This article is about the 2006 Major League Baseball season only. For information on
all of baseball, see
2006 in baseball.
The 2006 Major League Baseball season ended with the National League's St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series with the lowest regular season victory total in a non-strike season in history. The American League continued its domination at the All-Star Game by winning its fourth straight game; the A.L. has won nine of the last ten contests (the 2002 game was a tie). This season, the Atlanta Braves failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1990. Individual achievements included Barry Bonds who, despite questions surrounding his alleged steroid use and involvement in the BALCO scandal, surpassed Babe Ruth for second place on the career home runs list.
Final standings
- American League
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- National League
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Postseason
- Postseason – October 3 to 27
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New York Yankees
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Detroit Tigers
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Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed had home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
The American League champion had home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the AL victory in the 2006 All-Star Game.
All-Star game
Awards
Other awards
Player of the Month
Pitcher of the Month
Rookie of the Month
Statistical leaders
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AVG |
Joe Mauer, MIN |
.347 |
Freddy Sanchez, PIT |
.344
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HR |
David Ortiz, BOS |
54 |
Ryan Howard, PHI |
58
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RBI |
David Ortiz, BOS |
137 |
Ryan Howard, PHI |
149
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Wins |
Johan Santana, MIN Chien-Ming Wang, NYY |
19 |
Aaron Harang, CIN Derek Lowe, LAD Brad Penny, LAD John Smoltz, ATL Brandon Webb, ARI Carlos Zambrano, CHC |
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ERA |
Johan Santana, MIN |
2.77 |
Roy Oswalt, HOU |
2.98
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SO |
Johan Santana, MIN |
245 |
Aaron Harang, CIN |
216
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SV |
Francisco Rodríguez, LAA |
47 |
Trevor Hoffman, SD |
46
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SB |
Carl Crawford, TB |
58 |
José Reyes, NYM |
64
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Managers
American League
National League
±hosted the MLB All Star Game
Milestones
300–300 Club members
Home Runs
The following players reached major home run milestones in 2006:
- May 21 — reached 714 career homers, tying Babe Ruth for second all time
- May 28 — reached 715 career homers, passing Ruth for second all time
400 career homers
300 career homers
200 career homers
Entry into the top 500
Pitching
Hitting
- Alfonso Soriano of the Washington Nationals become only the fourth player to join the 40–40 Club, joining José Canseco, Barry Bonds, and Alex Rodriguez when he stole his 40th base of the season on September 16. Six days later he became the first person ever to reach 40 home runs, 40 stolen bases and 40 doubles in one season.
Other achievements
- Matt Holliday hit the longest home run of the season in MLB against the San Francisco Giants on September 19 with an official distance of Script error: No such module "convert".; HitTracker estimated it at Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
Events
References
- ^ Beinhoff, Drew (September 20, 2006). "You gotta love Matt Holliday". Real Clear Sports. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ^ "Charlton's Baseball Chronology". www.baseballlibrary.com. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
See also
2006 in baseball
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