2006 Boston Red Sox season
| 2006 Boston Red Sox | |
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| Record | 86–76 (.531) |
| Divisional place | 3rd |
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| Owner(s) | John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures) |
| General manager(s) | Theo Epstein |
| Manager(s) | Terry Francona |
| Local television |
NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy) |
| Local radio |
WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL |
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The Boston Red Sox' 2006 season was a season in American baseball. It included the Boston Red Sox attempting to win the American League East division. The Red Sox finished the season in third place in the AL East and missed the playoffs.
Offseason
- November 24, 2005: Shortstop Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox along with pitchers Jesús Delgado (minors), Harvey García and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins, in exchange for P Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and P Guillermo Mota.[1]
- December 8, 2005: Edgar Rentería was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte.[2]
- February 1, 2006: Free agent catcher Ken Huckaby was signed by Boston.[3]
Regular season
Transactions
- January 27, 2006: The Red Sox sent P Guillermo Mota, IF Andy Marte, C Kelly Shoppach, a player to be named later (Randy Newson, July 21) and cash to the Cleveland Indians, in exchange for OF Coco Crisp, P David Riske, and C Josh Bard.[4]
- March 30, 2006: C Charles Johnson and pitcher Chris Narveson were obtained by Boston from the Colorado Rockies for P Byung-Hyun Kim and cash consideration. Johnson was released the same day.[5]
- June 21. 2006: P Jason Johnson was purchased by Boston from the Cleveland Indians. He was released on August 28.[6]
- August 4: C Javy López was purchased by Boston from the Baltimore Orioles. He was released on September 8.[7]
- August 16, 2006: Free agent 1B Carlos Peña signed with Boston.[8]
Season summary
The Boston Red Sox finished 11 games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees. While part of the blame for the Red Sox demise could be the 5 game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees from August 18 – 21, the team had a poor record the entire month of August (going just 9-21) and September (13-14). Also, they suffered extensive injuries to Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, and Keith Foulke.
Season standings
| AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — | 50–31 | 47–34 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 10 | 50–31 | 37–44 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 11 | 48–33 | 38–43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 27 | 40–41 | 30–51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 61 | 101 | 0.377 | 36 | 41–40 | 20–61 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 of Anaheim | 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 |
Opening Day Lineup
| 10 | Coco Crisp | CF |
| 3 | Mark Loretta | 2B |
| 34 | David Ortiz | DH |
| 24 | Manny Ramírez | LF |
| 7 | Trot Nixon | RF |
| 33 | Jason Varitek | C |
| 25 | Mike Lowell | 3B |
| 20 | Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
| 11 | Álex González | SS |
| 38 | Curt Schilling | P |
Roster
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Game log
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September
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Player stats
Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; BB = Bases on Balls; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen Bases
Bold indicates leader in category.
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg. | SB |
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| Mark Loretta | 155 | 635 | 75 | 181 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 49 | 63 | .285 | 4 |
| Mike Lowell | 153 | 573 | 79 | 163 | 47 | 1 | 20 | 80 | 47 | 61 | .284 | 2 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 147 | 569 | 100 | 159 | 42 | 2 | 13 | 72 | 91 | 120 | .279 | 5 |
| David Ortiz | 151 | 558 | 115 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 137 | 119 | 117 | .287 | 1 |
| Manny Ramirez | 130 | 449 | 79 | 144 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 102 | 100 | 102 | .321 | 0 |
| Coco Crisp | 105 | 413 | 58 | 109 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 67 | .264 | 22 |
| Álex González | 111 | 388 | 48 | 99 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 22 | 67 | .255 | 1 |
| Trot Nixon | 114 | 381 | 59 | 102 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 60 | 56 | .268 | 0 |
| Jason Varitek | 103 | 365 | 46 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 46 | 87 | .238 | 1 |
| Wily Mo Peña | 84 | 276 | 36 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 20 | 90 | .301 | 0 |
| Alex Cora | 96 | 235 | 31 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 29 | .238 | 6 |
| Doug Mirabelli | 59 | 161 | 12 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 54 | .193 | 0 |
| Gabe Kapler | 72 | 130 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 15 | .254 | 1 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 31 | 89 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .191 | 0 |
| Eric Hinske | 31 | 80 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 30 | .288 | 1 |
| Javy López | 18 | 63 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .190 | 0 |
| Willie Harris | 47 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .156 | 6 |
| J. T. Snow | 38 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | .205 | 0 |
| Dustan Mohr | 21 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .175 | 0 |
| Carlos Peña | 18 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | .273 | 0 |
| David Murphy | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .227 | 0 |
| Adam Stern | 10 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .150 | 1 |
| Josh Bard | 7 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .278 | 0 |
| Josh Beckett | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .429 | 0 |
| Ken Huckaby | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Corky Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Jon Lester | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Tim Wakefield | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Matt Clement | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 |
| Curt Schilling | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Abe Alvarez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Lenny DiNardo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Jason Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
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Awards and honors
- Mark Loretta, Hutch Award[9]
2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland, GCL Red Sox[10][11]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2006 Boston Red Sox season. |
- 1st Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com
- 2nd Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com
- Batting Statistics: Boston Red Sox Batting Stats on ESPN.com
- Pitching Statistics: Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
- ↑ Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Edgar Renteria Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Coco Crisp at Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Jason Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Javy López at Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Carlos Peña at Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Hutch Award
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ↑ Baseball America 2007 Annual Directory
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