2006 Cincinnati Reds season

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2006  Cincinnati Reds
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Great American Ball Park
City Cincinnati
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Robert Castellini
General managers Wayne Krivsky
Managers Jerry Narron
Television FSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Steve Stewart, Joe Nuxhall)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2006 Cincinnati Reds season was the 137th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their fourth season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. It involved the Reds making a bid to win the National League Central, although just falling short, finishing in third place. The Reds had a final record of 80–82 and were managed by Jerry Narron.

Contents

Regular season

Season summary

In the offseason before the season started, the Reds changed their ownership and their general manager. One key pickup was pitcher Bronson Arroyo. The Reds finished in third place in the NL Central division, just 3½ games behind the division winner and eventual World Series champion, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds also finished 2 games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros. They finished five games ahead of the fourth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers. They finished thirteen games ahead of the fifth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and fourteen games ahead of the sixth place team, the Chicago Cubs.

Aaron Harang led the team in wins with 16, and National League All-Star Bronson Arroyo was second with 14. [1]

The Reds finished in 12th out of 16 teams in the National League in attendance. [1]

Scott Hatteberg led the team in batting average and on-base percentage, with .289 and .389, respectively. Adam Dunn led the team in slugging percentage, games played, at bats, plate appearances, runs, total bases, home runs, runs batted in, walks, intentional walks, strikeouts, extra-base hits, and times on base. Edwin Encarnación led the team in doubles (with 33) and hit by pitch (13 times). Ryan Freel had more stolen bases and times caught stealing than anyone else on the team, with 37 and 11, respectively. [1]

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8378.51649313447
Houston Astros 8280.50644373843
Cincinnati Reds 8082.49442393843
Milwaukee Brewers 7587.46348332754
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795.41416½43382457
Chicago Cubs 6696.40717½36453051

Record vs. opponents


Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona 6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta 1–66–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago 2–41–610–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati 2–43–49–105–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–53–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida 4–28–114–22–43–33–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston 5–44–38–75–102–44-33–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–34–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee 3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–43–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York 6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–311–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia 5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–113–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh 1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–31–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego 10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–17–124–25–17–8
San Francisco 11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–71–41–58–7
St. Louis 3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–14–35–10
Washington 5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–47–11

Notable transactions

Roster

2006 Cincinnati Reds roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2006 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3 Cubs 16–7 Ohman (1–0) Harang (0–1)42,5910–1
2April 5 Cubs 8–6 Arroyo (1–0) Rusch (0–1) Weathers (1)27,2871–1
3April 6 Pirates 6–5 White (1–0) González (0–1) Weathers (2)13,8872–1
4April 7 Pirates 7–6 Milton (1–0) Maholm (0–1) Mercker (1)16,5733–1
5April 8 Pirates 11–9 Harang (1–1) Pérez (0–1) White (1)20,2444–1
6April 9 Pirates 5–3 Santos (1–1) Williams (0–1) Hernández (1)22,0904–2
7April 11@ Cubs 9–2 Arroyo (2–0) Rusch (0–2)36,7085–2
8April 12@ Cubs 4–1 Maddux (2–0) Claussen (0–1) Dempster (2)37,2525–3
9April 13@ Cubs 8–3 Milton (2–0) Zambrano (0–1)40,8816–3
10April 14@ Cardinals 1–0 Harang (2–1) Carpenter (1–1) Weathers (3)40,9017–3
11April 15@ Cardinals 9–3 Ponson (1–0) Williams (0–2)40,7527–4
12April 16@ Cardinals 8–7 Looper (1–0) Weathers (0–1)40,0687–5
13April 17 Marlins 9–1 Claussen (1–1) Moehler (0–3)16,9608–5
14April 18 Marlins 12–6 Johnson (1–1) Milton (2–1)19,7248–6
15April 19 Marlins 9–8 Coffey (1–0) Wellemeyer (0–1)18,8819–6
16April 20@ Brewers 12–8 Belisle (1–0) Lehr (1–1)15,34710–6
17April 21@ Brewers 3–1 Arroyo (3–0) Sheets (0–2) Weathers (4)29,82511–6
18April 22@ Brewers 11–0 Bush (2–1) Claussen (1–2)35,76811–7
19April 23@ Brewers 11–0 Harang (3–1) Davis (0–2)29,17412–7
20April 24@ Nationals 4–2 Ramírez (1–0) Hernández (1–3) Weathers (5)19,26413–7
21April 25@ Nationals 6–5 Williams (1–2) Traber (1–1) Weathers (6)21,64214–7
22April 26@ Nationals 5–0 Arroyo (4–0) Ortiz (0–3)19,38015–7
23April 28 Astros 5–4 Claussen (2–2) Oswalt (4–1) Weathers (7)32,08916–7
24April 29 Astros 6–3 Harang (4–1) Pettitte (1–4) Weathers (8)24,87317–7
25April 30 Astros 3–2 Buchholz (2–1) Ramírez (1–1) Lidge (8)22,81417–8
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1 Cardinals 6–1 Arroyo (5–0) Mulder (2–1)20,90018–8
27May 2 Cardinals 3–2 Coffey (2–0) Falkenborg (0–1)25,12719–8
28May 3@ Rockies 3–0 Francis (1–2) Claussen (2–3) Fuentes (6)18,21419–9
29May 4@ Rockies 7–1 Harang (5–1) Fogg (2–2)18,20420–9
30May 5@ D-backs 7–1 Webb (5–0) Ramírez (1–1)21,07720–10
31May 6@ D-backs 3–1 Vargas (4–1) Arroyo (5–1) Valverde (9)27,20420–11
32May 7@ D-backs 9–8 Williams (2–2) Hernández (5–4) Weathers (9)27,72721–11
33May 9 Nationals 7–1 Armas (3–0) Claussen (2–4)16,71621–12
34May 10 Nationals 9–6 Weathers (1–1) Stanton (1–4)14,18022–12
35May 11 Nationals 5–4 Schackelford (1–0) Eischen (0–1)15,77123–12
36May 12 Phillies 8–4 Madson (4–1) Ramírez (1–3) Gordon (11)21,70923–13
37May 13 Phillies 2–0 Lieber (3–4) Williams (2–3) Gordon (12)32,62023–14
38May 14 Phillies 2–1 Geary (1–0) Hammond (0–1) Gordon (13)19,67323–15
39May 16@ Pirates 9–3 Maholm (2–4) Harang (5–2)14,31523–16
40May 17@ Pirates 7–2 Pérez (2–5) Arroyo (5–2)14,89723–17
41May 18@ Pirates 9–8 Belisle (2–0) Capps (1–1) Coffey (1)18,50224–17
42May 19@ Tigers 9–4 Claussen (3–4) Bonderman (4–3)26,93325–17
43May 20@ Tigers 7–6 Rodney (2–1) Weathers (1–2)43,12825–18
44May 21@ Tigers 1–0 Rodney (3–1) Harang (5–3) Jones (13)31,51525–19
45May 22 Brewers 15–5 Arroyo (6–2) Bush (3–5)16,56726–19
46May 23 Brewers 7–3 Ramírez (2–3) Eveland (0–1)16,52827–19
47May 24 Brewers 6–2 Davis (3–3) Claussen (3–5)29,06527–20
48May 26 D-backs 3–0 Webb (8–0) Milton (2–2)33,75127–21
49May 27 D-backs 7–0 Cruz (2–3) Harang (5–4)36,88427–22
50May 28 D-backs 5–4 Weathers (2–2) Valverde (2–2)27,69428–22
51May 29@ Cubs 7–3 Wood (1–1) Ramírez (2–4) Dempster (9)40,07228–23
52May 30@ Cubs 8–3 Maddux (6–4) Claussen (3–6)39,00028–24
53May 31@ Cubs 3–2 Milton (3–2) Zambrano (3–3) Coffey (2)39,81029–24
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 2@ Astros 14–3 Harang (6–4) Rodríguez (6–3)37,08630–24
55June 3@ Astros 7–5 Arroyo (7–2) Pettitte (4–7)39,65331–24
56June 4@ Astros 6–4 Coffey (3–0) Wheeler (0–4) Yan (1)37,53232–24
57June 5@ Cardinals 8–7 Yan (1–0) Isringhausen (1–3) Coffey (3)43,70733–24
58June 6@ Cardinals 7–0 Milton (4–2) Carpenter (4–3)43,85734–24
59June 7@ Cardinals 7–4 Harang (7–4) Ponson (4–1) Coffey (4)44,30635–24
60June 8 Cubs 7–1 Arroyo (8–2) Rusch (2–6)26,05936–24
61June 9 Cubs 6–5 Maddux (7–5) Ramírez (2–5) Dempster (10)41,06436–25
62June 10 Cubs 4–2 Zambrano (5–3) Claussen (3–7) Dempster (11)34,14136–26
63June 11 Cubs 9–3 Mármol (1–0) Milton (4–3)27,25036–27
64June 12 Brewers 6–5 Jackson (1–0) Mercker (0–1) Turnbow (18)19,27936–28
65June 13 Brewers 6–4 Davis (4–4) Arroyo (8–3) Turnbow (19)21,82936–29
66June 14 Brewers 3–0 Hammond (1–1) Kolb (2–1)27,71637–29
67June 16 White Sox 12–4 García (8–4) Claussen (3–8)32,67337–30
68June 17 White Sox 8–6 Thornton (2–1) Coffey (3–1) Jenks (20)39,45137–31
69June 18 White Sox 8–1 Garland (6–3) Harang (7–5)31,56937–32
70June 19@ Mets 4–2 Arroyo (9–3) Hernández (4–6)41,87438–32
71June 20@ Mets 9–2 Trachsel (5–4) Ramírez (2–6)38,99138–33
72June 21@ Mets 6–5 Standridge (1–0) Wagner (3–1) Coffey (5)49,75839–33
73June 22@ Mets 6–2 Martínez (7–3) Milton (4–4) Bradford (2)46,76739–34
74June 23@ Indians 3–0 Harang (8–5) Westbrook (6–4)32,92740–34
75June 24@ Indians 4–0 Byrd (6–5) Arroyo (9–4)33,07240–35
76June 25@ Indians 4–2 Ramírez (3–6) Sowers (0–1) Coffey (6)33,13941–35
77June 27 Royals 9–8 Affeldt (3–5) Coffey (3–2) Burgos (13)21,42041–36
78June 28 Royals 7–2 Harang (9–5) Elarton (3–9)34,64842–36
79June 29 Royals 6–5 Weathers (3–2) Dessens (4–7) Coffey (7)22,09343–36
80June 30 Indians 9–8 Mercker (1–1) Wickman (1–4)34,93044–36
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1 Indians 12–7 Lee (8–5) Mays (0–1)40,69244–37
82July 2 Indians 6–3 Mota (1–3) Weathers (3–3) Wickman (12)36,84944–38
83July 3@ Brewers 8–7 Wise (5–4) Coffey (3–3)31,35344–39
84July 4@ Brewers 5–2 Davis (5–5) Arroyo (9–5) Shouse (2)39,28044–40
85July 5@ Brewers 6–5 González (2–0) Standridge (1–1)19,65144–41
86July 6@ Braves 8–7 Ray (1–0) Coffey (3–3)28,44644–42
87July 7@ Braves 10–5 Milton (5–4) Ramírez (4–3)32,31545–42
88July 8@ Braves 4–1 Smoltz (6–5) Harang (9–6) Ray (5)44,71845–43
89July 9@ Braves 8–3 Villarreal (8–1) Arroyo (9–6)31,90845–44
90July 13 Rockies 9–7 Milton (6–4) Francis (6–8) Guardado (1)20,66046–44
91July 14 Rockies 3–1 Harang (10–6) Jennings (6–7) Guardado (2)22,49747–44
92July 15 Rockies 3–2 Bray (2–1) Fuentes (2–3)35,39648–44
93July 16 Rockies 6–4 Coffey (4–4) Mesa (0–3) Guardado (3)27,04349–44
94July 18 Mets 8–3 Pelfrey (2–0) Milton (6–5)27,13849–45
95July 19 Mets 7–4 Coffey (5–4) Sánchez (5–1) Guardado (4)26,30050–45
96July 20 Mets 4–2 Feliciano (4–2) Majewski (3–3) Wagner (19)28,72950–46
97July 21 Brewers 6–5 Majewski (4–3) Turnbow (4–7)19,67751–46
98July 22 Brewers 8–7 Coffey (6–4) González (2–2) Guardado (5)41,91552–46
99July 23 Brewers 4–1 Ohka (3–1) Milton (6–6) Kolb (1)22,72652–47
100July 25@ Astros 2–0 Harang (11–6) Clemens (2–4) Bray (1)38,86553–47
101July 26@ Astros 8–5 Pettitte (9–10) Arroyo (9–7) Wheeler (2)34,38153–48
102July 27@ Astros 8–4 Ramírez (4–6) Buchholz (6–9)38,25454–48
103July 28@ Brewers 4–3 Milton (7–6) Wise (5–5) Guardado (6)32,74355–48
104July 29@ Brewers 6–3 González (3–2) Germano (0–1) Turnbow (24)43,00055–49
105July 30@ Brewers 4–3 Sheets (2–3) Harang (11–7) Cordero (1)42,97655–50
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1 Dodgers 10–4 Sele (7–4) Bray (2–2)25,12755–51
107August 2 Dodgers 5–3 Penny (11–5) Ramírez (4–7) Saito (10)22,11055–52
108August 3 Dodgers 3–0 Maddux (10–11) Milton (7–7) Saito (11)26,05355–53
109August 4 Braves 5–4 Harang (12–7) James (4–3) Guardado (7)33,66156–53
110August 5 Braves 8–6 Weathers (4–3) Yates (1–2) Bray (2)33,17057–53
111August 6 Braves 6–4 McBride (3–1) Majewski (3–1) Wickman (5)29,66057–54
112August 7 Cardinals 13–1 Weaver (2–2) Ramírez (4–8)34,26257–55
113August 8 Cardinals 10–3 Milton (8–7) Marquis (12–10)40,09458–55
114August 9 Cardinals 8–7 Franklin (2–5) Isringhausen (3–5)41,64959–55
115August 10 Cardinals 6–1 Reyes (4–5) Arroyo (9–8)39,59159–56
116August 11@ Phillies 6–5 Fultz (3–0) Ramírez (4–9)41,46159–57
117August 12@ Phillies 9–7 Michalak (1–0) Gordon (3–0) Guardado (8)39,55360–57
118August 13@ Phillies 7–5 Bray (3–2) Madson (10–8)37,67761–57
119August 15@ Cardinals 5–0 Carpenter (11–6) Harang (12–8)42,76161–58
120August 16@ Cardinals 7–2 Arroyo (10–8) Reyes (4–6)42,75262–58
121August 17@ Cardinals 2–1 Isringhausen (4–5) Franklin (2–6)40,34662–59
122August 18 Pirates 7–3 Snell (11–8) Michalak (1–1)31,71862–60
123August 19 Pirates 14–7 Franklin (3–6) Torres (3–6)34,24563–60
124August 20 Pirates 5–1 Harang (13–8) Santos (5–8)29,93564–60
125August 21 Astros 4–3 Franklin (4–6) Qualls (4–3) Schoeneweis (1)24,11065–60
126August 22 Astros 14–0 Lohse (1–0) Hirsh (1–2)22,55666–60
127August 23 Astros 7–3 Oswalt (10–8) Coffey (6–5)24,87366–61
128August 24@ Giants 6–3 Franklin (5–6) Chulk (0–2) Weathers (10)38,75467–61
129August 25@ Giants 4–1 Morris (9–11) Harang (13–9)37,80167–62
130August 26@ Giants 4–1 Lowry (7–7) Arroyo (10–9) Stanton (3)41,36267–63
131August 27@ Giants 8–0 Cain (10–9) Lohse (1–1)39,09767–64
132August 28@ Dodgers 6–5 Penny (14–7) Michalak (1–2) Broxton (3)44,17667–65
133August 29@ Dodgers 6–5 Lowe (12–8) Franklin (5–7)44,69767–66
134August 30@ Dodgers 7–3 Maddux (12–11) Harang (13–10)47,35667–67
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Padres 6–2 Arroyo (11–9) Hensley (8–11)32,90168–67
136September 2@ Padres 7–1 Peavy (8–13) Lohse (1–2)36,28768–68
137September 3@ Padres 2–1 Meredith (3–1) Cormier (2–3) Hoffman (36)31,15368–69
138September 4 Giants 5–4 Correia (1–0) Weathers (4–4) Stanton (6)25,51568–70
139September 5 Giants 3–0 Arroyo (12–9) Morris (10–12)20,75169–70
140September 6 Giants 3–2 Sánchez (3–0) Kim (0–1) Stanton (7)20,57169–71
141September 8 Pirates 9–1 Lohse (2–2) Snell (12–10)17,63170–71
142September 9 Pirates 7–4 Capps (7–1) Coffey (6–6) Torres (5)25,03870–72
143September 10 Pirates 4–2 Arroyo (13–9) Youman (0–1) Schoeneweis (2)20,73171–72
144September 12 Padres 5–4 Schoeneweis (1–0) Brocail (2–2)15,82072–72
145September 13 Padres 10–0 Peavy (9–14) Lohse (2–3)21,60272–73
146September 14 Padres 4–2 Hensley (9–11) Harang (13–11) Hoffman (38)16,95772–74
147September 15@ Cubs 4–0 Arroyo (14–9) Mármol (5–7)37,18873–74
148September 16@ Cubs 4–0 Hill (6–6) Michalak (1–3)40,52673–75
149September 17@ Cubs 11–3 Zambrano (15–6) Milton (8–8)39,16473–76
150September 18@ Astros 5–3 Oswalt (14–8) Lohse (2–4) Wheeler (6)28,71173–77
151September 19@ Astros 5–4 Harang (14–11) Albers (0–2) Weathers (11)36,93074–77
152September 20@ Astros 7–2 Clemens (7–5) Arroyo (14–10)31,92874–78
153September 22 Cubs 4–2 Michalak (2–3) Hill (6–7) Coffey (8)21,33275–78
154September 23 Cubs 11–4 Zambrano (16–6) Lohse (2–5)28,26475–79
155September 24 Cubs 3–2 Harang (15–11) Dempster (1–9)22,22676–79
156September 25 Cubs 5–4 Schoeneweis (2–0) Eyre (1–3) Weathers (12)16,27877–79
157September 26@ Marlins 5–3 Franklin (6–7) Willis (12–12) Schoeneweis (3)11,42278–79
158September 27@ Marlins 7–2 Sánchez (10–3) Michalak (2–4)13,29578–80
159September 28@ Marlins 5–1 Lohse (3–5) Nolasco (11–11)14,10679–80
160September 29@ Pirates 5–2 Harang (16–11) Duke (10–15)27,03380–80
161September 30@ Pirates 3–0 McLeary (2–0) Arroyo (14–11) Torres (11)35,51480–81
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1@ Pirates 1–0 Capps (9–1) Coffey (6–7) Torres (12)25,00480–82

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C David Ross 9024763.2552152
1B Scott Hatteberg 141456132.2891351
2B Brandon Phillips 149536148.2761775
SS Felipe López 8534392.268930
3B Edwin Encarnación 117406112.2761572
LF Adam Dunn 160561131.2344092
CF Ken Griffey Jr. 109428108.2522772
RF Austin Kearns 8732589.2741650

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ryan Freel 132454123.271827
Rich Aurilia 122440132.3002370
Jason LaRue 7219137.194821
Javier Valentín 9218650.269827
Royce Clayton 5014935.235213
Chris Denorfia 4910630.28317
Juan Castro 549527.284214
Todd Hollandsworth 346818.26518
Quinton McCracken 455311.20812
Ray Olmedo 30449.20514
Norris Hopper 213914.35915
DeWayne Wise 31387.18401
Tony Womack 9184.22203
Brendan Harris 8102.20011
Cody Ross 251.20000
Andy Abad 530.00000
Brandon Watson 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bronson Arroyo 35240.214113.29184
Aaron Harang 36234.116113.76216
Eric Milton 26152.2885.1990
Elizardo Ramírez 21104.0495.3769
Brandon Claussen 1477.0386.1957
Kyle Lohse 1263.0354.5751
David Williams 840.0237.2016
Chris Michalak 835.0244.8910

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joe Mays 727.0017.3316
Sun-Woo Kim 26.2015.404
Justin Germano 26.2015.408

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
David Weathers 6744123.5450
Todd Coffey 816783.5860
Kent Mercker 371114.1317
Matt Belisle 302003.6026
Chris Hammond 291106.9123
Bill Bray 292124.2323
Rick White 261016.2617
Brian Shackelford 261007.1615
Jason Standridge 211104.8218
Rhéal Cormier 210104.506
Ryan Franklin 205204.4418
Gary Majewski 191208.409
Scott Schoeneweis 162030.6311
Eddie Guardado 150081.2917
Esteban Yan 141013.608
Mike Burns 110008.789
Jason Johnson 40003.124
Mike Gosling 100013.501

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Rick Sweet
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Jayhawk Owens
A Sarasota Reds Florida State League Donnie Scott
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Billy Gardner Jr.
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Luis Aguayo
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Rick Burleson

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The Seattle Mariners 2006 season was their 30th since the franchise creation, and their third consecutive season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a 78–84 (.481) record.

The 1940 New York Yankees season was the team's 38th season. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. Their home games were played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished in third place with a record of 88–66, finishing two games behind the American League champion Detroit Tigers and one game behind the second-place Cleveland Indians.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1994 St. Louis Cardinals season</span> Major League Baseball season

The St. Louis Cardinals 1994 season was the team's 113th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 103rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 53–61 during the season and finished tied for third place with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central division, 13 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. The season was cut short due to the infamous 1994 player's strike.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Chicago Cubs season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2006 Chicago Cubs season was the 135th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 131st in the National League and the 91st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished with a record of 66–96 in last place of the National League Central. Chicago was managed by Dusty Baker.

The 2005 Cincinnati Reds season was the 136th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their third season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. It consisted of the Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League Central and failing to improve on their 76–86 record from 2004. The Reds were managed by Dave Miley for most of the season, and after being fired, was followed by Jerry Narron.

The 2004 Cincinnati Reds season was the 135th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their second season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They improved on their 69–93 record from 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2003 Cincinnati Reds season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2003 Cincinnati Reds season was the 134th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their first season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They failed to improve on their 78–84 record from 2002.

The 1968 New York Mets season was the seventh regular season for the Mets. They went 73–89 and finished ninth in the National League. They were managed by Gil Hodges. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

The 1981 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing with an overall record of 66–42, giving them the best win–loss record in all of Major League Baseball. However, due to a split-season format caused by a mid-season players' strike, they failed to make the MLB playoffs because they did not finish first in either half of the season; they finished in second place in both halves by scant margins. The Reds finished the first half of the season in second place with a record of 35–21, just one-half game behind the eventual world champion Los Angeles Dodgers, and one-and-a-half games behind the Houston Astros in the second half, in which the Reds were 31–21, good for second place, again. Before the final game of the season against the Atlanta Braves, the team unveiled a banner which said "Cincinnati Reds: Baseball's best record 1981". The Reds were managed by John McNamara and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

The 1942 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 76–76, 29 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

The 2006 Cleveland Indians season was the 106th season for the franchise. It began with the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the American League Central and make the playoffs. The Indians finished with a mediocre 78–84 record and missed the playoffs. It was the final season before Progressive bought the naming rights to then-Jacobs Field.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2005 Chicago Cubs season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2005 Chicago Cubs season was the 134th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 130th in the National League and the 90th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished 79–83, fourth place in the National League Central. This was the first season for the WGN-TV broadcast pairing of Bob Brenly and Len Kasper.

The 2006 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 136th for the franchise and 41st in Atlanta. During the season, the Braves attempted to win the National League East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2004 Chicago Cubs season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2004 Chicago Cubs season was the 133rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 129th in the National League and the 89th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs attempted to make a push for the National League pennant after their shocking end to 2003. The Cubs finished 89–73, good for third in the National League Central. Despite the strong record, the Cubs faltered down the stretch and did not make the playoffs. The season is largely viewed as one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history.

The 1998 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in their first season in the American League Central with a record of 65–97 (.401), 24 games behind the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers were outscored by their opponents 863 to 722. The Tigers drew 1,409,391 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1998, ranking 11th of the 14 teams in the American League.

The 1942 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79–2.

The 1952 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 93–61, just two games behind the New York Yankees.

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