2006 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Ameriquest Field in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 80–82 (.494) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Tom Hicks | |
General managers | Jon Daniels | |
Managers | Buck Showalter | |
Television | KDFI KDFW FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin) | |
Radio | KRLD (Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas) KFLC (Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán) | |
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The Texas Rangers finished the 2006 season, third in the American League West. They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Michael Young who in his 3rd appearance was named the All Star Game's Most Valuable Player; and Gary Matthews Jr. making his first appearance.[ citation needed ]
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 49–32 | 44–37 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 | 45–36 | 44–37 |
Texas Rangers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 39–42 | 41–40 |
Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | .481 | 15 | 44–37 | 34–47 |
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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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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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SS | Michael Young | 162 | 691 | 217 | .314 | 14 | 103 |
CF | Gary Matthews Jr. | 147 | 620 | 194 | .313 | 19 | 79 |
RF | Mark DeRosa | 136 | 520 | 154 | .296 | 13 | 74 |
2B | Ian Kinsler | 120 | 423 | 121 | .286 | 14 | 55 |
1B | Mark Teixeira | 162 | 628 | 177 | .282 | 33 | 110 |
3B | Hank Blalock | 152 | 591 | 157 | .266 | 16 | 89 |
C | Rod Barajas | 97 | 344 | 88 | .256 | 11 | 41 |
LF | Brad Wilkerson | 95 | 320 | 71 | .222 | 15 | 44 |
DH | Phil Nevin | 46 | 176 | 38 | .216 | 9 | 31 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Kevin Mench | 87 | 320 | 91 | .284 | 12 | 50 |
Gerald Laird | 78 | 243 | 72 | .296 | 7 | 22 |
Carlos Lee | 59 | 236 | 76 | .322 | 9 | 35 |
Nelson Cruz | 41 | 130 | 29 | .223 | 6 | 22 |
Jerry Hairston Jr. | 63 | 88 | 18 | .205 | 0 | 6 |
Matt Stairs | 26 | 81 | 17 | .210 | 3 | 11 |
D'Angelo Jimenez | 20 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 1 | 8 |
Jason Botts | 20 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 1 | 6 |
Adrian Brown | 25 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
Laynce Nix | 9 | 32 | 3 | .094 | 0 | 4 |
Drew Meyer | 5 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
Miguel Ojeda | 5 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 4 |
Joaquín Arias | 6 | 11 | 6 | .545 | 0 | 1 |
Eric Young Sr. | 4 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Freddy Guzmán | 9 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Hyzdu | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
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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Kevin Millwood | 34 | 215.0 | 16 | 12 | 4.52 | 157 |
Vicente Padilla | 33 | 200.0 | 15 | 10 | 4.50 | 156 |
John Koronka | 23 | 125.0 | 7 | 7 | 5.69 | 61 |
Kameron Loe | 15 | 78.1 | 3 | 6 | 5.86 | 34 |
Rob Tejeda | 14 | 73.2 | 5 | 5 | 4.28 | 40 |
Adam Eaton | 13 | 65.0 | 7 | 4 | 5.12 | 43 |
Edinson Vólquez | 8 | 33.1 | 1 | 6 | 7.29 | 15 |
Kip Wells | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 4 |
R.A. Dickey | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 18.90 | 1 |
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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John Rheinecker | 21 | 70.2 | 4 | 6 | 5.86 | 28 |
John Wasdin | 9 | 30.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.10 | 16 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Akinori Otsuka | 63 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 2.11 | 47 |
Ron Mahay | 62 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.95 | 56 |
Rick Bauer | 58 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.55 | 35 |
Joaquin Benoit | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.86 | 85 |
Francisco Cordero | 49 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4.81 | 54 |
C.J. Wilson | 44 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.06 | 43 |
Scott Feldman | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.92 | 30 |
Wes Littleton | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.73 | 17 |
Antonio Alfonseca | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 5 |
Josh Rupe | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 14 |
Bryan Corey | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.60 | 13 |
Nick Masset | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 4 |
Frank Francisco | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 6 |
Brian Shouse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 3 |
Fabio Castro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 5 |
Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Team | G | AB | H | R | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Rangers | 162 | 5659 (3rd) | 1571 (6th) | 835 (6th) | .278 (6th) | 183 (13th) | 799 (7th) |
Opponents | 162 | 5601 | 1558 | 784 | .278 | 162 | 750 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts
Team | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | SHO |
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Rangers | 162 | 1431.1 (22nd) | 80 (15th) | 82 (15th) | 4.60 (18th) | 972 (25th) | 8 (18th) |
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