2006 New York Yankees season

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2006  New York Yankees
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Owners George Steinbrenner
General managers Brian Cashman
Managers Joe Torre
Television WWOR-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice, Al Leiter, John Flaherty)
Radio WCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman )
WKDM
(Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa)
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The 2006 New York Yankees season was the Yankees' 104th season. The season finished with the Yankees winning the American League East. They were defeated in the ALDS by the Detroit Tigers, 3 games to 1.

Contents

Hideki Matsui (left) and Derek Jeter (right) on April 3, 2006. A's vs Yanks 4406402 Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui.jpg
Hideki Matsui (left) and Derek Jeter (right) on April 3, 2006.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9765.599—50‍–‍3147‍–‍34
Toronto Blue Jays 8775.5371050‍–‍3137‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox 8676.5311148‍–‍3338‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 7092.4322740‍–‍4130‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 61101.3773641‍–‍4020‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore —3–152–54–23–35–14–63–67–122–44–613–63–68–119–9
Boston 15–3—4–23–43–34–53–31–58–113–74–610–95–47–1216–2
Chicago 5–22–4—8–1112–711–86–39–102–43–35–43–35–55–414–4
Cleveland 2–44–311–8—6–1310–84–58–113–43–64–56–15–44–28–10
Detroit 3–33–37–1213–6—14–43–511–82–55–46–35–35–53–315–3
Kansas City 1–55–48–118–104–14—3–77–122–74–53–51–53–33–410–8
Los Angeles 6–43–33–65–45–37–3—4–26–411–810–97–211–84–67–11
Minnesota 6–35–110–911–88–1112–72–4—3–36–45–36–14–52–516–2
New York 12–711–84–24–35–27–24–63–3—3–63–313–58–210–810–8
Oakland 4–27–33–36–34–55–48–114–66–3—17–26–39–106–48–10
Seattle 6–46–44–55–43–65–39–103–53–32–17—6–38–114–514–4
Tampa Bay 6–139–103–31–63–55–12–71–65–133–63–6—3–66–1211–7
Texas 6–34–55–54–55–53–38–115–42–810–911–86–3—4–27–11
Toronto 11–812–74–52–43–34–36–45–28–104–65–412–62–4—9–9

Transactions

Roster

2006 New York Yankees
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2006 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Yankees15–2 Oakland Johnson (1–0)35,0771–0
2April 4Yankees3–4 Oakland Proctor (0–1)31,2841–1
3April 5Yankees4–9 Oakland Wright (0–1)30,1651–2
4April 7Yankees1–4 Angels Chacón (0–1)44,2211–3
5April 8Yankees2–3 Angels Johnson (1–1)44,0441–4
6April 9Yankees10–1 Angels Mussina (1–0)44,0202–4
7April 11 Kansas City 7–9Yankees Proctor (1–1) Rivera (1)54,6983–4
8April 12 Kansas City 5–12Yankees Chacón (1–1)41,4484–4
9April 13 Kansas City 3–9Yankees Johnson (2–1)54,3815–4
10April 14Yankees1–5 Minnesota Mussina (1–1)30,6225–5
11April 15Yankees5–6 Minnesota Rivera (0–1)42,3165–6
12April 16Yankees9–3 Minnesota Wang (1–0)22,6276–6
13April 18Yankees5–10 Toronto Johnson (2–2)48,7766–7
14April 19Yankees3–1 Toronto Mussina (2–1) Rivera (2)32,8867–7
15April 21 Baltimore 6–5Yankees Wang (1–1)51,2827–8
16April 22 Baltimore 1–6Yankees Chacón (2–1)50,8728–8
17April 23 Baltimore 1–7Yankees Johnson (3–2)47,9969–8
18April 25 Tampa Bay 1–9Yankees Mussina (3–1)36,33410–8
19April 26 Tampa Bay 4–2Yankees Rivera (0–2)35,64210–9
20April 27 Tampa Bay 1–4Yankees Chacón (2–1) Rivera (3)45,82611–9
21April 28 Toronto 7–2Yankees Wright (0–2)47,20411–10
22April 29 Toronto 6–17Yankees Johnson (4–2)50,11912–10
23April 30 Toronto 1–4Yankees Mussina (4–1) Rivera (4)52,95413–10
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1Yankees7–3 Boston Small (0–1)36,33913–11
–May 2Yankees Boston Postponed13–11
25May 3Yankees4–2 Tampa Bay Farnsworth (1–0) Rivera (5)17,05914–11
26May 4Yankees10–5 Tampa Bay Johnson (5–2)22,16415–11
27May 5Yankees8–7 Texas Mussina (5–1) Rivera (6)39,00216–11
28May 6Yankees6–1 Texas Chacón (4–1)48,63417–11
29May 7Yankees8–5 Texas Wang (2–1)46,01318–11
30May 9 Boston 14–3Yankees Johnson (5–3)54,68818–12
31May 10 Boston 3–7Yankees Mussina (6–1)54,76919–12
32May 11 Boston 5–3Yankees Villone (0–1)54,95619–13
33May 12 Oakland 0–2Yankees Wang (3–1) Rivera (7)47,79720–13
34May 13 Oakland 3–4Yankees Wright (1–2) Farnsworth (1)53,90721–13
35May 14 Oakland 6–1Yankees Johnson (5–4)52,58721–14
36May 15 Texas 4–3Yankees Farnsworth (1–1)41,11521–15
37May 16 Texas 13–14Yankees Rivera (1–2)40,75722–15
38May 17 Texas 3–4Yankees Wang (4–1) Rivera (8)52,54723–15
39May 18 Texas 6–2Yankees Wright (1–3)47,19423–16
40May 19Yankees6–7 Mets Rivera (1–3)56,28923–17
41May 20Yankees5–4 Mets Rivera (2–3)56,18524–17
42May 21Yankees3–4 Mets Small (0–2)56,20524–18
43May 22Yankees5–9 Boston Wang (4–2)36,34224–19
44May 23Yankees7–5 Boston Wright (2–3) Rivera (9)36,29025–19
45May 24Yankees8–6 Boston Johnson (6–4) Rivera (10)36,37526–19
46May 26 Kansas City 7–6Yankees Farnsworth (1–2)48,03526–20
47May 27 Kansas City 4–15Yankees Wang (5–2)54,21627–20
48May 28 Kansas City 5–6Yankees Wright (3–3) Rivera (11)54,37228–20
49May 29Yankees4–0 Detroit Johnson (7–4)39,75929–20
50May 30Yankees11–6 Detroit Rivera (3–3)24,76530–20
51May 31Yankees6–1 Detroit Mussina (7–1)23,73731–20
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Yankees6–7 Detroit Farnsworth (1–3)27,23131–21
53June 2Yankees6–5 Baltimore Farnsworth (2–3)48,16832–21
54June 3Yankees6–5 Baltimore Proctor (2–1) Wang (1)48,19533–21
55June 4Yankees4–11 Baltimore Small (0–3)47,53533–22
56June 5 Boston 5–13Yankees Mussina (8–1)55,24634–22
57June 6 Boston 1–2Yankees Wang (6–2) Rivera (12)55,14135–22
–June 7 Boston YankeesPostponed35–22
58June 8 Boston 9–3Yankees Wright (3–4)55,22535–23
59June 9 Oakland 6–5Yankees Johnson (7–5)53,83735–24
60June 10 Oakland 5–2Yankees Mussina (8–2)53,77935–25
61June 11 Oakland 6–5Yankees Farnsworth (2–4)54,57035–26
62June 13 Cleveland 0–1Yankees Wang (7–2) Rivera (13)50,36536–26
63June 14 Cleveland 1–6Yankees Johnson (7–5)53,44837–26
64June 15 Cleveland 8–4Yankees Mussina (8–3)54,64837–27
65June 16Yankees7–5 Washington Rivera (4–3)44,74938–27
66June 17Yankees9–11 Washington Rivera (4–4)45,08538–28
67June 18Yankees2–3 Washington Wang (7–3)45,15738–29
68June 19Yankees2–4 Philadelphia Johnson (8–6)44,74738–30
69June 20Yankees9–7 Philadelphia Beam (1–0) Rivera (14)44,77539–30
70June 21Yankees5–0 Philadelphia Wright (4–4)45,11140–30
71June 23 Florida 5–6Yankees Wang (8–3) Rivera (15)54,02541–30
–June 24 Florida YankeesPostponed41–30
72June 25 Florida 1–2Yankees Mussina (9–3) Rivera (16)53,61542–30
73June 25 Florida 1–2Yankees Chacón (4–2)6,80942–31
74June 26 Atlanta 2–5Yankees Johnson (9–6) Rivera (17)54,22643–31
75June 27 Atlanta 5–2Yankees Wright (4–5)53,76343–32
76June 28 Atlanta 3–4Yankees Villone (1–1)54,18644–32
77June 30 Mets 0–2Yankees Villone (2–1) Rivera (18)55,24545–32
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1 Mets 8–3Yankees Johnson (9–7)55,13245–33
79July 2 Mets 7–16Yankees Villone (3–1)55,21246–33
80July 3Yankees2–5 Cleveland Wang (8–4)42,70646–34
81July 4Yankees1–19 Cleveland Chacón (4–3)29,63846–35
82July 5Yankees11–3 Cleveland Mussina (10–3)31,26547–35
83July 6Yankees10–4 Cleveland Johnson (10–7)34,98248–35
84July 7Yankees1–0 Tampa Bay Wright (5–5) Rivera (19)25,58449–35
85July 8Yankees5–1 Tampa Bay Wang (9–4)34,98250–35
86July 9Yankees5–6 Tampa Bay Proctor (2–2)31,58350–36
87July 14 White Sox 5–6Yankees Farnsworth (3–4) Rivera (20)55,06951–36
88July 15 White Sox 3–14Yankees Mussina (11–3)55,01952–36
89July 16 White Sox 4–6Yankees Wright (6–5) Rivera (21)53,78153–36
90July 17 Seattle 2–4Yankees Wang (10–4) Rivera (22)53,44454–36
91July 18 Seattle 4–5Yankees Proctor (3–2)52,99255–36
92July 19 Seattle 3–2Yankees Johnson (10–8)54,12155–37
93July 20Yankees4–5 Toronto Rivera (4–5)42,33655–38
94July 21Yankees3–7 Toronto Wright (6–6)40,14955–39
95July 22Yankees5–4 Toronto Wang (11–4) Rivera (23)50,01456–39
96July 23Yankees5–13 Toronto Ponson (0–1)42,33756–40
97July 24Yankees6–2 Texas Johnson (11–8)43,20657–40
98July 25Yankees7–4 Texas Mussina (12–3) Rivera (24)42,17158–40
99July 26Yankees8–7 Texas Chacón (4–3) Rivera (25)43,52759–40
100July 28 Tampa Bay 0–6Yankees Wang (12–4)53,97960–40
101July 29 Tampa Bay 19–6Yankees Johnson (11–9)54,48560–41
102July 30 Tampa Bay 2–4Yankees Mussina (13–3) Rivera (26)54,10261–41
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1 Toronto 1–5Yankees Wright (7–6)52,23762–41
104August 2 Toronto 2–7Yankees Wang (13–4)54,41463–41
105August 3 Toronto 1–8Yankees Lidle (1–0)52,15664–41
106August 4Yankees5–4 Baltimore Proctor (4–2) Rivera (27)44,84065–41
107August 5Yankees0–5 Baltimore Mussina (13–4)49,15965–42
108August 6Yankees6–1 Baltimore Wright (8–6) Rivera (28)45,56366–42
109August 8Yankees5–6 White Sox Proctor (4–3)39,87266–43
110August 9Yankees7–6 White Sox Johnson (12–9) Rivera (29)39,40666–44
111August 10Yankees4–5 White Sox Mussina (13–5)39,28967–44
112August 11 Angels 7–4Yankees Lidle (1–1)54,45067–45
113August 12 Angels 2–5Yankees Wright (9–6) Rivera (30)54,15768–45
114August 13 Angels 5–3Yankees Wang (13–5)54,30968–46
115August 14 Angels 2–7Yankees Johnson (13–9)52,10069–46
116August 15 Baltimore 3–6Yankees Mussina (11–3) Rivera (31)52,41870–46
117August 16 Baltimore 3–2Yankees Proctor (5–3)54,24470–47
118August 17 Baltimore 12–2Yankees Lidle (1–2)54,33370–48
119August 18Yankees12–4 Boston Wang (14–5)36,32571–48
120August 18Yankees14–11 Boston Myers (1–0)36,07172–48
121August 19Yankees13–5 Boston Johnson (14–9)35,73873–48
122August 20Yankees8–5 Boston Rivera (5–5)36,15574–48
123August 21Yankees2–1 Boston Lidle (2–2) Farnsworth (2)35,82975–48
124August 22Yankees5–6 Seattle Villone (3–2)42,45475–49
125August 23Yankees9–2 Seattle Wang (15–5)41,38076–49
126August 24Yankees2–4 Seattle Johnson (14–10)44,63476–50
127August 25Yankees5–6 Angels Myers (1–1)44,25377–51
128August 26Yankees7–12 Angels Bruney (0–1)44,18578–52
129August 27Yankees11–8 Angels Karstens (1–0)44,22579–52
–August 29Yankees Detroit Postponed79–52
130August 30Yankees2–0 Detroit Wang (16–5) Rivera (32)52,58580–52
131August 30Yankees3–5 Detroit Proctor (5–4)54,50980–53
132August 31Yankees6–4 Detroit Johnson (15–10) Rivera (33)54,77181–53
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1 Minnesota 1–8Yankees Lidle (3–2)54,31180–53
134September 2 Minnesota 6–1Yankees Karstens (1–1)53,22080–54
135September 3 Minnesota 1–10Yankees Rasner (1–0)55,15581–54
136September 4Yankees12–5 Kansas City Beam (2–0)27,12382–54
137September 5Yankees0–5 Kansas City Mussina (13–6)25,10482–55
138September 6Yankees8–3 Kansas City Johnson (16–10)16,42183–55
139September 8Yankees4–9 Baltimore Lidle (3–3)36,21483–56
140September 9Yankees3–2 Baltimore Wang (17–5) Farnsworth (3)45,82784–56
141September 10Yankees9–4 Baltimore Wright (10–7)40,12585–56
142September 11Yankees9–6 Baltimore Johnson (17–10) Farnsworth (4)21,74286–56
143September 12 Tampa Bay 4–12Yankees Mussina (14–6)54,57087–56
144September 13 Tampa Bay 4–8Yankees Bruney (1–1)52,26588–56
145September 14 Tampa Bay 4–7Yankees Rasner (2–0)51,96589–56
–September 15 Boston YankeesPostponed89–56
146September 16 Boston 5–2Yankees Wang (17–6)55,09189–57
147September 16 Boston 5–7Yankees Proctor (6–4) Farnsworth (5)55,16790–57
148September 17 Boston 6–3Yankees Villone (3–3)55,00290–58
149September 17 Boston 5–4Yankees Farnsworth (3–5)55,22190–59
150September 18Yankees7–6 Toronto Rasner (3–0) Veras (1)32,28691–59
151September 19Yankees6–3 Toronto Karstens (2–1) Farnsworth (6)30,79392–59
152September 20Yankees2–3 Toronto Henn (0–1)33,02992–60
153September 22Yankees4–1 Tampa Bay Wang (18–6) Rivera (34)26,33793–60
154September 23Yankees0–8 Tampa Bay Johnson (17–11)33,49293–61
155September 24Yankees4–11 Tampa Bay Mussina (14–7)31,42293–62
156September 25Yankees16–1 Tampa Bay Wright (11–7)24,05394–62
157September 26 Baltimore 4–5Yankees Lidle (4–3) Proctor (1)53,42095–62
158September 27 Baltimore 5–16Yankees Wang (19–6)53,04096–62
159September 28 Baltimore 7–1Yankees Rasner (3–1)54,04696–63
160September 29 Toronto 2–7Yankees Mussina (15–7)52,33197–63
161September 30 Toronto 6–5Yankees Myers (1–2)54,57697–64
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1 Toronto 5–7Yankees Farnsworth (3–6)54,88697–65

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Derek Jeter 154653214.3431497
Johnny Damon 149593169.2852480
Alex Rodriguez 154572166.29035121
Robinson Canó 122482165.3421578
Jorge Posada 143465129.2772393
Melky Cabrera 130460129.280750
Jason Giambi 139446113.25337113
Bernie Williams 131420118.2811261
Andy Phillips 11024659.240729
Miguel Cairo 8122253.239030
Bobby Abreu 5820969.330742
Hideki Matsui 5117252.302829
Gary Sheffield 3915145.298625
Craig Wilson 4010422.21248
Bubba Crosby 658718.20716
Aaron Guiel 448221.256411
Kelly Stinnett 347918.22819
Nick Green 467518.24024
Sal Fasano 28497.14315
Terrence Long 12366.16702
Kevin Thompson 19309.30016
Kevin Reese 10125.41701
Andy Cannizaro 1382.25011
Wil Nieves 660.00000
Pitcher Totals162221.04501
Team Totals16256511608.285210902

Note: Individual pitchers batting not included

Pitching

Randy Johnson pitching in 2006. RJ4.jpg
Randy Johnson pitching in 2006.
Starting and other pitchers

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

PlayerGWLERASO
Chien-Ming Wang (1 SV)341963.6376
Randy Johnson 3317115.00172
Mike Mussina 321573.51172
Jaret Wright 301174.4984
Shawn Chacón 17537.0035
Aaron Small 11038.4612
Cory Lidle 10435.1632
Jeff Karstens 8213.8016
Darrell Rasner 6314.4311
Sidney Ponson 50110.4715
Kris Wilson 5008.646
Sean Henn 4014.827
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mariano Rivera 6355341.8055
Scott Proctor 836413.5289
Kyle Farnsworth 723664.3675
Ron Villone 703305.0472
Mike Myers 621203.2322
T.J. Beam 202008.5612
Brian Bruney 191100.8725
Tanyon Sturtze 180007.596
Octavio Dotel 1400010.807
Matt Smith 120000.009
José Veras 120014.096
Scott Erickson 90007.942
Colter Bean 20009.001
Team Pitching Totals1629765434.411019

Playoffs

American League Division Series

The 2006 American League Division Series was played between New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. New York finished 1st in the American League East, while Detroit won the wild card. Detroit ended up winning the series 3-1.

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTWin/LossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 3 Detroit 4 – 8New York (AL) Wang 56,2911-0
2October 5 Detroit 4 – 3New York (AL) Mussina 56,2521-1
3October 6New York (AL)0 – 6 Detroit Johnson 43,4401-2
4October 7New York (AL)3 – 8 Detroit Wright 43,1261-3

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Dave Miley
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Bill Masse
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Luis Sojo
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Gaylen Pitts
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Matt Martin

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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 2006 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 124th year in Major League Baseball, their 49th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at AT&T Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with a 76–85 record, 11½ games behind the San Diego Padres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2003 Boston Red Sox season</span> Major League Baseball season

The 2003 Boston Red Sox season was the 103rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, six games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the AL championship. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, and defeated the American League West champion Oakland Athletics in the ALDS. The Red Sox then lost to the Yankees in the ALCS.

The 2003 Houston Astros season was the 42nd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.

References

1st Half: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com
Playoffs: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. ↑ Bernie Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Ramiro Mendoza Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Ian Kennedy Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Joba Chamberlain Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ↑ Baseball America 2007 Annual Directory
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