2006 New York Mets season

2006 New York Mets
	NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1962);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Shea Stadium (since 1964);
	New York (since 1962);
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)	Omar Minaya
Manager(s)	Willie Randolph
Local television	WPIX; SportsNet New York; (Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Steve Berthiaume, Matt Yallof, Ralph Kiner)
Local radio	WFAN ; (Howie Rose, Ed Coleman, Tom McCarthy); WADO (spanish); (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 2006 season was the 45th regular season for the Mets. They went 97-65 and won the NL East. 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. As of 2015, the last season in which the Mets reached the postseason.

Offseason

November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.^[1]
November 24, 2005: Carlos Delgado was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, and Grant Psomas (minors).^[2]
November 29, 2005: Billy Wagner was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[3]
December 5, 2005: Paul Lo Duca was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Dante Brinkley (minors) and Gaby Hernandez (minors).^[4]
December 12, 2005: Julio Franco was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[5]
January 22, 2006: Kris Benson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

Template:MLB standings

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Willie Randolph

Coaches

50 Manny Acta (third base)
2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (bench)
56 Guy Conti (bullpen)
54 Rick Down (hitting)
53 Jerry Manuel (first base)
51 Rick Peterson (pitching)

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
SS	José Reyes	153	647	194	.300	19	81
3B	David Wright	154	582	181	.311	26	116
C	Paul Lo Duca	124	512	163	.318	5	49
CF	Carlos Beltrán	140	510	140	.265	41	116
1B	Carlos Delgado	144	524	139	.252	38	114
2B	José Valentín	137	384	104	.271	18	62

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Endy Chávez	133	353	108	.306	4	42
Shawn Green	34	113	29	.257	4	15

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Glavine	32	180	15	7	3.82	131
Steve Trachsel	30	164⅔	15	8	4.97	79
Pedro Martínez	23	132⅔	9	8	4.48	137
Orlando Hernández	29	162⅓	11	11	4.66	164
John Maine	16	90	6	5	3.60	71
Alay Soler	8	45	2	3	6.00	23
Óliver Pérez	22	112⅔	3	13	6.55	102
Víctor Zambrano	5	21⅓	1	2	6.75	15
Mike Pelfrey	4	21⅓	2	1	5.48	13
José Lima	4	17⅓	0	4	9.87	12

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brian Bannister	8	38	2	1	4.26	19
Dave Williams	6	29	3	1	5.59	16

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Playoffs

NLDS

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

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

Carlos Delgado, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Xavier Nady Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/delgaca01.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wagnebi02.shtml
^ Paul Lo Duca Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Julio Franco Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Kris Benson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Ricky Ledee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Shawn Green Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

[autogenerated1-1] Xavier Nady Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[2] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/d/delgaca01.shtml

[3] ttp://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 Ledee 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, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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