2006 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers finished the 2006 season in 3rd place of the West Division of the American League. They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Michael Young who in his 3rd appearance was named the All Star Game's Most Valuable Player; and Gary Matthews, Jr. making his first appearance.

2006 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Hicks
General manager(s)Jon Daniels
Manager(s)Buck Showalter
Local televisionKDFI
KDFW
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Local radioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas)
KFLC
(Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)
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Offseason
  • December 8, 2005: Termel Sledge was traded by the Washington Nationals with Armando Galarraga and Brad Wilkerson to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano.
  • January 6, 2006: Termel Sledge was traded by the Texas Rangers with Adrian Gonzalez and Chris Young to the San Diego Padres for Billy Killian (minors), Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka.[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters
All Star Ian Kinsler
  • Rod Barajas, C
  • Mark Teixeira, 1B
  • Ian Kinsler, 2B*
  • Hank Blalock, 3B
  • Michael Young, SS
  • Brad Wilkerson, LF
  • Laynce Nix, CF
  • Kevin Mench, RF
  • Phil Nevin, DH
  • Kevin Millwood, RHP

*Rookie

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

Notable transactions
  • July 28, 2006: Carlos Lee was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Nelson Cruz to the Texas Rangers for Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench, Francisco Cordero, and Julian Cordero (minors).[2]
  • August 4, 2006: Randall Simon was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[3]
  • September 1, 2006: Randall Simon was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Texas Rangers.[3]

Roster
2006 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
2006[4] Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Red Sox7–3SchillingMillwood (0–1)51,5410–1
2April 4Red Sox10–4Padilla (1–0)Wakefield29,4421–1
3April 5Red Sox2–1BeckettLoe (0–1)Papelbon32,4161–2
4April 6Tigers10–6RobertsonDickey (0–1)21,7131–3
5April 7Tigers5–2MarothKoronka (0–1)Rodney21,1551–4
6April 8Tigers7–0VerlanderMillwood (0–2)35,0661–5
7April 9Tigers5–3Padilla (2–0)RogersCordero (1)31,0322–5
8April 10@ Angels5–2LackeyLoe (0–2)Rodríguez38,0032–6
9April 11@ Angels5–4RomeroCordero (0–1)40,0122–7
10April 12@ Angels11–3Koronka (1–1)Escobar42,9113–7
11April 14@ Athletics6–3Millwood (1–2)Zito14,0494–7
12April 15@ Athletics5–4HardenPadilla (2–1)Street16,1864–8
13April 16@ Athletics5–3Cordero (1–1)Street21,2565–8
14April 18@ Mariners7–4Koronka (2–1)HernándezCordero (2)17,9276–8
15April 19@ Mariners9–6PutzCordero (1–2)17,6136–9
16April 20@ Mariners4–3Bauer (1–0)GuardadoCordero (3)17,9177–9
17April 21Devil Rays13–7Wilson (1–0)McClung25,1298–9
18April 22Devil Rays6–5Cordero (2–2)Orvella35,3029–9
19April 23Devil Rays8–3Koronka (3–1)Fossum29,23210–9
20April 24Athletics3–2BlantonWilson (1–1)Duchscherer23,80210–10
21April 25Athletics6–5Cordero (3–2)Gaudin25,49211–10
22April 26Athletics6–4DuchschererWilson (1–2)Kennedy23,75611–11
23April 28@ Indians7–6DavisBauer (1–1)Wickman22,10611–12
24April 29@ Indians7–5Millwood (2–2)CarmonaOtsuka (1)37,49612–12
25April 30@ Indians8–4Padilla (3–1)Davis22,98913–12
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Devil Rays3–0Loe (1–2)McClungOtsuka (2)7,29514–12
27May 2@ Devil Rays7–5Tejeda (1–0)HendricksonOtsuka (3)7,14715–12
28May 3Orioles2–1Bauer (2–1)Halama23,78316–12
29May 4Orioles8–2Millwood (3–2)Chen21,96217–12
30May 5Yankees8–7MussinaPadilla (3–2)Rivera39,00217–13
31May 6Yankees6–1ChacónLoe (1–3)48,63417–14
32May 7Yankees8–5WangTejeda (1–1)46,01317–15
33May 8Twins6–4Koronka (4–1)RadkeOtsuka (4)18,60818–15
34May 9Twins15–5SilvaMillwood (3–3)Liriano19,30918–16
35May 10Twins4–3LohsePadilla (3–3)Nathan23,03718–17
36May 12@ Red Sox6–0Loe (2–3)Clement36,10219–17
–May 13@ Red SoxPostponed19–17
–May 14@ Red SoxPostponed19–17
37May 15@ Yankees4–2Millwood (4–3)FarnsworthOtsuka (5)41,11520–17
38May 16@ Yankees14–13RiveraOtsuka (0–1)40,75720–18
39May 17@ Yankees4–3WangLoe (2–4)Rivera52,54720–19
40May 18@ Yankees6–2Padilla (4–3)Wright47,19421–19
41May 19@ Astros5–3QuallsBenoit (0–1)Lidge40,79021–20
42May 20@ Astros6–0Millwood (5–3)Pettitte41,48022–20
43May 21@ Astros5–0BuchholzKoronka (4–2)37,97922–21
44May 22Angels3–2Loe (3–4)EscobarOtsuka (6)22,03223–21
45May 23Angels7–6CarrascoCordero (3–3)Rodríguez21,83323–22
46May 24Angels8–5WeaverTejeda (1–2)16,53623–23
47May 25Athletics8–7Otsuka (1–1)Street22,00624–23
48May 26Athletics5–3Cordero (4–3)GaudinOtsuka (7)27,79125–23
49May 27Athletics6–3ZitoLoe (3–5)Street41,22625–24
50May 28Athletics4–3Padilla (5–3)SaarloosOtsuka (8)38,90526–24
51May 29Mariners2–0Rheinecker (1–0)WashburnBauer (1)23,77127–24
52May 30Mariners6–4Millwood (6–3)MecheOtsuka (9)18,08428–24
53May 31Mariners14–5HernándezKoronka (4–3)19,13128–25
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 2@ White Sox4–3Cordero (5–3)McCarthyOtsuka (10)32,80229–25
55June 3@ White Sox8–6VázquezPadilla (5–4)Jenks38,69729–26
56June 4@ White Sox10–2Rheinecker (2–0)Buehrle35,91530–26
57June 6@ Royals6–2Millwood (7–3)ElartonCordero (4)11,71531–26
58June 7@ Royals4–2Otsuka (2–1)BurgosCordero (5)11,24632–26
59June 8@ Royals16–12GobbleMahay (0–1)11,81532–27
60June 9@ Red Sox4–3PapelbonCordero (5–4)36,13332–28
61June 10@ Red Sox7–4Corey (1–0)TavárezOtsuka (11)36,92033–28
–June 10@ Red SoxPostponed33–28
62June 11@ Red Sox5–4DelcarmenOtsuka (2–2)36,23233–29
63June 11@ Red Sox13–6Wasdin (1–0)Pauley35,60234–29
64June 12@ White Sox8–3ContrerasKoronka (4–4)29,18234–30
65June 13@ White Sox5–2GarlandLoe (3–6)Jenks18,35434–31
66June 14@ White Sox8–0Padilla (6–4)Vázquez28,77635–31
67June 15@ White Sox8–2BuehrleRheinecker (2–1)19,42435–32
68June 16Diamondbacks5–3Millwood (8–3)WebbOtsuka (12)28,16736–32
69June 17Diamondbacks8–4Koronka (5–4)Jarvis41,16537–32
70June 18Diamondbacks10–7Cordero (6–4)VizcaínoOtsuka (13)24,35838–32
71June 20Padres6–5ThompsonFeldman (0–1)Hoffman24,06438–33
72June 21Padres3–2LinebrinkOtsuka (2–3)Hoffman29,04738–34
73June 22Padres5–3Rheinecker (3–1)HensleyOtsuka (14)24,63739–34
74June 23@ Rockies8–6Koronka (6–4)FrancisOtsuka (15)28,36040–34
75June 24@ Rockies11–6FoggTejeda (1–3)31,43940–35
76June 25@ Rockies3–0KimPadilla (6–5)Fuentes28,31340–36
77June 27@ Giants5–3MorrisMillwood (8–4)Accardo36,05340–37
78June 28@ Giants5–1LowryRheinecker (3–2)37,27540–38
79June 29@ Giants2–1SánchezFeldman (0–2)Accardo38,21240–39
80June 30Astros3–1Padilla (7–5)OswaltOtsuka (16)40,17741–39
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Astros7–0BuchholzWasdin (1–1)35,13141–40
82July 2Astros9–5RodríguezMillwood (8–5)Lidge39,29841–41
83July 3Blue Jays6–1Rheinecker (4–2)Lilly30,02142–41
84July 4Blue Jays3–2HalladayKoronka (6–5)Ryan42,25542–42
85July 5Blue Jays9–3Padilla (8–5)JanssenCordero (6)25,80343–42
86July 7Twins9–4Wasdin (2–1)Silva30,20744–42
87July 8Twins4–0LirianoRheinecker (4–3)36,03544–43
88July 9Twins5–2Bauer (3–1)SantanaOtsuka (17)23,26845–43
89July 13@ Orioles15–1Padilla (9–5)Cabrera22,78046–43
90July 14@ Orioles2–1Millwood (9–5)BensonOtsuka (18)28,20147–43
91July 15@ Orioles8–1BédardRheinecker (4–4)35,80447–44
92July 16@ Orioles4–0LópezWasdin (2–2)25,16947–45
93July 17@ Blue Jays10–1LillyKoronka (6–6)16,87247–46
94July 18@ Blue Jays5–2Padilla (10–5)SchoeneweisOtsuka (19)20,01748–46
95July 19@ Blue Jays5–4Millwood (10–5)JanssenOtsuka (20)20,77849–46
96July 20@ Red Sox6–4SchillingCorey (1–1)Timlin36,48949–47
97July 21@ White Sox10–3Mahay (1–1)BuehrleBauer (2)38,24650–47
98July 22@ White Sox3–1Cordero (7–4)JenksOtsuka (21)39,25051–47
99July 23@ White Sox5–0GarlandPadilla (10–6)38,31251–48
100July 24Yankees6–2JohnsonMillwood (10–6)43,20651–49
101July 25Yankees7–4MussinaEaton (0–1)Rivera42,17151–50
102July 26Yankees8–7ChacónOtsuka (2–4)Rivera43,52751–51
103July 28Royals11–3HudsonPadilla (10–7)30,20251–52
104July 29Royals5–3de la RosaMillwood (10–7)Burgos42,01751–53
105July 30Royals15–2Koronka (7–6)Redman29,72652–53
106July 31@ Twins15–2SilvaRheinecker (4–5)19,53252–54
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Twins9–0Eaton (1–1)Baker25,96953–54
108August 2@ Twins10–2Wells (1–0)Bonser26,49254–54
109August 3@ Angels7–6Littleton (1–0)GreggOtsuka (22)43,56955–54
110August 4@ Angels7–3Padilla (11–7)Lackey44,07456–54
111August 5@ Angels10–3SantanaKoronka (7–7)43,70156–55
112August 6@ Angels9–1SaundersEaton (1–2)43,80456–56
113August 7@ Athletics7–4LoaizaVólquez (0–1)Calero21,20856–57
114August 8@ Athletics7–6SaarloosMillwood (10–8)Street21,65056–58
115August 9@ Athletics14–0Padilla (12–7)Zito30,12758–57
116August 10Mariners8–2Eaton (2–2)Piñeiro31,76358–58
117August 11Mariners14–7Littleton (2–0)Meche28,20759–58
118August 12Mariners5–4Vólquez (1–1)MoyerOtsuka (23)35,78460–58
119August 13Mariners10–6Millwood (11–8)Hernández29,71761–58
120August 15Angels9–7CarrascoLittleton (2–1)Rodríguez26,56161–59
121August 16Angels9–3Eaton (3–2)Saunders31,72362–59
122August 17@ Tigers4–2RogersVólquez (1–2)Jones34,75662–60
123August 18@ Tigers2–1Millwood (12–8)MinerOtsuka (24)39,32763–60
124August 19@ Tigers3–1Tejeda (2–3)RobertsonOtsuka (25)41,64364–60
125August 20@ Tigers7–6Benoit (1–1)GrilliOtsuka (26)39,07165–60
126August 21@ Devil Rays4–3ShieldsEaton (3–2)McClung7,82065–61
127August 22@ Devil Rays5–3CampPadilla (12–8)McClung8,02865–62
128August 23@ Devil Rays7–3CampMillwood (12–9)9,70165–63
129August 24@ Devil Rays4–3Tejeda (3–3)CorcoranOtsuka (27)9,45466–63
130August 25Athletics9–3ZitoVólquez (1–3)31,17866–64
131August 26Athletics5–3BlantonEaton (3–4)Duchscherer37,75266–65
132August 27Athletics3–0Padilla (13–8)HarenOtsuka (28)25,70867–65
133August 29Orioles9–4Millwood (13–9)López23,68468–65
134August 30Orioles7–4HawkinsMahay (1–2)23,81268–66
135August 31Orioles7–5Eaton (4–4)CabreraOtsuka (29)21,44669–66
September/October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Indians7–2WestbrookPadilla (13–9)23,77669–67
137September 2Indians6–5LeeVólquez (1–4)Mastny40,22269–68
138September 3Indians5–2Millwood (14–9)ByrdOtsuka (30)19,66770–68
139September 4@ Athletics8–1Tejeda (4–3)Zito23,94971–68
140September 5@ Athletics5–4Eaton (5–4)SaarloosOtsuka (31)27,22572–68
141September 6@ Athletics9–6BlantonRupe (0–1)Duchscherer17,83872–69
142September 8@ Mariners7–2BaekMillwood (14–10)Piñeiro28,64672–70
143September 9@ Mariners3–2FrutoRheinecker (4–6)33,45472–71
144September 10@ Mariners4–2Wilson (2–2)HuberOtsuka (32)34,32173–71
145September 12@ Tigers3–2RodneyMahay (1–3)24,19673–72
146September 13@ Tigers11–3Millwood (15–10)Verlander24,67274–72
147September 14Angels2–1CarrascoVólquez (1–5)Rodríguez21,48874–73
148September 15Angels2–1DonnellyFrancisco (0–1)30,78874–74
149September 16Angels12–6Eaton (6–4)Lackey40,19675–74
150September 17Angels8–1Padilla (14–9)Santana24,30376–74
151September 18Mariners8–1Millwood (16–10)Hernández18,21477–74
152September 19Mariners9–7HuberWilson (2–3)Putz18,55177–75
153September 20Mariners6–3BaekTejeda (4–4)Putz26,00677–76
154September 22Indians12–4Eaton (7–4)Byrd26,28478–76
155September 23Indians6–3MillerPadilla (14–10)Betancourt38,35178–77
156September 24Indians11–6WestbrookMillwood (16–11)36,61778–78
157September 25@ Angels8–3SaundersVólquez (1–6)Shields39,78178–79
158September 26@ Angels5–2Tejeda (5–4)EscobarLittleton (1)37,33979–79
159September 27@ Angels6–5DonnellyWilson (2–4)Rodríguez38,03279–80
160September 29@ Mariners6–5Padilla (15–10)FrutoWilson (1)30,76680–80
161September 30@ Mariners3–1HernándezMillwood (16–12)Putz23,31080–81
162October 1@ Mariners3–2WoodsTejeda (5–5)Putz28,36180–82

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
SSMichael Young162691217.31414103
CFGary Matthews, Jr.147620194.3131979
RFMark DeRosa136520154.2961374
1BMark Teixeira162628177.28233110
3BHank Blalock152591157.2661689

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

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Only pitchers who qualified for the ERA title have been listed

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Vicente Padilla3320015104.50156
Kevin Millwood34186.216124.52157

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Team statistics

Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Team G AB H R Avg. HR RBI
Rangers1625659 (3rd)1571 (6th)835 (6th).278 (6th)183 (13th)799 (7th)
Opponents16256011558784.278162750

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts

Team G IP W L ERA SO SHO
Rangers1621431.1 (22nd)80 (15th)82 (15th)4.60 (18th)972 (25th)8 (18th)

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Tim Ireland and Mike Boulanger
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Darryl Kennedy
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Carlos Subero
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Andy Fox
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Mike Micucci
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Pedro López

References
  1. "Terrmel Sledge Stats".
  2. Carlos Lee Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Randall Simon Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ESPN.com
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