2006 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2006  Los Angeles Dodgers
National League Wild Card Winners
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Frank McCourt
President	Jamie McCourt
General managers	Ned Colletti
Managers	Grady Little
Television	Fox Sports Prime Ticket; KCAL-TV (9) Vin Scully, Charley Steiner, Steve Lyons
Radio	KFWB Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner, Jerry Reuss KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
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The 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 117th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 49th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 44th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California.

The Dodgers looked to improve their record from 2005. The team switched General Managers from Paul DePodesta to Ned Colletti, and hired Grady Little as the new manager. This was also their first season to be broadcast on KCAL-TV (9). The Dodgers won 88 games and the National League wild card. In the NLDS the Dodgers dropped three straight games to the New York Mets, ending their season. This was the last time the Dodgers were swept in the postseason until 2023.

Offseason

• December 13, 2005: Acquired Andre Ethier from the Oakland Athletics for Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez.
• December 19, 2005: Signed free agent Nomar Garciaparra.
• January 4, 2006: Acquired Jae Seo and Tim Hamulack from the New York Mets for Duaner Sánchez and Steve Schmoll.
• January 14, 2006: Acquired Danys Báez and Lance Carter from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Edwin Jackson and Chuck Tiffany.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	88	74	.543	—	43‍–‍38	45‍–‍36
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	.543	—	49‍–‍32	39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants	76	85	.472	11½	43‍–‍38	33‍–‍47
Arizona Diamondbacks	76	86	.469	12	39‍–‍42	37‍–‍44
Colorado Rockies	76	86	.469	12	44‍–‍37	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record v t e Source:
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	6–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	2–4	4–5	8–10	3–3	1–6	1–5	5–1	9–10	8–11	4–3	1–5	4–11
Atlanta	1–6	—	6–1	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	3–3	2–4	7–11	7–11	3–3	7–2	3–4	4–2	10–8	5–10
Chicago	2–4	1–6	—	10–9	2–4	2–4	7–8	4–2	8–8	3–3	2–5	6–9	0–7	2–4	11–8	2–4	4–11
Cincinnati	2–4	3–4	9–10	—	5–1	4–2	10–5	0–6	9–10	3–4	2–4	9–7	2–4	2–5	9–6	5–1	6-9
Colorado	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	—	3–3	4–2	4–15	2–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	10–9	10–8	2–7	8–0	11–4
Florida	4–2	8–11	4–2	2–4	3–3	—	3–4	1–5	7–0	8–11	6–13	5–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	11–7	9–9
Houston	5–4	4–3	8–7	5–10	2–4	4-3	—	3–3	10–5	2–4	2–4	13–3	3–3	1–5	9–7	4–4	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	3–3	2–4	6–0	15–4	5–1	3–3	—	4–2	3–4	4–3	6–4	5–13	13–6	0–7	4–2	5–10
Milwaukee	3–3	4–2	8–8	10–9	4–2	0–7	5–10	2–4	—	3–3	5–1	7–9	4–3	6–3	7–9	1–5	6–9
New York	6–1	11–7	3–3	4–3	5–1	11–8	4–2	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	5–4	5–2	3–3	4–2	12–6	6–9
Philadelphia	5-1	11–7	5–2	4–2	4–3	13–6	4–2	3–4	1–5	8–11	—	3–3	2–4	5–1	3–3	9–10	5–13
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–3	9–6	7–9	3–3	2–5	3–13	4–6	9–7	4–5	3–3	—	1–5	6–1	6–9	3–3	3–12
San Diego	10–9	2–7	7–0	4–2	9–10	3–3	3–3	13–5	3–4	2–5	4–2	5–1	—	7–12	4–2	5–1	7–8
San Francisco	11–8	4–3	4–2	5–2	8–10	3–3	5–1	6–13	3–6	3–3	1–5	1–6	12–7	—	1–4	1–5	8–7
St. Louis	3–4	2–4	8–11	6–9	7–2	5-1	7–9	7–0	9–7	2–4	3–3	9–6	2–4	4–1	—	4–3	5–10
Washington	5–1	8–10	4–2	1–5	0–8	7-11	4–4	2–4	5–1	6–12	10–9	3–3	1–5	5–1	3–4	—	7–11

Game log

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
	Postponement
Bold	Dodgers team member

2006 Game Log
April (12-13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Atlanta Braves 11-10 Villarreal (1-0) Lowe (0-1) Reitsma (1) 56,000 0-1 2 April 4 Atlanta Braves 4-5 Penny (1-0) Smoltz (0-1) Báez (1) 36,249 1-1 3 April 5 Atlanta Braves 9-8 Villarreal (2-0) Osoria (0-1) Reitsma (2) 35,292 1-2 4 April 7 @ Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Tomko (1-0) Floyd (0-1) Báez (2) 25,518 2-2 -- April 8 @ Philadelphia Phillies 3:05pm PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for April 9 5 April 9 @ Philadelphia Phillies 3-6 Gordon (1-1) Hamulack (0-1) None – 2-3 6 April 9 @ Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 Penny (2-0) Lieber (0-2) None 38,056 3-3 7 April 10 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 Pérez (1-0) Duke (0-1) None 39,129 4-3 8 April 11 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 6-7 Torres (1-1) Carter (0-1) Gonzalez (1) 17,240 4-4 9 April 12 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 5-9 Torres (2-1) Kuo (0-1) None 13,237 4-5 10 April 13 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 13-5 Lowe (1-1) Pérez (0-2) None 18,134 5-5 11 April 14 San Francisco Giants 2-1 Wright Kuo (0-2) Worrell (4) 45,940 5-6 12 April 15 San Francisco Giants 1-3 Pérez (2-0) Schmidt (0-2) Báez (3) 55,132 6-6 13 April 16 San Francisco Giants 2-0 Hennessey (1-0) Seo (0-1) Worrell (5) 47,024 6-7 14 April 17 Chicago Cubs 4-1 Maddux (3-0) Tomko (1-1) Dempster (3) 33,551 6-8 15 April 18 Chicago Cubs 1-2 Saito (1-0) Ohman (1-1) None 37,340 7-8 16 April 19 Chicago Cubs 5-4 Williamson (2-0) Báez (0-1) Dempster (4) 41,288 7-9 17 April 21 Arizona Diamondbacks 3-6 Pérez (3-0) Hernandez (1-3) Daez (4) 44,294 8-9 18 April 22 Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 Batista (2-0) Seo (0-2) Valverde (3) 51,878 8-10 19 April 23 Arizona Diamondbacks 4-6 Tomko (2-1) Ortiz (0-3) Báez (5) 48,394 9-10 20 April 24 @ Houston Astros 6-2 Saito (2-0) Lidge (0-1) Báez (6) 28,382 10-10 21 April 25 @ Houston Astros 3-4 (14) Astacio (2-0) Kuo (0-3) None 30,451 10-11 22 April 26 @ Houston Astros 5-8 Rodríguez (4-0) Pérez (3-1) None 32,874 10-12 23 April 28 @ San Diego Padres 3-0 Seo (1-2) Young (2-2) Báez (7) 36,435 11-12 24 April 29 @ San Diego Padres 4-2 Tomko (3-1) Hensley (1-2) Báez (8) 44,337 12-12 25 April 30 @ San Diego Padres 5-6 (10) Linebrink (2-2) Hamulack (0-2) None 38,116 12-13
May (18-10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 2-3 Vargas (3-1) Penny (2-1) Valverde (6) 20,100 12-14 27 May 2 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 8-10 Vizcaino (1-2) Saito (2-1) Valverde (7) 23,216 12-15 28 May 3 San Diego Padres 11-5 Cassidy (1-0) Osoria (0-2) None 33,352 12-16 29 May 4 San Diego Padres 3-0 Embree (1-0) Saito (2-2) Hoffman (5) 34,137 12-17 30 May 5 Milwaukee Brewers 3-4 Báez (1-1) Wise (2-2) None 47,731 13-17 31 May 6 Milwaukee Brewers 4-5 Báez (2-1) Demaria (0-1) None 46,087 14-17 32 May 7 Milwaukee Brewers 2-10 Sele (1-0) Bush (2-4) None 53,528 15-17 33 May 9 Houston Astros 7-12 Saito (3-2) Wheeler (0-2) None 55,992 16-17 34 May 10 Houston Astros 6-9 Tomko (4-1) Buchholz (2-2) None 33,595 17-17 35 May 11 Houston Astros 4-2 Rodríguez (5-1) Lowe (1-2) Wheeler (1) 37,133 17-18 36 May 12 @ San Francisco Giants 6-1 Penny (3-1) Morris (2-4) None 42,885 18-18 37 May 13 @ San Francisco Giants 5-6 Benítez (2-0) Báez (2-2) None 42,864 18-19 38 May 14 @ San Francisco Giants 6-3 Pérez (4-1) Kline (1-1) Beimel (1) 42,985 19-19 39 May 15 @ Colorado Rockies 5-4 Tomko (5-1) Ramírez (2-1) Saito (1) 20,208 20-19 40 May 16 @ Colorado Rockies 1-5 Kim (2-1) Lowe (1-3) None 23,192 20-20 41 May 17 @ Colorado Rockies 3-2 Penny (4-1) Jennings (2-4) Báez (9) 30,296 21-20 42 May 19 Los Angeles Angels 3-16 Sele (2-0) Weaver (1-7) None 55,655 22-20 43 May 20 Los Angeles Angels 4-8 Beimel (1-0) Shields (1-3) None 55,587 23-20 44 May 21 Los Angeles Angels 0-7 Lowe (2-3) Santana (4-2) None 55,662 24-20 45 May 22 Colorado Rockies 1-6 Seo (2-2) Kim (2-2) None 33,652 25-20 46 May 23 Colorado Rockies 1-8 Penny (5-1) Jennings (2-5) None 40,228 26-20 47 May 24 Colorado Rockies 1-7 Sele (3-0) Cook (5-4) None 39,299 27-20 48 May 26 @ Washington Nationals 4-10 Hernández (3-5) Tomko (5-2) None 22,712 27-21 49 May 27 @ Washington Nationals 3-1 Lowe (3-3) Stanton (1-5) Saito (2) 26,867 28-21 50 May 28 @ Washington Nationals 4-10 Ortiz (3-4) Seo (2-3) None 30,348 28-22 51 May 29 @ Atlanta Braves 12-5 Beimel (2-0) Thomson (2-4) None 41,825 29-22 52 May 30 @ Atlanta Braves 8-3 Báez (3-2) Remlinger (2-3) None 29,517 30-22 53 May 31 @ Atlanta Braves 3-9 Hudson (5-3) Tomko (5-3) None 28,880 30-23
June (11-15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Philadelphia Phillies 2-7 Lowe (4-3) Floyd (4-3) None 38,643 31-23 55 June 2 Philadelphia Phillies 8-6 Geary (2-0) Báez (3-3) Gordon (16) 55,142 31-24 56 June 3 Philadelphia Phillies 2-8 Penny (6-1) Brito (0-1) None 46,561 32-24 57 June 4 Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 Geary (3-0) Beimel (2-1) Gordon (17) 48,270 32-25 58 June 5 New York Mets 4-1 Soler (1-1) Tomko (5-4) Bradford (1) 34,420 32-26 59 June 6 New York Mets 5-8 Lowe (5-3) Martínez (5-2) Gagné (1) 46,347 33-26 60 June 7 New York Mets 9-7 Glavine (9-2) Pérez (4-2) Wagner (12) 44,320 33-27 61 June 9 @ Colorado Rockies 3-0 Penny (7-1) Kim (3-4) Saito (3) 30,455 34-27 62 June 10 @ Colorado Rockies 9-12 Jennings (4-6) Tomko (5-5) Fuentes (13) 35,557 34-28 63 June 11 @ Colorado Rockies 6-5 Báez (4-3) Fuentes (1-1) Saito (4) 29,221 35-28 64 June 13 @ San Diego Padres 1-9 Park (4-3) Sele (3-1) None 30,371 35-29 65 June 14 @ San Diego Padres 3-5 Linebrink (3-2) Kuo (0-4) Hoffman (15) 30,011 35-30 66 June 15 @ San Diego Padres 7-3 Broxton (1-0) Sikorski (0-1) None 33,382 36-30 67 June 16 @ Oakland Athletics 3-7 Zito (8-3) Tomko (5-6) None 30,161 36-31 68 June 17 @ Oakland Athletics 4-5 (17) Karsay (1-0) Seo (2-4) None 35,077 36-32 69 June 18 @ Oakland Athletics 2-5 Blanton (7-6) Sele (3-2) Street (17) 35,077 36-33 70 June 20 Seattle Mariners 9-4 Piñeiro (6-7) Penny (7-2) Soriano (2) 43,949 36-34 71 June 21 Seattle Mariners 8-5 Mateo (4-0) Báez (4-4) Putz (12) 40,419 36-35 72 June 22 Seattle Mariners 2-4 Lowe (6-3) Hernández (7-7) None 46,207 37-35 73 June 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 4-10 Tomko (6-6) Pérez (2-10) None 55,823 38-35 74 June 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 0-7 Sele (4-2) Duke (5-7) None 47,785 39-35 75 June 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 4-7 Penny (8-2) Wells (0-2) Saito (5) 55,545 40-35 76 June 26 @ Minnesota Twins 2-8 Silva (4-8) Billingsley (0-1) None 22,528 40-36 77 June 27 @ Minnesota Twins 2-9 Liriano (8-1) Lowe (6-4) None 30,681 40-37 78 June 28 @ Minnesota Twins 3-6 Santana (9-4) Pérez (4-3) Nathan (13) 34,157 40-38 79 June 30 @ Los Angeles Angels 6-1 Penny (9-2) Colon (0-4) None 44,233 41-38
July (9-17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Los Angeles Angels 2-9 Escobar (6-9) Hendrickson (4-9) None 43,891 41-39 81 July 2 @ Los Angeles Angels 0-4 Lackey (6-5) Billingsley (0-2) None 44,223 41-40 82 July 3 Arizona Diamondbacks 4-10 Lowe (7-4) Cruz (3-4) None 47,698 42-40 83 July 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 3-11 Sele (5-2) Gonzalez (2-2) None 55,816 43-40 84 July 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 4-5 Penny (10-2) Vargas (7-5) Saito (6) 38,505 44-40 85 July 6 San Francisco Giants 5-4 Hennessey (4-1) Hendrickson (4-10) Benítez (9) 42,515 44-41 86 July 7 San Francisco Giants 7-9 Báez (5-4) Accardo (1-3) Saito (7) 53,991 45-41 87 July 8 San Francisco Giants 11-7 Lowry (4-5) Lowe (7-5) Benítez (10) 46,496 45-42 88 July 9 San Francisco Giants 1-3 Sele (6-2) Schmidt (6-5) Saito (8) 41,849 46-42 89 July 13 @ St. Louis Cardinals 2-3 (14) Looper (5-1) Pérez (4-4) None 45,156 46-43 90 July 14 @ St. Louis Cardinals 0-5 Carpenter (8-4) Lowe (7-6) None 45,704 46-44 91 July 15 @ St. Louis Cardinals 1-2 (10) Looper (6-1) Báez (5-5) None 46,068 46-45 92 July 16 @ St. Louis Cardinals 3-11 Reyes (2-3) Penny (10-3) None 44,741 46-46 93 July 17 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 3-8 González (3-2) Sele (6-3) None 23,513 46-47 94 July 18 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 Billingsley (1-2) Cruz (3-5) None 27,478 47-47 95 July 19 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 0-8 Batista (9-5) Lowe (7-7) None 23,616 47-48 96 July 20 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 2-5 Webb (11-3) Hendrickson (4-11) Julio (11) 25,329 47-49 97 July 21 St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 Suppan (7-5) Penny (10-4) Isringhausen (27) 47,987 47-50 98 July 22 St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 Weaver (4-11) Sele (6-4) None 50,438 47-51 99 July 23 St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 Marquis (12-7) Billingsley (1-3) None 43,650 47-52 100 July 24 San Diego Padres 7-6 (11) Brocail (1-0) Carrara (0-1) Hoffman (27) 38,050 47-53 101 July 25 San Diego Padres 7-3 Park (7-6) Hendrickson (4-12) None 51,334 47-54 102 July 26 San Diego Padres 10-3 Peavy (5-10) Penny (10-5) None 44,181 47-55 103 July 28 Washington Nationals 1-13 Billingsley (2-3) Armas (7-6) None 55,825 48-55 104 July 29 Washington Nationals 5-7 Lowe (8-7) O'Connor (3-7) Broxton (1) 41,540 49-55 105 July 30 Washington Nationals 3-4 Broxton (2-0) Rauch (3-2) Saito (9) 43,346 50-55
August (21-7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 @ Cincinnati Reds 10-4 Sele (7-4) Bray (2-2) None 25,127 51-55 107 August 2 @ Cincinnati Reds 5-3 Penny (11-5) Saito (10) 22,114 52-55 108 August 3 @ Cincinnati Reds 3-0 Maddux (10-11) Milton (7-7) Saito (11) 26,045 53-55 109 August 4 @ Florida Marlins 6-2 Lowe (9-7) Sánchez (4-2) None 15,416 54-55 110 August 5 @ Florida Marlins 10-2 Billingsley (3-3) Johnson (9-6) None 17,863 55-55 111 August 6 @ Florida Marlins 7-3 Hendrickson (5-12) Olsen (9-5) None 14,182 56-55 112 August 7 Colorado Rockies 2-7 Penny (12-5) Fogg (7-7) None 44,593 57-55 113 August 8 Colorado Rockies 2-4 Tomko (7-6) Kim (7-7) Saito (12) 50,210 58-55 114 August 9 Colorado Rockies 3-1 Affeldt (6-6) Lowe (9-8) Fuentes (23) 46,643 58-56 115 August 10 Colorado Rockies 3-4 Saito (4-2) Mesa (0-5) None 48,699 59-56 116 August 11 San Francisco Giants 2-3 Tomko (8-6) Stanton (3-6) Broxton (2) 53,695 60-56 117 August 12 San Francisco Giants 5-6 Penny (13-5) Cain (8-9) Saito (13) 46,444 61-56 118 August 13 San Francisco Giants 0-1 (10) Saito (5-2) Chulk (1-1) None 55,699 62-56 119 August 14 Florida Marlins 2-4 Lowe (10-8) Willis (7-10) Giovanni Carrara (1) 44,749 63-56 120 August 15 Florida Marlins 0-4 Billingsley (4-3) Messenger (1-7) None 47,960 64-56 121 August 16 Florida Marlins 15-4 Johnson (11-6) Hendrickson (5-13) None 38,185 64-57 122 August 18 @ San Francisco Giants 3-7 Schmidt (10-7) Penny (13-6) None 42,862 64-58 123 August 19 @ San Francisco Giants 14-7 Maddux (11-11) Hennessey (5-3) None 42,833 65-58 124 August 20 @ San Francisco Giants 5-2 Lowe (11-8) Morris (8-11) Saito (14) 42,052 66-58 125 August 21 @ San Diego Padres 2-4 Stauffer (1-0) Dessens (5-8) Hoffman (32) 33,244 66-59 126 August 22 @ San Diego Padres 0-1 Peavy (7-12) Hendrickson (5-14) Hoffman (33) 32,774 66-60 127 August 23 @ San Diego Padres 2-7 Williams (7-4) Penny (13-7) None 36,613 66-61 128 August 25 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 7-9 (15) Lyon (2-3) Sele (7-5) None 26,293 66-62 129 August 26 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 Broxton (3-0) Vizcaíno (3-4) Saito (15) 40,388 67-62 130 August 27 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3 Billingsley (5-3) Hernández (10-11) Saito (16) 30,350 68-62 131 August 28 Cincinnati Reds 5-6 Penny (14-7) Michalak (1-2) Broxton (3) 44,176 69-62 132 August 29 Cincinnati Reds 5-6 (16) Lowe (12-8) Franklin (5-7) None 44,697 70-62 133 August 30 Cincinnati Reds 3-7 Maddux (12-11) Harang (13-10) None 47,356 71-62
September (16-12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Colorado Rockies 3-6 Lowe (13-8) Jennings (7-12) Saito (17) 49,601 72-62 135 September 2 Colorado Rockies 5-14 Penny (15-7) Cook (9-13) None 48,984 73-62 136 September 3 Colorado Rockies 12-5 Kim (8-10) Sele (7-6) None 44,895 73-63 137 September 4 @ Milwaukee Brewers 3-6 Bush (10-10) Maddux (12-12) Cordero (17) 33,645 73-64 138 September 5 @ Milwaukee Brewers 0-9 Davis (10-9) Hendrickson (5-15) None 13,427 73-65 139 September 6 @ Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 Lowe (14-8) Capuano (11-10) Saito (18) 25,106 74-65 140 September 7 @ New York Mets 0-7 Glavine (13-6) Penny (15-8) None 48,583 74-66 141 September 8 @ New York Mets 5-0 Kuo (1-4) Maine (5-4) None 52,077 75-66 142 September 9 @ New York Mets 2-3 Hernández (10-10) Maddux (12-13) Wagner (36) 47,064 75-67 143 September 10 @ New York Mets 9-1 Stults (1-0) Trachsel (14-7) None 48,760 76-67 144 September 12 @ Chicago Cubs 8-9 (11) Aardsman (2-0) Hamulack (0-3) None 35,618 76-68 145 September 13 @ Chicago Cubs 6-0 Penny (16-8) Guzman (0-6) None 35,868 77-68 146 September 14 @ Chicago Cubs 5-6 Eyre (1-2) Tomko (8-7) Howry (5) 31,361 77-69 147 September 15 San Diego Padres 1-3 Maddux (13-13) Wells (2-4) Saito (19) 52,911 78-69 148 September 16 San Diego Padres 11-2 Williams (9-5) Billingsley (5-4) Sweeney (2) 55,781 78-70 149 September 17 San Diego Padres 1-2 Linebrink (7-3) Broxton (3-1) Hoffman (39) 54,601 78-71 150 September 18 San Diego Padres 11-10 (10) Sele (8-6) Seánez (3-3) None 55,831 79-71 151 September 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 10-6 Snell (8-6) Kuo (1-5) None 43,734 79-72 152 September 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 Chacón (7-6) Maddux (13-14) Torres (10) 46,319 79-73 153 September 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 2-5 Billingsley (6-4) Youman (0-2) Saito (20) 48,567 80-73 154 September 22 Arizona Diamondbacks 0-2 Lowe (15-8) Vargas (11-10) Saito (21) 43,990 81-73 155 September 23 Arizona Diamondbacks 9-3 Batista (11-7) Penny (16-9) None 49,791 81-74 156 September 24 Arizona Diamondbacks 1-5 Saito (6-2) Vizcaino (4-6) None 49,822 82-74 157 September 26 @ Colorado Rockies 11-4 Maddux (14-14) Jennings (9-13) None 20,133 83-74 158 September 27 @ Colorado Rockies 6-4 Lowe (16-8) Cook (9-15) Saito (22) 18,858 84-74 159 September 28 @ Colorado Rockies 19-11 Hendrickson (6-15) King (1-4) None 21,154 85-74 160 September 29 @ San Francisco Giants 4-3 Broxton (4-1) Stanton (7-7) Saito (23) 42,587 86-74 161 September 30 @ San Francisco Giants 4-2 Maddux (15-14) Cain (13-12) Saito (24) 42,769 87-74
October (1-0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 @ San Francisco Giants 4-3 Billingsley (7-4) Hennessey (5-6) Beimel (2) 42,831 88-74

Season summary

After a season battling injuries to team leaders Jeff Kent and all-star Nomar Garciaparra, the Dodgers were able to produce with several young rookies such as Russell Martin, Andre Ethier, James Loney, Chad Billingsley, and Jonathan Broxton. Key reliever Yhency Brazobán was sidelined with Tommy John surgery, and closer Éric Gagné was sidelined with a back injury. However, rookie pitcher Takashi Saito took over the closing role and instantly became one of the game's best closers, ending the season with 24 saves in just half of the season.

Los Angeles had a very streaky season in 2006. After they started just 12–17, the Dodgers went on to win 15 of their next 18 games to improve to 27-20. They were 46-42 at the all-star break, two games back of the San Diego Padres in a tough division (all five teams in the N.L. West were .500 or better at the all-star break). Two Dodger players, Nomar Garciaparra, and Brad Penny, were selected to play in the All-Star Game.

After the all-star break, the Dodgers lost 13 of their first 14 games. As a result, their record dropped to 47–55, and they were in last place in the N.L. West, 7½ games out of first place. Los Angeles bounded back from this losing streak to win 17 out of their next 18 games, the first time the Dodgers did so since 1899. At the end of this winning stretch, Los Angeles was in first place with a record of 64–56. During this stretch, the Dodgers acquired Wilson Betemit from the Atlanta Braves, Julio Lugo from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and pitcher Greg Maddux from the Chicago Cubs. Maddux proved to be the biggest transition for the Dodgers, as he provided the Dodgers' starting rotation with a veteran arm and pitching depth.

The highlight of the 2006 season for Los Angeles was on September 18, against the San Diego Padres. Coming into the four-game series, Los Angeles held a half game lead in the N.L. West over San Diego with two and a half weeks left in the season. Los Angeles won the first game of the series 3–1 after a strong pitching performance by Maddux, extending the Dodgers' lead to a 1½ games over San Diego. The second game of the series was an 11–2 rout in favor of San Diego, trimming the Dodgers lead back to a half game. The third game of the series was a pitchers' duel between San Diego's Chris Young and the Dodgers Derek Lowe. San Diego scored first after Russell Branyan hit a solo home run to make it 1-0. Russell Martin tied the game at 1-1 with a solo home run of his own in the 7th. But San Diego won the game 2-1 when Khalil Greene scored on Terrmel Sledge's single. San Diego's victory gave them a half game lead over the Dodgers in the N.L. West.

The last game of the series on September 18 was a rocky start for the Dodgers. Brad Penny gave up four runs in the first inning, giving San Diego a 4-0 lead. Los Angeles slowly climbed back into the game, and tied the score 4-4 in the third inning. Neither team scored again until San Diego scored two in the top of the 8th to take a 6-4 lead. The Dodgers would cut San Diego's lead to one run after Wilson Betemit drove in Marlon Anderson with an RBI single. San Diego scored three runs in the top of the 9th and appeared to have broken the game wide open with a 9-5 lead. With a four-run lead, San Diego elected to bring in Jon Adkins to pitch the 9th instead of closer Trevor Hoffman, who at the time was just three saves shy of tying the all-time record. Jeff Kent and J. D. Drew hit back-to-back home runs off of Adkins to close the lead to 9–7 with nobody out. San Diego then elected to bring Hoffman in to finish the game. Hoffman however, gave up back-to-back home runs to Martin and Anderson on the first two pitches Hoffman threw, tying the score at 9–9. It was only the fourth time a team hit four consecutive home runs in an inning, and the first time since the Minnesota Twins did so in 1964. San Diego scored a run in the top of the 10th on Josh Bard's RBI single to take a 10-9 lead. However, after Kenny Lofton walked, Nomar Garciaparra hit the game-winning two-run walk off home run. The Dodgers' 11–10 victory gave them a half game lead over San Diego with just two weeks left in the season.

San Diego and Los Angeles finished the season tied for first place in the NL West at 88–74. San Diego, however, was awarded the division title because they had won 13 of 18 games from Los Angeles during the regular season, giving the Dodgers the wild card spot.

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Rafael Furcal	Shortstop
José Cruz Jr.	Left fielder
J. D. Drew	Right fielder
Jeff Kent	Second baseman
Olmedo Sáenz	First baseman
Bill Mueller	Third baseman
Sandy Alomar Jr.	Catcher
Jason Repko	Center fielder
Derek Lowe	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• April 24, 2006: Acquired Ben Kozlowski from the Cincinnati Reds for Cody Ross.
• June 27, 2006: Acquired Mark Hendrickson, Toby Hall and cash from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jae Seo, Dioner Navarro and Justin Ruggiano.
• July 23, 2006: Acquired B.J. LaMura from the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar Jr. ^[1]
• July 25, 2006: Acquired Elmer Dessens from the Kansas City Royals for Odalis Pérez, Blake Johnson, Julio Pimentel and cash.
• July 28, 2006: Acquired Wilson Betemit from the Atlanta Braves for Danys Báez, Willy Aybar and cash.
• July 31, 2006: Acquired Greg Maddux and cash from the Chicago Cubs for César Izturis.
• July 31, 2006: Acquired Julio Lugo from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Joel Guzman and Sergio Pedroza.
• August 31, 2006: Acquired Marlon Anderson from the Washington Nationals with cash for Jhonny Núñez.

Roster

2006 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 10 Danys Báez 97 Joe Beimel 58 Chad Billingsley 43 Yhency Brazobán 51 Jonathan Broxton 54 Giovanni Carrara 36 Lance Carter 45 Elmer Dessens 38 Éric Gagné 47 Tim Hamulack 30 Mark Hendrickson 56 Hong-Chih Kuo 23 Derek Lowe 36 Greg Maddux 57 Franquelis Osoria 31 Brad Penny 45 Odalis Pérez 44 Takashi Saito 41 Aaron Sele 26 Jae Weong Seo 50 Eric Stults 35 Brett Tomko		Catchers 25 Sandy Alomar Jr. 26 Einar Díaz 26,22 Toby Hall 55 Russell Martin 30 Dioner Navarro Infielders 49 Willy Aybar 10 Wilson Betemit 15 Rafael Furcal  5 Nomar Garciaparra 50 Joel Guzmán  3 César Izturis 12 Jeff Kent 27,29 James Loney  3 Julio Lugo 18 Ramón Martínez 14 Bill Mueller 13 Óscar Robles  8 Olmedo Sáenz		Outfielders 21 Marlon Anderson 22 José Cruz Jr.  7 J. D. Drew 16 Andre Ethier 27 Matt Kemp 21 Ricky Ledée  6 Kenny Lofton 17 Jason Repko 54 Cody Ross 49 Delwyn Young		Manager  9 Grady Little Coaches 40 Rick Honeycutt (pitching) 48 Dan Warthen (bullpen) 37 Rich Donnelly (third base) 46 Dave Jauss (bench) 11 Manny Mota 25,29 Mariano Duncan (1st base) 33 Eddie Murray (hitting)

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Derek Lowe	35	34	218.0	16-8	3.63	55	123	1
Brad Penny	34	33	189.0	16-9	4.33	54	148	0
Aaron Sele	28	15	103.1	8-6	4.53	30	57	0
Chad Billingsley	18	16	90.0	7-4	3.80	58	59	0
Mark Hendrickson	18	12	75.0	2-7	4.68	28	48	0
Greg Maddux	12	12	73.2	6-3	3.30	14	36	0
Jae Weong Seo	19	10	67.0	2-4	5.78	25	49	0

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Takashi Saito	72	0	78.1	6-2	2.07	23	107	24
Jonathan Broxton	68	0	76.1	4-1	2.59	33	97	3
Joe Beimel	62	0	70.0	2-1	2.96	21	30	2
Danys Báez	46	0	49.2	5-5	4.35	11	29	9
Tim Hamulack	33	0	34.0	0-3	6.35	22	34	0
Brett Tomko	44	15	112.1	8-7	4.73	29	76	0
Hong-Chih Kuo	28	5	59.2	1-5	4.22	33	71	0
Odalis Pérez	20	8	59.1	4-4	6.83	13	33	0
Giovanni Carrara	25	0	27.2	0-1	4.55	7	25	1
Elmer Dessens	19	0	23.0	0-1	4.70	9	16	0
Eric Stults	6	2	17.2	1-0	5.60	7	5	0
Franquelis Osoria	12	0	17.2	0-2	7.13	9	13	0
Lance Carter	10	0	11.2	0-1	8.49	8	5	0
Yhency Brazobán	5	0	5.0	0-0	5.40	2	4	0
Éric Gagné	2	0	2.0	0-0	0.00	1	3	1

Batting Stats

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

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Russell Martin	C	121	415	.282	65	117	10	65	10
Dioner Navarro	C	25	75	.280	5	21	2	8	1
Sandy Alomar Jr.	C	27	62	.323	3	20	0	9	0
Toby Hall	C	21	57	.368	2	21	0	8	0
Einar Díaz	C	3	3	.667	0	2	0	0	0
Nomar Garciaparra	1B	122	469	.303	82	142	20	93	3
Jeff Kent	2B/1B	115	407	.292	61	119	14	68	1
Rafael Furcal	SS	159	654	.300	113	196	15	63	37
Wilson Betemit	3B	55	174	.241	19	42	9	24	1
Olmedo Sáenz	1B/3B	103	179	.296	30	53	11	48	0
Ramón Martínez	2B/3B/SS/1B/RF	82	176	.278	20	49	2	24	0
Julio Lugo	2B/3B/SS/RF/LF	49	146	.219	16	32	0	10	6
Willy Aybar	3B/2B	43	128	.250	15	32	3	22	1
César Izturis	3B/SS/2B	32	119	.252	10	30	1	12	1
Bill Mueller	3B	32	107	.252	12	27	3	15	1
James Loney	1B/RF	48	302	.284	20	29	4	18	1
Óscar Robles	2B/3B	29	33	.152	6	5	0	0	0
Joel Guzmán	3B/1B/LF	8	19	.211	2	4	0	3	0
Andre Ethier	LF	126	396	.308	50	122	11	55	5
Kenny Lofton	CF	129	469	.301	79	141	3	41	32
J. D. Drew	RF	146	494	.283	84	140	20	100	2
José Cruz Jr.	LF/RF/CF	86	223	.233	34	52	5	17	5
Matt Kemp	CF/LF/RF	52	154	.253	30	39	7	23	6
Jason Repko	CF/RF/LF	69	130	.254	21	33	3	16	10
Marlon Anderson	LF/RF/2B	25	64	.375	12	24	7	15	2
Ricky Ledée	LF/RF	43	53	.245	4	13	1	8	1
Cody Ross	RF/LF	8	14	.500	4	7	2	9	1
Delwyn Young	RF/LF	8	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0

2006 National League Division Series

Upon entering the playoffs, they were swept at Shea Stadium. Reliever Joe Beimel cut his hand on glass at a bar while drinking. Beimel told his teammates, he did it in his hotel room but then later revealed the truth. Beimel was sidelined during all of the Division Series.

Game 1, October 4

Shea Stadium, Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	11	1
New York	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	X	6	9	1
WP: Guillermo Mota (1-0)   LP: Brad Penny (0-1)   Sv: Billy Wagner (1) Home runs: LAD: None NYM: Carlos Delgado (1), Cliff Floyd (1)

Game 2, October 5

Shea Stadium, Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1
New York	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	X	4	7	0
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0)   LP: Hong-Chih Kuo (0-1)   Sv: Billy Wagner (2) Home runs: LAD: Wilson Betemit (1) NYM: None

Game 3, October 7

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	9	14	2
Los Angeles	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	5	16	2
WP: Pedro Feliciano (1-0)   LP: Jonathan Broxton (0-1) Home runs: NYM: None LAD: Jeff Kent (1)

2006 Awards

• 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Brad Penny starting pitcher
  • Nomar Garciaparra reserve
• MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award
  • Nomar Garciaparra
• Gold Glove Award
  • Greg Maddux
• Pitcher of the Month
  • Derek Lowe (August 2006)
• Branch Rickey Award
  • Tommy Lasorda

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Jerry Royster
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	John Shoemaker
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Luis Salazar
A	Columbus Catfish	South Atlantic League	Travis Barbary
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Lance Parrish
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Juan Bustabad
Rookie	DSL Dodgers	Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 2006 Major League Baseball draft

Clayton Kershaw

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers gained an extra first round pick and a supplemental first round pick as a result of losing pitcher Jeff Weaver to the Angels. They also lost their second and third round picks as a result of their signing free agents Rafael Furcal and Bill Mueller.

The top draft pick was left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw from Highland Park High School in University Park, Texas. Kershaw would win the 2014 NL MVP Award as well as multiple Cy Young Awards. He also pitched a no-hitter and led the league in ERA for four straight seasons.

The other first round picks were right-handed pitcher Bryan Morris from Motlow State Community College and shortstop Preston Mattingly from Central High School. Morris was part of the Dodgers 2008 trade for Manny Ramirez and eventually made it to the Majors. Mattingly, the son of All-Star first baseman and later Dodgers manager Don Mattingly never panned out. He hit just .232 in 463 minor league games over six seasons before he was eventually released.

2006 Draft Picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Clayton Kershaw LHP Highland Park High School Yes 2006–present MLB 1 Bryan Morris RHP Motlow State Community College Yes 2006–2017 MLB 1s Preston Mattingly SS Central High School Yes 2006–2011 A+ 4 Kyle Orr 1B Lambrick Park Secondary School Yes 2007–2010 Rookie 5 Kyle Smit RHP Spanish Springs High School Yes 2006–2011 AAA 6 Garrett White LHP University of Mississippi Yes 2006–2008 A+ 7 Jaime Ortiz 1B Sam Alfonso de Ligorio Yes 2006–2012 AA 8 Tommy Giles OF University of Miami Yes 2006–2011 AA 9 Bridger Hunt 3B University of Central Missouri Yes 2006–2014 AA 10 Andy D'Alessio 1B Clemson University No Giants-2007 2007–2010 AA 11 Justin Fuller SS Lewis–Clark State College Yes 2006–2010 AAA 12 Paul Coleman LHP Pepperdine University Yes 2006–2007 A 13 Nick Akins SS Los Angeles High School Yes 2006–2013 A+ 14 Alex White RHP D. H. Conley High School No Indians-2010 2010–2015 MLB 15 Griff Erickson C Westview High School Yes 2007–2015 AAA 16 Justin Coats SS Texas High School No 17 Michael Rivera 2B University of Tennessee Yes 2006–2007 AAA 18 Joseph Jones RHP University of Portland Yes 2006–2009 A+ 19 Martin Beno RHP Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College No Nationals-2007 2007–2010 A+ 20 Billy Bullock RHP Riverview High School No Twins-2009 2009–2013 AAA 21 Matt Berezay OF University of the Pacific Yes 2006–2008 AA 22 Christopher Jensen OF University of California, Los Angeles Yes 2006 A 23 Eric Thompson RHP Roseburg High School Yes 2007–2010 AAA 24 John Martin C Emporia State University Yes 2006–2010 Rookie 25 Esteban Lopez C University of Hawaii at Manoa Yes 2006–2010 AAA 26 Kody Kaiser 2B University of Oklahoma No Tigers-2007 2007–2011 AA 27 Anthony Casario C Overbrook Senior High School No White Sox-2009 2009 Rookie 28 Taylor Lewis RHP Canyon del Oro High School No Mariners-2008 2008–2010 A 29 Roberto Pérez C Eugenio Maria De Hostos High School No Indians-2009 2009–present MLB 30 Alexander Burkard LHP Milton High School No Angels-2010 2010–2014 A+ 31 Jonathan Wilson 3B St. Charles High School No 32 Jordan Kopycinski C St. Thomas High School No 33 Curt Bradley 2B University of Northern Iowa Yes 2007 Rookie 34 Luke Yoder OF Liberty High School No Red Sox-2010 2010 Rookie 35 Nick Buss OF San Diego Mesa College No Dodgers-2008 2008–2018 MLB 36 Robert Taylor C Laredo Community College No Marlins-2008 2008–2010 A+ 37 Anthony Benner 3B Southwestern College No Nationals-2007 2007 A- 38 Kameron Forte C Texas High School No 39 Jake Debus LHP Moraine Valley Community College No 40 Chris Jones SS Redan High School No Indians-2007 2007–2016 AAA 41 Todd McCraw C St. James High School No 42 Joe Dispensa OF St. Rita High School No 43 Jordan Chambless RHP Texas A&M University No 44 Aaron Barrett RHP Central High School No Nationals-2010 2010–2022 MLB 45 Greg Hendrix LHP North Atlanta High School No 2011–2012 Ind 46 Ryan Aguayo 2B Servite High School No 47 Brett Sowers 3B Cherry Creek High School No 48 Tanner Biagini 3B D. H. Conley High School No Rays-2010 2010–2011 A- 49 Paul Goldschmidt 1B The Woodlands High School No Diamondbacks-2009 2009–present MLB 50 Kurt Benton RHP West Stanley High School No [2]

References

1. "Sandy Alomar Stats".
2. 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

External links

• 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page