2006 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees 2006 season was the Yankees 104th season in New York, and their 106th overall going back to their origins in Baltimore. The season finished with the Yankees winning the AL East Division. They were defeated in the ALDS by the Detroit Tigers in a 3-1 series.

Hideki Matsui (left) and Derek Jeter (right) on April 3, 2006.

2006 New York Yankees
American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWWOR-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice, Al Leiter, John Flaherty)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman )
WKDM
(Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa)
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Offseason
  • January 3, 2006: Bernie Williams signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[1]
  • January 30, 2006: Ramiro Mendoza was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[2]
  • Sal Fasano signed with the New York Yankees

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9765 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
Toronto Blue Jays 8775 0.537 10 50–31 37–44
Boston Red Sox 8676 0.531 11 48–33 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 7092 0.432 27 40–41 30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 61101 0.377 36 41–40 20–61

Record vs. opponents
2006 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Baltimore —3–152–54–23–35–14–63–67–122–44–613–63–68–119–9
Boston 15–3—4–23–43–34–53–31–58–113–74–610–95–47–1216–2
Chicago 5–22–4—8–1112–711–86–39–102–43–35–43–35–55–414–4
Cleveland 2–44–311–8—6–1310–84–58–113–43–64–56–15–44–28–10
Detroit 3–33–37–1213–6—14–43–511–82–55–46–35–35–53–315–3
Kansas City 1–55–48–118–104–14—3–77–122–74–53–51–53–33–410–8
Los Angeles 6–43–33–65–45–37–3—4–26–411–810–97–211–84–67–11
Minnesota 6–35–110–911–88–1112–72–4—3–36–45–36–14–52–516–2
New York 12–711–84–24–35–27–24–63–3—3–63–313–58–210–810–8
Oakland 4–27–33–36–34–55–48–114–66–3—17–26–39–106–48–10
Seattle 6–46–44–55–43–65–39–103–53–32–17—6–38–114–514–4
Tampa Bay 6–139–103–31–63–55–12–71–65–133–63–6—3–66–1211–7
Texas 6–34–55–54–55–53–38–115–42–810–911–86–3—4–27–11
Toronto 11–812–74–52–43–34–36–45–28–104–65–412–62–4—9–9

Transactions
  • June 6, 2006: Ian Kennedy was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2006.[3]
  • June 6, 2006: Joba Chamberlain was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (41st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed September 2, 2006.[4]

Roster
2006 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 17 Nick Green
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game Log
2006 game log
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

Player stats

Batting

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
Derek Jeter154653214.3431497
Johnny Damon149593169.2852480
Alex Rodriguez154572166.29035121
Robinson Canó122482165.3421578
Jorge Posada143465129.2772393
Melky Cabrera130460129.280750
Jason Giambi139446113.25337113
Bernie Williams131420118.2811261
Andy Phillips11024659.240729
Miguel Cairo8122253.239030
Bobby Abreu5820969.330742
Hideki Matsui5117252.302829
Gary Sheffield3915145.298625
Craig Wilson4010422.21248
Bubba Crosby658718.20716
Aaron Guiel448221.256411
Kelly Stinnett347918.22819
Nick Green467518.24024
Sal Fasano28497.14315
Terrence Long12366.16702
Kevin Thompson19309.30016
Kevin Reese10125.41701
Andy Cannizaro1382.25011
Wil Nieves660.00000

Pitching
Randy Johnson pitching in 2006.
Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson3317115.00172
Chien-Ming Wang341963.6376
Mike Mussina321573.51172
Jaret Wright301174.4984
Shawn Chacón17537.0035
Cory Lidle10435.1632
Jeff Karstens8213.8016
Aaron Small11038.4612
Sidney Ponson50110.4715
Darrell Rasner6314.4311
Kris Wilson5008.646
Sean Henn4014.827
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G SV ERA SO
Mike Myers6203.2322
Tanyon Sturtze1807.596
Ron Villone7005.0472
Mariano Rivera63341.8055
Octavio Dotel14010.807
Scott Proctor8313.5289
Colter Bean209.001
Brian Bruney1900.8725
Matt Smith1200.009
T.J. Beam2008.5612
José Veras1214.096
Kyle Farnsworth7264.3675
Scott Erickson907.942

Playoffs

American League Division Series

The 2006 American League Division Series was played between New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. New York finished 1st in the American League East, while Detroit won the wild card. Detroit ended up winning the series 3-1.

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTWin/LossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 3Detroit4 – 8New York (AL)Wang56,2911-0
2October 5Detroit4 – 3New York (AL)Mussina56,2521-1
3October 6New York (AL)0 – 6DetroitJohnson43,4401-2
4October 7New York (AL)3 – 8DetroitWright43,1261-3

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Dave Miley
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Bill Masse
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Luis Sojo
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Gaylen Pitts
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Matt Martin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island[5][6]

References
  • Game Logs:
1st Half: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com
Playoffs: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. Bernie Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Ramiro Mendoza Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Ian Kennedy Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Joba Chamberlain Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. Baseball America 2007 Annual Directory
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