2006 New York Mets season

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2006 New York Mets
National League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Shea Stadium (since 1964)
  • New York (since 1962)
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)Omar Minaya
Manager(s)Willie Randolph
Local televisionWPIX
SportsNet New York
(Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Steve Berthiaume, Matt Yallof, Ralph Kiner)
Local radioWFAN
(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, 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.

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 (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[]

National League East[]

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NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 97 65 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
Philadelphia Phillies 85 77 0.525 12 41–40 44–37
Atlanta Braves 79 83 0.488 18 40–41 39–42
Florida Marlins 78 84 0.481 19 42–39 36–45
Washington Nationals 71 91 0.438 26 41–40 30–51


Record vs. opponents[]

2006 National League Records
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Source: [1]
Team ARI 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[]

  • 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
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[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
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
Michael Tucker 35 56 11 .196 1 6
Anderson Hernández 25 66 10 .152 1 3
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[]

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 20 116⅔ 9 7 4.09 112
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
Geremi González 3 14 0 0 7.71 8

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
Aaron Heilman 74 4 5 0 3.62 73
Billy Wagner 70 3 2 40 2.24 94
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[]

NLDS[]

Main article: 2006 National League Division Series
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[]

Main article: 2006 National League Championship Series
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[]

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Ken Oberkfell
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Juan Samuel
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Gary Carter
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League George Greer
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Donovan Mitchell
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Xavier Nady Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Carlos Delgado Stats".
  3. ^ "Billy Wagner Stats".
  4. ^ Paul Lo Duca Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Kris Benson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ Ricky Ledée 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, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links[]

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