2006 Boston Red Sox season

The 2006 Boston Red Sox season was the 106th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 11 games behind the New York Yankees.

2006 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place3rd (11 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s)Theo Epstein
Manager(s)Terry Francona
Local televisionNESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Transactions

Season summary

The Boston Red Sox finished 11 games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees. While part of the blame for the Red Sox demise could be the 5 game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees from August 18 – 21, the team had a poor record the entire month of August (going just 9-21) and September (13-14). Also, they suffered extensive injuries to Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, and Keith Foulke.

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 15–34–23–43–34–53–31–58–113–74–610–95–47–1216–2
Chicago 5–22–48–1112–711–86–39–102–43–35–43–35–55–414–4
Cleveland 2–44–311–86–1310–84–58–113–43–64–56–15–44–28–10
Detroit 3–33–37–1213–614–43–511–82–55–46–35–35–53–315–3
Kansas City 1–55–48–118–104–143–77–122–74–53–51–53–33–410–8
Los Angeles 6–43–33–65–45–37–34–26–411–810–97–211–84–67–11
Minnesota 6–35–110–911–88–1112–72–43–36–45–36–14–52–516–2
New York 12–711–84–24–35–27–24–63–33–63–313–58–210–810–8
Oakland 4–27–33–36–34–55–48–114–66–317–26–39–106–48–10
Seattle 6–46–44–55–43–65–39–103–53–32–176–38–114–514–4
Tampa Bay 6–139–103–31–63–55–12–71–65–133–63–63–66–1211–7
Texas 6–34–55–54–55–53–38–115–42–810–911–86–34–27–11
Toronto 11–812–74–52–43–34–36–45–28–104–65–412–62–49–9
Red Sox vs. National League East
Team ATL FLA NYM PHI WSH
Boston 3–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–0

Opening Day lineup

10Coco CrispCF
  3Mark Loretta2B
34David OrtizDH
24Manny RamirezLF
  7Trot NixonRF
33Jason VaritekC
25Mike Lowell3B
20Kevin Youkilis1B
11Álex GonzálezSS
38Curt SchillingP

Roster

2006 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitter

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2006 Game Log ({{{win}}}–{{{loss}}})

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; BB = Bases on Balls; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen Bases

Bold indicates leader in category.

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Avg. SB
Mark Loretta155635751813305594963.2854
Mike Lowell1535737916347120804761.2842
Kevin Youkilis147569100159422137291120.2795
David Ortiz15155811516029254137119117.2871
Manny Ramirez1304497914427135102100102.3210
Coco Crisp105413581092228363167.26422
Álex González11138848992429502267.2551
Trot Nixon114381591022408526056.2680
Jason Varitek103365468719212554687.2381
Wily Mo Peña84276368315211422090.3010
Alex Cora962353156721181929.2386
Doug Mirabelli591611231606251154.1930
Gabe Kapler721302133702121415.2541
Dustin Pedroia3189517402777.1910
Eric Hinske31808238015830.2881
Javy López18636125004216.1900
Willie Harris47451772001411.1566
J. T. Snow384459000488.2050
Dustan Mohr2140571023320.1750
Carlos Peña1833392013410.2730
David Murphy202245101244.2270
Adam Stern102033100404.1501
Josh Bard71825100033.2780
Josh Beckett2723001302.4290
Ken Huckaby8501000100.2000
Corky Miller1400000001.0000
Jon Lester2400000003.0000
Tim Wakefield1400000003.0000
Matt Clement1311000002.3330
Curt Schilling1201000001.5000
Abe Alvarez1100000001.0000
Lenny DiNardo1100000001.0000
Jason Johnson1100000001.0000

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

The Class A Greenville Drive had previously been nicknamed the Bombers.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ron Johnson
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Todd Claus
A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Chad Epperson
A Greenville Drive South Atlantic League Luis Alicea
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Bruce Crabbe
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Dave Tomlin
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Paulino
Rookie cooperative Venezuelan Summer League  

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland, GCL Red Sox[15][16]

References

  • Game Logs:
1st Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com
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