2006 Florida Marlins season

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2006  Florida Marlins
League National League
Division East Division
Ballpark Dolphin Stadium
City Miami Gardens
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Owners Jeffrey Loria
General managers Larry Beinfest
Managers Joe Girardi
Television FSN Florida
WPXM/WPXP
(Rich Waltz, Tommy Hutton)
Radio WQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Roxy Bernstein)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Luis Quintana)
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The 2006 Florida Marlins season was the 14th in Marlins franchise history; an American Major League Baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League East Division. They are notable for greatly exceeding expectations and remaining close in the Wild Card race until September, despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues and using primarily rookies and low priced veterans. They also became the first team in MLB history to be at least 20 games under .500 (11–31), and at any point in the same season be a game over .500 (69–68). The team ultimately fell short of a Wild Card berth, and failed to make the playoffs for the 3rd consecutive season.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 97650.599—50–3147–34
Philadelphia Phillies 85770.5251241–4044–37
Atlanta Braves 79830.4881840–4139–42
Florida Marlins 78840.4811942–3936–45
Washington Nationals 71910.4382641–4030–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record

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

Transactions

Roster

2006 Florida Marlins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Offense

The team hit more home runs than the 2005 Marlins, hitting 182 home runs this season as opposed to 128 home runs the previous year.

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 Miguel Olivo 127430113.2631658
1B Mike Jacobs 136469123.2622077
2B Dan Uggla 154611172.2822790
SS Hanley Ramírez 158633185.2921759
3B Miguel Cabrera 158576195.33926114
LF Josh Willingham 142502139.2772674
CF Reggie Abercrombie 11125554.212524
RF Jeremy Hermida 9930777.251528

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Alfredo Amézaga 13233487.260319
Cody Ross 9125053.2121137
Wes Helms 14024079.3291047
Joe Borchard 10823053.2301028
Matt Treanor 6715736.229214
Chris Aguila 479522.23207
Eric Reed 42414.09800
Robert Andino 11244.16702
Matthew Cepicky 9182.11100
Jason Wood 12136.46201
Paul Hoover 452.40001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dontrelle Willis 34223.112123.87160
Scott Olsen 31180.212104.04166
Josh Johnson 31157.01273.10133
Brian Moehler 29122.07116.5758
Aníbal Sánchez 18114.11032.8372

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Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ricky Nolasco 35140.011114.8299
Jason Vargas 1243.0127.3325
Sergio Mitre 1541.0155.7131
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Joe Borowski 7269.233363.7564
Matt Herges 6671.02304.3136
Randy Messenger 5960.12705.6745
Taylor Tankersley 4941.02132.8546
Logan Kensing 3737.21314.5445
Renyel Pinto 2729.20013.0336
Chris Resop 2221.11203.3810
Todd Wellemeyer 1821.10205.4817
Yusmeiro Petit 1526.11109.5720
Franklyn Germán 1212.00003.006
Carlos Martínez 1210.10101.7411
José García 511.00004.918
Jeff Fulchino 10.10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Dean Treanor
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Luis Dorante
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Tim Cossins
A Greensboro Grasshoppers South Atlantic League Brandon Hyde
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Bo Porter
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Edwin Rodríguez

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References

1st Half: Florida Marlins Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Florida Marlins Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. ↑ Hanley Ramírez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Carlos Delgado Stats".
  3. ↑ Paul Lo Duca Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Juan Pierre Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Dan Uggla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. 1 2 "Buddy Carlyle Stats".
  7. 1 2 "Scott Seabol Stats".
  8. ↑ 2006 Florida Marlins Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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