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 3–15 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 8–11 | 9–9 |
Boston | 15–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 16–2 |
Chicago | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 14–4 |
Cleveland | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 13–6 | — | 14–4 | 3–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 15–3 |
Kansas City | 1–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 8–10 | 4–14 | — | 3–7 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 7–3 | — | 4–2 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 10–9 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 7–11 |
Minnesota | 6–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 16–2 |
New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 3–6 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 8–2 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 4–6 | 6–3 | — | 17–2 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 8–10 |
Seattle | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 9–10 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–17 | — | 6–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 14–4 |
Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 5–13 | 3–6 | 3–6 | — | 3–6 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
Texas | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 2–8 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 7–11 |
Toronto | 11–8 | 12–7 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 2–4 | — | 9–9 |
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Boston | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
10 | Coco Crisp | CF |
3 | Mark Loretta | 2B |
34 | David Ortiz | DH |
24 | Manny Ramirez | LF |
7 | Trot Nixon | RF |
33 | Jason Varitek | C |
25 | Mike Lowell | 3B |
20 | Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
11 | Álex González | SS |
38 | Curt Schilling | P |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Bold indicates leader in category.
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg. | SB |
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Mark Loretta | 155 | 635 | 75 | 181 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 49 | 63 | .285 | 4 |
Mike Lowell | 153 | 573 | 79 | 163 | 47 | 1 | 20 | 80 | 47 | 61 | .284 | 2 |
Kevin Youkilis | 147 | 569 | 100 | 159 | 42 | 2 | 13 | 72 | 91 | 120 | .279 | 5 |
David Ortiz | 151 | 558 | 115 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 137 | 119 | 117 | .287 | 1 |
Manny Ramirez | 130 | 449 | 79 | 144 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 102 | 100 | 102 | .321 | 0 |
Coco Crisp | 105 | 413 | 58 | 109 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 67 | .264 | 22 |
Álex González | 111 | 388 | 48 | 99 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 22 | 67 | .255 | 1 |
Trot Nixon | 114 | 381 | 59 | 102 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 60 | 56 | .268 | 0 |
Jason Varitek | 103 | 365 | 46 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 46 | 87 | .238 | 1 |
Wily Mo Peña | 84 | 276 | 36 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 20 | 90 | .301 | 0 |
Alex Cora | 96 | 235 | 31 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 29 | .238 | 6 |
Doug Mirabelli | 59 | 161 | 12 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 54 | .193 | 0 |
Gabe Kapler | 72 | 130 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 15 | .254 | 1 |
Dustin Pedroia | 31 | 89 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .191 | 0 |
Eric Hinske | 31 | 80 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 30 | .288 | 1 |
Javy López | 18 | 63 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .190 | 0 |
Willie Harris | 47 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .156 | 6 |
J. T. Snow | 38 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | .205 | 0 |
Dustan Mohr | 21 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .175 | 0 |
Carlos Peña | 18 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | .273 | 0 |
David Murphy | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .227 | 0 |
Adam Stern | 10 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .150 | 1 |
Josh Bard | 7 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .278 | 0 |
Josh Beckett | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .429 | 0 |
Ken Huckaby | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
Corky Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Jon Lester | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Tim Wakefield | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Matt Clement | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 |
Curt Schilling | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
Abe Alvarez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Lenny DiNardo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Jason Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5619 | 820 | 1510 | 327 | 16 | 192 | 777 | 672 | 1056 | .269 | 51 |
Bold indicates leader in category.
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Josh Beckett | 33 | 204.2 | 16 | 11 | 5.01 | 158 |
Curt Schilling | 31 | 204.0 | 15 | 7 | 3.97 | 183 |
Tim Wakefield | 23 | 140.0 | 7 | 11 | 4.63 | 90 |
Jon Lester | 15 | 81.1 | 7 | 2 | 4.76 | 60 |
Matt Clement | 12 | 65.1 | 5 | 5 | 6.61 | 43 |
David Wells | 8 | 47.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.98 | 24 |
Jason Johnson | 6 | 29.1 | 0 | 4 | 7.36 | 18 |
David Pauley | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.88 | 10 |
Devern Hansack | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.70 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kyle Snyder | 16 | 58.1 | 4 | 5 | 6.02 | 55 |
Lenny DiNardo | 13 | 39.0 | 1 | 2 | 7.85 | 17 |
Kason Gabbard | 7 | 25.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.51 | 15 |
Kevin Jarvis | 4 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.86 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jonathan Papelbon | 59 | 68.1 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 0.92 | 75 |
Mike Timlin | 68 | 64.0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4.36 | 30 |
Julián Tavárez | 58 | 98.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4.47 | 56 |
Manny Delcarmen | 50 | 53.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 45 |
Keith Foulke | 44 | 49.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 36 |
Rudy Seánez | 41 | 46.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 48 |
Craig Hansen | 38 | 38.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.63 | 30 |
Javier López | 27 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | 11 |
Bryan Corey | 16 | 21.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.57 | 15 |
Craig Breslow | 13 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.75 | 12 |
Jermaine Van Buren | 10 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.77 | 8 |
David Riske | 8 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 5 |
Mike Burns | 7 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 7 |
Mike Holtz | 3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 2 |
Abe Alvarez | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 |
Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1441.1 | 86 | 76 | 46 | 4.83 | 1070 |
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