MLB 2006

Major League Baseball
season	2006
Period	April 2 - October 27, 2006
Regular season
Season MVP AL	Justin Morneau ( MIL )
Season MVP NL	Ryan Howard ( PHI )
Postseason
AL Champion	Detroit Tigers
Second AL	Oakland Athletics
NL champion	St. Louis Cardinals
Second NL	Arizona Diamondbacks
World Series
champion	St. Louis Cardinals
MVP	David Eckstein ( STL )
Playing times
◄ 2005 2007 ►

The 2006 MLB season , the 105th season of Major League Baseball , opened on April 2, 2006 with the game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox , which the White Sox won 10-4.

During the regular season , 30 teams fought in 162 games each for a place in the play-offs. Each team played 142 inner-league and 20 inter- league games. Game 1 of the 2006 World Series took place on October 21. The St. Louis Cardinals won the final series with 4 to 1 games against the Detroit Tigers .

The MLB All-Star Game 2006 took place on July 11, 2006 at PNC Park , the stadium of the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh , and ended with a 3–2 victory in the American League. The winning league had home rights in the first games of the World Series .

Participating teams

TEX OAK LAA SEA MIN CWS DET CLE KC TB NYY BOS GOAL BAL

American League venues. Divisions: West, Central, East.

American League
East		Central		west
	Baltimore Orioles		Chicago White Sox		LA Angels of Anaheim
	Boston Red Sox		Cleveland Indians		Oakland Athletics
	New York Yankees		Detroit Tigers		Seattle Mariners
	Tampa Bay Devil Rays		Kansas City Royals		Texas Rangers
	Toronto Blue Jays		Minnesota Twins

SF SD COL LAD ARI CIN STL Mil CHC PIT HOU PHI ATL MIA NYM WSH

National League venues. Divisions: West, Central, East.

National League
East		Central		west
	Atlanta Braves		Chicago Cubs		Arizona Diamondbacks
	Florida marlins		Cincinnati Reds		Colorado Rockies
	New York Mets		Houston Astros		Los Angeles Dodgers
	Philadelphia Phillies		Milwaukee Brewers		San Diego Padres
	Washington Nationals		Pittsburgh Pirates		San Francisco Giants
			St. Louis Cardinals

Regular season

Brief explanation of game operations and table structure

The AL and NL are each divided into three divisions for game operations. The allocation is based on regional criteria: East, Central and West Division.

The table positions are responsible for reaching the postseason : The three respective division winners and the team second best after the winning percentage play the championship in the American and National League respectively in three rounds. The respective champions then meet in the World Series.

The ranking of the teams in the table results during the season from the current ratio of wins to games overall as the so-called winning percentage . The reason for this is the uneven distribution of the games over the calendar, so that some teams have played three or more games more than others. For example, the balance of team A with 15 wins and 15 defeats (.500 expressed as the corresponding percentage) is considered to be exactly equivalent to the balance of team B, which achieved 16 wins and 16 defeats at the same time. However, this is irrelevant for the final tables, since at the end of the season all teams had played the 162 season games that have been common since 1961. Therefore, it is sufficient to state wins and defeats (draws are not common).

With the indication GB ( Games Behind ) it is documented how big the gap between a chaser and the first in the table is. This expresses how many victories the pursuer would theoretically need with simultaneous defeat of the leader in order to achieve a tie. GB is expressed to 0.5 games: For example, if team A has 10 wins and 5 defeats, but team B 9 wins and 5 defeats, a win of its own (without defeat by A) would lead to a tie.

Stand after the regular season

American League

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	New York Yankees	97	65	.599	-
	Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	.537	10.0
	Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	11.0
	Baltimore Orioles	70	92	.432	27.0
	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	.377	36.0

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Minnesota Twins	96	66	.593	-
4th	Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586	1.0
	Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	6.0
	Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	18.0
	Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	34.0

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
3	Oakland Athletics	93	69	.574	-
	Los Angeles Angels	89	73	.549	4.0
	Texas Rangers	80	82	.494	13.0
	Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	15.0

National League

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	New York Mets	97	65	.599	-
	Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	.525	12.0
	Atlanta Braves	79	83	.488	18.0
	Florida marlins	78	84	.481	19.0
	Washington Nationals	71	91	.438	26.0

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
3	St. Louis Cardinals	83	78	.516	-
	Houston Astros	82	80	.506	1.5
	Cincinnati Reds	80	82	.494	3.5
	Milwaukee Brewers	75	87	.463	8.5
	Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	.414	16.5
	Chicago Cubs	66	96	.407	17.5

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	San Diego Padres	88	74	.543	-
4th	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	.543	-
	San Francisco Giants	76	85	.472	11.5
	Arizona Diamondbacks	76	86	.469	12.0
	Colorado Rockies	76	86	.469	12.0

The teams that qualified for the postseason are colored green. PS = postseason; Number = Rank on seeding list
W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind the leader: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)

Postseason

Mode and participants

From the beginning of October, the Division Series and then the respective Championship Series will be played. To do this, the two wild card winners first meet in a game. The three division winners and the wild card team meet in two division series matches in the best-of-five mode ( ALDS or NLDS = American or National League Division Series). The winners of the Division Series matches then play the respective League Champion in a best-of-seven procedure ( ALCS or NLCS = American or National League Championship Series).

overview

The following results were found in the postseason:

	League Division Series					League Championship Series					World Series
	1	New York Yankees	1
	4th	Detroit Tigers	3
						4th	Detroit Tigers	4th
	American League
						3	Oakland Athletics	0
	2	Minnesota Twins	0
	3	Oakland Athletics	3
											AL4	Detroit Tigers	1
											NL3	St. Louis Cardinals	4th
	1	New York Mets	3
	4th	Los Angeles Dodgers	0
						1	New York Mets	3
	National League
						3	St. Louis Cardinals	4th
	2	San Diego Padres	1
	3	St. Louis Cardinals	3

ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of-Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series): Best-of-Seven

Division Series

American League Division Series

game	date	guest	Result	home	was standing	place	Playtime	spectator	box
1	October 3	Detroit Tigers	4-8	New York Yankees	0-1	Yankee Stadium	3:14	56.291
2	5th October	Detroit Tigers	4-3	New York Yankees	1-1	Yankee Stadium	3:15	56,252
3	October 6th	New York Yankees	0-6	Detroit Tigers	1-2	Comerica Park	3:05	43,440
4th	October 7th	New York Yankees	3-8	Detroit Tigers	1-3	Comerica Park	2:54	43,126
Detroit Tigers win the series 3–1

game	date	guest	Result	home	was standing	place	Playtime	spectator	box
1	October 3	Oakland Athletics	3–2	Minnesota Twins	1–0	Humphrey Metrodome	2:19	55,542
2	4th of October	Oakland Athletics	5–2	Minnesota Twins	2–0	Humphrey Metrodome	3:02	55,710
3	October 6th	Minnesota Twins	3-8	Oakland Athletics	0-3	McAfee Coliseum	2:55	35,694
Oakland Athletics win Series 3–0

National League Division Series

game	date	guest	Result	home	was standing	place	Playtime	spectator	box
1	4th of October	Los Angeles Dodgers	5-6	New York Mets	0-1	Shea Stadium	3:05	56,979
2	5th October	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-4	New York Mets	0-2	Shea Stadium	2:57	57.029
3	October 7th	New York Mets	9-5	Los Angeles Dodgers	3–0	Dodger Stadium	3:51	56,293
New York Mets win Series 3–0

game	date	guest	Result	home	was standing	place	Playtime	spectator	box
1	October 3	St. Louis Cardinals	5–1	San Diego Padres	1–0	PETCO Park	2:54	43.107
2	5th October	St. Louis Cardinals	2–0	San Diego Padres	2–0	PETCO Park	2:54	43,463
3	October 7th	San Diego Padres	3–1	St. Louis Cardinals	1-2	Busch Stadium	3:33	46,634
4th	8th October	San Diego Padres	2-6	St. Louis Cardinals	1-3	Busch Stadium	2:44	46,476
St. Louis Cardinals win Series 3–1

Championship Series

American League Championship Series

game	date	guest	Result	home	was standing	place	Playtime	spectator	box
1	October 10th	Detroit Tigers	5–1	Oakland Athletics	1–0	McAfee Coliseum	3:20	35,655
2	October 11th	Detroit Tigers	8-5	Oakland Athletics	2–0	McAfee Coliseum	3:06	36,168
3	October 13th	Oakland Athletics	0-3	Detroit Tigers	0-3	Comerica Park	2:57	41,669
4th	October 14th	Oakland Athletics	3-6	Detroit Tigers	0-4	Comerica Park	3:23	42,967
Detroit Tigers win the series 4-0

Plácido Polanco (DET) was elected MVP of the ALCS .

National League Championship Series

game	date	guest	Result	home	was standing	place	Playtime	spectator	box
1	October 12th	St. Louis Cardinals	0-2	New York Mets	0-1	Shea Stadium	2:52	56,311
2	October 13th	St. Louis Cardinals	9-6	New York Mets	1-1	Shea Stadium	3:58	56,349
3	October 14th	New York Mets	0-5	St. Louis Cardinals	1-2	Busch Stadium	2:53	47.053
4th	15th October	New York Mets	12-5	St. Louis Cardinals	2–2	Busch Stadium	3:31	46,600
5	October 17th	New York Mets	2-4	St. Louis Cardinals	2-3	Busch Stadium	3:26	46,496
6th	October 18	St. Louis Cardinals	2-4	New York Mets	3–3	Shea Stadium	2:56	56,334
7th	October 19th	St. Louis Cardinals	3–1	New York Mets	4-3	Shea Stadium	3:23	56,357
St. Louis Cardinals win Series 4-3

Jeff Suppan (STL) was elected MVP of the NLCS .

World Series

→ Main article : World Series 2006

It faced the champion of the American League , the Detroit Tigers and the champion of the National League , the St. Louis Cardinals . The St. Louis Cardinals won the "Best of Seven" series in just five games. The Cardinals won Games 1, 3, 4, and 5. The Detroit Tigers could only win Game 2. For MVP of the World Series was David Eckstein selected.

game	date	guest	Result	home	was standing	place	Playtime	spectator	box
1	October 21	St. Louis Cardinals	7-2	Detroit Tigers	1–0	Comerica Park	2:54	42,479
2	October 22nd	St. Louis Cardinals	1-3	Detroit Tigers	1-1	Comerica Park	2:55	42,533
3	October 24th	Detroit Tigers	0-5	St. Louis Cardinals	1-2	Busch Stadium	3:03	46,513
4th	October 26th	Detroit Tigers	4-5	St. Louis Cardinals	1-3	Busch Stadium	3:35	46,470
5	October 27	Detroit Tigers	2-4	St. Louis Cardinals	1-4	Busch Stadium	2:56	46,638
St. Louis Cardinals wins the series 4–1

Player statistics

Hitting

	American League			National League
Stat	Player	team	Total	Player	team	Total
AVG	Joe Mauer	MIN	.347	Freddy Sanchez	PIT	.344
MR	David Ortiz	BOS	54	Ryan Howard	PHI	58
RBI	David Ortiz	BOS	137	Ryan Howard	PHI	149
SB	Carl Crawford	TB	58	José Reyes	NYM	64

Pitching

	American League			National League
Stat	Player	team	Total	Player	team	Total
W.	Johan Santana Chien-Ming Wang	MIN NYY	19th	Aaron Harang Derek Lowe Brad Penny John Smoltz Brandon Webb Carlos Zambrano	CIN LAD LAD ATL ARI CHC	16
ERA	Johan Santana	MIN	2.77	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2.98
K	Johan Santana	MIN	245	Aaron Harang	CIN	216
SV	Francisco Rodríguez	LAA	47	Trevor Hoffman	SD	46

honors and awards

Regular season

Award	American League	National League
MLB Most Valuable Player	Hanley Ramírez ( FLA )	Justin Verlander ( DET )
Rookie of the Year	Dustin Pedroia ( BOS )	Ryan brown ( mil )
Cy Young Award	Brandon Webb ( ARI )	Johan Santana ( MIN )
Comeback Player of the Year	Jim Thome ( CWS )	Nomar Garciaparra ( LAD )
Hank Aaron Award	Derek Jeter ( NYY )	Ryan Howard ( PHI )
TSN Player of the Year	Ryan Howard ( PHI )

Player of the month

month	American League	National League
April	Jason Giambi	Albert Pujols
May	Alex Rodriguez	Jason Bay
June	Joe Mauer	David Wright
July	David Ortiz	Chase Utley
August	Travis Hafner	Ryan Howard
September	Robinson Canó	Ryan Howard

Pitcher of the month

month	American League	National League
April	José Contreras	Greg Maddux
May	CC Sabathia	Jason Schmidt
June	Johan Santana	Chris Young
July	John Lackey	Carlos Zambrano
August	Esteban Loaiza	Derek Lowe
September	Johan Santana	Roy Oswalt

Rookie of the month

month	American League	National League
April	Jonathan Papelbon	Prince Fielder
May	Justin Verlander	Josh Johnson
June	Francisco Liriano	Josh Johnson Dan Uggla
July	Francisco Liriano	Josh Barfield
August	Nick Markakis	Chris Duncan
September	Boof Bonser	Aníbal Sánchez

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The San Diego Padres won the NL West Division based on a direct comparison (13-5 wins) with the LA Dodgers.
2. ↑ ALDS1: Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, Game 1. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
3. ↑ ALDS1: Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, Game 2. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
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6. ↑ ALDS2: Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, Game 1. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
7. ↑ ALDS2: Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, Game 2. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
8. ↑ ALDS2: Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Athletics, Game 3. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
9. ↑ NLDS1: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets, Game 1. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
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11. ↑ NLDS1: New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Game 3. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
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15. ↑ NLDS2: San Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Game 4. retrosheet.org, accessed December 6, 2013 . 
16. ↑ ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Oakland Athletics, Game 1. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
17. ↑ ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Oakland Athletics, Game 2. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
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19. ↑ ALCS: Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers, Game 4. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
20. ^ NLCS: St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets, Game 1. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
21. ^ NLCS: St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets, Game 2. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
22. ↑ NLCS: New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Game 3. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
23. ↑ NLCS: New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Game 4. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
24. ↑ NLCS: New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Game 5. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
25. ^ NLCS: St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets, Game 6. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
26. ^ NLCS: St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets, Game 7. retrosheet.org, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
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28. ↑ WS: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers, Game 2. retrosheet.org, accessed December 5, 2013 . 
29. ↑ WS: Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Game 3. retrosheet.org, accessed December 5, 2013 . 
30. ↑ WS: Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Game 4. retrosheet.org, accessed December 5, 2013 . 
31. ↑ WS: Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Game 5. retrosheet.org, accessed December 5, 2013 .