2006 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2006 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2006

World Series Champions

St. Louis Cardinals

Runner Up

Detroit Tigers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Justin Morneau NL: Ryan Howard

Cy Young Winners

AL: Johan Santana NL: Brandon Webb

Rookies of the Year

AL: Justin Verlander NL: Hanley Ramirez

Managers of the Year

AL: Jim Leyland NL: Joe Girardi

#1 Draft Pick

Luke Hochevar (Kansas City Royals)

All-Star Game

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

Teams

Players

1242

Attendance

76,043,902

Payroll

$2,326,706,685

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2006 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	801	683	118	Lost ALDS (Athletics)	2,285,018	19	$ 63,396,006	10	Terry Ryan	Ron Gardenhire	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2	3	4	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	1.0	822	675	147	Lost World Series (Cardinals)	2,595,937	13	$ 82,612,866	6	Dave Dombrowski	Jim Leyland	Comerica Park
3	5	6	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	6.0	868	794	74	dnq	2,957,414	9	$ 102,750,667	4	Ken Williams	Ozzie Guillen	U.S. Cellular Field
4	11	20	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	18.0	870	782	88	dnq	1,997,995	25	$ 56,031,500	12	Mark Shapiro	Eric Wedge	Jacobs Field
5	13	29	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	62	100	.383	34.0	757	971	-214	dnq	1,372,638	28	$ 47,294,000	13	Allard Baird, Dayton Moore	Buddy Bell	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	930	767	163	Lost ALDS (Tigers)	4,248,067	1	$ 194,663,079	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	7	10	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	10.0	809	754	55	dnq	2,302,212	18	$ 71,915,000	8	JP Ricciardi	John Gibbons	Rogers Centre
3	8	11	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	11.0	820	825	-5	dnq	2,930,588	10	$ 120,099,824	2	Theo Epstein	Terry Francona	Fenway Park
4	12	26	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	27.0	768	899	-131	dnq	2,153,139	20	$ 72,585,582	7	Mike Flanagan	Sam Perlozzo	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	14	30	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	162	61	101	.377	36.0	689	856	-167	dnq	1,368,950	29	$ 35,417,967	14	Andrew Friedman	Joe Maddon	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	5	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	771	727	44	Lost ALCS (Tigers)	1,976,625	26	$ 62,243,079	11	Billy Beane	Ken Macha	McAfee Coliseum
2	6	7	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	4.0	766	732	34	dnq	3,406,790	4	$ 103,472,000	3	Bill Stoneman	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
3	9	16	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	13.0	835	784	51	dnq	2,388,757	16	$ 68,228,662	9	Jon Daniels	Buck Showalter	Ameriquest Field
4	10	18	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	15.0	756	792	-36	dnq	2,481,165	15	$ 87,959,833	5	Bill Bavasi	Mike Hargrove	Safeco Field
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	13	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	161	83	78	.516	--	781	762	19	Won World Series (Tigers)	3,407,104	3	$ 88,891,371	7	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium III
2	6	14	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	1.5	735	719	16	dnq	3,022,763	8	$ 92,551,503	4	Tim Purpura	Phil Garner	Minute Maid Park
3	7	15	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	3.5	749	801	-52	dnq	2,134,607	22	$ 60,909,519	11	Wayne Krivsky	Jerry Narron	Great American Ballpark
4	13	24	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	8.5	730	833	-103	dnq	2,335,643	17	$ 57,568,333	13	Douglas Melvin	Ned Yost	Miller Park
5	15	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	16.5	691	797	-106	dnq	1,861,549	27	$ 46,717,750	14	Dave Littlefield	Jim Tracy	PNC Park
6	16	28	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	17.5	716	834	-118	dnq	3,123,215	7	$ 94,424,499	3	Jim Hendry	Dusty Baker	Wrigley Field
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	834	731	103	Lost NLCS (Cardinals)	3,379,535	5	$ 101,084,963	1	Omar Minaya	Willie Randolph	Shea Stadium
2	4	12	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	12.0	865	812	53	dnq	2,701,815	11	$ 88,273,333	8	Pat Gillick	Charlie Manuel	Citizens Bank Park
3	8	17	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	18.0	849	805	44	dnq	2,550,524	14	$ 90,156,876	5	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
4	9	19	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	19.0	758	772	-14	dnq	1,164,134	30	$ 14,998,500	16	Larry Beinfest	Joe Girardi	Dolphin Stadium
5	14	25	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	26.0	746	872	-126	dnq	2,153,056	21	$ 63,143,000	10	Jim Bowden	Frank Robinson	RFK Memorial Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	9	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	731	679	52	Lost NLDS (Cardinals)	2,659,757	12	$ 69,896,141	9	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Petco Park
2	2	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	820	751	69	Lost NLDS (Mets)	3,758,545	2	$ 98,447,187	2	Ned Colletti	Grady Little	Dodger Stadium
3	10	21	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	161	76	85	.472	11.5	746	786	-40	dnq	3,130,313	6	$ 90,056,419	6	Brian Sabean	Felipe Alou	AT&T Park
4	11	23	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	12.0	773	788	-15	dnq	2,091,685	24	$ 59,684,226	12	Josh Byrnes	Bob Melvin	Chase Field
5	12	22	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	12.0	813	812	1	dnq	2,104,362	23	$ 41,233,000	15	Daniel O'Dowd	Clint Hurdle	Coors Field
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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