2006 Chicago Cubs season

2006 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Results
Record	66-96 (.525)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General manager(s)	Jim Hendry
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	CSN Chicago Superstation WGN WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Local radio	WGN (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2006 Chicago Cubs season was the 135th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 131st in the National League and the 91st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished with a record of 66–96 in last place of the National League Central Division. Chicago was managed by Dusty Baker.

Offseason

December 7, 2005: Juan Pierre was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Chicago Cubs for Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco, and Renyel Pinto.^[1]
January 10, 2006: Jacque Jones was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	83	78	0.516	—	49–31	34–47
Houston Astros	82	80	0.506	1½	44–37	38–43
Cincinnati Reds	80	82	0.494	3½	42–39	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	75	87	0.463	8½	48–33	27–54
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	16½	43–38	24–57
Chicago Cubs	66	96	0.407	17½	36–45	30–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League Records Source:
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

Notable transactions

June 6, 2006: Jeff Samardzija was drafted by the Cubs in the 5th round (149th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft.^[3]

Roster

2006 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

54 David Aardsma

46 Ryan Dempster

47 Scott Eyre

37 Ángel Guzmán

53 Rich Hill

62 Bob Howry

31 Greg Maddux

49 Carlos Mármol

45 Sean Marshall

51 Juan Mateo

52 Wade Miller

44 Roberto Novoa

48 Ryan O'Malley

50,13 Will Ohman

22 Mark Prior

33 Glendon Rusch

20 Jae Kuk Ryu

55 Les Walrond

32,57 Jerome Williams

48 Scott Williamson

34 Kerry Wood

43 Michael Wuertz

38 Carlos Zambrano

Catchers

8 Michael Barrett

24 Henry Blanco

61 José Reyes

58 Geovany Soto

Infielders

5 Ronny Cedeño

15 Jerry Hairston, Jr.

3 César Izturis

25 Derrek Lee

17 John Mabry

15 Scott Moore

13 Neifi Pérez

16 Aramis Ramírez

7 Ryan Theriot

7 Todd Walker

1 Tony Womack

Outfielders

4 Freddie Bynum

30 Buck Coats

11 Jacque Jones

19 Matt Murton

40 Phil Nevin

29 Ángel Pagán

9 Juan Pierre

28 Michael Restovich

Manager

12 Dusty Baker

Coaches

2 Gene Clines (hitting)

6 Sonny Jackson (special asst)

59 Juan López (bullpen)

36 Gary Matthews (first base)

39 Dick Pole (bench)

41 Larry Rothschild (pitching)

35 Chris Speier (third base)

Game log

2006 Game Log

April

May

June

July

August

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	Giants	6–2	Hill (4–6)	Lowry (7–8)		38,582	55–79
135	September 2	Giants	4–2	Cain (11–9)	Marshall (5–9)	Stanton (4)	40,135	55–80
136	September 3	Giants	7–4	Schmidt (11–8)	Wuertz (1–1)	Stanton (5)	40,702	55–81
137	September 4	Pirates	5–4	Maholm (7–10)	Zambrano (14–6)	Torres (2)	37,994	55–82
138	September 5	Pirates	6–5	Grabow (4–1)	Dempster (1–8)	Torres (3)	31,494	55–83
139	September 6	Pirates	7–2	Wuertz (2–1)	Grabow (4–2)		32,557	56–83
140	September 7	Pirates	7–5	Bayliss (1–0)	Eyre (0–2)	Torres (4)	27,105	56–84
141	September 8	@ Braves	8–4	Hudson (12–10)	Guzmán (0–5)		30,977	56–85
142	September 9	@ Braves	7–3	James (9–3)	Miller (0–1)		40,584	56–86
143	September 10	@ Braves	2–1	Cormier (3–4)	Mateo (1–3)	Wickman (13)	28,212	56–87
144	September 11	@ Braves	8–3	Hill (5–6)	Smoltz (12–9)		19,444	57–87
145	September 12	Dodgers	9–8	Aardsma (2–0)	Hamulack (0–3)		35,618	58–87
146	September 13	Dodgers	6–0	Penny (16–8)	Guzmán (0–6)		35,868	58–88
147	September 14	Dodgers	6–5	Eyre (1–2)	Tomko (8–7)	Howry (5)	31,361	59–88
148	September 15	Reds	4–0	Arroyo (14–9)	Mármol (5–7)		37,188	59–89
149	September 16	Reds	4–0	Hill (6–6)	Michalak (1–3)		40,526	60–89
150	September 17	Reds	11–3	Zambrano (15–6)	Milton (8–8)		39,164	61–89
151	September 18	@ Phillies	11–6	Wuertz (3–1)	Lieber (8–10)		31,101	62–89
152	September 19	@ Phillies	4–1	Moyer (3–2)	Miller (0–2)	Gordon (32)	31,892	62–90
153	September 20	@ Phillies	6–2	Myers (12–6)	Walrond (0–1)		35,269	62–91
154	September 22	@ Reds	4–2	Michalak (2–3)	Hill (6–7)	Coffey (8)	21,332	62–92
155	September 23	@ Reds	11–4	Zambrano (16–6)	Lohse (2–5)		28,264	63–92
156	September 24	@ Reds	3–2	Harang (15–11)	Dempster (1–9)		22,226	63–93
157	September 25	@ Reds	5–4	Schoeneweis (2–0)	Eyre (1–3)	Weathers (12)	16,278	63–94
158	September 26	Brewers	14–6	Marshall (6–9)	Villanueva (1–2)		31,932	64–94
159	September 27	Brewers	3–2	Howry (4–5)	Cordero (3–1)		36,273	65–94
160	September 29	Rockies	5–2	Fogg (11–9)	Zambrano (16–7)	Fuentes (30)	33,721	65–95
161	September 30	Rockies	11–9	Ramírez (4–3)	Ryu (0–1)		39,483	65–96

October

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
CF	Juan Pierre	162	699	204	.292	3	40
3B	Aramis Ramírez	157	593	173	.291	38	119
SS	Ronny Cedeño	151	534	131	.245	6	41
RF	Jacque Jones	149	533	152	.285	27	81
LF	Matt Murton	144	455	135	.297	13	62
C	Michael Barrett	107	375	115	.307	16	53

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
José Reyes	4	5	1	.200	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Carlos Zambrano	33	214	16	7	3.41	210
Sean Marshall	24	125.2	6	9	5.59	77
Greg Maddux	22	136.1	9	11	4.69	81
Rich Hill	17	99.1	6	7	4.17	90
Juan Mateo	11	45.2	1	3	5.32	35
Mark Prior	9	43.2	1	6	7.21	38
Wade Miller	5	21.2	0	2	4.57	20
Kerry Wood	4	19.2	1	2	4.12	13
Ryan O'Malley	2	12.2	1	1	2.13	4

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Carlos Mármol	19	77	5	7	6.08	59
Ángel Guzmán	15	56	0	6	7.39	60
Glendon Rusch	25	66.1	3	8	7.46	59
Jerome Williams	5	12.1	0	2	7.30	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

External links

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Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Mike Quade and Bobby Dickerson
AA	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	Southern League	Bobby Dickerson and Pat Listach
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Don Buford and Buddy Bailey
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Jody Davis
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Steve McFarland
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Carmelo Martínez

References

Game Logs:

Chicago Cubs Game Log 1st Half on ESPN.com

Chicago Cubs Game Log 2nd Half on ESPN.com

2006 Batting Statistics on ESPN.com
2006 Pitching Statistics on ESPN.com

↑ Juan Pierre Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Jacque Jones Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?franch_ID=CHC&year_ID=2006&draft_type=junreg
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

2006 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

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HoHoKam Park
Sloan Park

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Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein
General Manager: Jed Hoyer
Manager: Joe Maddon

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Central	2003 2007 2008 2016

Wild Card	1998 2015

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