2006 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 2006 season was the 45th regular season for the Mets. They went 97-65 and won the NL East, a feat the team would not repeat until 2015. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. They used the marketing slogan of "The Team. The Time. The Mets." throughout the season.

2006 New York Mets
National League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)Omar Minaya
Manager(s)Willie Randolph
Local televisionWPIX
SportsNet New York
(Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Steve Berthiaume, Matt Yallof, Ralph Kiner)
Local radioWFAN
(Howie Rose, Ed Coleman, Tom McCarthy)
WADO (spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 9765 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
Philadelphia Phillies 8577 0.525 12 41–40 44–37
Atlanta Braves 7983 0.488 18 40–41 39–42
Florida Marlins 7884 0.481 19 42–39 36–45
Washington Nationals 7191 0.438 26 41–40 30–51

Record vs. opponents
2006 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11

Transactions
  • July 31, 2006: Xavier Nady was traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Roberto Hernandez and Óliver Pérez.[1]
  • August 8, 2006: Ricky Ledée was selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[7]
  • August 22, 2006: Shawn Green was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with cash to the New York Mets for Evan MacLane (minors).[8]

Roster
2006 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers
  • 32 Dave Williams
 Catchers

Infielders

  •  7 José Reyes
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  •  2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (bench)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CPaul Lo Duca124512163.318549
1BCarlos Delgado144524139.26538114
2BJosé Valentín137384104.2711862
3BDavid Wright154582181.31126116
SSJosé Reyes153647194.3001981
LF Cliff Floyd 97 332 81 .244 11 44
CFCarlos Beltrán140510140.27541116
RF Xavier Nady 75 265 70 .264 14 40

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Endy Chávez133353108.306442
Chris Woodward8322248.216325
Lastings Milledge5616640.241422
Julio Franco9516545.273226
Kazuo Matsui3813026.20017
Ramón Castro4012630.238412
Shawn Green3411329.257415
Michael Tucker355611.19616
Anderson Hernández256610.15213
Eli Marrero25336.18225
Ricky Ledée27323.09411
Mike Difelice15252.08001
Kelly Stinnett7121.08300
Víctor Díaz6112.18202

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Glavine321801573.82131
Steve Trachsel30164⅔1584.9779
Pedro Martínez23132⅔984.48137
Orlando Hernández20116⅔974.09112
John Maine1690653.6071
Alay Soler845236.0023
Óliver Pérez22112⅔3136.55102
Víctor Zambrano521⅓126.7515
Mike Pelfrey421⅓215.4813
José Lima417⅓049.8712
Geremi González314007.718

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Bannister838214.2619
Dave Williams629315.5916

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Aaron Heilman744503.6273
Billy Wagner7032402.2494
Pedro Feliciano647202.0954
Duaner Sánchez495102.6044
Darren Oliver454103.4460
Heath Bell220005.1135
Roberto Hernández220003.4815
Jorge Julio181215.0633
Guillermo Mota183001.0019
Royce Ring110002.138
Henry Owens30009.002
Bartolomé Fortunato210027.000
Philip Humber20000.002

Playoffs

NLDS
Main article: 2006 National League Division Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYM-LAD)

1 October 4 Los Angeles 5 New York 6 1-0
2 October 5 Los Angeles 1 New York 4 2-0
3 October 7 New York 9 Los Angeles 5 3-0
New York Mets win 3-0

NLCS
Main article: 2006 National League Championship Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(StL-NYM)

 Attendance
1 October 12* St. Louis 0 New York 2 0-1 56,311
2 October 13* St. Louis 9 New York 6 1-1 56,349
3 October 14 New York 0 St. Louis 5 2-1 47,053
4 October 15 New York 12 St. Louis 5 2-2 46,600
5 October 17 New York 2 St. Louis 4 3-2 46,496
6 October 18 St. Louis 2 New York 4 3-3 56,334
7 October 19 St. Louis 3 New York 1 4-3 56,357
St. Louis Cardinals win series 4–3 to advance to the World Series

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Ken Oberkfell
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Juan Samuel
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Gary Carter
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League George Greer
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Donovan Mitchell
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie[9]

References
  1. Xavier Nady Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/delgaca01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wagnebi02.shtml
  4. Paul Lo Duca Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Kris Benson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Ricky Ledée Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Shawn Green Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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