The 2006 New York Mets season was the 45th regular season for the Mets. They went 97–65 and won the National League 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. The Mets clinched their first NL East title since 1988.
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National League East Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |
City | New York | |
Record | 97–65 (.599) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Fred Wilpon | |
General managers | Omar Minaya | |
Managers | Willie Randolph | |
Television | WPIX SportsNet New York (Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Steve Berthiaume, Matt Yallof, Ralph Kiner) | |
Radio | WFAN (Howie Rose, Ed Coleman, Tom McCarthy) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) | |
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Offseason
edit- 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
editSeason standings
editNational League East
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Mets | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50–31 | 47–34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 41–40 | 44–37 |
Atlanta Braves | 79 | 83 | .488 | 18 | 40–41 | 39–42 |
Florida Marlins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 | 42–39 | 36–45 |
Washington Nationals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26 | 41–40 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | — | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 4–11 |
Atlanta | 1–6 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 5–10 |
Chicago | 2–4 | 1–6 | — | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 4–11 |
Cincinnati | 2–4 | 3–4 | 9–10 | — | 5–1 | 4–2 | 10–5 | 0–6 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 5–1 | 6-9 |
Colorado | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–15 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 2–7 | 8–0 | 11–4 |
Florida | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 3–4 | 1–5 | 7–0 | 8–11 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 9–9 |
Houston | 5–4 | 4–3 | 8–7 | 5–10 | 2–4 | 4-3 | — | 3–3 | 10–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 13–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 9–7 | 4–4 | 7–11 |
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–13 | 13–6 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 0–7 | 5–10 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 7–9 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 7–9 | 1–5 | 6–9 |
New York | 6–1 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 11–8 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 12–6 | 6–9 |
Philadelphia | 5-1 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 8–11 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–13 |
Pittsburgh | 1–5 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–13 | 4–6 | 9–7 | 4–5 | 3–3 | — | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–9 | 3–3 | 3–12 |
San Diego | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 7–12 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 7–8 |
San Francisco | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–13 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 12–7 | — | 1–4 | 1–5 | 8–7 |
St. Louis | 3–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 6–9 | 7–2 | 5-1 | 7–9 | 7–0 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 2–4 | 4–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–10 |
Washington | 5–1 | 8–10 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–8 | 7-11 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 6–12 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 7–11 |
Transactions
edit- 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
editGame log
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April: (16–8) Home: 7–4; Away: 9–4
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May: (16–12) Home: 11–5; Away: 5–7
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June: (15–12) Home: 4–6; Away: 11–6
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July: (16–9) Home: 8–6; Away: 8–3
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August: (19–9) Home: 13–2; Away: 6–7
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September: (14–15) Home: 7–8; Away: 7–7
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October: (1–0) Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Paul Lo Duca | 124 | 512 | 163 | .318 | 5 | 49 |
1B | Carlos Delgado | 144 | 524 | 139 | .265 | 38 | 114 |
2B | José Valentín | 137 | 384 | 104 | .271 | 18 | 62 |
3B | David Wright | 154 | 582 | 181 | .311 | 26 | 116 |
SS | José Reyes | 153 | 647 | 194 | .300 | 19 | 81 |
LF | Cliff Floyd | 97 | 332 | 81 | .244 | 11 | 44 |
CF | Carlos Beltrán | 140 | 510 | 140 | .275 | 41 | 116 |
RF | Xavier Nady | 75 | 265 | 70 | .264 | 14 | 40 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Endy Chávez | 133 | 353 | 108 | .306 | 4 | 42 |
Chris Woodward | 83 | 222 | 48 | .216 | 3 | 25 |
Lastings Milledge | 56 | 166 | 40 | .241 | 4 | 22 |
Julio Franco | 95 | 165 | 45 | .273 | 2 | 26 |
Kazuo Matsui | 38 | 130 | 26 | .200 | 1 | 7 |
Ramón Castro | 40 | 126 | 30 | .238 | 4 | 12 |
Shawn Green | 34 | 113 | 29 | .257 | 4 | 15 |
Anderson Hernández | 25 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 1 | 3 |
Michael Tucker | 35 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 1 | 6 |
Eli Marrero | 25 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 2 | 5 |
Ricky Ledée | 27 | 32 | 3 | .094 | 1 | 1 |
Mike Difelice | 15 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 1 |
Kelly Stinnett | 7 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Víctor Díaz | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Glavine | 32 | 180 | 15 | 7 | 3.82 | 131 |
Steve Trachsel | 30 | 164+2⁄3 | 15 | 8 | 4.97 | 79 |
Pedro Martínez | 23 | 132+2⁄3 | 9 | 8 | 4.48 | 137 |
Orlando Hernández | 20 | 116+2⁄3 | 9 | 7 | 4.09 | 112 |
Óliver Pérez | 22 | 112+2⁄3 | 3 | 13 | 6.55 | 102 |
John Maine | 16 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 3.60 | 71 |
Alay Soler | 8 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 6.00 | 23 |
Víctor Zambrano | 5 | 21+1⁄3 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 15 |
Mike Pelfrey | 4 | 21+1⁄3 | 2 | 1 | 5.48 | 13 |
José Lima | 4 | 17+1⁄3 | 0 | 4 | 9.87 | 12 |
Geremi González | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 8 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Brian Bannister | 8 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4.26 | 19 |
Dave Williams | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 5.59 | 16 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Billy Wagner | 70 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 2.24 | 94 |
Aaron Heilman | 74 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3.62 | 73 |
Pedro Feliciano | 64 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.09 | 54 |
Duaner Sánchez | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.60 | 44 |
Darren Oliver | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.44 | 60 |
Heath Bell | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 35 |
Roberto Hernández | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 15 |
Jorge Julio | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.06 | 33 |
Guillermo Mota | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 19 |
Royce Ring | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | 8 |
Henry Owens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Bartolomé Fortunato | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Philip Humber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Playoffs
editGame log
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Awards and honors
edit- Carlos Delgado, Roberto Clemente Award
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Xavier Nady Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Carlos Delgado Stats".
- ^ "Billy Wagner Stats".
- ^ Paul Lo Duca Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Kris Benson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Ricky Ledée 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, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007