2006 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2006 season was their 39th in Oakland, California. It was also the 106th season in franchise history. The team finished first in the American League West with a record of 93-69.

2006 Oakland Athletics
American League West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Lewis Wolff
General manager(s)Billy Beane
Manager(s)Ken Macha
Local televisionKICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Glen Kuiper)
Local radioKYCY
KNTS
(Ray Fosse, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo)
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The Athletics won their division (and reached the postseason) for the first time since 2003. The team was led, in large part, by eventual Hall-of-Famer Frank Thomas. Thomas, who was signed to a one-year contract in the offseason, hit a team-high 39 home runs over the course of the season. He ultimately finished fourth in American League MVP voting.

The Athletics managed to sweep the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the playoffs. In doing so, they advanced to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1992. The sweep was Oakland's first playoff series victory since 1990. It stood as the only playoff series victory during the Billy Beane era until 2020. The Athletics would themselves be swept, 4 games to 0, by the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS.

The team saw a number of key departures at the end of the season. Free agent pitcher Barry Zito, the team's lone All-Star in 2006, signed with the rival San Francisco Giants following the team's ALCS loss. Additionally, Frank Thomas signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. The coaching staff experienced similar turnover, as manager Ken Macha and longtime third base coach Ron Washington departed. Macha was fired at seasons' end; Washington, by contrast, was hired to manage the division rival Texas Rangers. They would be replaced by Bob Geren and Rene Lachemann, respectively.

Offseason
  • November 29, 2005: Esteban Loaiza was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.[1]
  • December 9, 2005: Scott McClain was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.[2]
  • December 13, 2005: Milton Bradley was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Antonio Perez to the Oakland Athletics for Andre Ethier.[3]
  • January 31, 2006: Frank Thomas signed as a Free Agent.[4]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9369 0.574 — 49–32 44–37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8973 0.549 4 45–36 44–37
Texas Rangers 8082 0.494 13 39–42 41–40
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 15 44–37 34–47

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

Game log
2006 Game Log ({{{win}}}–{{{loss}}})
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

Roster
2006 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
C Jason Kendall 143 552 163 .295 1 50
1B Dan Johnson 91 286 67 .234 9 37
2B Mark Ellis 124 441 110 .249 11 52
SS Bobby Crosby 96 358 82 .229 9 40
3B Eric Chavez 137 445 117 .241 22 72
LF Nick Swisher 157 556 141 .254 35 95
CF Mark Kotsay 129 502 138 .275 7 59
RF Milton Bradley 96 351 97 .276 14 52
DH Frank Thomas 137 466 126 .270 39 114

Other batters

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
Jay Payton 142 557 165 .296 10 59
Marco Scutaro 117 365 97 .266 5 41
Bobby Kielty 81 270 73 .270 8 36
Adam Melhuse 49 128 28 .219 4 18
Antonio Pérez 57 98 10 .102 1 8
Mike Rouse 8 24 7 .292 0 2
D'Angelo Jiménez 8 14 1 .071 0 0
Hiram Bocachica 8 13 3 .231 0 0
Jeremy Brown 5 10 3 .300 0 0
Doug Clark 6 6 1 .167 0 0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Haren 34 223.0 14 13 4.12 176
Barry Zito 34 221.0 16 10 3.83 151
Joe Blanton 32 194.1 16 12 4.82 107
Esteban Loaiza 26 154.2 11 9 4.89 97
Rich Harden 9 46.2 4 0 4.24 49
Shane Komine 2 9.0 0 0 5.00 1

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kirk Saarloos 35 121.1 7 7 4.75 52
Brad Halsey 52 94.1 5 4 4.67 53
Jason Windsor 4 13.2 0 1 6.59 6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Kiko Calero 70 3 2 2 3.41 67
Huston Street 69 4 4 37 3.31 67
Chad Gaudin 55 4 2 2 3.09 36
Justin Duchscherer 53 2 1 9 2.91 51
Joe Kennedy 39 4 1 1 2.31 29
Ron Flores 25 1 2 1 3.34 20
Scott Sauerbeck 22 0 0 0 3.65 6
Jay Witasick 20 1 0 0 6.75 23
Randy Keisler 11 0 0 0 4.50 5
Steve Karsay 9 1 0 0 5.79 5
Matt Roney 3 0 1 0 4.50 0
Santiago Casilla 2 0 0 0 11.57 2

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Von Hayes
A Stockton Ports California League Todd Steverson
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Aaron Nieckula
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Dennis Rogers
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera

References
  1. Esteban Loaiza Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
  3. Milton Bradley Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomafr04.shtml
  • 2006 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
  • 2006 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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